Zhihai Ma

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Zhihai Ma is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhihai Ma has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Zhihai Ma's work include Forest ecology and management (7 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Zhihai Ma is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (7 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (4 papers). Zhihai Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Zhihai Ma's co-authors include Changhui Peng, Weifeng Wang, Qiuan Zhu, Huai Chen, Weizhong Li, Xiaolu Zhou, Xiangdong Lei, Xiuqin Fang, Shirong Liu and Xinzhang Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Zhihai Ma

16 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.

A drought-induced pervasive increase in tree mortality across Canada's boreal forests

2011 623 citations Changhui Peng, Zhihai Ma et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers

Zhihai Ma

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ECOLO

Angelo Rita Italy

Qing‐Lai Dang Canada

Alessio Collalti Italy

Kathleen L. Kavanagh United States

Patrick J. Mitchell Australia

Thomas L. Powell United States

Melissa S. Lucash United States

Z. Carter Berry United States

Matthias Haeni Switzerland

Yunjian Luo China

Angelo Rita Italy

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699 ×0.7

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424 ×0.7

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422 ×0.9

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211 ×0.7

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248 ×1.1

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Citations per year, relative to Zhihai Ma Zhihai Ma (= 1×) peers Angelo Rita

Countries citing papers authored by Zhihai Ma

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhihai Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhihai Ma. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhihai Ma. The network helps show where Zhihai Ma may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhihai Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhihai Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhihai 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 Zhihai Ma. Zhihai 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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16 of 16 papers shown

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Wang, Libin, Yiyun Zhang, Xuecheng Wei, et al.. (2024). High-performance oxygen terminated synthetic single crystal diamond detector for high gamma dose rate measurement. Radiation Measurements. 177. 107256–107256. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhihai & Lianjun Zhang. (2015). Modeling Bird Species Richness at Multiple Spatial Scales Using Two-Dimensional Wavelet Analysis. Forest Science. 61(1). 1–16. 8 indexed citations

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Guo, Futao, et al.. (2015). Comparison of six generalized linear models for occurrence of lightning-induced fires in northern Daxing’an Mountains, China. Journal of Forestry Research. 27(2). 379–388. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiongqing, Yuancai Lei, Zhihai Ma, Dan Kneeshaw, & Changhui Peng. (2014). Insect‐induced tree mortality of boreal forests in eastern Canada under a changing climate. Ecology and Evolution. 4(12). 2384–2394. 31 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhihai, Changhui Peng, Qiuan Zhu, et al.. (2014). Long-term changes in tree basal area across the boreal zone, Canada. Ecoscience. 21(3-4). 232–241. 4 indexed citations

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Fang, Xiuqin, Qiuan Zhu, Huai Chen, et al.. (2014). Analysis of vegetation dynamics and climatic variability impacts on greenness across Canada using remotely sensed data from 2000 to 2009. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 8(1). 83666–83666. 13 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhihai, Benjamin Zuckerberg, William F. Porter, & Lianjun Zhang. (2012). Spatial Poisson Models for Examining the Influence of Climate and Land Cover Pattern on Bird Species Richness. Forest Science. 58(1). 61–74. 16 indexed citations

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Zhen, Zhen, et al.. (2012). Geographically local modeling of occurrence, count, and volume of downwood in Northeast China. Applied Geography. 37. 114–126. 25 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhihai, Changhui Peng, Qiuan Zhu, et al.. (2012). Regional drought-induced reduction in the biomass carbon sink of Canada's boreal forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(7). 2423–2427. 233 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhihai, Changhui Peng, Weizhong Li, et al.. (2012). MODELING INDIVIDUAL TREE MORTALITY RATES USING MARGINAL AND RANDOM EFFECTS REGRESSION MODELS. Natural Resource Modeling. 26(2). 131–153. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Huai, Haiyan Wang, Ning Wu, et al.. (2011). Detecting One-Hundred-Year Environmental Changes in Western China Using Seven-Year Repeat Photography. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e25008–e25008. 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhihai, Benjamin Zuckerberg, William F. Porter, & Lianjun Zhang. (2011). Use of localized descriptive statistics for exploring the spatial pattern changes of bird species richness at multiple scales. Applied Geography. 32(2). 185–194. 22 indexed citations

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Peng, Changhui, Zhihai Ma, Xiangdong Lei, et al.. (2011). A drought-induced pervasive increase in tree mortality across Canada's boreal forests. Nature Climate Change. 1(9). 467–471. 623 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Weifeng, Xiangdong Lei, Zhihai Ma, Daniel Kneeshaw, & Changhui Peng. (2011). Positive Relationship between Aboveground Carbon Stocks and Structural Diversity in Spruce-Dominated Forest Stands in New Brunswick, Canada. Forest Science. 57(6). 506–515. 92 indexed citations

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Song, Xinzhang, Guomo Zhou, Hong Jiang, et al.. (2011). Carbon sequestration by Chinese bamboo forests and their ecological benefits: assessment of potential, problems, and future challenges. Environmental Reviews. 19(NA). 418–428. 293 indexed citations

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Guo, Futao, et al.. (2010). [Applicability of different models in simulating the relationships between forest fire occurrence and weather factors in Daxing' an Mountains].. PubMed. 21(1). 159–64. 10 indexed citations

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