Qianli Ma

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
194 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Qianli Ma is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qianli Ma has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 91 papers in Geophysics and 34 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Qianli Ma's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (181 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (139 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (88 papers). Qianli Ma is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (181 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (139 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (88 papers). Qianli Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Qianli Ma's co-authors include Wen Li, R. M. Thorne, Jacob Bortnik, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kŭrth, G. B. Hospodarsky, G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, Binbin Ni and Lunjin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Qianli Ma

178 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus

2013 623 citations R. M. Thorne, Qianli Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qianli Ma United States	41	5.2k	2.7k	1.0k	417	359	194	5.4k
S. G. Claudepierre United States	45	6.7k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	623 1.5×	276 0.8×	148	6.8k
S. G. Kanekal United States	42	6.6k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	651 1.6×	303 0.8×	123	6.8k
S. A. Glauert United Kingdom	30	4.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	575 1.4×	280 0.8×	66	4.8k
D. L. Turner United States	47	6.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.9×	565 1.4×	366 1.0×	212	7.1k
J. M. Albert United States	38	5.4k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	909 0.9×	628 1.5×	455 1.3×	113	5.4k
Lunjin Chen United States	45	6.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	300 0.7×	617 1.7×	185	6.2k
V. K. Jordanova United States	43	5.8k 1.1×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 2.2×	332 0.8×	280 0.8×	164	5.8k
O. V. Agapitov United States	41	4.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	791 0.8×	295 0.7×	314 0.9×	163	4.6k
I. J. Rae United Kingdom	37	4.8k 0.9×	2.1k 0.8×	2.1k 2.1×	346 0.8×	221 0.6×	185	5.0k
M. G. Henderson United States	46	6.3k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	2.4k 2.4×	597 1.4×	197 0.5×	174	6.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qianli Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qianli Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qianli 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 Qianli Ma. Qianli 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

Li, Jinxing, Chih‐Ping Wang, Qianli Ma, et al.. (2025). Kinetic Alfven Waves Driving Auroral O+ Ion Outflows to Form Plasma Cloak During the 17 March 2015 Geomagnetic Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(1).

Qin, Murong, Wen Li, Y. Nishimura, et al.. (2025). Sub‐MeV Electron Precipitation Driven by EMIC Waves in Plasmaspheric Plumes at High L Shells. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(3). 3 indexed citations

Shen, Xiaojing, Quan Liu, Junying Sun, et al.. (2025). Measurement report: The influence of particle number size distribution and hygroscopicity on the microphysical properties of cloud droplets at a mountain site. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(11). 5711–5725. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jinxing, Jacob Bortnik, Qianli Ma, et al.. (2024). Fine Structure of Magnetospheric Magnetosonic Waves: 1. Elementary Rising‐Tone Emissions Within Individual Harmonic. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(3). 1 indexed citations

Fok, Mei‐Ching, R. A. Wolf, S. B. Kang, et al.. (2024). Implementation of an Asymmetric Internal Field in the Comprehensive Inner Magnetosphere‐Ionosphere (CIMI) Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(12). 2 indexed citations

Blum, Lauren, A. Bruno, Luisa Capannolo, et al.. (2024). On the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of EMIC Wave‐Driven Relativistic Electron Precipitation: Magnetically Conjugate Observations From the Van Allen Probes and CALET. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(5). 8 indexed citations

Tu, Weichao, et al.. (2024). Modeling the Simultaneous Dropout of Energetic Electrons and Protons by Magnetopause Shadowing. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(2). 4 indexed citations

Wang, Chih‐Ping, L. R. Lyons, Jacob Bortnik, et al.. (2023). Multiple Auroral Streamer Bundles in Conjugate Hemispheres and Multiple Near‐Earth Injections. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(1). 2 indexed citations

Tu, Weichao, et al.. (2023). Modeling the Simultaneous Dropout of Energetic Electrons and Protons by Magnetopause Shadowing. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Hua, Man, Jacob Bortnik, Adam Kellerman, Enrico Camporeale, & Qianli Ma. (2023). Ensemble Modeling of Radiation Belt Electron Acceleration by Chorus Waves: Dependence on Key Input Parameters. Space Weather. 21(3). 11 indexed citations

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Ma, Qianli, Xiaojian Bai, Erxi Feng, Guannan Zhang, & Huibo Cao. (2023). CrysFieldExplorer: rapid optimization of the crystal field Hamiltonian. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 56(4). 1229–1241. 1 indexed citations

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Bortnik, Jacob, et al.. (2023). Opening the Black Box of the Radiation Belt Machine Learning Model. Space Weather. 21(4). 14 indexed citations

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Sánchez, E. R., Qianli Ma, Wei Xu, et al.. (2022). A Test of Energetic Particle Precipitation Models Using Simultaneous Incoherent Scatter Radar and Van Allen Probes Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(8). e2021JA030179–e2021JA030179. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Wen, et al.. (2022). Dependence of Nonlinear Effects on Whistler‐Mode Wave Bandwidth and Amplitude: A Perspective From Diffusion Coefficients. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(5). 26 indexed citations

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Nishimura, Y., J. Goldstein, C. R. Martinis, et al.. (2022). Multi‐Scale Density Structures in the Plasmaspheric Plume During a Geomagnetic Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(3). 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Qianli, Wen Li, Xiao‐Jia Zhang, et al.. (2021). Global Survey of Electron Precipitation due to Hiss Waves in the Earth’s Plasmasphere and Plumes. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(8). 38 indexed citations

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Li, Haimeng, Wen Li, Qianli Ma, et al.. (2021). Attenuation of plasmaspheric hiss associated with the enhanced magnetospheric electric field. Annales Geophysicae. 39(3). 461–470. 1 indexed citations

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Claudepierre, S. G., Qianli Ma, Jacob Bortnik, et al.. (2020). Empirically Estimated Electron Lifetimes in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Comparison With Theory. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(3). e2019GL086056–e2019GL086056. 51 indexed citations

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Yue, Chao, Jacob Bortnik, Wen Li, et al.. (2019). Oxygen Ion Dynamics in the Earth's Ring Current: Van Allen Probes Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(10). 7786–7798. 41 indexed citations

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Li, Jinxing, Jacob Bortnik, Wen Li, et al.. (2017). Coherently modulated whistler mode waves simultaneously observed over unexpectedly large spatial scales. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(2). 1871–1882. 9 indexed citations

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