Yang Ma

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 937 citations indexed

About

Yang Ma is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Ma has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 937 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Ma's work include Coal Properties and Utilization (5 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (4 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (3 papers). Yang Ma is often cited by papers focused on Coal Properties and Utilization (5 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (4 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (3 papers). Yang Ma collaborates with scholars based in China and Switzerland. Yang Ma's co-authors include Xinli Tong, Yongdan Li, Paul J. Dyson, Mengran Li, Ning Yan, Xiumin Jiang, Jiaxun Liu, Junfang Ma, Lei Luo and Hai Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Green Chemistry and Energy Conversion and Management.

In The Last Decade

Yang Ma

12 papers receiving 926 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.

Biomass into chemicals: Conversion of sugars to furan derivatives by catalytic processes

2010 721 citations Xinli Tong, Yang Ma et al. Applied Catalysis A General profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Ma China	7	817	286	240	215	176	14	937
Ângela Sanches Rocha Brazil	14	378 0.5×	312 1.1×	126 0.5×	287 1.3×	143 0.8×	33	681
Elise Peeters Belgium	7	492 0.6×	294 1.0×	77 0.3×	280 1.3×	147 0.8×	8	776
Majd Al‐Naji Germany	16	411 0.5×	184 0.6×	83 0.3×	201 0.9×	120 0.7×	32	618
Dae Sung Park South Korea	18	479 0.6×	341 1.2×	49 0.2×	290 1.3×	108 0.6×	26	822
Linhua Song China	16	393 0.5×	206 0.7×	66 0.3×	254 1.2×	197 1.1×	41	755
Vassili Vorotnikov United States	12	693 0.8×	346 1.2×	65 0.3×	548 2.5×	202 1.1×	12	1.0k
Nicolás M. Bertero Argentina	12	721 0.9×	323 1.1×	89 0.4×	490 2.3×	261 1.5×	24	1.0k
Alain Perrard France	11	304 0.4×	278 1.0×	40 0.2×	125 0.6×	104 0.6×	18	614
Jaewon Jeong South Korea	11	354 0.4×	134 0.5×	78 0.3×	92 0.4×	336 1.9×	20	685
Konstantinos A. Goulas United States	16	598 0.7×	377 1.3×	37 0.2×	435 2.0×	175 1.0×	33	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Ma

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Ma, Yang, et al.. (2025). Efficient catalytic depolymerization of high-molecular-weight PMMA under low-temperature and high-concentration conditions. Green Chemistry. 27(44). 14350–14358.

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Yuan, Wenhao, Meirong Zeng, Yang Ma, et al.. (2025). Vinyloxy radicals unveiled as critical intermediates in Ni/La2O3-catalyzed ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen production. Nature Communications. 17(1). 474–474.

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Zhang, Huimin, et al.. (2024). Effect of oxygen vacancy engineering on hybrid conduction mechanism in Ce doped La1-xCexBaCo2O5 ceramics. Ceramics International. 51(1). 805–815. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Yang, et al.. (2023). The Investigation of Two-Phase Expansion Performance with Indicator Diagram in a Twin-Screw Expander. Processes. 11(6). 1862–1862. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Yang, Yan Gao, & Xiumin Jiang. (2023). Influences of the Introduced O-Containing Functional Groups on the Gaseous Pyrolysis Product of Superfine Pulverized Coal. Energies. 16(11). 4418–4418. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhihao, et al.. (2018). Sub-100 nm Channel ZnSe Film/Graphene Hybrid-Based Photodetectors With an Ultrahigh Responsivity of 10⁹A/W. IEEE Electron Device Letters. 39(2). 240–243. 8 indexed citations

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Ma, Yang, et al.. (2018). Influences of different comminution methods on maceral segregations, ignition, and pyrolysis of superfine pulverized coal. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects. 41(4). 507–516. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Yang, et al.. (2018). Segregation patterns and characteristics differences of superfine pulverized coal ground by three pulverizing systems. Advanced Powder Technology. 30(3). 513–523. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Junfang, Jun Shen, Jiaxun Liu, Yang Ma, & Xiumin Jiang. (2018). Reburning study of superfine pulverized coal in high CO2 concentration. Fuel. 220. 25–31. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiaxun, Yang Ma, Lei Luo, et al.. (2016). Pyrolysis of superfine pulverized coal. Part 4. Evolution of functionalities in chars. Energy Conversion and Management. 134. 32–46. 32 indexed citations

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Tong, Xinli, Mengran Li, Ning Yan, et al.. (2011). Defunctionalization of fructose and sucrose: Iron-catalyzed production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose and sucrose. Catalysis Today. 175(1). 524–527. 67 indexed citations

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Tong, Xinli, Yang Ma, & Yongdan Li. (2010). An efficient catalytic dehydration of fructose and sucrose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with protic ionic liquids. Carbohydrate Research. 345(12). 1698–1701. 74 indexed citations

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Tong, Xinli, Yang Ma, & Yongdan Li. (2010). Biomass into chemicals: Conversion of sugars to furan derivatives by catalytic processes. Applied Catalysis A General. 385(1-2). 1–13. 721 indexed citations breakdown →

14.

Chen, Ming, et al.. (2006). Resin Bonded CBN Grinding Wheel Dressing by Laser — Simulation and Experiment. Key engineering materials. 304-305. 38–42. 2 indexed citations

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