Bao-Jun Cai

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Bao-Jun Cai is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bao-Jun Cai has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 17 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 9 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Bao-Jun Cai's work include Nuclear physics research studies (18 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (17 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (13 papers). Bao-Jun Cai is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear physics research studies (18 papers), Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (17 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (13 papers). Bao-Jun Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Bao-Jun Cai's co-authors include Bao-An Li, Lie-Wen Chen, Naibo Zhang, Jun Xu, Wen-Jie Xie, Che Ming Ko, Chun Shen, William G. Newton, F. J. Fattoyev and Xiao‐Hua Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Physics Letters B and Annals of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Bao-Jun Cai

29 papers receiving 762 citations

Hit Papers

Progress in Constraining Nuclear Symmetry Energy Using Ne... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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.

  1. Progress in Constraining Nuclear Symmetry Energy Using Neutron Star Observables Since GW170817
    2021 134 citations Bao-An Li, Bao-Jun Cai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bao-Jun Cai United States 13 515 480 222 149 71 29 794
E. N. E. van Dalen Germany 12 726 1.4× 459 1.0× 233 1.0× 196 1.3× 39 0.5× 20 896
C. Ducoin France 13 465 0.9× 605 1.3× 306 1.4× 173 1.2× 84 1.2× 25 832
B. K. Sharma India 15 370 0.7× 219 0.5× 130 0.6× 157 1.1× 38 0.5× 26 539
Cheng-Jun Xia China 15 397 0.8× 513 1.1× 145 0.7× 140 0.9× 50 0.7× 62 660
A. F. Fantina France 19 427 0.8× 934 1.9× 485 2.2× 171 1.1× 142 2.0× 50 1.1k
Shashi K. Dhiman India 12 355 0.7× 261 0.5× 107 0.5× 124 0.8× 49 0.7× 53 514
Diego Lonardoni United States 10 504 1.0× 265 0.6× 122 0.5× 187 1.3× 21 0.3× 21 650
Yeunhwan Lim South Korea 16 319 0.6× 418 0.9× 135 0.6× 104 0.7× 118 1.7× 32 606
V. B. Fiks United States 3 390 0.8× 500 1.0× 224 1.0× 195 1.3× 93 1.3× 6 740
S. Riordan United States 3 520 1.0× 281 0.6× 130 0.6× 137 0.9× 36 0.5× 3 664

Countries citing papers authored by Bao-Jun Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bao-Jun Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bao-Jun Cai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Bao-An Li. (2025). Novel scalings of neutron star properties from analyzing dimensionless Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff equations. The European Physical Journal A. 61(3). 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Bao-An Li. (2024). Strong gravity extruding peaks in speed of sound profiles of massive neutron stars. Physical review. D. 109(8). 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Song, David Hui, Haitao Li, et al.. (2024). In situ growth of carbon nanotubes on fly ash substrates. Nanotechnology Reviews. 13(1). 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Bao-An Li. (2024). New insights into supradense matter from dissecting scaled stellar structure equations. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 11. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun, Bao-An Li, & Zhen Zhang. (2023). Core States of Neutron Stars from Anatomizing Their Scaled Structure Equations. The Astrophysical Journal. 952(2). 147–147. 12 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Bao-An Li. (2022). Equation of state of neutron-rich matter in d-dimensions. Annals of Physics. 444. 169062–169062. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Bao-An Li. (2021). Intrinsic correlations among characteristics of neutron-rich matter imposed by the unbound nature of pure neutron matter. Physical review. C. 103(3). 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Lie-Wen Chen. (2019). Relativistic self-energy decomposition of nuclear symmetry energy and equation of state of neutron matter within QCD sum rules. Physical review. C. 100(2). 4 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Lie-Wen Chen. (2018). Neutron matter within QCD sum rules. Physical review. C. 97(5). 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Naibo, Bao-Jun Cai, Bao-An Li, William G. Newton, & Jun Xu. (2017). How tightly is the nuclear symmetry energy constrained by a unitary Fermi gas?. Nuclear Science and Techniques. 28(12). 42 indexed citations
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Li, Bao-An, Bao-Jun Cai, Lie-Wen Chen, & Xiao‐Hua Li. (2016). Isospin dependence of nucleon effective masses in neutron-rich matter. Nuclear Science and Techniques. 27(6). 9 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun, F. J. Fattoyev, Bao-An Li, & William G. Newton. (2015). Critical density and impact ofΔ(1232)resonance formation in neutron stars. Physical Review C. 92(1). 70 indexed citations
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Li, Xiao‐Hua, Bao-Jun Cai, Lie-Wen Chen, et al.. (2013). Extracting the nuclear symmetry potential and energy from neutron–nucleus scattering data. Physics Letters B. 721(1-3). 101–106. 25 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Lie-Wen Chen. (2012). Lorentz covariant nucleon self-energy decomposition of the nuclear symmetry energy. Physics Letters B. 711(1). 104–108. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Rong, Bao-Jun Cai, Lie-Wen Chen, et al.. (2012). Single-nucleon potential decomposition of the nuclear symmetry energy. Physical Review C. 85(2). 50 indexed citations
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Cai, Bao-Jun & Lie-Wen Chen. (2012). Nuclear matter fourth-order symmetry energy in the relativistic mean field models. Physical Review C. 85(2). 67 indexed citations
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Qian, Kun, et al.. (2005). Research on carbon nanotube array field emission pressure sensors. Electronics Letters. 41(14). 824–825. 16 indexed citations

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