Ning Ma

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Ning Ma is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Ma has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 62 papers in Water Science and Technology and 45 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ning Ma's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (58 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (54 papers) and Climate variability and models (51 papers). Ning Ma is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (58 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (54 papers) and Climate variability and models (51 papers). Ning Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hungary. Ning Ma's co-authors include Yongqiang Zhang, Yinsheng Zhang, József Szilágyi, Yanhong Guo, Daren Zhang, Jing Tian, Nan Li, Xianming Fu, Yijun Liu and Wenbin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ning Ma

126 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Increasing Tibetan Plateau terrestrial evapotranspiration primarily driven by precipitation

2022 159 citations Ning Ma, Yongqiang Zhang Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
Southern Hemisphere dominates recent decline in global water availability

2023 102 citations Yongqiang Zhang, Francis H. S. Chiew et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Ma China	39	2.2k	1.5k	1.5k	481	406	133	4.3k
Qianfeng Wang China	33	1.9k 0.9×	541 0.4×	545 0.4×	166 0.3×	314 0.8×	141	3.4k
Lahoucine Hanich Morocco	31	974 0.4×	689 0.5×	696 0.5×	130 0.3×	344 0.8×	90	3.6k
Yukiko Hirabayashi Japan	39	4.5k 2.1×	2.2k 1.5×	2.8k 1.9×	118 0.2×	607 1.5×	119	6.7k
John Wright United Kingdom	16	2.0k 0.9×	911 0.6×	394 0.3×	256 0.5×	1.5k 3.7×	36	6.4k
Kris Johnson United States	23	1.8k 0.8×	345 0.2×	525 0.4×	335 0.7×	169 0.4×	36	3.9k
Lisheng Song China	29	1.8k 0.8×	586 0.4×	733 0.5×	51 0.1×	817 2.0×	97	2.6k
Xiao Yang United States	28	710 0.3×	460 0.3×	642 0.4×	247 0.5×	200 0.5×	98	2.3k
David Small Switzerland	30	508 0.2×	716 0.5×	151 0.1×	195 0.4×	756 1.9×	131	3.0k
Werner von Bloh Germany	31	1.9k 0.8×	913 0.6×	743 0.5×	44 0.1×	309 0.8×	105	3.8k
Wenfeng Zhan China	46	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	154 0.1×	424 0.9×	4.2k 10.3×	177	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ning Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Ma

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luan, Jinkai, Ning Ma, & Ran Zhang. (2025). The Alterations in Ecological Flow Indicators Caused by Coal Mining Operations. Land Degradation and Development. 36(17). 6049–6063.

Zhong, Yulong, Ning Ma, Dongdong Kong, et al.. (2025). Changes and drivers of long-term land evapotranspiration in the Yangtze River Basin: A water balance perspective. Journal of Hydrology. 653. 132763–132763. 2 indexed citations

Fu, Zhuang, et al.. (2025). Application and future directions of brain-computer interfaces in neurological disorders: Technological advances, clinical practices, and challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(6). 306–314. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wenzhao, et al.. (2024). Relations of rescaled to non-rescaled complementary models and improvement of evapotranspiration estimation by incorporating both climatic and land surface conditions. Agricultural Water Management. 302. 108989–108989.

Shang, Shasha, Gaofeng Zhu, Kun Zhang, et al.. (2024). Spatial-temporal variations in evapotranspiration across the continental United States: An atmospheric water balance perspective. Journal of Hydrology. 640. 131699–131699. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Hao, Ke Ning, Ning Ma, et al.. (2024). Agroforestry increases soil carbon sequestration, especially in arid areas: A global meta-analysis. CATENA. 249. 108667–108667. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Yongqiang, Jing Tian, Ning Ma, et al.. (2024). Using hydrological modeling and satellite observations to elucidate subsurface and surface hydrological responses to the extreme drought. Journal of Hydrology. 645. 132174–132174. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Ning, Xuanze Zhang, Jing Tian, et al.. (2024). Both meteorological droughts and human activities modulated groundwater variations in the northern Yellow River Basin. Hydrology research. 55(9). 921–935. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xue‐Ning, Xuanze Zhang, Zhigan Zhao, et al.. (2024). Rainfall and maximum temperature are dominant climatic factors influencing APSIM-Maize cultivar parameters sensitivity in semiarid regions. European Journal of Agronomy. 164. 127494–127494. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongqiang, et al.. (2024). Quantifying propagation effects of climate and vegetation changes on evapotranspiration and streamflow signatures in Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 56. 102015–102015. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongqiang, Ning Ma, Xuanze Zhang, et al.. (2024). Drought-induced ecosystem resistance and recovery observed at 118 flux tower stations across the globe. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 356. 110170–110170. 14 indexed citations

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Tang, Hui, Ning Ma, Xiaochun Liu, et al.. (2024). A heterocyclic strategy for regulating the proportion of type I and type II photodynamic therapy. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 8(17). 2866–2873. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongqiang, et al.. (2024). Strong Agricultural Resilience to 2022 Southern China Drought. Earth s Future. 12(3). 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongqiang, Francis H. S. Chiew, David Post, et al.. (2023). Southern Hemisphere dominates recent decline in global water availability. Science. 382(6670). 579–584. 102 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Yongqiang, et al.. (2023). Flood Increase and Drought Mitigation Under a Warming Climate in the Southern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(2). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongqiang, et al.. (2022). A daily and 500 m coupled evapotranspiration and gross primary production product across China during 2000–2020. Earth system science data. 14(12). 5463–5488. 85 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongqiang, Changming Liu, Francis H. S. Chiew, et al.. (2022). Can Indirect Evaluation Methods and Their Fusion Products Reduce Uncertainty in Actual Evapotranspiration Estimates?. Water Resources Research. 58(6). 27 indexed citations

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Cui, Jiangpeng, Lide Tian, Zhongwang Wei, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the Controls on Evapotranspiration Partitioning in the Highest Alpine Meadow Ecosystem. Water Resources Research. 56(4). 43 indexed citations

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Wang, Guan, Ping Wang, Tianye Wang, et al.. (2019). Contrasting Changes in Vegetation Growth due to Different Climate Forcings over the Last Three Decades in the Selenga-Baikal Basin. Remote Sensing. 11(4). 426–426. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenyu, et al.. (2012). Lakes Area change in Badain Juran Desert Hinterland and Its Influence Factors during the Recent 40Years. Zhongguo shamo. 32(6). 1743–1750. 7 indexed citations

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