Wen Ma

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Wen Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen Ma has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wen Ma's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). Wen Ma is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (5 papers). Wen Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Wen Ma's co-authors include Klaus Schulten, Zhiqiang Yu, Wei Guo, Daoben Zhu, Yugang Wang, Lei Jiang, Liuxuan Cao, Meng Yu, Yuanyuan Yang and Jianming Xue and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Wen Ma

48 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Energy Harvesting with Single‐Ion‐Selective Nanopores: A ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Energy Harvesting with Single‐Ion‐Selective Nanopores: A Concentration‐Gradient‐Driven Nanofluidic Power Source
    2010 460 citations Wen Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wen Ma China 24 1.1k 917 410 347 245 50 2.3k
Shuting Xu China 27 577 0.5× 706 0.8× 436 1.1× 148 0.4× 185 0.8× 118 2.1k
Jintian Tang China 21 726 0.6× 483 0.5× 298 0.7× 128 0.4× 668 2.7× 113 1.9k
Xinke Zhang China 22 490 0.4× 571 0.6× 268 0.7× 128 0.4× 293 1.2× 93 1.6k
Qing Li China 31 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 905 2.2× 266 0.8× 394 1.6× 101 2.9k
Kun Fang China 28 399 0.4× 1.1k 1.2× 298 0.7× 126 0.4× 207 0.8× 128 2.5k
Qiong Wu China 25 909 0.8× 798 0.9× 593 1.4× 347 1.0× 281 1.1× 75 2.3k
Shaofei Zhang China 28 259 0.2× 568 0.6× 713 1.7× 324 0.9× 220 0.9× 107 2.3k
Jinyi Wang China 32 1.4k 1.2× 745 0.8× 965 2.4× 604 1.7× 222 0.9× 142 3.5k
Amir Ata Saei Sweden 22 718 0.6× 866 0.9× 332 0.8× 153 0.4× 675 2.8× 53 2.1k
Ljiljana Fruk Germany 26 776 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 581 1.4× 459 1.3× 230 0.9× 102 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wen Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wen Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wen Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wen 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 Wen Ma. Wen Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kendrick, Agnieszka A., Wen Ma, Eva Karasmanis, et al.. (2025). Multiple steps of dynein activation by Lis1 visualized by cryo-EM. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(8). 1434–1444. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Wen, Yao Peng, Qingsheng Niu, et al.. (2025). Advances in acute respiratory distress syndrome: focusing on heterogeneity, pathophysiology, and therapeutic strategies. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 75–75. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuyang, Guofeng Li, Wen Ma, et al.. (2024). Late-stage peptide modification and macrocyclization enabled by tertiary amine catalyzed tryptophan allylation. Chemical Science. 15(28). 11099–11107. 15 indexed citations
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Ma, Wen, et al.. (2024). Dilated cardiomyopathy mutation in beta-cardiac myosin enhances actin activation of the power stroke and phosphate release. PNAS Nexus. 3(8). pgae279–pgae279. 3 indexed citations
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Weng, Jui‐Hung, et al.. (2024). Role of the leucine-rich repeat protein kinase 2 C-terminal tail in domain cross-talk. Biochemical Journal. 481(4). 313–327. 1 indexed citations
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Weng, Jui‐Hung, Jian Wu, Daniela Bertinetti, et al.. (2023). Capturing the domain crosstalk in full length LRRK2 and LRRK2RCKW. Biochemical Journal. 480(11). 815–833. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Yi, Meng Zhang, Rong Yu, et al.. (2022). Schaftoside inhibits 3CLpro and PLpro of SARS-CoV-2 virus and regulates immune response and inflammation of host cells for the treatment of COVID-19. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 12(11). 4154–4164. 56 indexed citations
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Gavrilov, Momčilo, Joshua Yang, Roger S. Zou, et al.. (2022). Engineered helicase replaces thermocycler in DNA amplification while retaining desired PCR characteristics. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6312–6312. 27 indexed citations
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Ma, Wen, et al.. (2022). Endosperm-specific accumulation of human α-lactalbumin increases seed lysine content in maize. Plant Cell Reports. 41(10). 2023–2035. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Ling, Zhenjie Wang, Zhuomao Mo, et al.. (2021). Synergetic delivery of triptolide and Ce6 with light-activatable liposomes for efficient hepatocellular carcinoma therapy. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 11(7). 2004–2015. 137 indexed citations
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Wang, Kang‐Nan, Wen Ma, Yuanyuan Yang, et al.. (2021). Multifunctional AIE iridium (III) photosensitizer nanoparticles for two-photon-activated imaging and mitochondria targeting photodynamic therapy. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 19(1). 254–254. 46 indexed citations
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Ma, Wen, et al.. (2020). Proline-rich domain of human ALIX contains multiple TSG101-UEV interaction sites and forms phosphorylation-mediated reversible amyloids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(39). 24274–24284. 25 indexed citations
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Whitley, Kevin D., Wen Ma, Haifeng Jia, et al.. (2020). Direct Measurement of Stepping Dynamics of E. coli UvrD Helicase. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 71a–71a.
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Yang, Yuanyuan, Xin Liu, Wen Ma, et al.. (2020). Light-activatable liposomes for repetitive on-demand drug release and immunopotentiation in hypoxic tumor therapy. Biomaterials. 265. 120456–120456. 188 indexed citations
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Ma, Wen, Michael J. Bellecourt, Irina Artsimovitch, et al.. (2018). Mechanism for the Regulated Control of Bacterial Transcription Termination by a Universal Adaptor Protein. Molecular Cell. 71(6). 911–922.e4. 63 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiong, Mingzhu Zhang, Hui Wang, et al.. (2018). A series of two-photon absorption organotin (IV) cyano carboxylate derivatives for targeting nuclear and visualization of anticancer activities. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 192. 1–6. 21 indexed citations
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Yu, Hang, Wei Han, Wen Ma, & Klaus Schulten. (2015). Transient β -hairpin formation in α -synuclein monomer revealed by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 143(24). 80 indexed citations
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Tanner, David E., Wen Ma, Zhongzhou Chen, & Klaus Schulten. (2011). Theoretical and Computational Investigation of Flagellin Translocation and Bacterial Flagellum Growth. Biophysical Journal. 100(11). 2548–2556. 22 indexed citations

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