Wei Ma

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Wei Ma is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ma has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Infectious Diseases, 61 papers in Epidemiology and 25 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Wei Ma's work include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (47 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (38 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 papers). Wei Ma is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (47 papers), HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (38 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (21 papers). Wei Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei Ma's co-authors include Baofa Jiang, Pengcheng Huai, Kathleen H. Reilly, Bo Xi, Yiguan Wang, Carolyn Broderick, Peter Berry, Anthony Capon, Jennifer Vanos and Lars Nybo and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ma

139 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Reducing the health effects of hot weather and heat extremes: from personal cooling strategies to green cities

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Ma China	31	885	879	562	388	362	154	2.8k
Laura F. White United States	33	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	615 1.1×	163 0.4×	359 1.0×	161	4.2k
Itamar Grotto Israel	37	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	491 0.9×	254 0.7×	303 0.8×	216	4.7k
Guozhang Xu China	28	487 0.6×	586 0.7×	543 1.0×	141 0.4×	394 1.1×	100	2.3k
Maria Regina Alves Cardoso Brazil	35	1.4k 1.6×	521 0.6×	552 1.0×	242 0.6×	363 1.0×	139	3.4k
Santiago Pérez‐Hoyos Spain	33	909 1.0×	521 0.6×	895 1.6×	174 0.4×	648 1.8×	146	3.2k
Rodney Ehrlich South Africa	36	796 0.9×	888 1.0×	562 1.0×	766 2.0×	323 0.9×	137	3.8k
Tolu Oni United Kingdom	27	1.4k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	148 0.3×	129 0.3×	368 1.0×	110	3.3k
Jeffrey D Stanaway United States	21	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	602 1.1×	150 0.4×	230 0.6×	30	4.2k
Georgios K. Nikolopoulos Greece	38	2.0k 2.3×	1.4k 1.6×	154 0.3×	166 0.4×	453 1.3×	212	4.9k
Leonardo Palombi Italy	35	811 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	158 0.3×	193 0.5×	568 1.6×	190	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei 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 Wei Ma. Wei 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, Chuanxi, Dominic Royé, Francesco Sera, et al.. (2025). Anthropogenic climate change contributed to excess dengue risk related to hydrometeorological conditions in Brazil and China. One Earth. 8(10). 101388–101388.

Osborne, Augustus, et al.. (2025). Trends and spatial patterns of human immunodeficiency virus prevalence among men and women aged 15–49 in Sierra Leone: evidence from the 2008, 2013 and 2019 Demographic and Health Surveys. BMJ Global Health. 10(8). e017208–e017208.

Cao, Yingying, et al.. (2025). Association between greenspace morphology and dengue fever in China. Parasites & Vectors. 18(1). 115–115.

Belete, Abebe Gedefaw, et al.. (2024). Predictors of CD4 cell count progression over time among adolescents and young adults transitioning to adult-oriented HIV care in Southern Ethiopia from 2017 to 2021: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2887–2887. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoyong, et al.. (2024). Structural health detection and wind resistance safety assessment of ancient dwellings based on laser point cloud. Journal of Building Engineering. 97. 110816–110816.

Schikowski, Tamara, Ashtyn Tracey Areal, Kejia Hu, et al.. (2024). Increased Risk of Influenza Infection During Cold Spells in China: National Time Series Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 10. e55822–e55822. 1 indexed citations

Liao, Meizhen, Dianmin Kang, Chuanxi Li, et al.. (2023). Digital, Crowdsourced, Multilevel Intervention to Promote HIV Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 25. e46890–e46890. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Anran, Wenqiang Shi, Kun Liu, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology and evolution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2012–2020. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 10(1). 66–66. 35 indexed citations

Li, Yanzhi, et al.. (2021). Trajectories of waist circumference during young adulthood and incident hypertension: the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Journal of Human Hypertension. 36(8). 767–774. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Chuanxi, Qi Zhao, Zhe Zhao, Qiyong Liu, & Wei Ma. (2021). The association between tropical cyclones and dengue fever in the Pearl River Delta, China during 2013-2018: A time-stratified case-crossover study. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(9). e0009776–e0009776. 12 indexed citations

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Tang, Weiming, Yehua Wang, Wenting Huang, et al.. (2020). Adolescent and non-consensual anal sexual debut among Chinese men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 732–732. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xi, Zengzhen Wang, Zefang Ren, et al.. (2020). HPV vaccine acceptability and willingness-related factors among Chinese adolescents: a nation-wide study. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 17(4). 1025–1032. 26 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ming, Baoyuan Zhou, Wei Ma, et al.. (2019). Theoretical and technical models of quantitative regulation in food crop production system. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 45(4). 485–498. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Wenqi, Yuying Li, & Wei Ma. (2019). [Short-term impact of temperature on infectious diarrhea in southeast coastal area of China, 2005-2013].. PubMed. 53(1). 103–106. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, Wei Wang, Chongyi Wei, et al.. (2019). What factors hinder ethnic minority women in rural China from getting antenatal care? A retrospective data analysis. BMJ Open. 9(8). e023699–e023699. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Jing, Jianqiang Wang, Wei Ma, et al.. (2018). Stability analysis of iodine content in potassium iodide iodized salt and potassium iodate iodized salt during production. Chin J Endemiol. 37(6). 441–445. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Shukang, Wei Ma, Zhongshang Yuan, et al.. (2016). Association between obesity indices and type 2 diabetes mellitus among middle-aged and elderly people in Jinan, China: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 6(11). e012742–e012742. 48 indexed citations

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Ma, Wei, et al.. (2013). Comparative study of the anatomic segmentectomy versus lobectomy for clinical stage I _A peripheral lung cancer by video assistant thoracoscopic surgery. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. 9(5). 106–106. 11 indexed citations

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Qin, Xianhui, Jianping Li, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2012). Prevalence and Associated Factors of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Chinese Hypertensive Adults Aged 45 to 75 Years. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42538–e42538. 39 indexed citations

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Song, Fan, Yanming Sun, Hongyan Lu, et al.. (2011). [Analysis on the relationship between condom social norms and unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men in Beijing].. PubMed. 32(5). 473–6. 2 indexed citations

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