Xiyu Ma

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xiyu Ma is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiyu Ma has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Plant Science, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Xiyu Ma's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (7 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers). Xiyu Ma is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (7 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers). Xiyu Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Xiyu Ma's co-authors include Libo Shan, Ping He, Wenwei Lin, Guangyuan Xu, Dongping Lu, Jinggeng Zhou, Ping He, Xiquan Gao, Shan Jiang and Zonghua Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xiyu Ma

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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 NK cell receptor NKp46 recognizes ecto-calreticulin on ER-stressed cells

2023 108 citations Sumit Sen Santara, Dian-Jang Lee et al. Nature profile →
Dual phosphorylation of DGK5-mediated PA burst regulates ROS in plant immunity

2024 57 citations Liang Kong, Xiyu Ma et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiyu Ma United States	10	862	380	98	55	55	13	1.1k
Candace Timpte United States	12	1.3k 1.5×	1.4k 3.8×	79 0.8×	35 0.6×	109 2.0×	14	1.8k
Lian Jin China	14	563 0.7×	485 1.3×	38 0.4×	43 0.8×	20 0.4×	19	928
Anna Golovko Sweden	8	150 0.2×	286 0.8×	36 0.4×	40 0.7×	44 0.8×	12	431
Asjad Basheer United States	8	159 0.2×	303 0.8×	56 0.6×	29 0.5×	64 1.2×	11	463
Xiao‐Ren Chen China	18	574 0.7×	233 0.6×	78 0.8×	28 0.5×	241 4.4×	33	744
Guotai Yu United States	14	776 0.9×	238 0.6×	119 1.2×	14 0.3×	44 0.8×	26	960
Sun Yong Jeong United States	8	266 0.3×	447 1.2×	33 0.3×	17 0.3×	57 1.0×	8	555
Steffi Treitschke Germany	4	282 0.3×	248 0.7×	17 0.2×	45 0.8×	120 2.2×	7	427
Nagako Hiraiwa Japan	7	377 0.4×	396 1.0×	35 0.4×	62 1.1×	76 1.4×	7	604

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiyu Ma

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13 of 13 papers shown

Kim, Sung-Il, Xiyu Ma, Liang Kong, et al.. (2025). Global profiling of CPL3-mediated alternative splicing reveals regulatory mechanisms of DGK5 in plant immunity and phosphatidic acid homeostasis. Genome biology. 26(1). 65–65. 3 indexed citations

Yan, Yan, Li Wang, Sara C. D. Carpenter, et al.. (2025). Activation of three targets by a TAL effector confers susceptibility to bacterial blight of cotton. Nature Communications. 16(1). 644–644.

Kong, Liang, Xiyu Ma, Chao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Dual phosphorylation of DGK5-mediated PA burst regulates ROS in plant immunity. Cell. 187(3). 609–623.e21. 57 indexed citations breakdown →

Santara, Sumit Sen, Dian-Jang Lee, Ângela C. Crespo, et al.. (2023). The NK cell receptor NKp46 recognizes ecto-calreticulin on ER-stressed cells. Nature. 616(7956). 348–356. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Xiyu, Chao Zhang, Do Young ‍Kim, et al.. (2021). Ubiquitylome analysis reveals a central role for the ubiquitin-proteasome system in plant innate immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 185(4). 1943–1965. 40 indexed citations

Ma, Xiyu, Lucas Alves Neubus Claus, Michelle E. Leslie, et al.. (2020). Ligand-induced monoubiquitination of BIK1 regulates plant immunity. Nature. 581(7807). 199–203. 127 indexed citations

Zhou, Jinggeng, Derui Liu, Ping Wang, et al.. (2018). Regulation of Arabidopsis brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 endocytosis and degradation by plant U-box PUB12/PUB13-mediated ubiquitination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(8). E1906–E1915. 119 indexed citations

Lal, Neeraj, Ugrappa Nagalakshmi, Nicholas K. Hurlburt, et al.. (2018). The Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase BIK1 Localizes to the Nucleus and Regulates Defense Hormone Expression during Plant Innate Immunity. Cell Host & Microbe. 23(4). 485–497.e5. 98 indexed citations

Wan, Wei‐Lin, Lisha Zhang, Rory N. Pruitt, et al.. (2018). Comparing Arabidopsis receptor kinase and receptor protein‐mediated immune signaling reveals BIK1‐dependent differences. New Phytologist. 221(4). 2080–2095. 60 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiyu, et al.. (2018). PAMP-induced monoubiquitination of PRR-associated kinase BIK1 by an E3 ligase LUCKY positively regulates plant innate immunity. The Journal of Immunology. 200(Supplement_1). 169.9–169.9. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiyu, Guangyuan Xu, Ping He, & Libo Shan. (2016). SERKing Coreceptors for Receptors. Trends in Plant Science. 21(12). 1017–1033. 188 indexed citations

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Lin, Wenwei, Xiyu Ma, Libo Shan, & Ping He. (2013). Big Roles of Small Kinases: The Complex Functions of Receptor‐Like Cytoplasmic Kinases in Plant Immunity and Development. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55(12). 1188–1197. 116 indexed citations

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Lin, Wenwei, Dongping Lu, Xiquan Gao, et al.. (2013). Inverse modulation of plant immune and brassinosteroid signaling pathways by the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(29). 12114–12119. 142 indexed citations

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