Ding Ma

40.4k total citations · 21 hit papers
517 papers, 33.1k citations indexed

About

Ding Ma is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ding Ma has authored 517 papers receiving a total of 33.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 300 papers in Materials Chemistry, 171 papers in Catalysis and 142 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ding Ma's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (217 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (90 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (87 papers). Ding Ma is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (217 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (90 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (87 papers). Ding Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ding Ma's co-authors include Xinhe Bao, Dequan Xiao, Siyu Yao, Mi Peng, Lili Lin, Xiaodong Wen, Gao Y, Wu Zhou, Hongyang Liu and Zhen Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ding Ma

502 papers receiving 32.7k citations

Hit Papers

Low-temperature hydrogen production from water a... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2017 2010 2014 2012 2018 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. Low-temperature hydrogen production from water and methanol using Pt/α-MoC catalysts
    2017 1.3k citations Lili Lin, Wu Zhou et al. profile →
  2. Interface-Confined Ferrous Centers for Catalytic Oxidation
    2010 923 citations Hongyang Liu, Ding Ma et al. profile →
  3. Methane activation: the past and future
    2014 605 citations Qingjun Zhu, Ding Ma et al. profile →
  4. Fe5C2 Nanoparticles: A Facile Bromide-Induced Synthesis and as an Active Phase for Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis
    2012 571 citations Ding Ma et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Highly selective oxidation of methane to methanol at ambient conditions by titanium dioxide-supported iron species
    2018 498 citations Siyu Yao, Ding Ma et al. profile →
  6. Nitrogen‐Doped sp2‐Hybridized Carbon as a Superior Catalyst for Selective Oxidation
    2013 473 citations Gao Y, Ding Ma et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  7. Tuning the Selectivity of Catalytic Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation over Iridium/Cerium Oxide Catalysts with a Strong Metal–Support Interaction
    2017 469 citations Lili Lin, Siyu Yao et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Heteroatom‐Mediated Interactions between Ruthenium Single Atoms and an MXene Support for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution
    2019 452 citations Ding Ma et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Atomically Dispersed Pd on Nanodiamond/Graphene Hybrid for Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene
    2018 428 citations Fei Huang, Yuchen Deng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Supported Metal Clusters: Fabrication and Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis
    2020 396 citations Jinjia Liu, Dequan Xiao et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  11. A highly CO-tolerant atomically dispersed Pt catalyst for chemoselective hydrogenation
    2019 380 citations Lili Lin, Siyu Yao et al. profile →
  12. Principles and applications of photothermal catalysis
    2021 363 citations Chuqiao Song, Dequan Xiao et al. profile →
  13. Highly Dispersed Copper over β-Mo2C as an Efficient and Stable Catalyst for the Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) Reaction
    2016 347 citations Lili Lin, Siyu Yao et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  14. Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts
    2022 308 citations Maolin Wang, Qingjun Zhu et al. profile →
  15. Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles
    2022 282 citations Zirui Gao, Mi Peng et al. profile →
  16. Electrocatalytic Valorization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Plastic and CO2 for Simultaneous Production of Formic Acid
    2022 249 citations Maolin Wang, Ding Ma et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  17. Low-Temperature Acetylene Semi-Hydrogenation over the Pd1–Cu1 Dual-Atom Catalyst
    2022 183 citations Fei Huang, Mi Peng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  18. Renaissance of Strong Metal–Support Interactions
    2024 168 citations Ming Xu, Mi Peng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  19. Highly Stable Pt/CeO2 Catalyst with Embedding Structure toward Water–Gas Shift Reaction
    2023 109 citations Xuetao Qin, Ding Ma et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  20. Interfacial Catalysis at Atomic Level
    2025 40 citations Mi Peng, Maolin Wang et al. profile →
  21. Shielding Pt/γ-Mo2N by inert nano-overlays enables stable H2 production
    2025 36 citations Zirui Gao, Xingwu Liu 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
Ding Ma China 99 21.2k 12.2k 11.2k 5.7k 5.2k 517 33.1k
Jeffrey T. Miller United States 97 21.3k 1.0× 9.1k 0.8× 11.5k 1.0× 6.1k 1.1× 7.0k 1.4× 429 31.2k
Chak‐Tong Au China 88 20.2k 1.0× 9.8k 0.8× 11.0k 1.0× 5.4k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 658 29.6k
Shik Chi Edman Tsang United Kingdom 86 17.8k 0.8× 9.0k 0.7× 7.8k 0.7× 3.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 425 26.6k
Gabriele Centi Italy 82 16.4k 0.8× 9.3k 0.8× 12.4k 1.1× 3.3k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 463 26.4k
Martin Muhler Germany 89 20.0k 0.9× 13.8k 1.1× 9.7k 0.9× 4.0k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 626 33.3k
Emiel J. M. Hensen Netherlands 105 23.7k 1.1× 10.0k 0.8× 14.2k 1.3× 5.4k 0.9× 11.6k 2.2× 669 40.6k
Rui Si China 98 22.0k 1.0× 18.4k 1.5× 11.6k 1.0× 4.2k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 316 34.1k
Hiromi Yamashita Japan 93 20.9k 1.0× 16.8k 1.4× 4.5k 0.4× 3.5k 0.6× 4.9k 1.0× 639 29.6k
Christopher J. Kiely United States 92 26.4k 1.2× 9.3k 0.8× 10.7k 1.0× 9.9k 1.7× 3.1k 0.6× 386 35.0k
Dang Sheng Su China 81 16.9k 0.8× 7.9k 0.7× 6.7k 0.6× 4.8k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 353 25.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Fengwei, Feng Hong, Xuetao Qin, et al.. (2025). Achieving “True” Selective Hydrogenation by CO Treatment of the Pt/TiO2 Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(30). 26319–26328. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Shengmei, Ding Ma, Minghua Yang, et al.. (2025). Arsenic trioxide-based nanoparticles for enhanced chemotherapy by activating pyroptosis. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 15(11). 6001–6018. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Panpan, Yueying Chu, Maolin Wang, et al.. (2025). Subnanometric MoOx clusters limit overoxidation during photocatalytic CH4 conversion to oxygenates over TiO2. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4207–4207. 6 indexed citations
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Tian, Shuheng, Risheng Bai, Zirui Gao, et al.. (2025). High-Efficiency Hydrocracking of Polyolefin Plastics by Controlling Intimacy between Pt Clusters and Zeolite Acid Sites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(33). 30268–30276. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zhendong, Meilan Xie, Kai Fu, et al.. (2025). Parallel adsorption of parts-per-million level additives for highly efficient aqueous zinc-ion battery. Science China Materials. 68(12). 4516–4525.
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Song, Chuqiao, Jinjia Liu, Xin Tang, et al.. (2024). Engineering MOx/Ni inverse catalysts for low-temperature CO2 activation with high methane yields. 1(10). 638–649. 42 indexed citations
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Wang, Maolin, Meng Wang, & Ding Ma. (2024). Key Terms in Plastic Waste Transformation Reactions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(39). 16302–16307. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qingqing, Hao Hu, Zhijie Chen, Xiaofeng Ren, & Ding Ma. (2024). Enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution via engineering unsaturated electronic structures in MoS2. Chemical Science. 16(4). 1597–1616. 7 indexed citations
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Zhu, Min‐Li, Xingwu Liu, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2024). Long-chain α-olefins production over Co-MnOx catalyst with optimized interface. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 346. 123783–123783. 9 indexed citations
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Cao, Ruochen, Dequan Xiao, Meng Wang, Gao Y, & Ding Ma. (2023). Solar-driven photocatalysis for recycling and upcycling plastics. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 341. 123357–123357. 66 indexed citations
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Gao, Zirui, Yao Xü, Xuetao Qin, et al.. (2023). Cu-supported nano-ZrZnOx as a highly active inverse catalyst for low temperature methanol synthesis from CO2 hydrogenation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 344. 123656–123656. 27 indexed citations
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Cao, Ruochen, Meiqi Zhang, Yuchen Jiao, et al.. (2023). Co-upcycling of polyvinyl chloride and polyesters. Nature Sustainability. 6(12). 1685–1692. 120 indexed citations
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Mi, Rongli, Lingzhen Zeng, Maolin Wang, et al.. (2023). Solvent‐Free Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Polyesters to Diols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(28). e202304219–e202304219. 28 indexed citations
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Mi, Rongli, Maolin Wang, Shuheng Tian, et al.. (2023). Solvent‐Free Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Polyesters to Diols. Angewandte Chemie. 135(28). 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao, Xu Yao, Liang Niu, et al.. (2022). A novel Ni–MoCxOy interfacial catalyst for syngas production via the chemical looping dry reforming of methane. Chem. 9(1). 102–116. 66 indexed citations
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Qin, Xuetao, Xirui Zhang, Xiangbin Cai, et al.. (2022). A Magnetically Separable Pd Single‐Atom Catalyst for Efficient Selective Hydrogenation of Phenylacetylene. Advanced Materials. 34(20). e2110455–e2110455. 97 indexed citations
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Wu, Xingyang, et al.. (2021). Atomic-Scale Pd on 2D Titania Sheets for Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. ACS Catalysis. 11(22). 14038–14046. 76 indexed citations
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Zhai, Peng, Yinwen Li, Meng Wang, et al.. (2021). Development of direct conversion of syngas to unsaturated hydrocarbons based on Fischer-Tropsch route. Chem. 7(11). 3027–3051. 122 indexed citations
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Yao, Siyu, Haolin Sun, & Ding Ma. (2020). The in-situ XAS study on the formation of Pd nanoparticles via thermal decomposition of palladium (II) acetate in hydroxyl functionalized ionic liquids. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(14). 144001–144001. 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Yuchen, Yuzhen Ge, Ming Xu, et al.. (2019). Molybdenum Carbide: Controlling the Geometric and Electronic Structure of Noble Metals for the Activation of O–H and C–H Bonds. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(12). 3372–3383. 114 indexed citations

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