Lijun Ma

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Lijun Ma is a scholar working on Radiation, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lijun Ma has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Radiation, 34 papers in Surgery and 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lijun Ma's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (48 papers), Management of metastatic bone disease (31 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers). Lijun Ma is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (48 papers), Management of metastatic bone disease (31 papers) and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (23 papers). Lijun Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Lijun Ma's co-authors include Arjun Sahgal, David A. Larson, F Yin, Eric Klein, B Arjomandy, Chihray Liu, Todd C. Holmes, Francisco Ayala Aguirre, John E. Bayouth and W Simon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Analytical Chemistry and The Lancet Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Lijun Ma

98 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lijun Ma United States	37	2.7k	2.2k	1.8k	1.8k	1.1k	101	5.2k
Ian Paddick United Kingdom	26	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	962 0.5×	543 0.3×	365 0.3×	65	3.1k
Michael T. Munley United States	31	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	314 0.2×	244 0.2×	103	3.3k
Steven D. Chang United States	43	720 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	508 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	530 0.5×	198	5.3k
L. Cola United States	4	1.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	828 0.5×	158 0.1×	6	3.5k
Nzhde Agazaryan United States	28	1.1k 0.4×	982 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	314 0.2×	161 0.2×	100	2.4k
Dimitri Lefkopoulos France	24	888 0.3×	846 0.4×	842 0.5×	516 0.3×	222 0.2×	97	2.7k
Martin Köcher Germany	39	559 0.2×	4.5k 2.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	154 0.1×	221	7.2k
Aaron M. Allen United States	28	1.2k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	537 0.3×	111 0.1×	81	3.5k
Ann Maitz United States	35	630 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	521 0.3×	640 0.4×	327 0.3×	80	5.2k
Allan F. Thornton United States	29	568 0.2×	876 0.4×	705 0.4×	830 0.5×	86 0.1×	72	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lijun Ma

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Maroufi, Seyed Farzad, Rupesh Kotecha, Laura Fariselli, et al.. (2025). Stereotactic Radiosurgery Capsulotomy for Intractable Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Practice Guidelines. Neurosurgery.

Alongi, Filippo, Francesco Cuccia, Rupesh Kotecha, et al.. (2025). ESTRO-ISRS clinical practice recommendations for re-irradiation of spinal metastases with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: Delphi consensus supported by a systematic review and meta-analysis. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 214. 111304–111304.

Graffeo, Christopher S., Rupesh Kotecha, Arjun Sahgal, et al.. (2024). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Intermediate (III) or High (IV-V) Spetzler-Martin Grade Arteriovenous Malformations: International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Practice Guideline. Neurosurgery. 96(2). 298–307. 2 indexed citations

Vellayappan, Balamurugan, Mary Jane Lim-Fat, Rupesh Kotecha, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review Informing the Management of Symptomatic Brain Radiation Necrosis After Stereotactic Radiosurgery and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Recommendations. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 118(1). 14–28. 37 indexed citations

Wang, Lin, et al.. (2023). TONSOKU is required for the maintenance of repressive chromatin modifications in Arabidopsis. Cell Reports. 42(7). 112738–112738. 6 indexed citations

Redmond, Kristin J., Antonio A. F. De Salles, Laura Fariselli, et al.. (2021). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Postoperative Metastatic Surgical Cavities: A Critical Review and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) Practice Guidelines. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 111(1). 68–80. 45 indexed citations

Kotecha, Rupesh, Arjun Sahgal, Muni Rubens, et al.. (2019). Stereotactic radiosurgery for non-functioning pituitary adenomas: meta-analysis and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society practice opinion. Neuro-Oncology. 22(3). 318–332. 38 indexed citations

Cao, Yiyun, Zhengqian Li, Lijun Ma, Ning Yang, & Xiangyang Guo. (2019). Isoflurane-Induced Postoperative Neurovascular and Cognitive Dysfunction Is Associated with VEGF Overexpression in Aged Rats. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 69(2). 215–223. 13 indexed citations

Lee, Cheng‐Chia, Daniel M. Trifiletti, Arjun Sahgal, et al.. (2018). Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Benign (World Health Organization Grade I) Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas—International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) Practice Guideline. Neurosurgery. 83(6). 1128–1142. 31 indexed citations

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Braunstein, Steve & Lijun Ma. (2018). Stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas. Cancer Management and Research. Volume 10. 3733–3740. 15 indexed citations

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Ma, Lijun, Lei Wang, Chia‐Lin Tseng, & Arjun Sahgal. (2017). Emerging technologies in stereotactic body radiotherapy. Chinese Clinical Oncology. 6(S2). S12–S12. 31 indexed citations

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Husain, Zain, Arjun Sahgal, Antônio De Salles, et al.. (2017). Stereotactic body radiotherapy for de novo spinal metastases: systematic review. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 27(3). 295–302. 122 indexed citations

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Grimm, Jimm, Arjun Sahgal, Scott G. Soltys, et al.. (2016). Estimated Risk Level of Unified Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Dose Tolerance Limits for Spinal Cord. Seminars in Radiation Oncology. 26(2). 165–171. 36 indexed citations

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Ma, Lijun, Alan Nichol, Sabbir Hossain, et al.. (2014). Variable dose interplay effects across radiosurgical apparatus in treating multiple brain metastases. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 9(6). 1079–1086. 50 indexed citations

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Ma, Lijun, Igor J. Barani, Andrew Hwang, et al.. (2011). Shot sequencing based on biological equivalent dose considerations for multiple isocenter Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 56(22). 7247–7256. 3 indexed citations

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Descovich, Martina, Penny K. Sneed, Nicholas M. Barbaro, et al.. (2010). A dosimetric comparison between Gamma Knife and CyberKnife treatment plans for trigeminal neuralgia. Journal of neurosurgery. 113(Special_Supplement). 199–206. 10 indexed citations

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Xie, Yaoqin, David Djajaputra, Christopher King, et al.. (2008). Intrafractional Motion of the Prostate During Hypofractionated Radiotherapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 72(1). 236–246. 152 indexed citations

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Ma, Lijun, et al.. (2004). Selective source blocking for Gamma Knife radiosurgery of trigeminal neuralgia based on analytical dose modelling. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 49(15). 3455–3463. 10 indexed citations

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Xing, Lei, Zhixiong Lin, Sarah S. Donaldson, et al.. (2000). Dosimetric effects of patient displacement and collimator and gantry angle misalignment on intensity modulated radiation therapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 56(1). 97–108. 69 indexed citations

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Ma, Lijun, et al.. (1998). Using static MLC fields to replace partial transmission cerrobend blocks in treatment planning of rectal carcinoma cases. Medical dosimetry. 23(4). 264–266. 8 indexed citations

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