Honghui Ma

12.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
38 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Honghui Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Honghui Ma has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Honghui Ma's work include RNA modifications and cancer (20 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (15 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers). Honghui Ma is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (20 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (15 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers). Honghui Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Honghui Ma's co-authors include Chuan He, Zhike Lu, Hailing Shi, Xiao Wang, Boxuan Zhao, Dali Han, Kai Chen, Xiaocheng Weng, Ian A. Roundtree and Phillip J. Hsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Honghui Ma

37 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

N6-methyladenosine Modulates Messenger RNA Translation Ef... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 2017 2018 2018 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. N6-methyladenosine Modulates Messenger RNA Translation Efficiency
    2015 2.6k citations Xiao Wang, Boxuan Zhao et al. Cell profile →
  2. YTHDF3 facilitates translation and decay of N6-methyladenosine-modified RNA
    2017 1.4k citations Hailing Shi, Xiao Wang et al. Cell Research profile →
  3. Ythdc2 is an N6-methyladenosine binding protein that regulates mammalian spermatogenesis
    2017 804 citations Phillip J. Hsu, Yunfei Zhu et al. Cell Research profile →
  4. VIRMA mediates preferential m6A mRNA methylation in 3′UTR and near stop codon and associates with alternative polyadenylation
    2018 755 citations Guan‐Zheng Luo, Honghui Ma et al. profile →
  5. Zc3h13 Regulates Nuclear RNA m6A Methylation and Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal
    2018 707 citations Jing Wen, Ruitu Lv et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  6. ALKBH1-Mediated tRNA Demethylation Regulates Translation
    2016 439 citations Fange Liu, Wesley C. Clark et al. Cell profile →
  7. Transcriptome-wide Mapping of Internal N7-Methylguanosine Methylome in Mammalian mRNA
    2019 357 citations Chang Liu, Honghui Ma et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  8. METTL3 regulates heterochromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells
    2021 246 citations Wenqi Xu, Jiahui Li et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Honghui Ma China 23 8.7k 4.0k 1.4k 579 302 38 8.9k
Ian A. Roundtree United States 11 8.6k 1.0× 4.0k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 534 0.9× 288 1.0× 11 9.0k
Dan Dominissini Israel 24 8.4k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 468 0.8× 251 0.8× 39 8.7k
Sharon Moshitch-Moshkovitz Israel 15 5.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 729 0.5× 300 0.5× 158 0.5× 20 6.1k
Karen Cesarkas Israel 8 3.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 536 0.4× 301 0.5× 115 0.4× 11 4.1k
Huilin Huang China 27 3.3k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 320 0.2× 436 0.8× 170 0.6× 65 3.9k
Julia I. Toth United States 21 2.4k 0.3× 593 0.1× 184 0.1× 212 0.4× 161 0.5× 38 2.6k
Debangshu Samanta United States 16 1.8k 0.2× 1.3k 0.3× 156 0.1× 676 1.2× 94 0.3× 19 2.7k
Chih-Hung Hsu China 16 1.7k 0.2× 533 0.1× 136 0.1× 233 0.4× 51 0.2× 30 2.0k
Xuerui Yang China 26 2.3k 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 72 0.1× 156 0.3× 92 0.3× 57 2.9k
Jessica L. Bell Australia 21 1.8k 0.2× 951 0.2× 110 0.1× 433 0.7× 82 0.3× 34 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gan, B.K., Lei Wu, Zhihong Chen, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of publications concerning combinations of immunotherapy and targeted therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma: a bibliometric study. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1476146–1476146. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Honghui, et al.. (2025). Chemodivergent Synthesis of Multiborylalkanes via Deoxygenative Polyborylation of Silyl Enol Ethers. Organic Letters. 27(40). 11396–11401.
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Ma, Honghui, et al.. (2025). Regiodivergent and Enantioselective Hydroboration of Dienol Ethers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(37). e202501767–e202501767. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Jian, Luxin Wang, Yunli Shen, et al.. (2022). CDC-like kinase 4 deficiency contributes to pathological cardiac hypertrophy by modulating NEXN phosphorylation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4433–4433. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanping, Bo-Wen Lin, Jian Yang, et al.. (2021). SNX17 protects the heart from doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity by modulating LMOD2 degradation. Pharmacological Research. 169. 105642–105642. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Xin, et al.. (2021). Enantioselective Rh-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Silyl Enol Ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(29). 10902–10909. 37 indexed citations
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Liang, Dandan, Zhigang Xue, Jinfeng Xue, et al.. (2021). Sinoatrial node pacemaker cells share dominant biological properties with glutamatergic neurons. Protein & Cell. 12(7). 545–556. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Wenqi, Jiahui Li, Chenxi He, et al.. (2021). METTL3 regulates heterochromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature. 591(7849). 317–321. 246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weng, Xiaocheng, Jing Gong, Yi Chen, et al.. (2020). Keth-seq for transcriptome-wide RNA structure mapping. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(5). 489–492. 88 indexed citations
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Mao, Yuanhui, L. Dong, Xiaomin Liu, et al.. (2019). m6A in mRNA coding regions promotes translation via the RNA helicase-containing YTHDC2. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5332–5332. 288 indexed citations
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Wen, Jing, Ruitu Lv, Honghui Ma, et al.. (2018). Zc3h13 Regulates Nuclear RNA m6A Methylation and Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal. Molecular Cell. 69(6). 1028–1038.e6. 707 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Hailing, Xiao Wang, Zhike Lu, et al.. (2017). YTHDF3 facilitates translation and decay of N6-methyladenosine-modified RNA. Cell Research. 27(3). 315–328. 1392 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hsu, Phillip J., Yunfei Zhu, Honghui Ma, et al.. (2017). Ythdc2 is an N6-methyladenosine binding protein that regulates mammalian spermatogenesis. Cell Research. 27(9). 1115–1127. 804 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Fange, Wesley C. Clark, Guan‐Zheng Luo, et al.. (2016). ALKBH1-Mediated tRNA Demethylation Regulates Translation. Cell. 167(3). 816–828.e16. 439 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Hao, Honghui Ma, Hiroyuki Inuzuka, et al.. (2013). DNA Damage Regulates UHRF1 Stability via the SCFβ-TrCP E3 Ligase. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 33(6). 1139–1148. 45 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuzhen, Jian Ma, Feizhen Wu, et al.. (2012). The histone H3 Lys 27 demethylase JMJD3 regulates gene expression by impacting transcriptional elongation. Genes & Development. 26(12). 1364–1375. 130 indexed citations
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Liu, Dan, Lingmin Zhang, Wenjuan Yang, et al.. (2012). Protective effects of a novel trimerized sTNFRII on acute liver injury. International Immunopharmacology. 13(1). 88–92. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Honghui, Hao Chen, Xue Guo, et al.. (2012). M phase phosphorylation of the epigenetic regulator UHRF1 regulates its physical association with the deubiquitylase USP7 and stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(13). 4828–4833. 97 indexed citations
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Rajakumara, Eerappa, Zhentian Wang, Honghui Ma, et al.. (2011). PHD Finger Recognition of Unmodified Histone H3R2 Links UHRF1 to Regulation of Euchromatic Gene Expression. Molecular Cell. 43(2). 275–284. 159 indexed citations
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Guo, Junming, Bingxiu Xiao, Dejian Dai, Qiong Liu, & Honghui Ma. (2004). Effects of daidzein on estrogen-receptor-positive and negative pancreatic cancer cellsin vitro. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 10(6). 860–860. 43 indexed citations

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