Qun Ma

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Qun Ma is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Qun Ma has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Plant Science and 21 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Qun Ma's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (20 papers) and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (17 papers). Qun Ma is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (28 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (20 papers) and Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (17 papers). Qun Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Qun Ma's co-authors include Chunyang He, Zhifeng Liu, Jianguo Wu, Xuening Fang, Jie Tian, Yinyin Dou, Qingxu Huang, Bin Gao, Jingwei Li and Qiaofeng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Qun Ma

130 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Urban expansion dynamics and natural habitat loss in China: a multiscale landscape perspective

2014 397 citations Chunyang He, Zhifeng Liu et al. profile →
Variation in rhizosphere microbial communities and its association with the symbiotic efficiency of rhizobia in soybean

2020 212 citations Qun Ma et al. profile →
Integrating green infrastructure, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions for urban sustainability: A comprehensive literature review

2023 142 citations Xuening Fang, Qun Ma et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qun Ma China	28	1.8k	754	719	518	484	146	3.3k
Min Liu China	33	1.4k 0.8×	918 1.2×	733 1.0×	392 0.8×	641 1.3×	230	3.7k
Ian Sue Wing United States	29	1.0k 0.6×	538 0.7×	874 1.2×	256 0.5×	466 1.0×	80	3.7k
Minghong Tan China	34	1.8k 1.0×	454 0.6×	476 0.7×	264 0.5×	459 0.9×	86	3.0k
John E. Wagner United States	17	1.2k 0.7×	991 1.3×	601 0.8×	495 1.0×	238 0.5×	57	2.6k
Benjamin T. Tuttle United States	21	2.8k 1.6×	526 0.7×	786 1.1×	142 0.3×	770 1.6×	29	3.8k
Linlin Lu China	35	1.9k 1.1×	452 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	220 0.4×	1.1k 2.3×	119	3.4k
Tong Li China	30	904 0.5×	415 0.6×	524 0.7×	213 0.4×	548 1.1×	158	2.9k
Shixin Wu China	20	2.7k 1.5×	477 0.6×	628 0.9×	155 0.3×	1.1k 2.3×	51	4.0k
Shuangcheng Li China	39	4.3k 2.4×	964 1.3×	1.5k 2.0×	322 0.6×	1.4k 2.9×	128	6.2k
Ruishan Chen China	31	1.3k 0.7×	365 0.5×	507 0.7×	88 0.2×	372 0.8×	115	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Qun Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qun Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qun Ma

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

Liu, Yannan, et al.. (2025). Spatial estimation of large-scale soil salinity using enhanced inverse distance weighting method and identifying its driving factors. Agricultural Water Management. 317. 109645–109645. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Zhifeng, Yupeng Liu, Qian Cao, & Qun Ma. (2025). Improving landscape sustainability across urban and rural regions in a changing world. Landscape Ecology. 40(5). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Rui Zhou, Qun Ma, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the impacts of blue-green spaces on population exposure to heatwaves across climate zones. Landscape Ecology. 40(11).

Sun, Youwen, Qun Ma, S. Gu, et al.. (2025). Influence of n = 4 RMPs on pedestal structure and stability in EAST. Nuclear Fusion. 65(7). 76031–76031.

Liu, Dan, Rui Zhou, Qun Ma, et al.. (2024). Spatio-temporal patterns and population exposure risks of urban heat island in megacity Shanghai, China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 108. 105500–105500. 29 indexed citations

Xie, Hualin, et al.. (2024). Impacts of land use and land cover change on the landscape pattern and ecosystem services in the Poyang Lake Basin, China. Landscape Ecology. 39(11). 9 indexed citations

Ma, Qun, et al.. (2024). Belowground Bud Bank Is Insensitive to Short-Term Nutrient Addition in the Meadow Steppe of Inner Mongolia. Phyton. 93(6). 1129–1141.

Zhang, Y., Fashui Hong, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Neoclassical tearing mode stabilization by electron cyclotron current drive in EAST tokamak experiments. Nuclear Fusion. 64(7). 76016–76016. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Hua, Youwen Sun, M. Jia, et al.. (2024). Dynamic control of divertor heat flux during n = 4 resonant magnetic perturbation edge localized mode suppression by small variation of q ₉₅ in EAST. Nuclear Fusion. 64(9). 96018–96018. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Ying, et al.. (2023). A self-evolving network-based artificial society model for the experiment analysis of complex social system. Information Sciences. 640. 119057–119057. 5 indexed citations

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Sanganyado, Edmond, et al.. (2023). B vitamins supplementation induced shifts in phytoplankton dynamics and copepod populations in a subtropical coastal area. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 3 indexed citations

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He, Tianxing, Rui Zhou, Qun Ma, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the effects of urban development intensity on the surface urban heat island across building climate zones. Applied Geography. 158. 103052–103052. 22 indexed citations

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Xie, Pengcheng, Youwen Sun, Qun Ma, et al.. (2023). Extension of ELM suppression window using n = 4 RMPs in EAST. Nuclear Fusion. 63(9). 96025–96025. 8 indexed citations

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Qian, Jianqiang, Zhiming Zhang, Yawei Dong, et al.. (2023). Responses of bud banks and shoot density to experimental drought along an aridity gradient in temperate grasslands. Functional Ecology. 37(5). 1211–1220. 11 indexed citations

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Gu, S., C. Paz-Soldan, Yueqiang Liu, et al.. (2022). Influence of triangularity on the plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbations. Nuclear Fusion. 62(7). 76031–76031. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Quanlai, Zhiming Xin, Yongcui Wang, et al.. (2022). The Adaptive Capacity of Alien and Rare Species in China. Forests. 13(12). 2005–2005. 1 indexed citations

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Ye, Cheng, Youwen Sun, Huihui Wang, et al.. (2021). Density scaling of error field penetration in radio-frequency-dominant heating plasmas in the EAST tokamak. Nuclear Fusion. 61(5). 56010–56010. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Fang, et al.. (2017). An Integrated Generation-Consumption Unit Commitment Model Considering the Uncertainty of Wind Power. Diangong Jishu Xuebao. 32(4). 204–211. 7 indexed citations

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Qian, Jianqiang, et al.. (2016). Vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to root distribution in five desert shrub communities.. Shengtaixue zazhi. 35(2). 275. 5 indexed citations

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He, Chunyang, Qun Ma, Zhifeng Liu, & Qiaofeng Zhang. (2013). Modeling the spatiotemporal dynamics of electric power consumption in Mainland China using saturation-corrected DMSP/OLS nighttime stable light data. International Journal of Digital Earth. 7(12). 993–1014. 108 indexed citations

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