Sicong Ma

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sicong Ma is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sicong Ma has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Catalysis and 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sicong Ma's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (22 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (15 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (13 papers). Sicong Ma is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (22 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (15 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (13 papers). Sicong Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Sicong Ma's co-authors include Zhi‐Pan Liu, Man Tong, Songhu Yuan, Sida Huang, Yanxin Wang, Deng Liu, Menggui Jin, Yiqun Gan, Xixiang Liu and Dong Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sicong Ma

50 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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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.

The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation

2022 459 citations Sicong Ma, Zhi‐Pan Liu et al. profile →
Production of Abundant Hydroxyl Radicals from Oxygenation of Subsurface Sediments

2015 398 citations Man Tong, Songhu Yuan et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sicong Ma China	23	1.4k	894	726	325	317	55	2.4k
Yuan Fang China	33	1.4k 1.0×	941 1.1×	829 1.1×	535 1.6×	570 1.8×	118	4.0k
Kimberly N. Heck United States	23	1.4k 1.0×	1.6k 1.8×	1.6k 2.2×	257 0.8×	577 1.8×	43	3.4k
Michelle K. Kidder United States	25	935 0.7×	405 0.5×	280 0.4×	237 0.7×	665 2.1×	87	2.4k
S. F. Rebecca Taylor United Kingdom	23	913 0.7×	759 0.8×	588 0.8×	139 0.4×	297 0.9×	47	2.4k
Jiang Li China	30	1.9k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	1.2k 1.6×	276 0.8×	341 1.1×	94	3.7k
Hongqun Yang Canada	10	742 0.5×	314 0.4×	398 0.5×	313 1.0×	741 2.3×	12	2.7k
James Tardio Australia	29	1.3k 0.9×	588 0.7×	326 0.4×	472 1.5×	1.1k 3.5×	111	3.0k
Y. Zou Finfrock United States	23	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	2.8k 3.8×	125 0.4×	381 1.2×	52	4.2k
Olga Šolcová Czechia	27	1.5k 1.1×	264 0.3×	1.4k 1.9×	204 0.6×	260 0.8×	119	2.6k
Alex O. Ibhadon United Kingdom	23	1.6k 1.1×	459 0.5×	1.6k 2.2×	199 0.6×	333 1.1×	56	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sicong Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sicong Ma

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Ni, Guanhua, Yingxue Cui, Li Zhao, et al.. (2025). Study on the effect of acidification reaction conditions on the pore structure of coal samples based on 2D NMR T1-T2. Advanced Powder Technology. 36(3). 104792–104792. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Sicong, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the mechanisms of ketene generation and transformation in syngas-to-olefin conversion over ZnCrO _x |SAPO-34 catalysts. Chemical Science. 16(20). 8711–8720.

Ma, Sicong, Cancan Ling, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Direct iron-electron driven autotrophic denitrification for low-carbon nitrate wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 163. 76–84. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Sicong, Zhi‐Pan Liu, Heyong He, et al.. (2025). Unlocking Methanol Synthesis from CO₂ and H₂ on ZnO/ZrO₂ Catalysts: Surface Hydroxyl-Mediated Activation. ACS Catalysis. 15(8). 6005–6017. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Weixiong, Sicong Ma, Yao Liu, et al.. (2025). TP53-centric ctDNA complements PET/CT for non-invasive assessment of pathological complete response and survival after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a prospective cohort study. International Journal of Surgery. 111(5). 3256–3268.

Fang, Cong, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning Potential for Copper Hydride Clusters: A Neutron Diffraction-Independent Approach for Locating Hydrogen Positions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(12). 10750–10757. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Sicong, Lin Chen, Zhi‐Pan Liu, et al.. (2025). Bio-based piperidines as liquid organic hydrogen (deuterium) carrier over Pd catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 377. 125504–125504. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Kun, Jun Li, Liyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Origin of Brönsted acidity in germanosilicates from neighboring Ge-hydroxyl groups. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 77. 110–122.

Yang, Chengsheng, Sicong Ma, Yongmei Liu, et al.. (2024). Homolytic H2 dissociation for enhanced hydrogenation catalysis on oxides. Nature Communications. 15(1). 540–540. 50 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhengxin, Yunfei Shi, Pei‐Lin Kang, et al.. (2024). LASP to the Future of Atomic Simulation: Intelligence and Automation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). 612–627. 14 indexed citations

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Ma, Sicong, et al.. (2024). Active sites and reaction mechanisms of COx hydrogenation on zinc-based mixed oxide catalysts. Science China Chemistry. 68(6). 2290–2309. 3 indexed citations

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Ma, Sicong, Xiao Kong, Chi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Confined Mn2+ enables effective aerobic oxidation catalysis. Science China Chemistry. 67(5). 1545–1553. 8 indexed citations

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Shi, Yunfei, Sicong Ma, & Zhi‐Pan Liu. (2023). Copper-based catalysts for CO₂ hydrogenation: a perspective on active sites. EES Catalysis. 1(6). 921–933. 28 indexed citations

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Ma, Sicong & Zhi‐Pan Liu. (2022). Zeolite-confined subnanometric PtSn mimicking mortise-and-tenon joinery for catalytic propane dehydrogenation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2716–2716. 83 indexed citations

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Ma, Sicong & Zhi‐Pan Liu. (2022). Machine learning potential era of zeolite simulation. Chemical Science. 13(18). 5055–5068. 37 indexed citations

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Ma, Sicong, Xin Chen, Yuanhang Ren, et al.. (2021). Determination of acid structures on the surface of sulfated monoclinic and tetragonal zirconia through experimental and theoretical approaches. Catalysis Science & Technology. 12(2). 596–605. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaoying, et al.. (2021). Research on the Attribute Extraction Algorithm of People and Vehicles Based on Video Structure. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1802(3). 32081–32081. 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Wenjing, Songhu Yuan, Man Tong, et al.. (2020). Contaminant Degradation by •OH during Sediment Oxygenation: Dependence on Fe(II) Species. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(5). 2975–2984. 172 indexed citations

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Ma, Sicong, Cheng Shang, Chuanming Wang, & Zhi‐Pan Liu. (2020). Thermodynamic rules for zeolite formation from machine learning based global optimization. Chemical Science. 11(37). 10113–10118. 33 indexed citations

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Song, Weiyu, Sicong Ma, Lu Wang, Jian Liu, & Zhen Zhao. (2017). Cover Feature: Theoretical Explanation of the Photogenerated Carrier Separation at the Surface Junction (ChemCatChem 23/2017). ChemCatChem. 9(23). 4302–4302. 2 indexed citations

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