Jun Ma

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Jun Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Ma has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jun Ma's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (37 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (34 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers). Jun Ma is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (37 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (34 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers). Jun Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Jun Ma's co-authors include Mark Ptashne, Ivan Sadowski, Steven J. Triezenberg, Junbo Liu, Feng He, Douglas M. Ruden, David T. Cheung, Renjie Jiao, Vrushank Davé and Joshua M. Brickman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jun Ma

143 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GAL4-VP16 is an unusually potent transcriptional activator

1988 1.2k citations Jun Ma, Mark Ptashne et al. Nature profile →
Deletion analysis of GAL4 defines two transcriptional activating segments

1987 812 citations Jun Ma, Mark Ptashne profile →
A new class of yeast transcriptional activators

1987 620 citations Jun Ma, Mark Ptashne profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun Ma United States	36	5.0k	1.1k	668	597	534	146	6.4k
Jun Fu China	38	4.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	478 0.7×	332 0.6×	409 0.8×	115	5.9k
James Cuff United States	9	6.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	724 1.1×	420 0.7×	309 0.6×	12	7.8k
Grace Gill United States	36	5.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	352 0.5×	686 1.1×	506 0.9×	53	6.6k
Eivind Valen Norway	30	6.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	604 0.9×	426 0.7×	560 1.0×	50	7.5k
Sharon Dent United States	49	7.3k 1.5×	745 0.7×	622 0.9×	401 0.7×	431 0.8×	100	8.2k
Yanhui Hu United States	42	4.5k 0.9×	761 0.7×	405 0.6×	876 1.5×	655 1.2×	141	6.5k
Zuzana Tóthová United States	23	6.5k 1.3×	705 0.7×	511 0.8×	850 1.4×	372 0.7×	47	8.4k
Jian Ren China	41	5.6k 1.1×	443 0.4×	890 1.3×	467 0.8×	645 1.2×	157	7.6k
Jeffrey R. de Wet United States	16	4.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	638 1.0×	536 0.9×	239 0.4×	19	5.4k
Anne Marie Quinn United States	17	5.0k 1.0×	583 0.6×	825 1.2×	585 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	32	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jun Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun Ma

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

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Wang, Yuying, Qiang Zhao, Jian Chen, et al.. (2025). Fat body-derived cytokine Upd2 controls disciplined migration of tracheal stem cells in Drosophila. eLife. 13.

Fan, Lizhou, et al.. (2024). Leveraging multimodal deep learning framework and a comprehensive audio-visual dataset to advance Parkinson’s detection. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 95. 106480–106480. 5 indexed citations

Ma, Jun, et al.. (2023). First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola Causing Anthracnose on Carya cathayensis in China. Plant Disease. 107(7). 2253–2253. 4 indexed citations

Ding, Guiling, Xianghui Yu, Jie Dong, et al.. (2023). A postmeiotically bifurcated roadmap of honeybee spermatogenesis marked by phylogenetically restricted genes. PLoS Genetics. 19(12). e1011081–e1011081. 1 indexed citations

Matsushita, Hiroshi, Yuka Takeuchi, Jun Ma, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of MLCK‑mediated migration and invasion in human endometriosis stromal cells by NF‑κB inhibitor DHMEQ. Molecular Medicine Reports. 28(2). 6 indexed citations

Shi, Junling, Jiaqi Xu, Jun Ma, & Feng He. (2023). tRNA-derived small RNAs are embedded in the gene regulatory network instructingDrosophilametamorphosis. Genome Research. 33(12). 2119–2132. 1 indexed citations

Tian, Feng, Jie Lei, Yunfeng Ni, et al.. (2022). Regulation of CD18 stability by SIGIRR ‐modulated ubiquitination: new insights into the relationship between innate immune response and acute lung injury. FEBS Journal. 290(10). 2721–2743. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, Tianyu Guo, Quanyi Zhao, et al.. (2022). Metabolic control of progenitor cell propagation during Drosophila tracheal remodeling. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2817–2817. 10 indexed citations

Shen, Shuying, Yute Yang, Panyang Shen, et al.. (2021). circPDE4B prevents articular cartilage degeneration and promotes repair by acting as a scaffold for RIC8A and MID1. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 80(9). 1209–1219. 76 indexed citations

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Cheung, David T. & Jun Ma. (2015). Probing the impact of temperature on molecular events in a developmental system. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 13124–13124. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Mingtian, et al.. (2014). Spatial and temporal distribution of seasonal drought in Sichuan based on relative moisture index.. Xi'nan nongye xuebao. 27(4). 1715–1722. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinhui, et al.. (2014). Single tube genotyping of CYP2A6 gene deletion based on copy number determination by quantitative real-time PCR. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 97(3). 529–534. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Junbo & Jun Ma. (2013). Uncovering a Dynamic Feature of the Transcriptional Regulatory Network for Anterior-Posterior Patterning in the Drosophila Embryo. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62641–e62641. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Mingtian, et al.. (2012). Temporal and spatial distribution of seasonal drought in Southwest of China based on relative moisture index.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 28(19). 85–92. 20 indexed citations

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Cheung, David T., et al.. (2011). Scaling of the Bicoid morphogen gradient by a volume-dependent production rate. Development. 138(13). 2741–2749. 53 indexed citations

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Ma, Jun, et al.. (2008). Analysis of the Yeast Kinome Reveals a Network of Regulated Protein Localization during Filamentous Growth. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(7). 2708–2717. 48 indexed citations

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Zhao, Chen, et al.. (2000). Target Selectivity of Bicoid Is Dependent on Nonconsensus Site Recognition and Protein-Protein Interaction. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(21). 8112–8123. 27 indexed citations

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Davé, Vrushank, Chen Zhao, Fan Yang, Chang‐Shung Tung, & Jun Ma. (2000). Reprogrammable Recognition Codes in Bicoid Homeodomain-DNA Interaction. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 20(20). 7673–7684. 39 indexed citations

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Ma, Jun. (1997). Glucose stimulates alginate production and algD transcription in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 148(2). 217–221. 1 indexed citations

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Ruden, Douglas M., et al.. (1991). Generating yeast transcriptional activators containing no yeast protein sequences. Nature. 350(6315). 250–252. 164 indexed citations

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