Yao Ma

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 833 citations indexed

About

Yao Ma is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Ma has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 833 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Geophysics, 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 12 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Yao Ma's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (23 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (16 papers). Yao Ma is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (33 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (23 papers) and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (16 papers). Yao Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yao Ma's co-authors include Qingfei Wang, Zhigang Zeng, Jun Deng, Xue‐Bo Yin, Xiaoyuan Wang, Liqiang Yang, Kunfeng Qiu, Richard J. Goldfarb, Jianzhen Geng and Jian‐Wei Zi and has published in prestigious journals such as Geology, Chemical Geology and Tectonophysics.

In The Last Decade

Yao Ma

42 papers receiving 784 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. IN SITU DATING OF HYDROTHERMAL MONAZITE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GEODYNAMIC CONTROLS ON ORE FORMATION IN THE JIAODONG GOLD PROVINCE, EASTERN CHINA
    2020 210 citations Jun Deng, Qingfei Wang 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
Yao Ma China 15 711 428 214 83 54 43 833
Erin E. Marsh United States 17 836 1.2× 696 1.6× 211 1.0× 40 0.5× 22 0.4× 39 979
Hao Zou China 17 708 1.0× 368 0.9× 179 0.8× 64 0.8× 32 0.6× 78 909
Jens C. Grimmer Germany 14 1.3k 1.9× 483 1.1× 138 0.6× 64 0.8× 26 0.5× 28 1.5k
Li‐E Gao China 19 1.6k 2.3× 595 1.4× 169 0.8× 36 0.4× 46 0.9× 50 1.8k
J. L. Paquette France 19 1.3k 1.8× 499 1.2× 201 0.9× 141 1.7× 15 0.3× 36 1.4k
T. Ullrich Canada 20 1.1k 1.6× 565 1.3× 157 0.7× 59 0.7× 16 0.3× 27 1.2k
Liang Gao China 14 613 0.9× 238 0.6× 88 0.4× 76 0.9× 26 0.5× 30 700
Chang‐Zhi Wu China 22 1.4k 2.0× 837 2.0× 302 1.4× 51 0.6× 49 0.9× 105 1.5k
Nie Fengjun China 20 1.1k 1.5× 798 1.9× 184 0.9× 22 0.3× 42 0.8× 88 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yao Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yao Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Ma

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

All Works

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Liang, Yayun, Xuefei Liu, Qingfei Wang, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity of the late Mesozoic lithospheric mantle beneath the Jiaodong Peninsula, eastern North China Craton: a synthesis from geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes of mafic dykes. International Geology Review. 66(9). 1765–1793. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Lei, et al.. (2023). Genetic mechanism of the large Carboniferous Aiyutou karstic bauxite in North China Craton. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 39(2). 621–637. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, et al.. (2023). Source and metallogenic process of the Carboniferous Rencun large karstic bauxite deposit in the southern margin of North China Craton. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 39(2). 600–620. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingfei, Xuefei Liu, Runsheng Yin, et al.. (2023). Metasomatized mantle sources for orogenic gold deposits hosted in high-grade metamorphic rocks: Evidence from Hg isotopes. Geology. 52(2). 115–119. 37 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, et al.. (2023). Inherited zircons in Early Cretaceous dyke: Implication of growth and reworking of continental crust in the Jiaodong Peninsula. Tectonophysics. 870. 230158–230158. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, Xuefei Liu, & Yayun Liang. (2021). Variation of oxygen fugacity during magmatic evolution: in-situ geochemistry of mafic dikes from Jiaodong, southeastern North China Craton. Mineralogy and Petrology. 115(5). 577–593. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuefei, et al.. (2020). Metallogeny of the large-scale Carboniferous karstic bauxite in the Sanmenxia area, southern part of the North China Craton, China. Chemical Geology. 556. 119851–119851. 40 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, et al.. (2019). Microregional geochemical characteristics of rock-forming minerals in Early Cretaceous intermediate-felsic dikes in Jiaodong. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 35(5). 1566–1582. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Zuxing, Zhigang Zeng, Haiyan Qi, et al.. (2019). Amphibole perspective to unravel the rhyolite as a potential fertile source for the Yonaguni Knoll IV hydrothermal system in the southwestern Okinawa Trough. Geological Journal. 55(6). 4279–4301. 6 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, Xiaoyuan Wang, Shuai Chen, et al.. (2019). Origin of Cu in the PACMANUS hydrothermal field from the eastern Manus back-arc basin: evidence from mass balance modeling. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 38(9). 59–70. 2 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhigang, Xiaoyuan Wang, Xue‐Bo Yin, et al.. (2018). U-Th/He dating and chemical compositions of apatite in the dacite from the southwestern Okinawa Trough: Implications for petrogenesis. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 161. 1–13. 34 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuai, Xue‐Bo Yin, Xiaoyuan Wang, et al.. (2018). The geochemistry and formation of ferromanganese oxides on the eastern flank of the Gagua Ridge. Ore Geology Reviews. 95. 118–130. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaohui, Zhigang Zeng, Xiaoyuan Wang, et al.. (2018). Petrogenesis of basalt from the middle Okinawa Trough: New insights from olivine‐hosted melt inclusions. Geological Journal. 53(6). 3129–3146. 9 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhigang, Shuai Chen, Xue‐Bo Yin, et al.. (2015). Abundance and distribution of fatty acids in sediments of the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Ocean University of China. 14(2). 277–283. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, et al.. (2015). Microscopic Characteristics of Water Flooding and the Affecting Factors of Low-Permeability Sandstone Reservoir in Zhidan Area, Ordos Basin, China. Energy Exploration & Exploitation. 33(2). 145–156. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Yao, et al.. (2013). Reservoir characteristics and main control factors of Chang 6 oil-bearing formation in Western Nanliang Area of Ordos Basin. Dizhi tongbao. 32(9). 1471–1476. 1 indexed citations

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