Zhitu Ma

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zhitu Ma is a scholar working on Geophysics, Ocean Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhitu Ma has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Geophysics, 3 papers in Ocean Engineering and 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zhitu Ma's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (14 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (14 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (13 papers). Zhitu Ma is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (14 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (14 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (13 papers). Zhitu Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Zhitu Ma's co-authors include G. Laske, M. E. Pasyanos, G. Masters, T. Guy Masters, C. A. Dalton, Xueyang Bao, Göran Ekström, Donald W. Forsyth, Greg Hirth and Michael A. H. Hedlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zhitu Ma

20 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Update on CRUST1.0 - A 1-degree Global Model of Earth's Crust

2013 968 citations G. Laske, G. Masters et al. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts profile →
LITHO1.0: An updated crust and lithospheric model of the Earth

2014 357 citations M. E. Pasyanos, T. Guy Masters et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhitu Ma United States	12	1.5k	187	131	114	86	21	1.7k
Derek Fairhead United Kingdom	12	911 0.6×	129 0.7×	186 1.4×	132 1.2×	120 1.4×	25	1.0k
В. О. Михайлов Russia	18	857 0.6×	271 1.4×	140 1.1×	107 0.9×	216 2.5×	102	1.1k
Hiroko Sugioka Japan	25	2.0k 1.3×	107 0.6×	90 0.7×	219 1.9×	61 0.7×	128	2.1k
Anna Marotta Italy	22	1.1k 0.7×	103 0.6×	57 0.4×	141 1.2×	64 0.7×	79	1.3k
Ron Hackney Australia	13	859 0.6×	105 0.6×	133 1.0×	72 0.6×	62 0.7×	26	991
Junzo Kasahara Japan	22	1.4k 0.9×	109 0.6×	219 1.7×	208 1.8×	37 0.4×	129	1.6k
Tamara Yegorova Ukraine	20	911 0.6×	95 0.5×	263 2.0×	138 1.2×	51 0.6×	70	1.0k
M. E. Pasyanos United States	31	3.5k 2.3×	281 1.5×	201 1.5×	376 3.3×	111 1.3×	92	3.7k
L. Cocchi Italy	17	671 0.4×	93 0.5×	98 0.7×	62 0.5×	106 1.2×	51	800
T. Jahr Germany	16	573 0.4×	246 1.3×	38 0.3×	67 0.6×	73 0.8×	48	764

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Hui, et al.. (2025). Moho Depth Disposition of the Contiguous United States: A Multi‐Modal Data Driven Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3).

Ma, Yu, Xinjian Zhang, Junjie Li, et al.. (2025). Development of electrospun nanofiber membranes based on ZIF-8 MOF loaded tea polyphenols with pH-responsive release capabilities for food preservation. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 105. 104193–104193. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Zhitu, et al.. (2024). Choosing Appropriate Regularization Parameters by Splitting Data into Training and Validation Sets—Application in Global Surface-Wave Tomography. Seismological Research Letters. 95(5). 3029–3041. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Zhitu, et al.. (2023). Mantle heterogeneity caused by trapped water in the Southwest Basin of the South China Sea. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2710–2710. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Yonghui, et al.. (2022). Combined analysis of active and passive surface waves for 2D characterization of a landfill. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 206. 104832–104832. 5 indexed citations

Moulik, P., V. Lekić, Barbara Romanowicz, et al.. (2021). Global reference seismological data sets: multimode surface wave dispersion. Geophysical Journal International. 228(3). 1808–1849. 15 indexed citations

Ma, Zhitu, C. A. Dalton, Joshua B. Russell, et al.. (2020). Shear attenuation and anelastic mechanisms in the central Pacific upper mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 536. 116148–116148. 26 indexed citations

Dalton, C. A., et al.. (2019). A comparison of approaches for the prediction and inversion of surface wave phase delays. Geophysical Journal International. 217(3). 1496–1514. 4 indexed citations

Dalton, C. A., et al.. (2019). Evidence of Overtone Interference in Fundamental‐Mode Rayleigh Wave Phase and Amplitude Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(1). 12 indexed citations

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Xue, Mei, et al.. (2019). Exploring source regions of single- and double-frequency microseisms recorded in eastern North American margin (ENAM) by cross-correlation. Geophysical Journal International. 12 indexed citations

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Fan, Wenyuan, Catherine de Groot–Hedlin, Michael A. H. Hedlin, & Zhitu Ma. (2018). Using surface waves recorded by a large mesh of three-element arrays to detect and locate disparate seismic sources. Geophysical Journal International. 215(2). 942–958. 16 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhitu & C. A. Dalton. (2016). Evolution of the lithosphere in the Indian Ocean from combined earthquake and ambient noise tomography. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 122(1). 354–371. 10 indexed citations

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Dalton, C. A., Xueyang Bao, & Zhitu Ma. (2016). The thermal structure of cratonic lithosphere from global Rayleigh wave attenuation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 457. 250–262. 27 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhitu & G. Masters. (2015). Effect of earthquake locations on Rayleigh wave azimuthal anisotropy models. Geophysical Journal International. 203(2). 1319–1333. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhitu, et al.. (2015). Two-dimensional global Rayleigh wave attenuation model by accounting for finite-frequency focusing and defocusing effect. Geophysical Journal International. 204(1). 631–649. 13 indexed citations

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Pasyanos, M. E., T. Guy Masters, G. Laske, & Zhitu Ma. (2014). LITHO1.0: An updated crust and lithospheric model of the Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 119(3). 2153–2173. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Zhitu, G. Masters, G. Laske, & M. E. Pasyanos. (2014). A comprehensive dispersion model of surface wave phase and group velocity for the globe. Geophysical Journal International. 199(1). 113–135. 49 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhitu & G. Masters. (2014). A New Global Rayleigh- and Love-Wave Group Velocity Dataset for Constraining Lithosphere Properties. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 104(4). 2007–2026. 16 indexed citations

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Laske, G., G. Masters, Zhitu Ma, & M. E. Pasyanos. (2013). Update on CRUST1.0 - A 1-degree Global Model of Earth's Crust. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 968 indexed citations breakdown →

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Laske, G., G. Masters, Zhitu Ma, & M. E. Pasyanos. (2012). CRUST1.0: An Updated Global Model of Earth's Crust. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3743. 117 indexed citations

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