Professor Dr. Muhammad Ashraf is highly motivated and ambitious professional in the field of Plant Science (Stress Biology) possessing exceptional academic and service record. He was declared Highly Cited Researcher by the Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters USA) for the year 2018, 2020 and 2021. He has to his credit over 90000 citations (Google Citations) and h-index 137. He was ranked as the top scientist of the OIC countries (57 countries) by securing 4306 points in Biological Sciences in 2007 by the COMSTECH of the OIC countries. He was also ranked as the top Scientist in Biological Sciences in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2010 by the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Islamabad.