Lu Ma

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lu Ma is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lu Ma has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lu Ma's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (6 papers) and MRI in cancer diagnosis (5 papers). Lu Ma is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (6 papers) and MRI in cancer diagnosis (5 papers). Lu Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Lu Ma's co-authors include Atıf Rahman, Youfa Wang, Na Yan, Mohsen Mazidi, Yixuan Li, Li Ke, Richard Kirwan, Haixia Zhou, Wei-dong Wang and Shiqi Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lu Ma

40 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Prevalence of mental health problems among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2021 317 citations Lu Ma, Mohsen Mazidi et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lu Ma China	18	427	263	138	123	96	41	1.1k
Sun Jae Jung South Korea	17	331 0.8×	181 0.7×	125 0.9×	78 0.6×	49 0.5×	100	1.1k
Noriko Kato Japan	20	283 0.7×	253 1.0×	98 0.7×	83 0.7×	288 3.0×	82	1.2k
Margarida Figueiredo‐Braga Portugal	17	225 0.5×	163 0.6×	246 1.8×	171 1.4×	68 0.7×	56	1.0k
Sanju George United Kingdom	17	339 0.8×	176 0.7×	148 1.1×	98 0.8×	88 0.9×	97	1.1k
Adéle Marais South Africa	18	459 1.1×	122 0.5×	143 1.0×	126 1.0×	133 1.4×	35	1.2k
Andrea S. Young United States	15	329 0.8×	130 0.5×	84 0.6×	81 0.7×	87 0.9×	55	902
Linghua Kong China	17	400 0.9×	203 0.8×	174 1.3×	131 1.1×	281 2.9×	35	1.0k
Michael Lundberg Sweden	20	576 1.3×	214 0.8×	236 1.7×	107 0.9×	156 1.6×	43	2.0k
Max Henderson United Kingdom	13	675 1.6×	239 0.9×	131 0.9×	88 0.7×	210 2.2×	29	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lu Ma

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Ma, Lu, Meng Lv, Chenghai Yang, et al.. (2025). Chronic financial stress and cardiovascular disease risk: A prospective cohort study and Mendelian randomization analysis. Atherosclerosis. 408. 120460–120460.

Ma, Lu, Wei Wang, Changqing Li, et al.. (2024). Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Rice Panicle Blast-Resistant Gene Pb4 Encoding a Wall-Associated Kinase. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 830–830. 7 indexed citations

Li, Ying, Wanru Jia, Na Yan, et al.. (2023). Associations between chronic stress and hair cortisol in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 329. 438–447. 20 indexed citations

Ma, Lu, Richard Webb, Ying Li, et al.. (2023). Psychological Stress and Gut Microbiota Composition: A Systematic Review of Human Studies. Neuropsychobiology. 82(5). 247–262. 24 indexed citations

Ma, Lu, Na Yan, Zumin Shi, et al.. (2022). A 3-Year Longitudinal Study of Effects of Parental Feeding Practices on Child Weight Status: The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities. Nutrients. 14(14). 2797–2797. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Lu, Xiaozhong Wen, Hong Xue, et al.. (2022). National childhood obesity‐related intervention systems and intervention programs in China in 1949 to 2020: A narrative review. Obesity. 30(2). 320–337. 14 indexed citations

Hua, Yi‐Ming, Di Lan, Peijian Wang, et al.. (2021). Gut Microbiota, Metabolites, and Cardiovascular Diseases. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 41–47. 2 indexed citations

Akhtar, Parveen, Lu Ma, Ahmed Waqas, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of depression among university students in low and middle income countries (LMICs): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 274. 911–919. 95 indexed citations

Gao, Liwang, Lu Ma, Hong Xue, et al.. (2019). A 3-year longitudinal study of effects of parental perception of children's ideal body image on child weight change: The Childhood Obesity Study in China mega-cities. Preventive Medicine. 132. 105971–105971. 12 indexed citations

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Jia, Peng, Hong Xue, Shiyong Liu, et al.. (2019). Opportunities and challenges of using big data for global health. Science Bulletin. 64(22). 1652–1654. 11 indexed citations

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Zhong, Yan, Haiyi Wang, Lu Ma, et al.. (2018). MR imaging features of benign retroperitoneal paragangliomas and schwannomas. BMC Neurology. 18(1). 1–1. 47 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ting, Li Cai, Jing Jin, et al.. (2018). Parental perception of child weight and its association with weight-related parenting behaviours and child behaviours: a Chinese national study. Public Health Nutrition. 21(9). 1671–1680. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Shan, Liping Chen, Qing Wang, et al.. (2018). Strain differences between CD-1 and C57BL/6 mice in expression of metabolic enzymes and DNA methylation modifications of the primary hepatocytes. Toxicology. 412. 19–28. 11 indexed citations

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Zhong, Yan, Jingjing Pan, Yingwei Wang, et al.. (2017). Renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma: MRI findings. La radiologia medica. 122(11). 814–821. 12 indexed citations

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Cai, Li, Ting Zhang, Jun Ma, et al.. (2017). Self-perception of weight status and its association with weight-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Chinese children in Guangzhou. Journal of Epidemiology. 27(7). 338–345. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kun, Xiaojing Zhang, Lu Ma, et al.. (2016). Preliminary investigation of diagnostic value of ultra-high b-value based diffusion-weighted imaging in prostate central gland diagnosis. Zhonghua fangshexian yixue zazhi. 50(5). 357–361. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ting, Li Cai, Lu Ma, et al.. (2016). The prevalence of obesity and influence of early life and behavioral factors on obesity in Chinese children in Guangzhou. BMC Public Health. 16(1). 954–954. 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiao, Yanna Zhu, Li Cai, et al.. (2015). Metabolic syndrome and its associated early-life factors in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China. Public Health Nutrition. 19(7). 1147–1154. 27 indexed citations

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Ma, Lu, Jincheng Mai, Jing Jin, et al.. (2014). Empirical change in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents from 2007 to 2011 in Guangzhou, China. European Journal of Pediatrics. 173(6). 787–791. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Liping, Lu Ma, Qing Bai, et al.. (2014). Heavy Metal-induced Metallothionein Expression Is Regulated by Specific Protein Phosphatase 2A Complexes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(32). 22413–22426. 64 indexed citations

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