Pengda Ma

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Pengda Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengda Ma has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Plant Science and 10 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Pengda Ma's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (23 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (15 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers). Pengda Ma is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (23 papers), Plant Gene Expression Analysis (15 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (11 papers). Pengda Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Germany. Pengda Ma's co-authors include Jingying Liu, Anne Osbourn, Juane Dong, Tianlin Pei, Zongsuo Liang, Yanyan Jia, Kai Ding, Dongfeng Yang, Zongsuo Liang and Fenghua Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Pengda Ma

54 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.

MYB Transcription Factors as Regulators of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Plants

2015 719 citations Jingying Liu, Anne Osbourn et al. Molecular Plant profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengda Ma China	18	1.3k	871	190	186	163	56	1.8k
Tasiu Isah India	13	916 0.7×	906 1.0×	176 0.9×	117 0.6×	119 0.7×	24	1.6k
Éric Lainé France	26	1.0k 0.8×	927 1.1×	102 0.5×	235 1.3×	153 0.9×	46	1.6k
Maojun Xu China	24	739 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	101 0.5×	186 1.0×	72 0.4×	56	1.5k
Yongling Liao China	22	956 0.7×	609 0.7×	241 1.3×	145 0.8×	59 0.4×	79	1.3k
Barunava Patra United States	23	1.9k 1.4×	1.5k 1.7×	45 0.2×	238 1.3×	142 0.9×	41	2.4k
Sitakanta Pattanaik United States	27	2.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.8×	52 0.3×	305 1.6×	230 1.4×	56	2.7k
Sarai Belchí-Navarro Spain	15	776 0.6×	881 1.0×	67 0.4×	73 0.4×	230 1.4×	22	1.5k
Anna Szakiel Poland	22	1.0k 0.8×	937 1.1×	86 0.5×	340 1.8×	69 0.4×	69	1.8k
Kosmas Haralampidis Greece	18	1.0k 0.8×	890 1.0×	66 0.3×	69 0.4×	61 0.4×	45	1.6k
Bhagyalakshmi Neelwarne India	28	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	117 0.6×	248 1.3×	261 1.6×	55	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengda Ma

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Dong, Juane, et al.. (2025). The transcription factor Dof32 coordinates salvianolic acid biosynthesis and drought tolerance in Salvia miltiorrhiza. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 198(2). 5 indexed citations

Shao, Shuai, et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis and regulatory mechanism of tanshinones and phenolic acids in Salvia miltiorrhiza. The Plant Journal. 123(2). e70358–e70358. 1 indexed citations

He, Di, et al.. (2024). Integration of induction, system optimization and genetic transformation in Veratrum californicum var. vitro cultures to enhance the production of cyclopamine and veratramine. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 216. 109087–109087.

Shao, Shuai, et al.. (2024). The SmMYC2–SmMYB36 complex is involved in methyl jasmonate‐mediated tanshinones biosynthesis in Salvia miltiorrhiza. The Plant Journal. 119(2). 746–761. 17 indexed citations

Лю, Бо, et al.. (2024). SmJAZs‐SmbHLH37/SmERF73‐SmSAP4 module mediates jasmonic acid signaling to balance biosynthesis of medicinal metabolites and salt tolerance in Salvia miltiorrhiza. New Phytologist. 244(4). 1450–1466. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, Yi‐Ling Chen, Boshi Sun, et al.. (2024). LC–MS and MALDI–MSI-based metabolomic approaches provide insights into the spatial–temporal metabolite profiles of Tartary buckwheat achene development. Food Chemistry. 449. 139183–139183. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Jingling, Xue Yin, Di He, et al.. (2024). Efficient heterologous biosynthesis of verazine, a metabolic precursor of the anti-cancer drug cyclopamine, in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Communications. 5(6). 100831–100831. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Mei, et al.. (2024). SmJAZ3/4 positively and SmJAZ8 negatively regulates salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 216. 109151–109151.

Zhang, Yuhang, et al.. (2023). Salicylic acid regulates phenolic acid biosynthesis via SmNPR1–SmTGA2/SmNPR4 modules in Salvia miltiorrhiza. Journal of Experimental Botany. 74(18). 5736–5751. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Guanfeng, et al.. (2022). Casein kinase CK2 structure and activities in plants. Journal of Plant Physiology. 276. 153767–153767. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bin, et al.. (2020). Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of MAPK cascade genes in Salvia miltiorrhiza reveals the function of SmMAPK3 and SmMAPK1 in secondary metabolism. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 630–630. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruihong, et al.. (2019). Combining transcriptomics and metabolomics to reveal the underlying molecular mechanism of ergosterol biosynthesis during the fruiting process of Flammulina velutipes. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 999–999. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2017). Isolation and Characterization of a Phosphorus-Solubilizing Bacterium from Rhizosphere Soils and Its Colonization of Chinese Cabbage (Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis). Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1270–1270. 61 indexed citations

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Ding, Kai, et al.. (2017). SmMYB36, a Novel R2R3-MYB Transcription Factor, Enhances Tanshinone Accumulation and Decreases Phenolic Acid Content in Salvia miltiorrhiza Hairy Roots. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5104–5104. 117 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingying, et al.. (2016). Isolation and characterization of LcSAP, a Leymus chinensis gene which enhances the salinity tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular Biology Reports. 44(1). 5–9. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingying, Anne Osbourn, & Pengda Ma. (2015). MYB Transcription Factors as Regulators of Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Plants. Molecular Plant. 8(5). 689–708. 719 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Pengda, Jingling Liu, Chenlu Zhang, & Zongsuo Liang. (2013). Regulation of Water-Soluble Phenolic Acid Biosynthesis in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 170(6). 1253–1262. 75 indexed citations

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Yang, Dongfeng, Pengda Ma, Xiao Liang, et al.. (2012). Metabolic Profiles and cDNA-AFLP Analysis of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Salvia castanea Diel f. tomentosa Stib. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29678–e29678. 30 indexed citations

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Ma, Pengda & Jingying Liu. (2011). Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Plasma Membrane Intrinsic Protein Gene, LcPIP1, in Leymus chinensis that Enhances Salt Stress Tolerance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 166(2). 479–485. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Pengda, Jinying Liu, Hongxia He, et al.. (2008). A Viral Suppressor P1/HC-Pro Increases the GFP Gene Expression in Agrobacterium-mediated Transient Assay. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 158(2). 243–252. 19 indexed citations

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