Dr. Shah Saud (Applicant) received his Ph.D. and post doc in Horticulture (turf grasses) from Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China. He is currently working as an associate professor in the College of Life Sciences, Linyi University Shandong, Linyi, China. Dr. Saud has published more than 202 research publications in peer-reviewed journals having an impact factor around 1000. Among these 202 articles, he published 20 articles as a first author, while 26 articles as a corresponding author. Majority of these articles have been published in well reputed international Journals like Science of the Total Environment, Chemosphere, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Environmental Science Pollution and Research, Field Crop Research, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Sciences, European Journal of Agronomy, Scientific Report, Frontier in Plant Science, Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment etc. He has edited 10 books (Springer, Taylor and Francis Group, CRS and Apple USA, Publishers) and written 14 book chapters (Springer, Elsevier, Wiley Publishers) on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. According to Google Scholar Citation, Dr. Shah Saud publications have received about 12,155 citations with an h-index of 52 and i10- index of 116. Only in 2020, Dr. Shah Saud articles received 2480 citations. Dr. Shah Saud also an editor and reviewer for more than 10 peer-reviewed international journals and was a recipient of the Publons Peer Review Award 2019. He has been honored by different authorities for his outstanding performance in different fields like research and education and received good Award in 2017 and Distinguish PhD Scholar of Northeast Agricultural University in 2016.
Recently Dr. Shah Saud name figured among the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA. Dr. Shah Saud has organized 3 National conferences as a focal person and also participated in international and national conferences as a key note speaker.
