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Qiufu Ma publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qiufu Ma sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 73 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Qiufu Ma D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qiufu Ma sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Qiufu Ma is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States, specializing in fields related to medicine and neuroscience. Their research focuses particularly on complementary and alternative medicine, with a strong emphasis on acupuncture treatment and its physiological and neurological underpinnings.

The primary topics covered in Qiufu Ma's work include:

  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Ion Channels and Receptors

Qiufu Ma has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers, notable for their focus on neural mechanisms linked to acupuncture and autonomic nervous system function. Selected recent publications include:

  • "A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis," 2021, Nature
  • "Somatotopic Organization and Intensity Dependence in Driving Distinct NPY-Expressing Sympathetic Pathways by Electroacupuncture," 2020, Neuron
  • "A functional subdivision within the somatosensory system and its implications for pain research," 2022, Neuron
  • "Somatotopic organization of autonomic reflexes by acupuncture," 2022, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • "Somato-Autonomic Reflexes of Acupuncture," 2020, Medical Acupuncture

Their frequent co-authors, with whom they have published multiple papers, include:

  • Shenbin Liu
  • Yang-Shuai Su
  • Lu Qi
  • Zhifu Wang
  • Xiang-Hong Jing

Qiufu Ma's work has appeared predominantly in journals such as:

  • Neuron
  • Nature
  • Medical Acupuncture
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • PAIN Reports

Their research encompasses interdisciplinary approaches combining concepts from physiology, neurology, and psychiatry to better understand the mechanisms of acupuncture and its effects on autonomic reflexes, pain modulation, and psychosomatic disorders.

Overall, Qiufu Ma's scientific contributions provide insights into how acupuncture interfaces with neural pathways to influence autonomic and sensory functions, contributing to broader knowledge in complementary and alternative medicine within neuroscience and clinical medicine.

Best Publications

  • Nociceptors—Noxious Stimulus Detectors

    Clifford J. Woolf;Qiufu Ma

  • neurogenin1 Is Essential for the Determination of Neuronal Precursors for Proximal Cranial Sensory Ganglia

    Qiufu Ma;Zhoufeng Chen;Iván del Barco Barrantes;José Luis de la Pompa

  • Acquisition of granule neuron precursor identity is a critical determinant of progenitor cell competence to form Shh-induced medulloblastoma.

    Ulrich Schüller;Vivi M. Heine;Vivi M. Heine;Junhao Mao;Alvin T. Kho

  • A role for neural determination genes in specifying the dorsoventral identity of telencephalic neurons

    Carol Fode;Qiufu Ma;Simona Casarosa;Siew-Lan Ang

  • A neuroanatomical basis for electroacupuncture to drive the vagal-adrenal axis.

    Shenbin Liu;Zhifu Wang;Yangshuai Su;Yangshuai Su;Lu Qi

  • JNK-Induced MCP-1 Production in Spinal Cord Astrocytes Contributes to Central Sensitization and Neuropathic Pain

    Yong-Jing Gao;Ling Zhang;Omar Abdel Samad;Marc R. Suter

  • Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting and Gating Mechanical Pain

    Bo Duan;Longzhen Cheng;Longzhen Cheng;Steeve Bourane;Olivier Britz

  • NEUROGENIN1 and NEUROGENIN2 control two distinct waves of neurogenesis in developing dorsal root ganglia

    Qiufu Ma;Carol Fode;Francois Guillemot;David J. Anderson

  • Loss of Inhibitory Interneurons in the Dorsal Spinal Cord and Elevated Itch in Bhlhb5 Mutant Mice

    Sarah E. Ross;Alan R. Mardinly;Alejandra E. McCord;Jonathan Zurawski

  • Mouse brain organization revealed through direct genome-scale TF expression analysis.

    Paul A. Gray;Hui Fu;Ping Luo;Qing Zhao

  • Tlx3 and Tlx1 are post-mitotic selector genes determining glutamatergic over GABAergic cell fates

    Leping Cheng;Akiko Arata;Rumiko Mizuguchi;Ying Qian

  • Runx1 Determines Nociceptive Sensory Neuron Phenotype and Is Required for Thermal and Neuropathic Pain

    Chih-Li Chen;Daniel C. Broom;Yang Liu;Joriene C. de Nooij

  • Neurogenin 1 Null Mutant Ears Develop Fewer, Morphologically Normal Hair Cells in Smaller Sensory Epithelia Devoid of Innervation

    Qiufu Ma;David J. Anderson;Bernd Fritzsch

  • Somatotopic Organization and Intensity Dependence in Driving Distinct NPY-Expressing Sympathetic Pathways by Electroacupuncture

    Shenbin Liu;Shenbin Liu;Zhi-Fu Wang;Yang-Shuai Su;Yang-Shuai Su;Russell S. Ray

  • Gate control of mechanical itch by a subpopulation of spinal cord interneurons

    Steeve Bourane;Bo Duan;Stephanie C. Koch;Antoine Dalet

  • VGLUT2-Dependent Glutamate Release from Nociceptors Is Required to Sense Pain and Suppress Itch

    Yang Liu;Omar Abdel Samad;Ling Zhang;Bo Duan

  • Lbx1 and Tlx3 are opposing switches in determining GABAergic versus glutamatergic transmitter phenotypes

    Leping Cheng;Omar Abdel Samad;Yi Xu;Rumiko Mizuguchi

  • Ascl1 and Gsh1/2 control inhibitory and excitatory cell fate in spinal sensory interneurons.

    Rumiko Mizuguchi;Sonja Kriks;Ralf Cordes;Achim Gossler

  • Identifying the pathways required for coping behaviours associated with sustained pain.

    Tianwen Huang;Shing-Hong Lin;Nathalie M. Malewicz;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang;Yan Zhang

  • Transcriptional profiling at whole population and single cell levels reveals somatosensory neuron molecular diversity

    Isaac M Chiu;Lee B Barrett;Erika K Williams;David E Strochlic

  • Lmx1b, Pet-1, and Nkx2.2 Coordinately Specify Serotonergic Neurotransmitter Phenotype

    Leping Cheng;Chih Li Chen;Ping Luo;Min Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Martyn Goulding
Martyn Goulding Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Clifford J. Woolf
Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital
David H. Rowitch
David H. Rowitch University of Cambridge
Bradford B. Lowell
Bradford B. Lowell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ru-Rong Ji
Ru-Rong Ji Duke University
Michael E. Greenberg
Michael E. Greenberg Harvard University
Senji Shirasawa
Senji Shirasawa Fukuoka University
Andrew P. McMahon
Andrew P. McMahon University of Southern California
Charles D. Stiles
Charles D. Stiles Harvard University
Ulrich Schüller
Ulrich Schüller Universität Hamburg

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