Qiufu Ma

14.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
64 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Qiufu Ma is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiufu Ma has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Qiufu Ma's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (19 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (17 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (8 papers). Qiufu Ma is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (19 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (17 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (8 papers). Qiufu Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Qiufu Ma's co-authors include David J. Anderson, Clifford J. Woolf, Chris Kintner, Lukas Sommer, Carol Fode, Martyn Goulding, Bo Duan, Omar Abdel Samad, Yang Liu and Zhou‐Feng Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Qiufu Ma

62 papers receiving 10.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nociceptors—Noxious Stimulus Detectors

2007 719 citations Clifford J. Woolf, Qiufu Ma Neuron profile →
Identification of neurogenin, a Vertebrate Neuronal Determination Gene

1996 707 citations Qiufu Ma, Chris Kintner et al. Cell profile →
neurogenin1 Is Essential for the Determination of Neuronal Precursors for Proximal Cranial Sensory Ganglia

1998 607 citations Qiufu Ma et al. Neuron profile →
A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal–adrenal axis

2021 451 citations Shenbin Liu, Zhifu Wang et al. profile →
Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain

2014 405 citations Bo Duan, Longzhen Cheng et al. Cell profile →
Somatotopic Organization and Intensity Dependence in Driving Distinct NPY-Expressing Sympathetic Pathways by Electroacupuncture

2020 251 citations Shenbin Liu, Zhifu Wang et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiufu Ma United States	44	5.0k	3.3k	2.9k	1.7k	1.3k	64	10.2k
Gary R. Lewin Germany	62	5.7k 1.1×	7.2k 2.2×	6.4k 2.2×	1.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.9×	158	15.0k
Isabel Fariñas Spain	49	6.2k 1.2×	5.5k 1.6×	1.4k 0.5×	3.2k 1.8×	804 0.6×	110	13.3k
Peter Lönnerberg Sweden	27	6.3k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	894 0.5×	449 0.3×	36	9.7k
Emiko Senba Japan	59	3.4k 0.7×	5.9k 1.8×	3.3k 1.1×	859 0.5×	714 0.6×	290	10.9k
Martyn Goulding United States	61	7.3k 1.5×	4.0k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 1.4×	400 0.3×	99	12.7k
Kathryn M. Albers United States	49	2.1k 0.4×	2.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	503 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	125	7.3k
Inmaculada Silos‐Santiago United States	38	3.3k 0.7×	3.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	976 0.8×	70	7.4k
Mark Bothwell United States	54	4.7k 0.9×	6.9k 2.1×	1.2k 0.4×	2.6k 1.5×	367 0.3×	114	10.6k
John V. Priestley United Kingdom	59	2.8k 0.6×	6.3k 1.9×	3.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	170	10.5k
Frank L. Rice United States	48	1.5k 0.3×	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	485 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	100	7.1k

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Qi, Lu, Shing-Hong Lin, & Qiufu Ma. (2022). Spinal VGLUT3 lineage neurons drive visceral mechanical allodynia but not sensitized visceromotor reflexes. Neuron. 111(5). 669–681.e5. 11 indexed citations

Ma, Qiufu. (2022). Somatotopic organization of autonomic reflexes by acupuncture. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 76. 102602–102602. 35 indexed citations

Ma, Qiufu. (2020). Somato–Autonomic Reflexes of Acupuncture. Medical Acupuncture. 32(6). 362–366. 29 indexed citations

Liu, Shenbin, Zhifu Wang, Yang‐Shuai Su, et al.. (2020). Somatotopic Organization and Intensity Dependence in Driving Distinct NPY-Expressing Sympathetic Pathways by Electroacupuncture. Neuron. 108(3). 436–450.e7. 251 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Yan, Shenbin Liu, Yu‐Qiu Zhang, et al.. (2018). Timing Mechanisms Underlying Gate Control by Feedforward Inhibition. Neuron. 99(5). 941–955.e4. 43 indexed citations

Cheng, Longzhen, Bo Duan, Tianwen Huang, et al.. (2017). Identification of spinal circuits involved in touch-evoked dynamic mechanical pain. Nature Neuroscience. 20(6). 804–814. 149 indexed citations

Bourane, Steeve, Bo Duan, Stephanie C. Koch, et al.. (2015). Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons. Science. 350(6260). 550–554. 211 indexed citations

Lou, Shan, Tianwen Huang, Bo Duan, et al.. (2015). Incoherent Feed-Forward Regulatory Loops Control Segregation of C-Mechanoreceptors, Nociceptors, and Pruriceptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(13). 5317–5329. 29 indexed citations

Duan, Bo, Longzhen Cheng, Steeve Bourane, et al.. (2014). Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain. Cell. 159(6). 1417–1432. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Herriges, John, Elizabeth A Hines, Guoliang Xu, et al.. (2012). Genome‐scale study of transcription factor expression in the branching mouse lung. Developmental Dynamics. 241(9). 1432–1453. 33 indexed citations

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Ma, Qiufu. (2012). Population coding of somatic sensations. Neuroscience Bulletin. 28(2). 91–99. 51 indexed citations

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Molliver, Derek C., Xiaotang Jing, Erica S. Schwartz, et al.. (2011). Phenotypic Switching of Nonpeptidergic Cutaneous Sensory Neurons following Peripheral Nerve Injury. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28908–e28908. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Omar Abdel Samad, Ling Zhang, et al.. (2010). VGLUT2-Dependent Glutamate Release from Nociceptors Is Required to Sense Pain and Suppress Itch. Neuron. 68(3). 543–556. 209 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang & Qiufu Ma. (2010). Generation of somatic sensory neuron diversity and implications on sensory coding. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 21(1). 52–60. 93 indexed citations

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Schüller, Ulrich, Vivi M. Heine, Junhao Mao, et al.. (2008). Acquisition of Granule Neuron Precursor Identity Is a Critical Determinant of Progenitor Cell Competence to Form Shh-Induced Medulloblastoma. Cancer Cell. 14(2). 123–134. 456 indexed citations

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Woolf, Clifford J. & Qiufu Ma. (2007). Nociceptors—Noxious Stimulus Detectors. Neuron. 55(3). 353–364. 719 indexed citations breakdown →

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Broom, Daniel C., Yang Liu, Joriene C. de Nooij, et al.. (2006). Runx1 Determines Nociceptive Sensory Neuron Phenotype and Is Required for Thermal and Neuropathic Pain. Neuron. 49(3). 365–377. 267 indexed citations

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Ma, Qiufu. (2006). Transcriptional regulation of neuronal phenotype in mammals. The Journal of Physiology. 575(2). 379–387. 43 indexed citations

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Ma, Qiufu, et al.. (1999). NEUROGENIN1 and NEUROGENIN2 control two distinct waves of neurogenesis in developing dorsal root ganglia. Genes & Development. 13(13). 1717–1728. 385 indexed citations

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Bellefroid, Eric, Catherine Bourguignon, Thomas Hollemann, et al.. (1996). X-MyT1, a Xenopus C2HC-Type Zinc Finger Protein with a Regulatory Function in Neuronal Differentiation. Cell. 87(7). 1191–1202. 193 indexed citations

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