Yanran Ma

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 846 citations indexed

About

Yanran Ma is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Molecular Biology and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanran Ma has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 846 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yanran Ma's work include Market Dynamics and Volatility (6 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (5 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers). Yanran Ma is often cited by papers focused on Market Dynamics and Volatility (6 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (5 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (4 papers). Yanran Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yanran Ma's co-authors include Qiang Ji, Jiaofeng Pan, Ying Fan, Dayong Zhang, Kun Guo, Pengxiang Zhai, Dandan Ma, Zhenhua Liu, Fei Wu and Yue Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Cleaner Production and Energy Economics.

In The Last Decade

Yanran Ma

20 papers receiving 830 citations

Hit Papers

A news-based climate policy uncertainty index for China 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 50 100 150
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. A news-based climate policy uncertainty index for China
    2023 176 citations Yanran Ma, Zhenhua Liu et al. Scientific Data profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanran Ma China 10 603 166 138 84 83 21 846
Minggao Xue China 12 414 0.7× 94 0.6× 120 0.9× 182 2.2× 59 0.7× 32 971
Hongtao Chen China 13 680 1.1× 207 1.2× 49 0.4× 173 2.1× 121 1.5× 27 960
Tinghui Li China 16 531 0.9× 129 0.8× 34 0.2× 104 1.2× 62 0.7× 32 747
Tingguo Zheng China 11 449 0.7× 147 0.9× 63 0.5× 140 1.7× 99 1.2× 25 568
Bin Mo China 22 1.1k 1.9× 334 2.0× 19 0.1× 42 0.5× 171 2.1× 54 1.5k
Xiaohua Xia China 15 563 0.9× 228 1.4× 21 0.2× 149 1.8× 94 1.1× 26 855
Thomas Leirvik Norway 16 892 1.5× 327 2.0× 51 0.4× 188 2.2× 249 3.0× 25 1.3k
Xuejun Wang China 8 260 0.4× 113 0.7× 52 0.4× 303 3.6× 36 0.4× 42 579

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanran Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanran Ma

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guo, Kun, Li Y, Yunhan Zhang, Yingtong Chen, & Yanran Ma. (2024). Cross-country risk spillovers of ESG stock indices: Dynamic patterns and the role of climate transition risks. International Review of Financial Analysis. 95. 103477–103477. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xin, Yanran Ma, Yifan Wang, et al.. (2024). HEARTSVG: a fast and accurate method for identifying spatially variable genes in large-scale spatial transcriptomics. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5700–5700. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jie, et al.. (2024). Bayesian network-based Mendelian randomization for variant prioritization and phenotypic causal inference. Human Genetics. 143(9-10). 1081–1094. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xin, Yanran Ma, Ting Wei, et al.. (2024). Harnessing TME depicted by histological images to improve cancer prognosis through a deep learning system. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(5). 101536–101536. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Fei, Qiang Ji, Yanran Ma, & Dayong Zhang. (2023). Investor sentiments and extreme risk spillovers from oil to stock markets: evidence from Asian countries. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 29(3). 1257–1283. 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, Zhenhua Liu, Dandan Ma, et al.. (2023). A news-based climate policy uncertainty index for China. Scientific Data. 10(1). 881–881. 176 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Yanran, et al.. (2022). STS-BN: An efficient Bayesian network method for detecting causal SNPs. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 942464–942464.
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Yuan, Xin, Shuangge Ma, Ting Wei, et al.. (2022). A high-efficiency differential expression method for cancer heterogeneity using large-scale single-cell RNA-sequencing data. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 1063130–1063130. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhangsheng, et al.. (2021). High-Dimensional Mediation Analysis With Confounders in Survival Models. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 688871–688871. 7 indexed citations
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Wei, Ting, Yuan Zhou, Luke Johnston, et al.. (2021). GapClust is a light-weight approach distinguishing rare cells from voluminous single cell expression profiles. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4197–4197. 19 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, et al.. (2021). Back propagation mathematical model for stock price prediction. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences. 7(1). 165–174. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Nan, et al.. (2021). Green supply chain management under uncertainty: a review and content analysis. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 29(4). 349–365. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, Jianfeng Cai, Yiqi Wang, & Umar Farooq Sahibzada. (2021). From venture capital towards venture firm innovation performance: evidence from SMEs of China. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems. 40(4). 8109–8115. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, Qiang Ji, Fei Wu, & Jiaofeng Pan. (2020). Financialization, idiosyncratic information and commodity co-movements. Energy Economics. 94. 105083–105083. 60 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, Dayong Zhang, Qiang Ji, & Jiaofeng Pan. (2019). Spillovers between oil and stock returns in the US energy sector: Does idiosyncratic information matter?. Energy Economics. 81. 536–544. 132 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, Qiang Ji, & Jiaofeng Pan. (2019). Oil financialization and volatility forecast: Evidence from multidimensional predictors. Journal of Forecasting. 38(6). 564–581. 126 indexed citations
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Mahmood, Nasir, et al.. (2016). Incubators, SMEs, and Economic Development of China. International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering. 11(1). 311–318. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Yanran, Qiang Ji, & Ying Fan. (2016). Spatial linkage analysis of the impact of regional economic activities on PM2.5 pollution in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 139. 1157–1167. 200 indexed citations

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