Dawei Ma

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Dawei Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawei Ma has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Biotechnology and 1 paper in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Dawei Ma's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (9 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Biochemical and biochemical processes (4 papers). Dawei Ma is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (9 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Biochemical and biochemical processes (4 papers). Dawei Ma collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and Finland. Dawei Ma's co-authors include C. Peter Constabel, Kazuko Yoshida, Jonathan Gershenzon, Michael Reichelt, Juha‐Pekka Salminen, Armand Séguin, Vincent Walker, Andreas Gesell, Lan T. Tran and Don Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Cell, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and The Plant Journal.

In The Last Decade

Dawei Ma

8 papers receiving 828 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MYB Repressors as Regulators of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Plants

2019 342 citations Dawei Ma, C. Peter Constabel Trends in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dawei Ma Canada	7	758	416	193	107	34	9	838
Martin Sagasser Germany	14	1.3k 1.7×	889 2.1×	263 1.4×	57 0.5×	34 1.0×	15	1.4k
Xiuhong An China	14	785 1.0×	677 1.6×	238 1.2×	37 0.3×	33 1.0×	29	1.0k
Enriqueta Moyano Spain	16	938 1.2×	951 2.3×	139 0.7×	112 1.0×	77 2.3×	23	1.3k
Seok‐Cheol Suh South Korea	12	345 0.5×	499 1.2×	111 0.6×	73 0.7×	36 1.1×	30	682
Huaping He China	8	692 0.9×	487 1.2×	276 1.4×	35 0.3×	36 1.1×	11	817
Mengyu Su China	17	1.2k 1.6×	880 2.1×	437 2.3×	61 0.6×	62 1.8×	28	1.4k
Yahui Han China	15	614 0.8×	572 1.4×	65 0.3×	39 0.4×	37 1.1×	20	779
Biao Lai China	15	872 1.2×	526 1.3×	380 2.0×	33 0.3×	52 1.5×	24	1.0k
Kaijie Zhu China	17	825 1.1×	506 1.2×	479 2.5×	33 0.3×	47 1.4×	36	1.0k
Si‐Qi Bi China	6	839 1.1×	668 1.6×	242 1.3×	44 0.4×	25 0.7×	6	990

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawei Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dawei Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dawei 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 Dawei Ma. Dawei Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Ma, Dawei, et al.. (2025). Salicylic acid biosynthesis via the PAL pathway requires benzaldehyde synthase and a benzyl salicylate-specific esterase. The Plant Cell. 37(10).

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Ma, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Tissue and cellular localization of condensed tannins in poplar roots and potential association with nitrogen uptake. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1388549–1388549. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yalin, Dawei Ma, & C. Peter Constabel. (2023). CRISPR/Cas9 Disruption of MYB134 and MYB115 in Transgenic Poplar Leads to Differential Reduction of Proanthocyanidin Synthesis in Roots and Leaves. Plant and Cell Physiology. 64(10). 1189–1203. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Dawei, Hao Tang, Michael Reichelt, et al.. (2021). Poplar MYB117 promotes anthocyanin synthesis and enhances flavonoid B-ring hydroxylation by up-regulating the flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase gene. Journal of Experimental Botany. 72(10). 3864–3880. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Dawei, et al.. (2020). MYB134-RNAi poplar plants show reduced tannin synthesis in leaves but not roots, and increased susceptibility to oxidative stress. Journal of Experimental Botany. 71(20). 6601–6611. 16 indexed citations

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Ma, Dawei & C. Peter Constabel. (2019). MYB Repressors as Regulators of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Plants. Trends in Plant Science. 24(3). 275–289. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Dawei, Michael Reichelt, Kazuko Yoshida, Jonathan Gershenzon, & C. Peter Constabel. (2018). Two R2R3‐MYB proteins are broad repressors of flavonoid and phenylpropanoid metabolism in poplar. The Plant Journal. 96(5). 949–965. 146 indexed citations

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Ma, Dawei, Robin D. Mellway, Andreas Gesell, et al.. (2017). Poplar MYB115 and MYB134 Transcription Factors Regulate Proanthocyanidin Synthesis and Structure. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 174(1). 154–171. 99 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Kazuko, Dawei Ma, & C. Peter Constabel. (2015). The MYB182 Protein Down-Regulates Proanthocyanidin and Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Poplar by Repressing Both Structural and Regulatory Flavonoid Genes . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 167(3). 693–710. 195 indexed citations

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