Dawei Ma

27.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
416 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Dawei Ma is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawei Ma has authored 416 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 299 papers in Organic Chemistry, 138 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Dawei Ma's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (114 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (96 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (73 papers). Dawei Ma is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (114 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (96 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (73 papers). Dawei Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Dawei Ma's co-authors include Qian Cai, Yongwen Jiang, Wei Zhu, Weiwei Zi, Zhiwei Zuo, Weiqing Xie, Mengyang Fan, Shouyun Yu, Benli Zou and Junying Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dawei Ma

405 papers receiving 22.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Selective Inhibitor of eIF2α Dephosphorylation Protects... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2008 2011 2017 2005 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. A Selective Inhibitor of eIF2α Dephosphorylation Protects Cells from ER Stress
    2005 1.2k citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →
  2. Copper/Amino Acid Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Aryl and Vinyl Halides with Nucleophiles
    2008 987 citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →
  3. Beclin1 Controls the Levels of p53 by Regulating the Deubiquitination Activity of USP10 and USP13
    2011 659 citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →
  4. Selected Copper‐Based Reactions for C−N, C−O, C−S, and C−C Bond Formation
    2017 599 citations Dawei Ma et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Amino Acid Promoted CuI-Catalyzed C−N Bond Formation between Aryl Halides and Amines or N-Containing Heterocycles
    2005 594 citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →
  6. Design of Wide-Spectrum Inhibitors Targeting Coronavirus Main Proteases
    2005 556 citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →
  7. Intramolecular Dearomative Oxidative Coupling of Indoles: A Unified Strategy for the Total Synthesis of Indoline Alkaloids
    2015 367 citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →
  8. Cu-Mediated Ullmann-Type Cross-Coupling and Industrial Applications in Route Design, Process Development, and Scale-up of Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Processes
    2022 185 citations Dawei Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawei Ma China 74 17.1k 5.8k 2.1k 1.4k 1.2k 416 22.9k
William Roush United States 66 12.7k 0.7× 6.6k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 968 0.7× 1.9k 1.5× 406 18.9k
Gary H. Posner United States 60 8.5k 0.5× 5.0k 0.9× 842 0.4× 646 0.5× 624 0.5× 363 15.4k
Paul A. Wender United States 83 13.3k 0.8× 10.5k 1.8× 1.2k 0.6× 208 0.2× 1.8k 1.5× 361 24.5k
Jonathan A. Ellman United States 96 27.7k 1.6× 10.0k 1.7× 6.6k 3.1× 472 0.3× 904 0.7× 354 33.9k
John A. Porco United States 62 8.4k 0.5× 4.9k 0.8× 820 0.4× 230 0.2× 1.6k 1.3× 248 13.3k
Stephen Hanessian Canada 65 14.5k 0.9× 9.2k 1.6× 1.5k 0.7× 292 0.2× 1.9k 1.5× 571 19.1k
Iwao Ojima United States 67 11.5k 0.7× 5.8k 1.0× 3.3k 1.5× 352 0.3× 1.5k 1.2× 455 19.3k
John A. Katzenellenbogen United States 90 7.5k 0.4× 12.0k 2.1× 740 0.3× 565 0.4× 1.9k 1.5× 629 33.8k
Dale L. Boger United States 92 20.4k 1.2× 14.6k 2.5× 1.2k 0.6× 477 0.4× 8.1k 6.5× 639 34.2k
Motomu Kanai Japan 89 20.3k 1.2× 4.8k 0.8× 6.4k 3.0× 290 0.2× 692 0.6× 427 23.7k

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All Works

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Ma, Dawei, Xinhe Wang, Xiufang Cui, et al.. (2025). (La1/5Nd1/5Eu1/5Y1/5Gd1/5)Zr2O7 high entropy thermal barrier coating enables long thermal cyclic lifetime. Ceramics International. 51(25). 46657–46667. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Tongkun, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective Assembly of (Hetero)aryl Alkyl Sulfilimines via Copper-Catalyzed S-Arylation of S-Alkyl Sulfenamides with (Hetero)aryl Iodides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(37). 34126–34131. 4 indexed citations
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Jin, Xiaodong, et al.. (2025). An explainable transfer learning approach to predict carbon emission intensity of coal-fired power plants with multi-source monitoring data. Expert Systems with Applications. 298. 129743–129743. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Bowen, Yuan Tian, Yang Zhou, et al.. (2025). Discovery of BW710 as a potent, selective and orally bioavailable fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) inhibitor. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 287. 117339–117339. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hongjin, Jianbo Wu, Ying Zhang, et al.. (2024). Design, synthesis and evaluation of thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives as novel potent CDK7 inhibitors. Bioorganic Chemistry. 148. 107456–107456. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Chengshuai, Yan Wang, Zhen Su, et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of the highly oxygenated tetracyclic core skeleton of Taxol. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2339–2339. 33 indexed citations
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Ran, Ke, Yang Zhou, Shaohua Chang, et al.. (2024). Discovery of LHQ490 as a highly selective fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) inhibitor. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 272. 116473–116473. 4 indexed citations
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Meng, Qingyuan, Weixue Huang, Meiru Song, et al.. (2024). Design and Synthesis of Novel Macrocyclic Derivatives as Potent and Selective Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 7 Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(8). 6099–6118. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Lanting, et al.. (2024). 6‐Hydroxy Picolinohydrazides Promoted Cu(I)‐Catalyzed Hydroxylation Reaction in Water: Machine‐Learning Accelerated Ligands Design and Reaction Optimization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(52). e202412552–e202412552. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Fangyi, et al.. (2024). Optimization of configuration and operation of shared energy storage facilities invested by conventional coal-fired power plants. Journal of Energy Storage. 84. 110905–110905. 6 indexed citations
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Meng, Qingyuan, et al.. (2024). Discovery of novel macrocyclic derivatives as potent and selective cyclin-dependent kinase 2 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 104. 117711–117711. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Xing, Yutao Li, Xiaochen Huang, et al.. (2023). A novel transcriptomic signature associated with lymphovascular invasion predicts clinical outcomes, tumor microenvironment, and therapeutic response in lung adenocarcinoma. International Immunopharmacology. 127. 111286–111286. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Li, Junjie Wang, & Dawei Ma. (2019). The Total Synthesis of ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids. Huaxue jinzhan. 31(11). 1460. 10 indexed citations
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Kanwar, Nisha, et al.. (2010). PIM Kinase Inhibitors Downregulate STAT3Tyr705 Phosphorylation. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 9(9). 2478–2487. 43 indexed citations
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Ma, Dawei, et al.. (2010). Total synthesis of antimicrobial and antitumor cyclic depsipeptides. Chemical Communications. 46(30). 5403–5403. 31 indexed citations
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Ma, Dawei, Jidong Zhu, Shouyun Yu, & Xianhua Pan. (2005). Synthetic Studies toward Two Marine Cyclic Peptides. 2004. 71–74.
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Ma, Dawei, et al.. (1998). Synthesis and biological evaluation of two analogues of (S)-α-methyl-3-carboxyphenylalanine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 8(18). 2447–2450. 8 indexed citations

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