Ying Ma

9.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
100 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Ying Ma is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Ma has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Pollution and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ying Ma's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (40 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (34 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers). Ying Ma is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (40 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (34 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers). Ying Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, India and Portugal. Ying Ma's co-authors include Helena Freitas, M. Rajkumar, Chang Zhang, Rui S. Oliveira, Maria Celeste Dias, Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad, Mathiyazhagan Narayanan, Inês Rocha, Miroslav Vosátka and Yongming Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ying Ma

92 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and endophytes accelerate phytoremediation of metalliferous soils

2010 731 citations Ying Ma, Helena Freitas et al. profile →
Drought and Salinity Stress Responses and Microbe-Induced Tolerance in Plants

2020 479 citations Ying Ma, Helena Freitas et al. profile →
Beneficial role of bacterial endophytes in heavy metal phytoremediation

2016 425 citations Ying Ma, Helena Freitas et al. profile →
Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions: Relevance for Phytoremediation

2016 326 citations Ying Ma, Rui S. Oliveira et al. profile →
Seed Coating: A Tool for Delivering Beneficial Microbes to Agricultural Crops

2019 264 citations Inês Rocha, Ying Ma et al. profile →
Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Endophytic Microbes: Promising Candidates for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability

2023 92 citations Uttpal Anand, Tarun Pal et al. Microbial Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ying Ma China	41	4.1k	1.5k	746	594	469	100	6.0k
Mohsin Tanveer China	44	4.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	805 1.1×	529 0.9×	237 0.5×	98	7.0k
Muhammad Kamran China	52	4.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	652 0.9×	598 1.0×	261 0.6×	165	7.2k
Zahir Ahmad Zahir Pakistan	38	4.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	661 0.9×	308 0.5×	310 0.7×	120	5.5k
M. Rajkumar India	42	4.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	775 1.0×	945 1.6×	596 1.3×	87	7.3k
Babar Shahzad Australia	26	5.2k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	568 1.0×	198 0.4×	45	7.6k
Ying Feng China	39	2.9k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	809 1.1×	532 0.9×	486 1.0×	152	5.4k
Nele Weyens Belgium	41	4.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	524 0.9×	1.2k 2.6×	79	6.4k
Samiksha Singh India	29	4.1k 1.0×	995 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	547 0.9×	225 0.5×	50	6.4k
Chengxiao Hu China	37	3.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	455 0.6×	513 0.9×	167 0.4×	177	5.0k
Arun K. Shanker India	24	2.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	534 0.7×	848 1.4×	222 0.5×	52	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Ma

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Ying, et al.. (2025). Analysis of Plant Growth and Flower Aromatic Composition in Chinese Rosa rugosa Cultivars Under Cadmium Stress. Horticulturae. 11(2). 214–214. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zichen, et al.. (2025). Synergistic bioremediation of Pb Cd co-contaminated soils by Helianthus annuus and exopolysaccharide-producing Serratia marcescens M15. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166765–166765.

Li, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Endophytic Enterobacter ludwigii S15 mitigates cadmium accumulation and promotes tobacco growth via polyamine biosynthesis and metal transporter regulation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 227. 110200–110200. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Yuan, Li Li, Lian Li, et al.. (2025). Characterization of vaginal microbiota across female reproductive phases. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1599965–1599965.

Wang, Yue, Xinyue Peng, Xiaojun Shi, et al.. (2024). Harnessing plant-beneficial bacterial encapsulation: A sustainable strategy for facilitating cadmium bioaccumulation in Medicago sativa. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 476. 135232–135232. 7 indexed citations

Cheng, Yingying, Mengyuan Cao, Xiaojun Shi, et al.. (2024). Mitigating salt stress in Zea mays: Harnessing Serratia nematodiphila-biochar-based seed coating for plant growth promotion and rhizosphere microecology regulation. Industrial Crops and Products. 223. 120164–120164. 6 indexed citations

Narayanan, Mathiyazhagan, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review of current progress in biofuel production using marine algae biomass. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 60. 103311–103311. 8 indexed citations

Narayanan, Mathiyazhagan & Ying Ma. (2024). Recent progress on conservation and restoration of soil fertility for horticulture. Chemosphere. 362. 142599–142599. 5 indexed citations

Anand, Uttpal, Tarun Pal, Vipin Kumar Singh, et al.. (2023). Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Endophytic Microbes: Promising Candidates for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability. Microbial Ecology. 86(3). 1455–1486. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Lin, et al.. (2021). Improving Land Use Planning through the Evaluation of Ecosystem Services: One Case Study of Quyang County. Complexity. 2021(1). 3 indexed citations

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Rocha, Inês, Pablo Souza‐Alonso, G. Pereira, et al.. (2019). Using microbial seed coating for improving cowpea productivity under a low‐input agricultural system. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 100(3). 1092–1098. 11 indexed citations

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Rocha, Inês, Ying Ma, Miroslav Vosátka, Helena Freitas, & Rui S. Oliveira. (2019). Growth and nutrition of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) under water deficit as influenced by microbial inoculation via seed coating. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. 205(5). 447–459. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Weilin, Weichang Gao, Ying Ma, et al.. (2018). Effect of cup-covering transplanting on temperature and humidity in shaftlike cellar and growth of tobacco seedlings. Zhongguo yancao xuebao. 24(1). 53–59. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Shufang, et al.. (2017). Detection and risk assessment of heavy metal of cadmium in Lentinula edodes from Henan province.. Shipin anquan zhiliang jiance xuebao. 8(1). 324–330. 1 indexed citations

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Hou, Liyuan, Anyi Hu, Ying Ma, & Chang‐Ping Yu. (2014). [Distribution of potential pathogenic bacteria in the Jiulong River Watershed].. PubMed. 35(5). 1742–9. 1 indexed citations

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Feng, Wang, et al.. (2014). Soil pH characteristics and its relation to soil nutrients in Qianxi'nan tobacco-growing region.. Anhui Nongye Daxue xuebao. 41(6). 1070–1074.

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Ma, Ying. (2014). Community diversity of endophytic fungi of Aloe barbadensis. Microbiology, China.

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Ma, Ying. (2013). Wetland Ecotourism Development Strategy for Coal Mining Subsidence Wetland——A Case Study of Jiuli Lake in Xuzhou City. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Ying. (2005). Condition Optimization for Extracting Carotenoids in Tomato Fruit by Ultra- sonic. Chih Wu Sheng Li Hsueh T'ung Hsun. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Ying. (2005). Exploitation and utilization of microbial resources in Chinese traditional fermented soybean products. China Brewing. 4 indexed citations

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