Zhicheng Ma

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhicheng Ma is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhicheng Ma has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cancer Research, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Zhicheng Ma's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (9 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Zhicheng Ma is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (9 papers), Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Zhicheng Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Zhicheng Ma's co-authors include Christina Curtis, Zheng Hu, Darryl Shibata, Trevor A. Graham, Andrea Sottoriva, Michael F. Press, Matthew P. Salomon, Haeyoun Kang, Paul Marjoram and Kimberly D. Siegmund and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhicheng Ma

22 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

A Big Bang model of human colorectal tumor growth

2015 666 citations Andrea Sottoriva, Haeyoun Kang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Quantitative evidence for early metastatic seeding in colorectal cancer

2019 289 citations Zheng Hu, Jie Ding et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhicheng Ma United States	11	885	779	667	319	267	22	1.7k
Haeyoun Kang South Korea	21	1.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	695 1.0×	510 1.6×	254 1.0×	59	2.1k
Noemi Andor United States	13	723 0.8×	900 1.2×	468 0.7×	168 0.5×	222 0.8×	22	1.6k
Ruli Gao United States	18	1.5k 1.7×	1.8k 2.3×	1.0k 1.6×	217 0.7×	353 1.3×	31	2.8k
Emi Sei United States	15	1.4k 1.6×	1.6k 2.0×	980 1.5×	157 0.5×	396 1.5×	25	2.5k
Martina Auer Austria	18	1.5k 1.7×	851 1.1×	925 1.4×	316 1.0×	654 2.4×	26	2.1k
Damian Yap Canada	18	671 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	548 0.8×	304 1.0×	179 0.7×	24	1.9k
Sara Akhavanfard United States	8	504 0.6×	801 1.0×	356 0.5×	121 0.4×	248 0.9×	15	1.4k
Christine Toulas France	29	669 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	561 0.8×	133 0.4×	163 0.6×	59	2.0k
Alexander Davis United States	8	746 0.8×	795 1.0×	376 0.6×	122 0.4×	167 0.6×	10	1.2k
Elena Helman United States	10	905 1.0×	919 1.2×	511 0.8×	270 0.8×	395 1.5×	30	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhicheng Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhicheng Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhicheng Ma

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Zhicheng, et al.. (2025). C-reactive protein-triglyceride glucose index and heart failure in US adults from NHANES 2001–2010. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 26363–26363. 2 indexed citations

Houlahan, Kathleen E., Lise Mangiante, Seongyeol Park, et al.. (2025). Complex rearrangements fuel ER+ and HER2+ breast tumours. Nature. 638(8050). 510–518. 7 indexed citations

Salahudeen, Ameen A., José A. Seoane, Kanako Yuki, et al.. (2023). Functional screening of amplification outlier oncogenes in organoid models of early tumorigenesis. Cell Reports. 42(11). 113355–113355. 8 indexed citations

Karlsson, Kasper, Moritz J. Przybilla, Eran Kotler, et al.. (2023). Deterministic evolution and stringent selection during preneoplasia. Nature. 618(7964). 383–393. 42 indexed citations

Zhao, Bochao, et al.. (2023). Which is the appropriate surgical procedure for appendiceal adenocarcinoma: appendectomy, partial colectomy or right hemicolectomy?. Clinical & Translational Oncology. 26(1). 297–307. 2 indexed citations

McNamara, Katherine, Jennifer L. Caswell‐Jin, Rohan P. Joshi, et al.. (2021). Spatial proteomic characterization of HER2-positive breast tumors through neoadjuvant therapy predicts response. Nature Cancer. 2(4). 400–413. 57 indexed citations

Hu, Zheng, Zan Li, Zhicheng Ma, & Christina Curtis. (2020). Multi-cancer analysis of clonality and the timing of systemic spread in paired primary tumors and metastases. Nature Genetics. 52(7). 701–708. 193 indexed citations

Caswell‐Jin, Jennifer L., Katherine McNamara, Johannes G. Reiter, et al.. (2019). Clonal replacement and heterogeneity in breast tumors treated with neoadjuvant HER2-targeted therapy. Nature Communications. 10(1). 657–657. 40 indexed citations

Hu, Zheng, Jie Ding, Zhicheng Ma, et al.. (2019). Quantitative evidence for early metastatic seeding in colorectal cancer. Nature Genetics. 51(7). 1113–1122. 289 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Chunze, Xiaoting Li, Dan Gao, et al.. (2017). The prognostic value of over-expressed TrkB in solid tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oncotarget. 8(59). 99394–99401. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Ruping, Zheng Hu, Andrea Sottoriva, et al.. (2017). Between-region genetic divergence reflects the mode and tempo of tumor evolution. Nature Genetics. 49(7). 1015–1024. 92 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2016). Takayasu's arteritis presenting with common carotid artery dissection: A rare case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 12(6). 4061–4063. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2015). Hybrid technique to treat superior mesenteric artery occlusion in patients with acute mesenteric ischemia. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. 9(6). 2359–2363. 10 indexed citations

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Sottoriva, Andrea, Haeyoun Kang, Zhicheng Ma, et al.. (2015). A Big Bang model of human colorectal tumor growth. Nature Genetics. 47(3). 209–216. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Zhicheng, et al.. (2015). A peripherally inserted central vein catheter fractured and slid into the right pulmonary artery: A case report. 2(2-3). 86–88. 3 indexed citations

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Liang, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2014). Obstructive jaundice due to von Hippel-Lindau disease-associated pancreatic lesions: A case report. Oncology Letters. 8(1). 446–448. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhicheng, Qingfeng Hu, Zhuo Chen, et al.. (2012). Systematic evaluation of bladder cancer risk‐associated single‐nucleotide polymorphisms in a chinese population. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 52(11). 916–921. 39 indexed citations

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Sun, Chuanyu, Chao Song, Zhicheng Ma, et al.. (2011). Periostin identified as a potential biomarker of prostate cancer by iTRAQ-proteomics analysis of prostate biopsy. Proteome Science. 9(1). 22–22. 33 indexed citations

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Liao, Jo‐Ling, Juehua Yu, Kevin Huang, et al.. (2010). Molecular signature of primary retinal pigment epithelium and stem-cell-derived RPE cells. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(21). 4229–4238. 149 indexed citations

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Hutnick, Leah, et al.. (2010). Repression of Retrotransposal Elements in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Is Primarily Mediated by a DNA Methylation-independent Mechanism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(27). 21082–21091. 64 indexed citations

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