Minda Ma

5.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
62 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Minda Ma is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Minda Ma has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Environmental Engineering, 29 papers in Building and Construction and 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Minda Ma's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (46 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (23 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (17 papers). Minda Ma is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (46 papers), Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (23 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (17 papers). Minda Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Minda Ma's co-authors include Weiguang Cai, Xin Ma, Wei Cai, Xiwang Xiang, Wei Feng, Zhili Ma, Yan Ran, Conghu Liu, Kai Li and Shufan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Minda Ma

61 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Global transition of operational carbon in residential buildings since the millennium

2023 97 citations Xiwang Xiang, Nan Zhou et al. Advances in Applied Energy profile →
Challenges and opportunities in the global net-zero building sector

2024 56 citations Minda Ma, Nan Zhou et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Estimation of global building stocks by 2070: Unlocking renovation potential

2024 54 citations Shufan Zhang, Minda Ma et al. profile →
Provincial allocation of China's commercial building operational carbon toward carbon neutrality

2025 22 citations Minda Ma, Nan Zhou et al. Applied Energy profile →
Toward net zero: Assessing the decarbonization impact of global commercial building electrification

2025 20 citations Minda Ma, Nan Zhou et al. Applied Energy profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Minda Ma	2.3k	1.9k	1.1k	965	761	62	4.5k
Nan Zhou	2.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	1.2k 1.2×	545 0.7×	105	5.3k
Weiguang Cai	3.6k 1.6×	2.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	169	6.4k
Huibin Du	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	496 0.4×	851 0.9×	473 0.6×	101	4.7k
Seppo Junnila	2.0k 0.9×	702 0.4×	2.1k 1.8×	651 0.7×	401 0.5×	159	4.5k
Lynn Price	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	2.0k 2.0×	220 0.3×	106	6.8k
Wei Feng	2.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	1.1k 1.2×	533 0.7×	160	6.5k
Huijuan Dong	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	460 0.4×	506 0.5×	698 0.9×	101	5.2k
Muhammad Shafique	1.4k 0.6×	730 0.4×	719 0.6×	628 0.7×	526 0.7×	67	3.7k
Jing‐Li Fan	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	311 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	303 0.4×	107	4.7k
Chenyang Shuai	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	556 0.5×	714 0.7×	745 1.0×	76	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Minda, et al.. (2025). Provincial allocation of China's commercial building operational carbon toward carbon neutrality. Applied Energy. 384. 125450–125450. 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Yuanyuan, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou, & Zhili Ma. (2025). Paving the way to carbon neutrality: Evaluating the decarbonization of residential building electrification worldwide. Sustainable Cities and Society. 130. 106549–106549. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Minda, Shufan Zhang, Yan Ran, et al.. (2025). Building floorspace and stock measurement: A review of global efforts, knowledge gaps, and research priorities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100075–100075. 7 indexed citations

You, Kairui, Yan Li, Wei Feng, Weiguang Cai, & Minda Ma. (2024). A provincial analysis of centralized heating systems decarbonization in China's residential sector: History and future. Sustainable Cities and Society. 104. 105306–105306. 13 indexed citations

Ma, Xin, et al.. (2024). Hybrid framework combining grey system model with Gaussian process and STL for CO2 emissions forecasting in developed countries. Applied Energy. 360. 122824–122824. 38 indexed citations

Zhang, Shufan, Minda Ma, Nan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Estimation of global building stocks by 2070: Unlocking renovation potential. 1(3). 100019–100019. 54 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Minda, Nan Zhou, Wei Feng, & Jinyue Yan. (2024). Challenges and opportunities in the global net-zero building sector. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(8). 100154–100154. 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhou, Nan, et al.. (2023). Pathway for decarbonizing residential building operations in the US and China beyond the mid-century. Applied Energy. 342. 121164–121164. 67 indexed citations

Xiang, Xiwang, et al.. (2023). Global transition of operational carbon in residential buildings since the millennium. Advances in Applied Energy. 11. 100145–100145. 97 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xiang, Xiwang, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneity or illusion? Track the carbon Kuznets curve of global residential building operations. Applied Energy. 347. 121441–121441. 77 indexed citations

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Ma, Minda, et al.. (2023). Toward carbon free by 2060: A decarbonization roadmap of operational residential buildings in China. Energy. 277. 127689–127689. 91 indexed citations

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Ma, Xin, et al.. (2023). Urban natural gas consumption forecasting by novel wavelet-kernelized grey system model. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 119. 105773–105773. 32 indexed citations

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Ma, Xin, et al.. (2023). A novel kernel ridge grey system model with generalized Morlet wavelet and its application in forecasting natural gas production and consumption. Energy. 287. 129630–129630. 28 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhili, Minda Ma, Weiguang Cai, et al.. (2022). Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality in the Building Sector: A Bibliometric Review. Buildings. 12(2). 128–128. 74 indexed citations

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Ma, Minda, et al.. (2022). Potential to decarbonize the commercial building operation of the top two emitters by 2060. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 185. 106481–106481. 88 indexed citations

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Xiang, Xiwang, Xin Ma, Zhili Ma, Minda Ma, & Weiguang Cai. (2022). Python-LMDI: A Tool for Index Decomposition Analysis of Building Carbon Emissions. Buildings. 12(1). 83–83. 57 indexed citations

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Hu, Shaohua, Jie Yang, Zhigang Jiang, Minda Ma, & Wei Cai. (2021). CO2 Emission and Energy Consumption from Automobile Industry in China: Decomposition and Analyses of Driving Forces. Processes. 9(5). 810–810. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shufan, et al.. (2021). Carbon Neutral Roadmap of Commercial Building Operations by Mid-Century: Lessons from China. Buildings. 11(11). 510–510. 37 indexed citations

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Lü, Hongfang, Xin Ma, & Minda Ma. (2021). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the energy sector. Journal of Zhejiang University. Science A. 22(12). 941–956. 17 indexed citations

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Lü, Hongfang, Xin Ma, & Minda Ma. (2020). A hybrid multi-objective optimizer-based model for daily electricity demand prediction considering COVID-19. Energy. 219. 119568–119568. 63 indexed citations

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