Ajar Nath Yadav, Ph.D.

Ajar Nath Yadav, Ph.D.

Ajar Nath Yadav, PhD, PDF

Deputy Director, RDC & IQAC

HOD & Associate Professor

Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding & Biotechnology

Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture

Eternal University, Baru Sahib

Sirmour-173101, Himachal Pradesh, India

Contact: +91-9882545085

Research Fellow

INTI International University

Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

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Email: ajaryadav.inti@gmail.com

Contact: 9882545085

Websites: https://sites.google.com/view/ajarnathyadav

Alternative email IDs:

· R&D Cell: rdc@eternaluniversity.edu.in

· IQAC: iqac@eternaluniversity.edu.in

· Dean PGS: pgs@eternaluniversity.edu.in

· Head GPBB: hod.biotechnology@eternaluniversity.edu.in

🏆 Awards & Recognitions

1st Rank in World- Biotechnology- ScholarGPS®-2025
1st Rank in India- Agriculture- AD Scientific Index-2025
1st Rank in India- Microbiology (PU*)- World's Top 2% Scientists- 2024 & 2025
1st Rank in University- SCOPUS (45% of total publications) - 2024
World's Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University, California, USA)- 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025
World's Top 2% Most Influential Scientists (Single Year) Stanford University- 2022
University Best Researcher Award, Eternal University, Baru Sahib- 2023, 2024 & 2024
University Best Teacher Award, Eternal University, Baru Sahib- 2018
Young Scientist Award: NASI Swarna Jayanti Puraskar- 2013
Rank in University (Eternal University)

· 1st Rank in University – Scopus database- 25% of total publications-2025

· 1st Rank in University – Scopus database- 29% of total publications-2024

· 1st Rank in University – Scopus database- 28% of total publications-2023

· 1st Rank in University – Scopus database- 25% of total publications-2022

· 1st Rank in University – Scopus database- 41% of total publications-2020

· 1st Rank in University – Scopus database- 39% of total publications-2019

👨‍🔬 Editorial/Reviewer Roles

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology [ISSN: 2455-7005; Open Science] 2020- Till date

Associate Editor

Current Microbiology [ISSN: 1432-0991; Springer]
Stress Biology [ISSN: 2731-0450; Springer]
Heliyon [ISSN: 2405-8440; Elsevier]
Journal of King Saud University - Science [ISSN: 1018-3647; Elsevier]
International Journal of Microbiology [ISSN: 1687-9198; Wiley]
Journal of Food Quality [ISSN: 0146-9428; Wiley]
Frontiers in Microbiology [ISSN: 1664-302X; Frontiers]
Frontiers in Fungal Biology [ISSN: 2673-6128; Frontiers]
Microbial Biosystems [ISSN: 2357-0334; Arab Society for Fungal Conservation]
Plant Science Today [ISSN: 2348-1900; Horizon]
Annals of Microbiology [ISSN: 1869-2024; Springer] - 2021-2023

Review Editor/Editorial Board

Current Plant Biology [ISSN: 2214-6628; Elsevier]
BMC Biotechnology [ISSN: 1472-6750; Springer]
BMC Microbiology [ISSN: 1471-2180; Springer]
Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry [ISSN: 2673-4486; Frontiers]
Frontiers in Environmental Science [ISSN: 2296-665X; Frontiers]
Frontiers in Marine Science [ISSN: 2296-7745; Frontiers]

Reviewer: 150 International and National Journals

Special Issues Editor: (12 topics) Frontiers in Fungal Biology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Plant Science Today, Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology

Editor/Associate Editor: Handled 229 Manuscripts to date

Reviewer: Reviewed 495 Manuscripts to date

🏆 Awards/Honors/ Distinctions/Peer Recognition: 25

University Best Researcher Award-2025, 2024 & 2023
University Best Teacher Award- 2018
Young Scientist Award: NASI Swarna Jayanti Puraskar- 2013
Outstanding Associate Editor Award by Frontiers in Microbiology - 2023 & 2022
Excellent Reviewer (4-Publons*)
Best Scientist in University- [AD Scientific Index)- 2020-2025
First Ranked in Eternal University in Scopus databases (226 articles @30% of total publications)- 2016-2025
Resource Person- 01
Best papers presentation award- 19

🌐 Academic & Social Links

🧬 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-7050

📚 Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55826083300

🎓 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Drt5z1gAAAAJ&hl=en

🌍 Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/I-3572-2014

🧬 PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Yadav+AN

🧑‍🎓 Vidwan ID (INFLIBNET): https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/182619

📊 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ajar_Nath_Yadav

📄 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajar-nath-yadav-8184aa15

🎓 Academia: https://eternaluniversity.academia.edu/ajarnathyadav

🧭 ScholarGPS: https://scholargps.com/scholars/54708885187283/ajar-nath-yadav

🐦 Twitter (X): https://x.com/ajarbiotech

✅ Amazon Author Central: https://www.amazon.com/Ajar-Nath-Yadav/e/B08HKY7GLP/

✅ Loop (Frontiers): https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/205032/

🌍 Springer Nature Profile: https://link.springer.com/search?new-search=true&query=Ajar+Nath+Yadav

🌍 Elsevier/Science Direct Profile: https://www.sciencedirect.com/search?qs=Ajar+Nath+Yadav

📚 Research Publications: 431

Research/review papers : 256

Books : 28

Book chapters : 122

Popular articles : 10

Lab manuals : 02

Patents : 02

Impact Factor

Impact factor : 350

Cite Score : 563

NAAS rating : 610

Citations (Google Scholar)

Citations : 30,000

h-index : 101

i10-index : 393

Biography

Ajar Nath Yadav, Deputy Director, RDC & IQAC, Assistant Controller of Examinations, Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, and Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 10 years of teaching and 15 years of research experience in the field of microbial biotechnology, microbial diversity and plant-microbe interactions. He obtained his doctorate degree in Science (Microbial Biotechnology) jointly from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi & Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and B.Sc. (BCZ) from the University of Allahabad, India. Dr. Yadav has 431 publications with h-index 101, i10-index 393 and 30,312 citations. Dr. Yadav has published 38 International books including 21 Springer-Nature, 07 CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 04 Elsevier, and 1 Wiley-Blackwell books and 115 Book Chapters. Dr. Yadav published 131 research communications. He has been serving as Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology” and Associated Editor for 11 international journals including Heliyon, Current Microbiology, Stress Biology, BMC Microbiology, BMC Biotechnology, Archaea, International Journal of Microbiology, Microbial Biosystems, Frontiers in Microbiology, Plant Science Today, and Journal of Food Quality and handled 213 manuscripts till date. Dr. Yadav is serving as reviewer for more than 131 national and international peer-reviewed journals and reviewed 516 manuscripts till date. Dr. Yadav edited 12 Special issues in Frontiers in Fungal Biology, Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Journal of Pharmaceutical Applied Sciences, MDPI Biology and Plant Science Today.

Dr. Yadav has been listed among 2% world scientists in 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 by Stanford University, California, USA and among Top 2% most influential scientists in single year 2022 by Stanford University, California, USA. Dr. Yadav is among Top 1% leading Scientists in World by Research.com, single scientist from Eternal University. Dr. Yadav is Best Scientist in Eternal University in 2020-2025 by AD Scientific Index. Dr. Yadav is First ranked in Eternal University in Scopus databases (291 articles @30% of total publications) and received “Outstanding Associate Editor Award” by Frontiers in Microbiology for 2022 & 2023. Dr. Yadav has got 19 Best Paper Presentation Awards, and one Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jayanti Purskar). He received “University Best Researcher Award-2025, 2024 & 2023” in 11th & 10th and “Outstanding Teacher Award”-2018 in 6th Annual Convocation of Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh.

Dr. Yadav has a long-standing interest in teaching at the UG, PG, and Ph.D. level and is involved in taking courses in agriculture microbiology, bacteriology, biosystematics and biodiversity, bioprocess engineering and technology, environmental biotechnology, environmental microbiology, industrial microbiology, microbial biotechnology and techniques in microbiology and biotechnology. Dr. Yadav is currently handling two projects one funded by the Department of Environments, Science & Technology (DEST), Shimla, and one by HP Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE). Presently he is guiding 05 scholars for the Ph.D. degree and 01 for M.Sc. dissertations.

In his credit ~8700 microbes (Archaea, bacteria, and fungi) isolated from diverse sources and ~550 potential and efficient microbes were deposited at culture collection National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms (NBAIM), Mau, India. He has deposited 2386 nucleotide sequences and 03 whole-genome sequences (Bacillus thuringiensis AKS47, Arthrobacter agilis L77, and Halolamina pelagica CDK2) and 02 transcriptomes to NCBI GenBank databases: in the public domain. The niche-specific microbes from extreme environments were reported as specific bio-inoculants (Biofertilizers) for crops growing in normal and diverse abiotic stress conditions. Dr. Yadav and his group have developed technology for screening of archaea for phosphorus solubilization for the first time. He has the lifetime membership of Association of microbiologist in India, Indian Science Congress Council, India and National Academy of Sciences, India.

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