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Publication Profile

• Number of peer-reviewed articles: 60
• Books chapter: 3
• National: 05.

Citation indices

• Google Scholar citation: 1325 (on 14th February 2025) (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3frUVOUAAAAJ&hl=en)
• Google Scholar h-index: 18
• Google Scholar i-10 index: 26
• Scopus h-index: 18 (Scopus Author ID: 57204761138)

Peer Reviewed Selected Articles

• Roy R, Sarker T, Monshi FI, Wang J (2025). Optimizing water and nutrient application for Caragana korshinskii-based vegetation restoration in coal-mine-degraded arid lands. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2025.09.006 (Impact factor: 7.3)
• Roy R*, Hossain A, Sarker T, Asaduzzaman M (2025) Alleviation of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Rice: A Synergistic Planetary Health Approach of Organic Amendment and Phytoremediation in Cadmium Contaminated Soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (Impact factor: 7.7)
• Yasmin K, Roy R, Li WC (2025) From rice grain to human hair: Assessing dietary heavy metal exposure and health risks in Narsingdi, Bangladesh. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 495, 138921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138921 (Impact factor- 11.3)
• Jolly FA, Pandit D, Adikari D, Saifullah MK, Uddin GT, Abir ST, Kumar R, Dutta A, Roy R* (2025) Comparison of heavy metal contamination in cropland soils adjacent to waste disposal site and other cropland soils in khulna, Bangladesh. Discover Sustainability, 6 (1), 745 (IF- 3.0)
• Hossen MK, Das PK, Roy R. Detection and Classification of Rice Leaf Diseases Using OpenCV and Deep Learning. Current Applied Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.55003/cast.2025.260191 (Cite score- 1.5)
• Sarker T, Roy R, Yeasmin S, Rabbany MG, Asaduzzaman M. Technology Adoption Intention and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Ability of Rural Women in Bangladesh. Business Strategy & Development. 8(1): e70067. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.70067 (Impact Factor- 4.8)
• Roy R*, Hossain A, Sultana S, Deb B, Ahmod MM, Sarker T (2024) Microplastics increase cadmium absorption and impair nutrient uptake and growth in red amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) in the presence of cadmium and biochar. BMC Plant Biology. 24, 608. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05312-0 (Impact factor: 4.3)
• Roy R*, Hossain A, Sharif MO, Das M, Sarker T (2024). Optimizing biochar, vermicompost, and duckweed amendments to mitigate arsenic uptake and accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivated on arsenic-contaminated soil. BMC Plant Biology. 24:545. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05219-w (Impact Factor- 4.3)
• Pandit D, Haque MM, Bhuyan MS, Harun-Al-Rashid A, Barman PP, Roy R, Sarker B, Saifullah MK, Kunda M (2024) A comprehensive scenario of heavy metals pollution in the rivers of Bangladesh during the last two decades. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-34225-6
• Sarker T, Roy R, Yeasmin S, Asaduzzaman M (2024). Enhancing women’s empowerment as an effective strategy to improve food security in rural Bangladesh: a pathway to achieving SDG-2. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1436949 (Impact factor: 3.7)
• Raza, M.A.S., Aslam, M.U., Valipour, M., Iqbal, R., Haider, I., Mustafa, A.E.Z.M.A., Elshikh, M.S., Ali, I., Roy, R., Elshamly, A.M.S., 2024. Seed priming with selenium improves growth and yield of quinoa plants suffering drought. Sci. Rep. 14, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51371-6
• Jamil, M., Malook, I., Rehman, S.U., Aslam, M.M., Fayyaz, M., Shah, G., Kaplan, A., Khan, M.N., Ali, B., Roy, R., Ercisli, S., Harakeh, S., Moulay, M., Javed, M.A., Abeed, A.H.A., 2024. Inoculation of heavy metal resistant bacteria alleviated heavy metal‑induced oxidative stress biomarkers in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.).pdf. BMC Plant Biol. 24, 1–14.
• Iqbal, R., Firdous, A., Hyder, S., Valipour, M., Zaheer, M.S., Iqbal, J., Zulfiqar, U., Roy, R., Alnafissa, M., Abd Allah, E.F., El Sabagh, A., 2024. Optimizing deficit irrigation and soil mulch adaptation strategies for cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) productivity and economic gains under water-limited dry climatic conditions. Appl. Ecol. Environ. Res. 24, 93–113. https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/2201_093113
• Sabir MA, Nawaz MF, Khan TH, Zulfiqar U, Naseer J, Hussain S, Gul S, Maqsood MF, Iqbal R, Ali B, Roy R (2023). Impact of dust load and lead (Pb) stress on leaf functioning of urban vegetation. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, 47 (5), 11. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-011X.3122 (IF- 2.9)
• Tabassum R, Monshi FI, Hossain MS, Roy R, Monshi MH, Hasan AK (2023). Comparative assessment of selected exotic hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) based on quantitative traits analysis. Agriculture and Forestry, 69 (3): 45-59.
• Biswas A, Dey S, Xiao A, Deng Y, Birhanie ZM, Roy R, Akhter D, Liu L, Li D (2023). Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of antioxidant phenolics from Corchorus olitorius leaves: a response surface optimization. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 10, 1–18. (IF- 6.6)
• Sufyan M, Daraz U, Iqbal R, Roy R, Rafiq F, Shafique MS, Zafar MU, Soufan W, Faraj TK, Kumari A, Ditta A, Kadry NM, El Sabagh A (2023). Appraisal on morphometry , gas exchange characteristics , and ions uptake under cadmium stress in early- and late-sown of cotton. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 21, 2953–2968. (IF- 0.816)
• Feng S, Sultana S, Sikdar A, Roy R, Wang J, Huang Y (2023). Lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzyme activities, and osmotic adjustment in Platycladus orientalis and Amorpha fruticosa differ during drought and rewatering. Forests 2023, 14, 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14051019 (IF- 2.9)
• Zulfiqar U, Ahmad M, Valipour M, Ishfaq M, Maqsood MF, Iqbal R, Ali MF, Roy R, El Sabagh A (2023). Evaluating optimum limited irrigation and integrated nutrient management strategies for wheat growth, yield and quality. Hydrology 2023, 10, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10030056 (IF- 3.2)
• Usman F, Zeb B, Alam K, Valipour M, Ditta A, Sorooshian A, Roy R, Ahmad I, Iqbal R (2022). Exploring the mass concentration of particulate matter and its relationship with meteorological parameters in the Hindu-Kush range. Atmosphere. 13(10), 1628; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13101628. (IF- 2.9)
• Jamil N, Hyder S, Valipour M, Yasir M, Iqbal R, Roy R, Zafar MU, Ahmed A (2022). Evaluation of bioremediation potential of Staphllococcus lentus inoculations on plants as a promising strategy to attenuate heavy metal toxicity. Sustainability. 14, 13056. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142013056. (IF- 3.9)
• Begum N, Wang L, Ahmad H, Akhtar K, Roy R, Khan MI, Zhao T (2022). Co-inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria improve growth and photosynthesis in tobacco under drought stress by up-regulating antioxidant and mineral nutrition metabolism. Microbial Ecology. 83:971–988. (IF-3.6)
• Dindaroglu T, Tunguz V, Babur E, Alkharabsheh HE, Seleiman M, Roy R, Zakharchenko E (2022). The use of remote sensing to characterise geomorphometry and soil properties at watershed scale. International Journal of Global Warming. 27(4):402 – 421. (IF- 0.9)
• Uslu OS, Babur E, Battaglia ML, Turkkaya E, Seleiman MF, Roy R, Dindaroglu T (2022). Effects of gyttja applications on hay yield and quality of a rangeland in Mediterranean region. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04344-z. (IF- 3.1)
• Roy R, Núñez-Delgado A, Wang J, Kader MA, Sarker T, Hasan AK and Dindaroglu T (2022). Cattle manure compost and biochar supplementation improve growth of Onobrychis viciifolia in coal-mined spoils under water stress conditions. Environmental Research. 205, 112440. (Impact Factor-8.431)
• Roy R, Sultana S, Wang J, Mostofa MG, Sarker T, Shah MMR and Hossain MS (2022). Revegetation of coal mine degraded arid areas: the role of a native woody species under optimum water and nutrient resources. Environmental Research. 204, 111921. (IF-8.431)
• Roy R, Mahboob MG, Arena C, Kader MA, Sultana S, Hasan AK, Wang J, Sarker T, Zhang R and Barmon M (2021). The modulation of water, nitrogen and phosphorous supply for growth optimization of the evergreen shrubs Ammopiptanthus mongolicus for revegetation purpose. Frontiers in Plant Science. DOI:10.3389/fpls.2021.766523 (IF-6.627)
• Roy R, Núñez-Delgado A, Sultana S, Wang J, Munir A, Battaglia ML, Sarker T, Seleiman MF, Barmon M and Zhang R (2021). Additions of optimum water, spent mushroom compost and wood biochar to improve the growth performance of Althaea rosea in drought-prone coal-mined spoils. Journal of Environmental Management. 295, 113076. (IF-8.910)
• Roy R*, Sultana S, Begum N, Fornara D, Barmon M, Zhang R, Sarker T and Rabbany MG (2021). Exogenous melatonin reduces water deficit-induced oxidative stress and improve growth performance of Althaea rosea grown on coal mine spoils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14671-2 (IF-5.190)
• Roy R, Wang JX, Mostofa MG, Fornara D (2020). Optimal water and fertilizer applications improve growth of Tamarix chinensis in a coal mine degraded area under arid conditions. Physiologia Plantarum 172(2): 371-390 (IF-5.081)
• Roy R, Mostofa MG, Wang JX, Fornara D, Sarker T and Zhang R (2021). Revegetation intervention of drought-prone coal-mined spoils using Caragana korshinskii under variable water and nitrogen-phosphorus resources. Agricultural Water Management 246, 106712. (IF-6.611)
• Roy R, Wang JX, Mostofa MG, Fornara D, Sikdar A, Sarker T, Wang X, Jahan MS (2020). Fine-tuning of soil water and nutrient fertilizer levels for the ecological restoration of coal-mined spoils using Elaeagnus angustifolia. Journal of Environmental Management 270, 110855. (IF-8.910)
• Roy R, Mostofa MG, Wang JX, Sikdar A, Sarker T (2020). Improvement of growth performance of Amorpha fruticosa under contrasting regime of water and fertilizer in coal contaminated spoils using response surface methodology. BMC Plant Biology 20(181): 1-15. (IF-5.260)
• Roy R* and Sarker T (2016). Farmers opinion towards conservation and causes of depletion of citrus at Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar district in Bangladesh. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Life Sciences 6(2): 6-14.
• Roy R*, Islam AFMS, Miah MNH, Uddin MS and Afroz T (2014). Citrus diversity related household characteristics at Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Agriculturist 7 (1): 29-37.
• Roy R*, Islam AFMS, Miah MNH, Uddin MS and Sikdar A (2014). Farmers opinion towards conservation and genetic erosion of citrus species at Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district in Bangladesh. Journal of Sylhet Agricultural University 1 (2): 207-212
• Roy R*, Sikdar A, Hasan R, Saha SR and Saha D (2014). Citrus species density and its relative prevalence at the homesteads of Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Agriculturist 7 (1): 57-61.
• Dindaroglu T, Babur E, Battaglia M, Mahmood F, Uslu OS and Roy R (2021). Impact of depression areas and land-use change in the soil organic carbon and total nitrogen contents in a semi-arid karst ecosystem. CERNE. 27(1):102980. (IF–1.01)
• Seleiman MF, Aslam MT, Alhammad BA, Hassan MU, Maqbool R, Chattha MU, Khan I, Gitari HI, Uslu OS, Roy R, Battaglia ML. Salinity Stress in Wheat: Effects, Mechanisms and Management Strategies. Phyton - International Journal of Experimental Botany. doi:10.32604/phyton.2022.017365 (IF-1.407)
• Rabbany MG, Mehmood Y, Hoque F, Sarker T, Hossain KZ, Khan AA, Hossain MS, Roy R, Luo J (2021). Do credit constraints affect the technical efficiency of Boro rice growers? Evidence from the District Pabna in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15458-1 (IF-5.190)
• Sikdar A, Wang JX, Hasanuzzaman M, Liu X, Feng S, Roy R, Sial TA, Lahori AH, Jeyasundar PGSA, Wang X (2020). Phytostabilization of Pb-Zn Mine Tailings with Amorpha fruticosa Aided by Organic Amendments and Triple Superphosphate. Molecules 25 (1617): 1-24. (IF-4.927)
• Begum N, Wang L, Ahmad H, Akhtar K, Roy R, Khan MI, Zhao T (2021). Co-inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria improve growth and photosynthesis in tobacco under drought stress by up-regulating antioxidant and mineral nutrition metabolism. Microbial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01815-7 (IF-4.192)
• Wei W, Sarker T, Żukiewicz-Sobczak W, Roy R, Alam GMM, Rabbany G, Hossain MS, Aziz N (2021). The Influence of Women’s Empowerment on Poverty Reduction in the Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Focus on Health, Education and Living Standard. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(13):6909. (IF-4.614).
• Rabbany MG, Mehmood Y, Hoque F, Sarker T, Khan AA, Hossain KZ, Hossain MS, Roy R, Luo J (2021). Effects of partial quantity rationing of credit on technical efficiency of Boro rice growers in Bangladesh: Application of stochastic frontier model. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture. 33(6): 501-509. (IF-1.031)
• Khan I, Seleiman MF, Chattha MU, Jalal RS, Mahmood F, Hassan FAS, Izzet W, Alhammad BA, Ali EF, Roy R, Uslu OS, Hassan MU (2021). Enhancing antioxidant defense system of mung bean with a salicylic acid exogenous application to mitigate cadmium toxicity. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 49(2): 12303. (IF-1.249)
• Sultana S and Roy R* (2021). Citrus cultivation status and causes of citrus species decline at Rajnagar upazila under Moulvibazar district of Bangladesh. Journal of Research and Opinion 8(9): 3010-3018.
• Uddin MS and Roy R (2021). Biodiversity and intercrops of citrus species at Sreemangal upazila under Moulvibazar district of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Ecology. 3 (1) : 47-54.
• Wei W, Sarker T, Roy R, Sarkar A and Rabbany MG (2021). Women’s empowerment and their experience to food security in rural Bangladesh. Sociology of Health & Illness. 00:1–24. (IF-2.957)
• Sarker T, Sarkar A, Rabbany MG, Barmon M, Roy R*, Rahman MA, Hossain KZ, Hoque F and Asaduzzaman M (2021). Evaluation of preventive, supportive and awareness building measures among international students in China in response to COVID-19: a structural equation modeling approach. Global Health Research and Policy 6:10
• Jahan MS, Guo S, Baloch AR, Sun J, Shu S, Wang Y, Ahammed GJ, Kabir K, Roy R (2020). Melatonin alleviates nickel phytotoxicity by improving photosynthesis, secondary metabolism and oxidative stress tolerance in tomato seedlings. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 197, 110593. (IF-7.129)
• Wang XQ, Wang JX, Zhang R, Huang Y, Feng S, Ma X, Zhang Y, Sikdar A, Roy R (2018) Allelopathic effects of aqueous leaf extracts from four shrub species on seed germination and initial growth of Amygdalus pedunculata Pall. Forests 9 (711): 1-14. (IF-3.282)
• Biswas A, Islam MS, Dey SC and Roy R (2017). Fruit yield production potential of tomato genotypes during summer season. Research & Reviews: Journal of Food Science and Technology 6 (2): 1-7.
• Sarker T, Sarker LR, Roy DC, Roy R (2017). Struggling of child workers in Sylhet city, Bangladesh. International Journal of Natural and Social Sciences 4(1): 57-63.
• Sarker T, Sarker LR, Roy DC, Rinku SS, Sarker R and Roy R (2017). Situation analysis of child workers in Sylhet city, Bangladesh. International Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, 4(1): 19-25.
• Sarker T, Roy R, Biswas A (2017). Education and Health Status of Child Labour in Sylhet City, Bangladesh. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Life Sciences 7(2): 1–9
• Saha SR, Islam AFMS, Rahman MM, Hasan MM and Roy R (2016). Cultivars response to morphological and yield attributes of okra at Sylhet region. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 10 (2): 1-7.
• Sarker T, Roy R*, M Chowdhury and Hasan R (2016). Socio-economic status of child beggars in Sylhet city, Bangladesh. International Journal of Information Research and Review3 (8) 2695-2700.
• Sarker T, Roy R*, M Chowdhury, Sarker R, Yasmin K (2016). Education and health status of child beggars in Sylhet city, Bangladesh. American Journal of Social Sciences4(5): 58-66.
• Afroz T, Yeasmin F, Roy R, Ferdousi J and Rahman MZ (2014). Change in agricultural production and adaption in relation to livelihood of forest dependent community in Madhupur region of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Agriculturist 7 (1): 7-13.

Books

• Barmon et al. 2022. Risk Assessment of Microplastic Pollution. In: Hashmi M.Z. (eds) Microplastic Pollution. Emerging Contaminants and Associated Treatment Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89220-3_17
• Babur et al. 2021. Relationship between Organic Matter and Microbial Biomass in Different Vegetation Types. Microbial Syntrophy-Mediated Eco-enterprising - Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-99900-7.00005-5.
• Begum N, Roy R, Hafeez U, Chang FG, Zhao TJ (2021). Mechanistic insights into Mulching and plant physiological attributes under abiotic stresses. In “Mulching in Agroecosystems - Plants, Soil & Environment. Springer Nature. (Accepted for publication).