Prof. Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef is a professor of plant physiology at the Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Qena University (formerly South Valley University), Egypt. He received his B.Sc. in 1998, M.Sc. in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2005 from South Valley University, Egypt. Prof. Arafat has published 98 research/review articles in peer-reviewed journals and 37 book chapters in international books. He served as editor of 9 published international books. He serves as an editorial member of several reputed journals. Furthermore, he is an expert reviewer for over 150 international journals. He was one of the world's top 2% of scientists according to Stanford University in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Prof. Arafat has received several awards such as the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award 2025, the Egypt State Award in Excellence in Agricultural Sciences 2021, South Valley University Award in Excellence 2019, Top Peer Reviewer Award 2019 Powered by Publons, and South Valley University Award in Scientific Publication for the years from 2010 to 2024. .
