Journal Papers:

Sr #	Description
1	Sahar Mumtaz, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Mansoor Hameed, Fatima Batool, Abida Parveen, Syeda Fasiha Amjad, Athar Mahmood, Muhammad Arfan, Shakeel Ahmed, Humaira Yasmin, Abdulaziz Abdullah Alsahli, Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni, Anatomical adaptations and ionic homeostasis in aquatic halophyte Cyperus laevigatus L. Under high salinities, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Volume 28, Issue 5,2021,Pages 2655-2666,ISSN 1319-562X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.03.002. [IF: 2.802]
2	Hetong Wang, Qijiang Cao, Qiang Zhao, Muhammad Arfan, Wan Liu. Mechanisms used by DNA MMR system to cope with Cadmium-induced DNA damage in plants. Chemosphere. 2019. 125614. ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125614. [IF: 5.108]
3	Muhammad Arfan, Chao Zhang, Da-Wei Zhang, Da-Xu Li, Jia-Jun Yan, Ming-Hong You, Shi-Qie Bai, Hong-Hui Lin. CO2-exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence responses of forage grasses during salt stress and recovery in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Pak. J. Bot. 2019. 51 (5): http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2019-5(5). [IF: 0.825]
4	Muhammad Arfan, Da-Wei Zhang, Li-Juan Zou, Shi-shuai Luo, Wen-Rong Tan, Tong Zhu, Hong-Hui Lin. Hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide crosstalk mediates brassinosteroids induced cold stress tolerance in Medicago truncatula. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019. 20, 144 [IF: 4.331]
5	Siraj Bahadur, Mushtaq Ahmad, Sehrosh Mir, Muhammad Zafar, Shazia Sultana, Shomaila Ashfaq, Muhammad Arfan. Identification of monocot flora using pollen features through scanning electron microscopy. Microsc. Res. Tech. 2018. 81: 599–613 [IF: 1.154]
6	Muhammad Arfan, Guy Pe’er, Bianca Bauch, Josef Settele, Klaus Henle, Reinhard Klenke. Evaluating presence data versus expert opinions to assess occurrence, habitat preferences and landscape permeability: A case study of butterflies. Environments. 2018. 5, 36 [ESCI]
7	Li-Juan Zou, Xing-Guang Deng, Li-e Zhang, Tong Zhu, Wen-Rong Tan, Muhammad Arfan, Li-Jun Zhu, Chao Zhang, Da-Wei Zhang, Hong-Hui Lin. Nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in brassinosteroid-mediated virus resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiol. Plantarum. 2018. 163: 196–210 [IF: 3.138]
8	Chao Zhang, Da-Wei Zhang, Yan-Ni Sun, Muhammad Arfan, Da-Xu Li, Jia-Jun Yan, Ming-Hong You, Shi-Qie Bai, Hong-Hui Lin. Photo-protective mechanisms in reed canary grass to alleviate photoinhibition of PSII on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2017. 215: 11–19 [IF: 3.034]
9	Shi-shuai Luo, Yan-ni Sun, Xue Zhou, Tong Zhu, Li-sha Zhu, Muhammad Arfan, Li-juan Zou, Hong-Hui Lin. Medicago truncatula genotypes Jemalong A17 and R108 show contrasting variations under drought stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 2016. 109: 190–198 [IF: 2.756]
10	Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Farrukh Jaleel, Syed Mujtaba Haider, Yasmin Toor, Sajil Ismail, Muhammad Arfan, Mohammad Azeem. Exploration of ethno-medicinal plants and their ritual uses in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research. 2014. 21 (9): 1466–1471
11	Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Farrukh Jaleel, Muhammad Waseem, Sajil Ismail, Muhammad Arfan. Composition of understory vegetation in tree species of Cholistan desert, Pakistan. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment. 2013. 5 (10): 278–284
12	Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Farrukh Jaleel, Yasmeen Toor, Sajil Ismail, Muhammad Arfan, Syed Mujtaba Haider, Robina Bashir. Composition of understory vegetation in major shrub species of Cholistan desert, Pakistan. World Applied Sciences Journal. 2013. 28 (5): 629–635
13	Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Sajil Ismail, Maryem Arshad, Abdul Majeed, Muhammad Arfan. Ethnomedicinal flora of district Mandi Bahaudin, Pakistan. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research. 2011. 9 (2): 233–238