Nan Ma

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nan Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Ma has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Nan Ma's work include Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (6 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (6 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (6 papers). Nan Ma is often cited by papers focused on Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds (6 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (6 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (6 papers). Nan Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Hong Kong. Nan Ma's co-authors include Jiang Ting-liang, Youyou Tu, Ziyue Zhang, Wen‐Cai Ye, Fulong Liao, Jigang Wang, Ying Wang, Dawei Ma, Shengbao Cai and Bing‐Xin Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Nan Ma

86 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The birth of artemisinin

2020 229 citations Nan Ma et al. profile →
Immune Checkpoint LAG3 and Its Ligand FGL1 in Cancer

2022 124 citations Nan Ma, Jinbo Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Ma China	20	825	361	287	209	180	90	1.7k
Weidong Zhang China	25	1.2k 1.4×	320 0.9×	286 1.0×	181 0.9×	200 1.1×	86	2.0k
Qian Lei China	29	1.1k 1.3×	320 0.9×	249 0.9×	167 0.8×	101 0.6×	85	2.0k
Sriram Rajagopal India	21	832 1.0×	277 0.8×	366 1.3×	258 1.2×	191 1.1×	64	2.0k
Xiaoyu Chen China	24	973 1.2×	222 0.6×	190 0.7×	193 0.9×	180 1.0×	98	1.7k
Débora B. Vendramini‐Costa Brazil	22	567 0.7×	299 0.8×	219 0.8×	124 0.6×	174 1.0×	46	1.4k
Mohane Selvaraj Coumar India	27	1.2k 1.5×	577 1.6×	511 1.8×	118 0.6×	147 0.8×	96	2.3k
Hanyong Chen United States	29	1.2k 1.5×	213 0.6×	411 1.4×	158 0.8×	206 1.1×	76	2.1k
Xiaojun Yao Macao	23	989 1.2×	211 0.6×	255 0.9×	150 0.7×	113 0.6×	99	1.9k
Ladislav Mirossay Slovakia	22	877 1.1×	326 0.9×	375 1.3×	113 0.5×	114 0.6×	79	2.0k
Shuai Wen China	23	830 1.0×	558 1.5×	223 0.8×	110 0.5×	89 0.5×	106	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Ma

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Zhenting, Nan Ma, Wei Fan, et al.. (2025). Structural determinants of physicochemical properties and digestibility of chestnut (Castanea mollissima Blume) starches: Implications for functional and nutritional optimization. Food Hydrocolloids. 171. 111860–111860. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Zhenting, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of quality, structural, and flavor alterations in chestnuts (Castanea mollissima Blume) subjected to different thermal processing techniques. Food Chemistry. 474. 143149–143149. 4 indexed citations

Duan, Liping, Weixue Huang, Jiangnan Zheng, et al.. (2025). O-Cyanobenzaldehydes Irreversibly Modify Both Buried and Exposed Lysine Residues in Live Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(14). 11955–11963. 5 indexed citations

Hu, Hong, Ying Huang, Lu Ma, et al.. (2025). Metagenome-assembled microbial genomes (n = 3,448) of the oral microbiomes of Tibetan and Duroc pigs. Scientific Data. 12(1). 141–141.

Ma, Nan, et al.. (2024). Telomerase reverse transcriptase protects against diabetic kidney disease by promoting AMPK/PGC-1a-regulated mitochondrial energy homeostasis. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 403. 111238–111238. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Chenguang, Pengfei Li, Wen‐Ming Cong, et al.. (2024). The transcription factor FgCreA modulates ergosterol biosynthesis and sensitivity to DMI fungicides by regulating transcription of FgCyp51A and FgErg6A in Fusarium graminearum. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 284(Pt 1). 137903–137903. 4 indexed citations

Gao, Xiaoning, et al.. (2024). Efficient alcoholysis of total saponins in D. zingiberensis to diosgenin using ionic liquid-grafted MOF superacids. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 319. 129389–129389. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wenyan, Yu Bai, Licheng Zhou, et al.. (2023). Discovery of LWY713 as a potent and selective FLT3 PROTAC degrader with in vivo activity against acute myeloid leukemia. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 264. 115974–115974. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Guirong, Nan Ma, Jianfeng Meng, et al.. (2023). Accurate diagnosis of bronchopulmonary Talaromyces marneffei infection in an anti-IFN-γ autoantibodies positive patient assisted by endobronchial ultrasound-guided TBNA and mNGS: a case report. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1186335–1186335. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Nan, Ping Wang, Shaobo Zhang, et al.. (2023). Surgical resection and orbital iodine-125 brachytherapy for orbital malignancy: a novel treatment for orbital lymphoma. International Ophthalmology. 43(6). 1945–1955. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Nan, et al.. (2023). Tankyrase inhibition interferes with junction remodeling, induces leakiness, and disturbs YAP1/TAZ signaling in the endothelium. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 397(3). 1763–1789. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Nan, et al.. (2023). Lignan glycosides from Fritillaria verticillata Willd. and their anti-inflammatory activities. Fitoterapia. 168. 105553–105553. 3 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhaochen, Lingxiang Yu, Xia Mao, et al.. (2022). Preclinical investigation of artesunate as a therapeutic agent for hepatocellular carcinoma via impairment of glucosylceramidase-mediated autophagic degradation. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 54(9). 1536–1548. 28 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ke, Jie Zhang, Huangxu Li, et al.. (2022). Developing Isoxazole as a Native Photo‐Cross‐Linker for Photoaffinity Labeling and Chemoproteomics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(47). e202209947–e202209947. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Ping, et al.. (2020). Iodine-125 interstitial brachytherapy for malignant lacrimal sac tumours: an innovative technique. Eye. 35(4). 1240–1247. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Nan, Jun Hu, Zhimin Zhang, et al.. (2020). 2H-Azirine-Based Reagents for Chemoselective Bioconjugation at Carboxyl Residues Inside Live Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(13). 6051–6059. 112 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lizhe, Nan Ma, Bin Wang, et al.. (2019). <p>Significant prognostic values of aquaporin mRNA expression in breast cancer</p>. Cancer Management and Research. Volume 11. 1503–1515. 36 indexed citations

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Ma, Nan, Zhimin Zhang, Jun‐Seok Lee, et al.. (2019). Affinity-Based Protein Profiling Reveals Cellular Targets of Photoreactive Anticancer Inhibitors. ACS Chemical Biology. 14(12). 2546–2552. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Nan Ma, Rui Wu, Ke Ding, & Zhengqiu Li. (2019). A novel reactive turn-on probe capable of selective profiling and no-wash imaging of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in live cells. Chemical Communications. 55(24). 3473–3476. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chenxi, et al.. (2017). Awareness of Age-related Macular Degeneration and Its Risk Factors among Beijing Residents in China.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 130(2). 155–159. 11 indexed citations

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