Yuzhen Ma

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yuzhen Ma is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuzhen Ma has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Atmospheric Science, 11 papers in Paleontology and 11 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Yuzhen Ma's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (10 papers). Yuzhen Ma is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (33 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (10 papers). Yuzhen Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yuzhen Ma's co-authors include Xiaomin Fang, Jijun Li, Fuli Wu, Baotian Pan, Maodu Yan, Chunhui Song, Zhaodong Feng, Zhisheng An, Zhaodong Feng and Kam‐biu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Yuzhen Ma

40 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Late Miocene–Quaternary rapid stepwise uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau and its effects on climatic and environmental changes
    2014 299 citations Jijun Li, Xiaomin Fang et al. profile →

Peers

Yuzhen Ma
Andreas Koutsodendris Germany
Elda Russo Ermolli Italy
Zhenqing Zhang China
Leping Yue China
Rohtash Kumar India
Stephen T. Grimes United Kingdom
Terri Lacourse Canada
Zhaoyu Zhu China
Zhaodong Feng China
Chunmei Ma China
Andreas Koutsodendris Germany
Yuzhen Ma
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Countries citing papers authored by Yuzhen Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuzhen Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuzhen Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuzhen Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuzhen 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 Yuzhen Ma. Yuzhen 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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Wang, Wenbo, Han Gu, Ying Jiang, et al.. (2025). Buzhongyiqi granules in ulcerative colitis Therapy: Integrated chemical composition, pharmacodynamic validation, and IL-6/STAT3 axis regulation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 351. 120083–120083.
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Guo, Chao, et al.. (2024). Cyclic climate impacts on human activity in northern Central China recorded by varve evidence from the western Loess Plateau. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 644. 112205–112205. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Chao, et al.. (2022). Late Holocene vegetation, climate, and lake changes in northern China: Varved evidence from western Loess Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 827. 154282–154282. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Boya, et al.. (2022). Pollen–vegetation relationship based on lake surface sediments of arid and semi-arid northern China; considerations and limitations. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 303. 104694–104694. 2 indexed citations
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Tao, Mingxin, Zhongping Li, Yuzhen Ma, et al.. (2021). Variation characteristic and mechanism of carbon isotope composition of coalbed methane under different conditions and its tracing significance. Fuel. 302. 121039–121039. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Lina, Wei Wang, Dongxue Chen, et al.. (2020). Soil-surface pollen assemblages and quantitative relationships with vegetation and climate from the Inner Mongolian Plateau and adjacent mountain areas of northern China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 543. 109600–109600. 11 indexed citations
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He, Mingming, Dandan Xu, Changgui Li, et al.. (2020). Cell Wall Bulking by Maleic Anhydride for Wood Durability Improvement. Forests. 11(4). 367–367. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Dandan, et al.. (2019). Pollen dispersal and representation of the “Forest Island” within the Chinese desert-loess transitional zone. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 263. 134–146. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Huijuan, Yanan Liu, Dan Luo, et al.. (2019). Ginger for health care: An overview of systematic reviews. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 45. 114–123. 59 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Lina Liu, Yanyan Li, et al.. (2019). Pollen reconstruction and vegetation dynamics of the middle Holocene maximum summer monsoon in northern China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 528. 204–217. 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Yajun, et al.. (2010). Reconstructing the annual precipitation variation since 1899 based on tree-ring width in the western Hedong sandy land of Ningxia. Journal of Arid Land. 2(4). 286–294. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Aizhi, Zhaodong Feng, & Yuzhen Ma. (2010). Vegetation and environmental changes in western Chinese Loess Plateau since 13.0 ka BP. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 20(2). 177–192. 14 indexed citations
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Ma, Yuzhen, et al.. (2008). A survey of modern pollen and vegetation along a south–north transect in Mongolia. Journal of Biogeography. 35(8). 1512–1532. 97 indexed citations
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Wu, Fuli, Xiaomin Fang, Yuzhen Ma, et al.. (2007). Plio–Quaternary stepwise drying of Asia: Evidence from a 3-Ma pollen record from the Chinese Loess Plateau. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 257(1-2). 160–169. 151 indexed citations
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Ma, Yuzhen, Xiaomin Fang, Jijun Li, Fuli Wu, & Jun Zhang. (2005). The vegetation and climate change during Neocene and Early Quaternary in Jiuxi Basin, China. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 48(5). 74 indexed citations
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Ma, Yuzhen. (2003). Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation history and paleoclimate of the Tengger Desert, northwestern China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 48(14). 1457–1457. 23 indexed citations
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Shi, Yafeng, Tang Mao-cang, & Yuzhen Ma. (1999). Linkage between the second uplifting of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau and the initiation of the Asian monsoon system. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 42(3). 303–312. 44 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hucai, et al.. (1999). The Holocene Palaeoclimatic change in southern vicinity of Tengger Desert. Chinese Science Bulletin. 44(6). 550–555. 11 indexed citations

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