Ling Ma

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ling Ma is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Ma has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Building and Construction, 25 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 18 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Ling Ma's work include BIM and Construction Integration (23 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (19 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (18 papers). Ling Ma is often cited by papers focused on BIM and Construction Integration (23 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (19 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (18 papers). Ling Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Israel. Ling Ma's co-authors include Tim Broyd, Feng Jiang, Hanbin Luo, Lieyun Ding, Ke Chen, Rafael Sacks, Xun Xu, Na Xu, Yongliang Deng and Li Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Ling Ma

69 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Digital twin and its implementations in the civil engineering sector

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ling Ma	917	695	512	363	278	76	2.1k
Yue Pan	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	273 0.5×	471 1.3×	251 0.9×	77	3.4k
Juan Manuel Dávila Delgado	1.6k 1.7×	458 0.7×	392 0.8×	529 1.5×	319 1.1×	35	3.1k
Jiansong Zhang	1.3k 1.4×	607 0.9×	359 0.7×	181 0.5×	296 1.1×	182	3.2k
Hubo Cai	887 1.0×	835 1.2×	396 0.8×	144 0.4×	458 1.6×	126	2.5k
Lúcio Soibelman	1.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	595 1.2×	214 0.6×	336 1.2×	144	4.0k
Zhen Hu	1.1k 1.2×	463 0.7×	468 0.9×	220 0.6×	193 0.7×	92	2.0k
Jia‐Rui Lin	769 0.8×	351 0.5×	295 0.6×	203 0.6×	166 0.6×	87	1.5k
Wenchi Shou	879 1.0×	361 0.5×	307 0.6×	306 0.8×	125 0.4×	54	1.8k
Seokho Chi	769 0.8×	835 1.2×	342 0.7×	118 0.3×	864 3.1×	117	2.6k
Youngjib Ham	877 1.0×	548 0.8×	681 1.3×	252 0.7×	254 0.9×	100	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Ma

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All Works

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Ma, Ling, et al.. (2025). Research on interpretable graph neural network agent model for siltation diagnosis in Urban-Scale sewer systems. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 162. 106666–106666.

Ke, Xiang, Zhiyong Tian, Ling Ma, et al.. (2025). Optimization of a free cooling system integrated with cold thermal energy storage in data center based on model predictive control. Energy. 336. 138389–138389.

Ma, Ling, et al.. (2024). Project bank account (PBA) decentralised application for the construction industry. Construction Innovation. 25(5). 1412–1435. 10 indexed citations

Guo, Feng, et al.. (2024). Optimizing battery storage for sustainable energy communities: A multi-scenario analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society. 118. 106030–106030. 8 indexed citations

He, Zheng, et al.. (2024). Strain energy-based uniformity spectrum for elastic deformation control of super high-rise buildings under near-fault pulse-like earthquake excitations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 181. 108663–108663.

Ma, Ling, et al.. (2024). An MCDM-GIS framework for assessing flooding resilience of urban metro systems. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 113. 104824–104824. 5 indexed citations

Guo, Feng, et al.. (2024). A systematic review of multi-scale digital modelling in sustainable urban design and management. Sustainable Cities and Society. 119. 106103–106103. 1 indexed citations

Ou, Yifu, et al.. (2024). Coordinating public and government responses to air pollution exposure: A multi-source data fusion approach. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 123024–123024. 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Feng, et al.. (2024). Sustainable urban road planning under the digital twin-MCDM-GIS framework considering multidisciplinary factors. Journal of Cleaner Production. 469. 143097–143097. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Ling, et al.. (2023). Unpacking Ambiguity in Building Requirements to Support Automated Compliance Checking. Journal of Management in Engineering. 39(5). 13 indexed citations

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He, Zheng, et al.. (2023). A modified multiscale semantic segmentation network accounting for multi-level seismic damage features of PC structure. Journal of Building Engineering. 78. 107600–107600. 6 indexed citations

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Ma, Ling, et al.. (2023). Rule capture of automated compliance checking of building requirements: a review. 176(4). 224–238. 7 indexed citations

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Jiang, Feng, Ling Ma, Tim Broyd, et al.. (2023). Systematic framework for sustainable urban road alignment planning. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 120. 103796–103796. 10 indexed citations

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Jia, Jing, et al.. (2022). An Automatic Generation Method of Finite Element Model Based on BIM and Ontology. Buildings. 12(11). 1949–1949. 18 indexed citations

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Jiang, Feng, et al.. (2022). Sustainable road alignment planning in the built environment based on the MCDM-GIS method. Sustainable Cities and Society. 87. 104246–104246. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Junda, Michael Pitt, Ling Ma, Jing Jia, & Feng Jiang. (2022). A multi-objective differential evolutionary algorithm for optimal sustainable pavement maintenance plan at the network level. Journal of Cleaner Production. 381. 135212–135212. 9 indexed citations

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He, Zheng, et al.. (2022). A modified spectral-velocity-based earthquake intensity measure for super high-rise buildings. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 162. 107504–107504. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Na, et al.. (2020). A Hybrid Approach for Dynamic Simulation of Safety Risks in Mega Construction Projects. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2020(1). 14 indexed citations

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Wu, Shaoze, et al.. (2019). Extended Reality Approach for Construction Quality Control. UCL Discovery (University College London). 9 indexed citations

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Guo, Jian, Lieyun Ding, Hanbin Luo, Cheng Zhou, & Ling Ma. (2014). Wavelet prediction method for ground deformation induced by tunneling. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 41. 137–151. 21 indexed citations

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