Yingfei Ma

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yingfei Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingfei Ma has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Yingfei Ma's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (12 papers). Yingfei Ma is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (12 papers). Yingfei Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yingfei Ma's co-authors include Liying Yang, Zhiheng Pei, Guoqin Mai, Chenli Liu, Lin Wang, Zongze Shao, Susan M. Gapstur, Richard B. Hayes, Jiyoung Ahn and Mark P. Purdue and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yingfei Ma

65 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Cigarette smoking and the oral microbiome in a large stud... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2018 100 200 300 400
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. Cigarette smoking and the oral microbiome in a large study of American adults
    2016 409 citations Zhiheng Pei, Liying Yang et al. profile →
  2. Association of Oral Microbiome With Risk for Incident Head and Neck Squamous Cell Cancer
    2018 242 citations Yingfei Ma, Liying Yang et al. profile →

Peers

Yingfei Ma
Takuichi Sato Japan
Ruy Jáuregui New Zealand
S. M. Huse United States
Dawn Ciulla United States
Hans‐Peter Horz Germany
Mary E. Davey United States
Luisa W. Hugerth Sweden
Shi Huang China
Moreno Zolfo Italy
Chien‐Chi Lo United States
Takuichi Sato Japan
Yingfei Ma
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Countries citing papers authored by Yingfei Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yingfei Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingfei Ma

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dong, Zhen‐Chao, Yingfei Ma, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2025). A Sequential Therapeutic Strategy Based on Aptamer/Polymer‐Functionalized PDA/Ag for Precise Acinetobacter Baumannii Imaging and Pneumonia Treatment. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(35). 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongqing, Ziqiang Liu, Shuai Lü, et al.. (2025). A case report of bacteriophage therapy for the treatment of lung infection due to carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 33512–33512. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Juntao, Qi Hua, Hailiang Hu, et al.. (2025). Bacterial reverse transcriptase synthesizes long poly(A)-rich cDNA for antiphage defense. Science. 388(6753). eads4639–eads4639. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Ziqiang, Shuai Lü, Yongqing Yang, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of precisely tailored phage cocktails targeting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii reveals evolutionary trade-offs: a proof-of-concept study. EBioMedicine. 120. 105942–105942. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Juntao, et al.. (2025). Applications of bacteriophages in precision engineering of the human gut microbiome. PubMed. 5(1). 100189–100189. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Yingfei, et al.. (2024). Oxygen self-sufficient nanodroplet composed of fluorinated polymer for high-efficiently PDT eradicating oral biofilm. Materials Today Bio. 26. 101091–101091. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jian, Yingfei Ma, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2024). Dual‐Polymer Functionalized Melanin‐AgNPs Nanocomposite with Hydroxyapatite Binding Ability to Penetrate and Retain in Biofilm Sequentially Treating Periodontitis. Small. 20(37). e2400771–e2400771. 15 indexed citations
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Ma, Yingfei, et al.. (2024). CRISPR/Cas12a-based genome editing for cyanophage of Anabeana sp.. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 10(1). 140–147. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Ziqiang, Siyun Wang, Yong Ying, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the impact of repeated intravenous phage doses on mammalian host–phage interactions. Journal of Virology. 98(1). e0135923–e0135923. 18 indexed citations
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Mai, Guoqin, Zheng Hu, Haokui Zhou, et al.. (2023). Global transmission of broad-host-range plasmids derived from the human gut microbiome. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(15). 8005–8019. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Cheng, Ziqing Deng, Wenchen Song, et al.. (2022). Harnessing stepping-stone hosts to engineer, select, and reboot synthetic bacteriophages in one pot. Cell Reports Methods. 2(5). 100217–100217. 20 indexed citations
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Ganly, Ian, Zhiheng Pei, Yuhan Hao, et al.. (2021). Case control study comparing the HPV genome in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma to normal patients using metagenomic shotgun sequencing. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3867–3867. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Ling, Tingwei Yan, Haoran Zhang, et al.. (2020). Complete genome analysis of PaGz-1 and PaZq-1, two novel phages belonging to the genus Pakpunavirus. Archives of Virology. 165(10). 2393–2396. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Limei, Guoqin Mai, Haoran Zhang, et al.. (2019). Dynamics of the gut microbiota in developmental stages of Litopenaeus vannamei reveal its association with body weight. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 734–734. 95 indexed citations
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Chen, Ling, Tingwei Yan, Quan Liu, et al.. (2019). Isolation and Characterization of Specific Phages to Prepare a Cocktail Preventing Vibrio sp. Va-F3 Infections in Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 2337–2337. 62 indexed citations
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Jiang, Min-Zhi, et al.. (2018). Mucilaginibacter xinganensis sp. nov., a phenanthrene-degrading bacterium isolated from wetland soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 112(4). 641–649. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Liying, Michael A. Poles, Gene S. Fisch, et al.. (2015). HIV-induced immunosuppression is associated with colonization of the proximal gut by environmental bacteria. AIDS. 30(1). 19–29. 64 indexed citations
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Ma, Yingfei, Lin Wang, & Zongze Shao. (2005). Pseudomonas , the dominant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon‐degrading bacteria isolated from Antarctic soils and the role of large plasmids in horizontal gene transfer. Environmental Microbiology. 8(3). 455–465. 158 indexed citations

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