Defang Ma

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Defang Ma is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Defang Ma has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 23 papers in Water Science and Technology and 17 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Defang Ma's work include Water Treatment and Disinfection (23 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (13 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Defang Ma is often cited by papers focused on Water Treatment and Disinfection (23 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (13 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (13 papers). Defang Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Defang Ma's co-authors include Baoyu Gao, Qian Li, Qinyan Yue, Qinyan Yue, Yan Wang, Xing Xu, Qinyan Yue, Pin Zhao, Ruidian Su and Hongyan Rong and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Defang Ma

48 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Diatomic "catalytic/co-catalytic" Fe/Mo catalysts promote Fenton-like reaction to treat organic wastewater through special interfacial reaction enhancement mechanism

2025 28 citations Zhen Liu, Xinyi Xu et al. Water Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Defang Ma China	20	564	329	260	236	228	49	1.0k
Mariusz Dudziak Poland	18	436 0.8×	338 1.0×	262 1.0×	174 0.7×	353 1.5×	145	1.2k
Zi-Bin Xu China	17	537 1.0×	213 0.6×	201 0.8×	222 0.9×	206 0.9×	24	876
Yongde Liu China	17	399 0.7×	186 0.6×	230 0.9×	145 0.6×	265 1.2×	51	992
Wenjiao Sang China	19	676 1.2×	146 0.4×	304 1.2×	306 1.3×	401 1.8×	42	1.2k
Kai Tang Denmark	19	438 0.8×	202 0.6×	172 0.7×	236 1.0×	478 2.1×	71	1.1k
Ruyuan Jiao China	20	660 1.2×	224 0.7×	279 1.1×	111 0.5×	309 1.4×	51	1.3k
Xue Shen China	21	696 1.2×	237 0.7×	314 1.2×	96 0.4×	121 0.5×	41	1.2k
Yanli Kong China	17	677 1.2×	128 0.4×	223 0.9×	209 0.9×	169 0.7×	42	1.0k
Jiayi Zheng China	16	287 0.5×	190 0.6×	302 1.2×	213 0.9×	114 0.5×	31	1.0k

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Chen, Yi, Qian Li, Ruidian Su, et al.. (2025). Oxygen vacancies-mediated the peracetic acid activation to selectively generate 1O2 for water decontamination. Water Research. 282. 123765–123765. 7 indexed citations

Yao, Lirong, Z Xing, Wei Wei, et al.. (2025). Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria/genes in CNT@wood based solar photothermal disinfection process. Desalination and Water Treatment. 322. 101117–101117. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Bo, Yunxin Zhang, Bo Kong, et al.. (2025). Enhancing intracellular antibiotic resistance genes removal via the synergistic effect of hydroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen in the electrochemical Membrane-NaClO system. Separation and Purification Technology. 364. 132377–132377.

Liu, Zhen, Xinyi Xu, Fei Xu, et al.. (2025). Diatomic "catalytic/co-catalytic" Fe/Mo catalysts promote Fenton-like reaction to treat organic wastewater through special interfacial reaction enhancement mechanism. Water Research. 274. 123147–123147. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Qiao, Yingying Wang, Xintong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Elimination of antimicrobial resistance in reclaimed water by UV/NaClO: Simultaneous removal of ampicillin, blaNDM-1-carrying super-resistant bacteria and blaNDM-1 genes. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 71. 107277–107277. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yi, Ruidian Su, Mengyu Ma, et al.. (2024). Oxygen-containing functional groups in Fe3O4@three-dimensional graphene nanocomposites for enhancing H2O2 production and orientation to 1O2 in electro-Fenton. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 470. 134162–134162. 33 indexed citations

Feng, Qingcai, Zhen Liu, Ruidian Su, et al.. (2024). Revealing the reaction mechanism of the novel p-n heterojunction Mn3O4-C3N4 in efficient activation of chlorite to degrade organic pollutants under piezoelectric catalysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 362. 124714–124714. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Yingying, Defang Ma, Yan Wang, et al.. (2024). Localized heating coupling with radical oxidation eliminating antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in interfacial photothermal Fenton-like disinfection process. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 176779–176779. 2 indexed citations

Hou, Xuan, Yunxin Zhang, Min Wang, et al.. (2024). Synergistic singlet oxygen and UV irradiation for efficient intracellular ARGs removal via peroxymonosulfate/catalytic membrane-UV system. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136385–136385. 2 indexed citations

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Hou, Xuan, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes using a CeO2@CNT electrochemical membrane-NaClO system. Chemosphere. 338. 139457–139457. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Min, Yan Wang, Xuan Hou, et al.. (2022). How multi-walled carbon nanotubes in wastewater influence the fate of coexisting antibiotic resistant genes in the subsequent disinfection process. Chemosphere. 302. 134641–134641. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Haibao, Yue Gao, Jie Wang, et al.. (2021). The application of UV/O3 process on ciprofloxacin wastewater containing high salinity: Performance and its degradation mechanism. Chemosphere. 276. 130220–130220. 71 indexed citations

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Ma, Defang, et al.. (2020). Impacts of permanganate/bisulfite pre-oxidation on DBP formation during the post chlorine disinfection of ciprofloxacin-contaminated waters. The Science of The Total Environment. 731. 138755–138755. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Miaomiao, Defang Ma, Yan Wang, et al.. (2017). Integration of coagulation and adsorption for removal of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) precursors from biologically treated municipal wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(13). 12426–12436. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Yue, Defang Ma, Qinyan Yue, Baoyu Gao, & Xia Huang. (2016). Effect of powdered activated carbon (PAC) on MBR performance and effluent trihalomethane formation: At the initial stage of PAC addition. Bioresource Technology. 216. 838–844. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Feng, Baoyu Gao, Defang Ma, et al.. (2016). Reduction of disinfection by-product precursors in reservoir water by coagulation and ultrafiltration. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(22). 22914–22923. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaochen, Baoyu Gao, Qinyan Yue, et al.. (2015). Effect of six kinds of scale inhibitors on calcium carbonate precipitation in high salinity wastewater at high temperatures. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 29. 124–130. 79 indexed citations

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Ma, Defang, et al.. (2015). Fractionation, characterization and C-, N-disinfection byproduct formation of soluble microbial products in MBR processes. Bioresource Technology. 198. 380–387. 31 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, Baoyu Gao, Defang Ma, et al.. (2015). Effects of operating conditions on trihalomethanes formation and speciation during chloramination in reclaimed water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(2). 1576–1583. 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Defang, Bo Peng, Yuhang Zhang, et al.. (2014). Influences of dissolved organic matter characteristics on trihalomethanes formation during chlorine disinfection of membrane bioreactor effluents. Bioresource Technology. 165. 81–87. 45 indexed citations

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