Liping Ma

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Liping Ma is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Liping Ma has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Education, 2 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 2 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Liping Ma's work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (4 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (3 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (2 papers). Liping Ma is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (4 papers), Innovative Teaching Methods (3 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (2 papers). Liping Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Liping Ma's co-authors include Roger Howe, Igor Chirikov, Fei Guo, Lin Gu, Ou Lydia Liu, Guirong Li, Prashant Loyalka, Jinghuan Shi, Qi Su and Huan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Studies in Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Liping Ma

19 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2021 250 500 750
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.

  1. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
    1999 874 citations Liping Ma profile →
  2. Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States
    2021 73 citations Prashant Loyalka, Ou Lydia Liu et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →

Peers

Liping Ma
Sharon L. Senk United States
Ruhama Even Israel
Tim Rowland United Kingdom
Peter Sullivan Australia
Bárbara J. Reys United States
Marjorie A. Henningsen United States
Robyn Pierce Australia
Doug Clarke Australia
Laurie Sleep United States
Shelley Dole Australia
Sharon L. Senk United States
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Citations per year, relative to Liping Ma Liping Ma (= 1×) peers Sharon L. Senk

Countries citing papers authored by Liping Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liping Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liping Ma

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2024). College peer effects on learning behaviors in synchronous online courses. China Economic Review. 86. 102206–102206. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2024). Ability difference or gender symbolism? An empirical research on gender differences in academic career development of doctoral graduates in China. International Journal of Chinese Education. 13(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2023). The effects of class attendance on academic performance: Evidence from synchronous courses during Covid-19 at a Chinese research university. International Journal of Educational Development. 104. 102952–102952. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2023). College-major choice to college-then-major choice: Experimental evidence from Chinese college admissions reforms. Economics of Education Review. 94. 102380–102380. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2022). The theory of school arithmetic: Fractions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 265–284. 1 indexed citations
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Loyalka, Prashant, Ou Lydia Liu, Guirong Li, et al.. (2021). Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(7). 892–904. 73 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loyalka, Prashant, Ou Lydia Liu, Guirong Li, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Skill levels and gains in university STEM education in China, India, Russia and the United States. Nature Human Behaviour. 5(7). 955–955. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Guirong, et al.. (2020). Large-scale international assessments of learning outcomes: balancing the interests of multiple stakeholders. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 43(2). 198–213. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2020). EFFECTS OF INQUIRY-BASED TEACHING ON CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ EPISTEMOLOGIES ABOUT EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND LEARNING PERFORMANCE. Journal of Baltic Science Education. 19(2). 289–297. 15 indexed citations
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Loyalka, Prashant, Ou Lydia Liu, Guirong Li, et al.. (2019). Computer science skills across China, India, Russia, and the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(14). 6732–6736. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Ou Lydia, Lin Gu, Igor Chirikov, et al.. (2019). Thinking critically about critical thinking: validating the Russian HEIghten® critical thinking assessment. Studies in Higher Education. 45(9). 1933–1948. 78 indexed citations
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Liu, Ou Lydia, Lin Gu, Guirong Li, et al.. (2018). Assessing college critical thinking: preliminary results from the Chinese HEIghten® Critical Thinking assessment. Higher Education Research & Development. 37(5). 999–1014. 27 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping. (2016). The Yuanpei Program in Peking University: A case study of curriculum innovation. Frontiers of Education in China. 11(3). 423–425.
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Ma, Liping. (2013). A Critique of the Structure of U.S. Elementary School Mathematics. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 60(10). 1282–1282. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping. (2010). Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics. 250 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao, Cinna Lomnitz, Yao Shi, & Liping Ma. (2009). Triggering of the 2001-2002 Mexico Slow-slip Event, Mw 7.5, by the Shallow Normal Earthquake of 8 October 2001, Mw 5.8, and Its Aftershocks. Seismological Research Letters. 80(1). 108–118. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping, et al.. (2003). Examination of early Chinese records of solar eclipses. Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage. 6(1). 53–63. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping. (1999). Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics. 874 indexed citations breakdown →
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Howe, Roger & Liping Ma. (1999). Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 30(5). 579–579. 70 indexed citations
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Ma, Liping. (1992). Discussing Teacher Induction in China and Relevant Debates in the United States with a Chinese Teacher: A Conversation with Yu Yi. Craft Paper 92-2.. 3 indexed citations

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