Bochen Cao

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

Bochen Cao is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bochen Cao has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in General Health Professions, 4 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Bochen Cao's work include Global Health Care Issues (9 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (4 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 papers). Bochen Cao is often cited by papers focused on Global Health Care Issues (9 papers), Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (4 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 papers). Bochen Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Bochen Cao's co-authors include Freddie Bray, Salvatore Vaccarella, Adalberto Miranda‐Filho, Luigino Dal Maso, Silvia Franceschi, Joannie Lortet‐Tieulent, Isabelle Soerjomataram, André Ilbawi, Samuel H. Preston and Neil K. Mehta and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bochen Cao

15 papers receiving 725 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thyroid cancer incidence trends by histology in 25 countries: a population-based study

2021 368 citations Adalberto Miranda‐Filho, Joannie Lortet‐Tieulent et al. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bochen Cao United States	10	298	140	124	108	94	15	743
Sophie Beale United Kingdom	17	286 1.0×	125 0.9×	172 1.4×	128 1.2×	88 0.9×	42	911
Nancy Reynoso‐Noverón Mexico	14	145 0.5×	179 1.3×	80 0.6×	59 0.5×	94 1.0×	67	716
Joshua Ray Switzerland	15	327 1.1×	90 0.6×	53 0.4×	78 0.7×	93 1.0×	45	875
Samit Ghosal India	16	434 1.5×	69 0.5×	169 1.4×	136 1.3×	44 0.5×	68	921
James Chan United States	18	192 0.6×	139 1.0×	135 1.1×	71 0.7×	99 1.1×	29	947
Zeeshan Qadri Saudi Arabia	14	114 0.4×	112 0.8×	137 1.1×	35 0.3×	84 0.9×	32	807
Elvira D’Andrea United States	22	177 0.6×	155 1.1×	145 1.2×	145 1.3×	64 0.7×	62	1.1k
Ghada N. Farhat United States	16	74 0.2×	214 1.5×	122 1.0×	74 0.7×	69 0.7×	26	1.0k
Pooja Ramakant India	12	248 0.8×	240 1.7×	62 0.5×	223 2.1×	18 0.2×	59	759
Tracy‐Ann Moo United States	15	195 0.7×	279 2.0×	127 1.0×	556 5.1×	83 0.9×	48	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bochen Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bochen Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bochen Cao

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

Chang, Angela Y., Bochen Cao, Márcia C. Castro, et al.. (2025). Epidemiological and demographic trends and projections in global health from 1970 to 2050: a descriptive analysis from the third Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, Global Health 2050. The Lancet. 406(10506). 940–949. 1 indexed citations

Driscoll, Tim, Michelle C. Turner, Paul J. Villeneuve, et al.. (2024). The WHO/ILO Joint Estimates approach to occupational risk factor and burden of disease estimation: providing actionable evidence with impact across sectors in countries. Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 69(3). 337–343. 1 indexed citations

Chang, Angela Y., et al.. (2024). The economic value of reducing avoidable mortality. Nature Medicine. 30(11). 3327–3334. 4 indexed citations

Murthy, Shilpa S., Dario Trapani, Bochen Cao, et al.. (2024). Premature mortality trends in 183 countries by cancer type, sex, WHO region, and World Bank income level in 2000–19: a retrospective, cross-sectional, population-based study. The Lancet Oncology. 25(8). 969–978. 28 indexed citations

Chao, Fengqing, Bruno Masquelier, Danzhen You, et al.. (2023). Sex differences in mortality among children, adolescents, and young people aged 0–24 years: a systematic assessment of national, regional, and global trends from 1990 to 2021. The Lancet Global Health. 11(10). e1519–e1530. 7 indexed citations

Znaor, Ariana, Marilys Corbex, Bochen Cao, et al.. (2022). Progress in reducing premature mortality from cancer and cardiovascular disease in the former Soviet Union, 2000–19. European Journal of Public Health. 32(4). 624–629. 1 indexed citations

Bray, Freddie, Mathieu Laversanne, Bochen Cao, et al.. (2021). Comparing cancer and cardiovascular disease trends in 20 middle- or high-income countries 2000–19: A pointer to national trajectories towards achieving Sustainable Development goal target 3.4. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 100. 102290–102290. 33 indexed citations

Miranda‐Filho, Adalberto, Joannie Lortet‐Tieulent, Freddie Bray, et al.. (2021). Thyroid cancer incidence trends by histology in 25 countries: a population-based study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 9(4). 225–234. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

Strong, Kathleen, Jon Pedersen, Emily White Johansson, et al.. (2021). Patterns and trends in causes of child and adolescent mortality 2000–2016: setting the scene for child health redesign. BMJ Global Health. 6(3). e004760–e004760. 44 indexed citations

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Cao, Bochen, Freddie Bray, André Ilbawi, & Isabelle Soerjomataram. (2018). Effect on longevity of one-third reduction in premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by 2030: a global analysis of the Sustainable Development Goal health target. The Lancet Global Health. 6(12). e1288–e1296. 105 indexed citations

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Cao, Bochen, Catherine Hill, Christophe Bonaldi, et al.. (2018). Cancers attributable to tobacco smoking in France in 2015. European Journal of Public Health. 28(4). 707–712. 25 indexed citations

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Cao, Bochen, Freddie Bray, Hiram Beltrán‐Sánchez, et al.. (2017). Benchmarking life expectancy and cancer mortality: global comparison with cardiovascular disease 1981-2010. BMJ. 357. j2765–j2765. 42 indexed citations

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Cao, Bochen. (2016). Future healthy life expectancy among older adults in the US: a forecast based on cohort smoking and obesity history. Population Health Metrics. 14(1). 23–23. 12 indexed citations

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Cao, Bochen. (2015). Estimating the Effects of Obesity and Weight Change on Mortality Using a Dynamic Causal Model. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0129946–e0129946. 10 indexed citations

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Preston, Samuel H., Andrew Stokes, Neil K. Mehta, & Bochen Cao. (2013). Projecting the Effect of Changes in Smoking and Obesity on Future Life Expectancy in the United States. Demography. 51(1). 27–49. 62 indexed citations

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