Cai Zhao

3.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Cai Zhao is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Soil Science and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Cai Zhao has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 39 papers in Soil Science and 35 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Cai Zhao's work include Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (50 papers), Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems (26 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (21 papers). Cai Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (50 papers), Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems (26 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (21 papers). Cai Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Cai Zhao's co-authors include Qiang Chai, Aizhong Yu, Falong Hu, Yantai Gan, Zhilong Fan, Wen Yin, Fuxue Feng, Yao Guo, Kadambot H. M. Siddique and Jeffrey A. Coulter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Cai Zhao

83 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under dr... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2021 2020 100 200 300 400
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. Regulated deficit irrigation for crop production under drought stress. A review
    2015 468 citations Qiang Chai, Yantai Gan et al. profile →
  2. Integrated farming with intercropping increases food production while reducing environmental footprint
    2021 151 citations Qiang Chai, Cai Zhao et al. profile →
  3. Water utilization in intercropping: A review
    2020 141 citations Wen Yin, Qiang Chai et al. profile →

Peers

Cai Zhao
Aizhong Yu China
Charles K. K. Gachene Kenya
Lili Zhou China
Andrew W. Lenssen United States
M. E. Probert Australia
Johannes Scholberg United States
Wen‐Feng Cong China
Jim Rasmussen Denmark
H. Cutforth Canada
Lili Mao China
Aizhong Yu China
Cai Zhao
Citations per year, relative to Cai Zhao Cai Zhao (= 1×) peers Aizhong Yu

Countries citing papers authored by Cai Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cai Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cai Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cai Zhao. The network helps show where Cai Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cai Zhao

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

All Works

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Chai, Qiang, Wen Yin, Hong Fan, et al.. (2025). Metagenomic insights into carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling in a no-till intercropping system. Plant and Soil. 513(1). 1247–1264. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jinjin, Futao Liu, Cai Zhao, et al.. (2024). G-4 inhibits triple negative breast cancer by inducing cell apoptosis and promoting LCN2-dependent ferroptosis. Biochemical Pharmacology. 222. 116077–116077. 9 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, Zhilong Fan, Falong Hu, et al.. (2023). No-tillage with straw mulching promotes wheat production via regulating soil drying-wetting status and reducing soil-air temperature variation at arid regions. European Journal of Agronomy. 145. 126778–126778. 28 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, et al.. (2022). Effect of water and nitrogen reduction on main photosynthetic physiological parameters of film-mulched maize no-tillage rotation wheat. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 48(2). 437–447. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, Qiang Chai, Zhilong Fan, et al.. (2022). Energy budgeting, carbon budgeting, and carbon footprints of straw and plastic film management for environmentally clean of wheat-maize intercropping system in northwestern China. The Science of The Total Environment. 826. 154220–154220. 37 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, Qiang Chai, Yao Guo, et al.. (2021). No Tillage With Plastic Re-mulching Maintains High Maize Productivity via Regulating Hydrothermal Effects in an Arid Region. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. 649684–649684. 18 indexed citations
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Fan, Zhilong, Qiang Chai, Aizhong Yu, et al.. (2020). Water and radiation use in maize–pea intercropping is enhanced with increased plant density. Agronomy Journal. 112(1). 257–273. 24 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, et al.. (2019). Characteristics of soil water utilization in spring wheat field with different straw retention approaches in dry inland irrigation areas.. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 52(7). 1247–1259. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, Aizhong Yu, Yao Guo, et al.. (2018). Straw retention and plastic mulching enhance water use via synergistic regulation of water competition and compensation in wheat-maize intercropping systems. Field Crops Research. 229. 78–94. 52 indexed citations
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Chen, Guodong, Yantai Gan, Renzhi Zhang, et al.. (2018). Enhancing the systems productivity and water use efficiency through coordinated soil water sharing and compensation in strip-intercropping. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10494–10494. 59 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, et al.. (2017). Effect of tillage and straw retention mode on seedling emergence and yield of spring wheat in the Hexi Irrigation Area.. Zhongguo Shengtai Nongye Xuebao / Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture. 25(2). 180–187. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Cai, et al.. (2016). Effect of cereal-legume spacing in intercropping system on alleviating "N inhibition" in pea plants. CHINESE JOURNAL OF ECO-AGRICULTURE. 24(9). 1176. 4 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, et al.. (2016). Short-term response of farmland carbon emission to straw return, two-year plastic film mulching and intercropping.. Zhongguo Shengtai Nongye Xuebao / Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture. 24(6). 716–724. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, Fuxue Feng, Cai Zhao, et al.. (2016). Integrated double mulching practices optimizes soil temperature and improves soil water utilization in arid environments. International Journal of Biometeorology. 60(9). 1423–1437. 76 indexed citations
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Yin, Wen, et al.. (2015). Effect of Straw Returning and Reduced Tillage on Interspecific Competition and Complementation in Wheat/Maize Intercropping System. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 41(4). 633–641. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Cai. (2004). INDIRECT PHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF PHENOL IN INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER. Physical Testing and Chemical Analysis.

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