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Yu Ma

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · The Ohio State University

Early career · publishing since 2019Rising activity

Publications

20

Citations

95

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
AI-generated

This publication record appears to combine work from multiple distinct researchers sharing the name 'Yu Ma,' making it difficult to describe a single coherent research program. The strongest and most consistent thread involves plant virology, particularly the discovery and characterization of viruses infecting mulberry plants (Morus alba), including their genomes, vectors, and infectious mechanisms. Other publications touch on unrelated topics such as battery chemistry, lake sediment chemistry, nutrition, and education, which likely reflect name overlap with other authors rather than a single unified research focus.

Plant virology (mulberry-infecting viruses)Virus genome characterization and gene functionInsect vectors of plant pathogensEndophytic bacteria and plant-microbe interactionsMiscellaneous unrelated topics (possible name-sharing across authors)

Publication output was minimal or absent before 2021, then increased notably between 2021 and 2023 before showing a slight decline through 2025, though this pattern may reflect merged records from multiple same-named authors rather than one individual's trajectory.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
17182019: 1 publication19202021: 3 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 7 publications7232024: 5 publications242025: 3 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • BMC Public Health×2
  • Archives of Virology×2
  • Research Square×2
  • Environment International×1
  • Phytopathology×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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