Chengbao Ma

550 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 96 citations indexed

About

Chengbao Ma is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Animal Science and Zoology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengbao Ma has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 96 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Infectious Diseases, 4 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chengbao Ma's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (4 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (3 papers). Chengbao Ma is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (4 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (3 papers). Chengbao Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Chengbao Ma's co-authors include Huan Yan, Qing Xiong, Chen Liu, Xianying Chen, Yu Chen, Li Zhou, Qianyun Liu, Peng Liu, Junqiang Xu and Ke Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Chengbao Ma

6 papers receiving 96 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Molecular basis of convergent evolution of ACE2 receptor utilization among HKU5 coronaviruses

2025 14 citations Young‐Jun Park, Chen Liu et al. Cell profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chengbao Ma China	5	60	35	22	12	11	7	96
Huahua Wan United States	5	87 1.4×	28 0.8×	28 1.3×	7 0.6×	11 1.0×	8	115
Cho‐Chin Cheng Germany	6	73 1.2×	77 2.2×	10 0.5×	10 0.8×	11 1.0×	8	148
Aiquan Chang United States	5	38 0.6×	29 0.8×	10 0.5×	5 0.4×	7 0.6×	5	69
Dacia Dimartino United States	7	116 1.9×	90 2.6×	11 0.5×	44 3.7×	16 1.5×	10	198
Shuyi Song China	8	77 1.3×	55 1.6×	10 0.5×	2 0.2×	15 1.4×	15	149
Brianna J. Close United States	5	98 1.6×	35 1.0×	16 0.7×	3 0.3×	10 0.9×	5	135
Victoria Zaksas United States	5	50 0.8×	40 1.1×	5 0.2×	19 1.6×	11 1.0×	6	109
Zuyuan Xu China	4	48 0.8×	13 0.4×	12 0.5×	2 0.2×	7 0.6×	8	77
Lianghui Dong China	4	33 0.6×	33 0.9×	7 0.3×	2 0.2×	34 3.1×	4	87
Yiyuan Xu China	4	35 0.6×	63 1.8×	5 0.2×	4 0.3×	6 0.5×	7	101

Countries citing papers authored by Chengbao Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chengbao Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengbao Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chengbao Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chengbao Ma based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chengbao Ma. Chengbao Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Park, Young‐Jun, Chen Liu, Jimin Lee, et al.. (2025). Molecular basis of convergent evolution of ACE2 receptor utilization among HKU5 coronaviruses. Cell. 188(6). 1711–1728.e21. 14 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Liu, Chen, Young‐Jun Park, Chengbao Ma, et al.. (2025). HKU25 clade MERS-related coronaviruses use ACE2 as a functional receptor. Nature Microbiology. 10(11). 2860–2874.

3.

Chen, Yuanmei, Meiling Huang, Lulu Shi, et al.. (2024). Sarbecovirus RBD indels and specific residues dictating multi-species ACE2 adaptiveness. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8869–8869. 8 indexed citations

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Xiong, Qing, Chengbao Ma, Chen Liu, et al.. (2024). ACE2-using merbecoviruses: Further evidence of convergent evolution of ACE2 recognition by NeoCoV and other MERS-CoV related viruses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 100145–100145. 4 indexed citations

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Feng, Jiangpeng, Miao He, Jiali Li, et al.. (2023). NSUN2-mediated m5C modification of HBV RNA positively regulates HBV replication. PLoS Pathogens. 19(12). e1011808–e1011808. 26 indexed citations

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Ma, Chengbao, Chen Liu, Qing Xiong, et al.. (2023). Broad host tropism of ACE2-using MERS-related coronaviruses and determinants restricting viral recognition. Cell Discovery. 9(1). 57–57. 11 indexed citations

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Ma, Chengbao, Xianying Chen, Qing Xiong, et al.. (2022). Drastic decline in sera neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Wuhan COVID-19 convalescents. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 11(1). 567–572. 33 indexed citations

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