Chao Cai

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Chao Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Cai has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Organic Chemistry and 28 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Chao Cai's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (26 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (26 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (25 papers). Chao Cai is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (26 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (26 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (25 papers). Chao Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Chao Cai's co-authors include Guangli Yu, Guoyun Li, Jiejie Hao, Robert J. Linhardt, Qingsen Shang, Xindi Shan, Hao Jiang, Jia Li, Yongmei Xu and Jianghua Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Chao Cai

98 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Dietary fucoidan modulates the gut microbiota in mice by increasing the abundance ofLactobacillusandRuminococcaceae

2016 299 citations Qingsen Shang, Xindi Shan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao Cai China	30	1.5k	810	633	575	517	101	3.8k
Huashi Guan China	41	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 2.0×	939 1.5×	535 0.9×	422 0.8×	161	5.0k
Guoyun Li China	34	1.7k 1.2×	983 1.2×	373 0.6×	381 0.7×	568 1.1×	97	3.7k
Yong Il Park South Korea	35	1.7k 1.1×	953 1.2×	998 1.6×	254 0.4×	338 0.7×	161	4.7k
Ginnae Ahn South Korea	40	1.6k 1.1×	2.7k 3.3×	819 1.3×	235 0.4×	487 0.9×	209	5.7k
Finn L. Aachmann Norway	33	1.8k 1.2×	560 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	378 0.7×	346 0.7×	137	4.8k
Xia Zhao China	33	790 0.5×	877 1.1×	417 0.7×	268 0.5×	250 0.5×	99	3.3k
Dongfeng Wang China	43	1.3k 0.9×	486 0.6×	702 1.1×	334 0.6×	1.6k 3.0×	149	5.3k
Chuan Li China	38	2.2k 1.5×	370 0.5×	591 0.9×	199 0.3×	1.1k 2.2×	252	5.4k
Yaqin Hu China	47	1.3k 0.9×	919 1.1×	817 1.3×	340 0.6×	1.9k 3.6×	142	6.4k
Didier Le Cerf France	39	590 0.4×	574 0.7×	1.4k 2.1×	459 0.8×	1.5k 2.8×	173	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chao Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Cai

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Zhe, et al.. (2024). Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide alleviates cognitive dysfunction by inhibiting neuroinflammation via NLRP3/NF-κB signaling pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 338(Pt 2). 119065–119065. 10 indexed citations

Xia, Hui, Yun Li, Jinfeng Ye, et al.. (2024). Regioselective Enzymatic Galactosylation Enabled Divergent Synthesis of Asymmetrical Biantennary Human Milk Oligosaccharides. ACS Catalysis. 14(17). 13390–13399. 8 indexed citations

Ding, Han, et al.. (2024). Controlled Retro- i -Steroid Rearrangement: Catalytic Regioselective Steroidation of Biomolecules with Steroidal Trichloroacetimidates. CCS Chemistry. 7(2). 541–553. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jia, Mengmeng Zheng, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2024). Anti-tumor and anti-metastasis of water-soluble sulfated β-glucan derivatives from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Carbohydrate Polymers. 344. 122466–122466. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yang, Depeng Wang, Xiaoliang Lin, et al.. (2022). Immune-Enhancing Activity of Compound Polysaccharide on the Inactivated Influenza Vaccine. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Li, Qiong, Donghui Bai, Chao Cai, et al.. (2020). Photoprotective effect of Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharide on UVA-induced damage in HaCaT cells. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0235515–e0235515. 24 indexed citations

Li, Jun, Chao Cai, Chendong Yang, et al.. (2019). Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Potential of Brown Algal Polysaccharides and their Derivatives. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 25(11). 1290–1311. 32 indexed citations

Li, Jun, Jiarui Li, Tiantian Sun, et al.. (2019). Concise chemoenzymatic synthesis of heparan sulfate analogues as potent BACE-1 inhibitors. Carbohydrate Polymers. 217. 232–239. 5 indexed citations

Lang, Yinzhi, Shilong Liu, Chen Wang, et al.. (2018). Separation and Structural Sequence Analysis of Sialylated HMOs via Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 39(4). 645. 2 indexed citations

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Dimitrievska, Sashka, Liqiong Gui, Amanda Weyers, et al.. (2016). New Functional Tools for Antithrombogenic Activity Assessment of Live Surface Glycocalyx. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 36(9). 1847–1853. 19 indexed citations

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Shang, Qingsen, Jingjing Shi, Meifang Zhang, et al.. (2016). Structural modulation of gut microbiota by chondroitin sulfate and its oligosaccharide. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 89. 489–498. 72 indexed citations

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Ding, Lang, Xindi Shan, Xiaoliang Zhao, et al.. (2016). Spongy bilayer dressing composed of chitosan–Ag nanoparticles and chitosan–Bletilla striata polysaccharide for wound healing applications. Carbohydrate Polymers. 157. 1538–1547. 142 indexed citations

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Lv, Youjing, Xindi Shan, Xia Zhao, et al.. (2015). Extraction, Isolation, Structural Characterization and Anti-Tumor Properties of an Apigalacturonan-Rich Polysaccharide from the Sea Grass Zostera caespitosa Miki. Marine Drugs. 13(6). 3710–3731. 23 indexed citations

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Cai, Chao, Lingyun Li, Sayaka Masuko, et al.. (2014). Fluorous-Assisted Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Heparan Sulfate Oligosaccharides. Organic Letters. 16(8). 2240–2243. 49 indexed citations

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Cai, Chao, et al.. (2014). Capillary electrophoresis for total glycosaminoglycan analysis. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 406(19). 4617–4626. 34 indexed citations

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Dimitrievska, Sashka, Chao Cai, Amanda Weyers, et al.. (2014). Click-coated, heparinized, decellularized vascular grafts. Acta Biomaterialia. 13. 177–187. 57 indexed citations

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Cai, Chao, Kemal Solakyildirim, Bo Yang, et al.. (2011). Semi-synthesis of chondroitin sulfate-E from chondroitin sulfate-A. Carbohydrate Polymers. 87(1). 822–829. 49 indexed citations

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Cai, Chao, Guohua Wei, & Yuguo Du. (2010). Methyl 2,3-di-O-acetyl-4-O-levulinoyl-1-O-(2,2,2-trichloro-2-iminoethyl)-L-idopyranosiduronate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 66(4). o949–o949. 2 indexed citations

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Pu, Jixiong, Chao Cai, & Shojiro Nemoto. (2004). The spectral changes of partially coherent light focused by an apertured lens with chromatic aberration. Chinese Optics Letters. 2(4). 239–242. 4 indexed citations

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Pu, Jixiong, Chao Cai, & Shojiro Nemoto. (2004). Spectral switches of partially coherent light focused by a filter–lens system with chromatic aberration. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 21(6). 994–994. 6 indexed citations

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