Dingbang Ma

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 706 citations indexed

About

Dingbang Ma is a scholar working on Plant Science, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dingbang Ma has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 706 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dingbang Ma's work include Light effects on plants (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (7 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (6 papers). Dingbang Ma is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (7 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (7 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (6 papers). Dingbang Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Estonia. Dingbang Ma's co-authors include Hongtao Liu, Xu Li, Shuang Fang, Cunyu Yan, Yongxia Guo, Joseph P. Noel, Yawen Liu, Michael Rosbash, Katharine C. Abruzzi and Matthias Schlichting and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Plant Cell and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Dingbang Ma

13 papers receiving 702 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.

Cryptochrome 1 interacts with PIF4 to regulate high temperature-mediated hypocotyl elongation in response to blue light

2015 355 citations Dingbang Ma, Xu Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dingbang Ma United States	8	587	417	107	88	27	14	706
Adam Seluzicki United States	6	317 0.5×	206 0.5×	128 1.2×	127 1.4×	17 0.6×	7	420
Linqu Han United States	5	867 1.5×	650 1.6×	24 0.2×	81 0.9×	22 0.8×	5	920
Sabrina E. Sánchez Argentina	13	939 1.6×	805 1.9×	25 0.2×	97 1.1×	32 1.2×	17	1.2k
S. A. Kay United States	9	990 1.7×	792 1.9×	59 0.6×	129 1.5×	61 2.3×	9	1.1k
Davide Faggionato United States	7	826 1.4×	621 1.5×	115 1.1×	28 0.3×	17 0.6×	7	964
Motomu Endo Japan	18	1.2k 2.0×	854 2.0×	25 0.2×	86 1.0×	41 1.5×	35	1.3k
Guocun Huang United States	12	260 0.4×	371 0.9×	81 0.8×	235 2.7×	27 1.0×	15	643
Shigeru Hanano Japan	10	1.2k 2.0×	913 2.2×	14 0.1×	97 1.1×	42 1.6×	20	1.3k
Pablo D. Cerdán Argentina	21	1.6k 2.7×	1.2k 2.9×	25 0.2×	46 0.5×	57 2.1×	37	1.8k
Sheen X. Lu United States	11	964 1.6×	738 1.8×	14 0.1×	73 0.8×	19 0.7×	11	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dingbang Ma

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14 of 14 papers shown

Ma, Dingbang, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic DN3 clock neuron subtypes regulate Drosophila sleep. Science Advances. 11(1). eadr4580–eadr4580. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Dingbang, et al.. (2024). Detecting Rhythmic Gene Expression in Single-cell Transcriptomics. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 39(6). 581–593.

Ma, Dingbang, et al.. (2024). Light and dopamine impact two circadian neurons to promote morning wakefulness. Current Biology. 34(17). 3941–3954.e4. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Dingbang, Albert D. Yu, Maísa da Silva Araújo, et al.. (2024). Timeless noncoding DNA contains cell-type preferential enhancers important for proper Drosophila circadian regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(15). e2321338121–e2321338121. 3 indexed citations

Ma, Dingbang, et al.. (2023). Neural connectivity molecules best identify the heterogeneous clock and dopaminergic cell types in the Drosophila adult brain. Science Advances. 9(8). eade8500–eade8500. 13 indexed citations

Kuklin, Elena A., et al.. (2022). The Drosophila microRNA bantam regulates excitability in adult mushroom body output neurons to promote early night sleep. iScience. 25(9). 104874–104874. 3 indexed citations

Schlichting, Matthias, et al.. (2022). Dopamine and GPCR-mediated modulation of DN1 clock neurons gates the circadian timing of sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2206066119–e2206066119. 15 indexed citations

Yu, Albert D., et al.. (2021). Development of a Saliva-Optimized RT-LAMP Assay for SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT. 32(3). 102–113. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Dingbang, Dariusz Przybylski, Katharine C. Abruzzi, et al.. (2021). A transcriptomic taxonomy of Drosophila circadian neurons around the clock. eLife. 10. 79 indexed citations

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Li, Xu, Cuicui Liu, Zhiwei Zhao, et al.. (2020). COR27 and COR28 Are Novel Regulators of the COP1–HY5 Regulatory Hub and Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 32(10). 3139–3154. 59 indexed citations

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Wang, Fei, Yongshun Gao, Yawen Liu, et al.. (2019). BES1‐regulated BEE1 controls photoperiodic flowering downstream of blue light signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist. 223(3). 1407–1419. 40 indexed citations

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Liu, Yawen, Xu Li, Dingbang Ma, et al.. (2018). CIB 1 and CO interact to mediate CRY 2‐dependent regulation of flowering. EMBO Reports. 19(10). 61 indexed citations

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Li, Xu, Dingbang Ma, Sheen X. Lu, et al.. (2016). Blue Light- and Low Temperature-Regulated COR27 and COR28 Play Roles in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock. The Plant Cell. 28(11). 2755–2769. 62 indexed citations

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Ma, Dingbang, Xu Li, Yongxia Guo, et al.. (2015). Cryptochrome 1 interacts with PIF4 to regulate high temperature-mediated hypocotyl elongation in response to blue light. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(1). 224–229. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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