Chao Cao

26.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Chao Cao is a scholar working on Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Cao has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Chao Cao's work include Physical Activity and Health (12 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (8 papers). Chao Cao is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (12 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers) and Cancer survivorship and care (8 papers). Chao Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Chao Cao's co-authors include Lin Yang, Christine M. Friedenreich, Yin Cao, Tianlin Xu, Yikyung Park, Graham A. Colditz, Xiaobin Zheng, Edward L. Giovannucci, Elizabeth D. Kantor and Charles E. Matthews and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In The Last Decade

Chao Cao

67 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Trends in Sedentary Behavior Among the US Population, 2001-2016

2019 376 citations Lin Yang, Chao Cao et al. profile →
Association of Daily Sitting Time and Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Survival Among US Cancer Survivors

2022 140 citations Chao Cao, Christine M. Friedenreich et al. profile →
Prevalence and trends in urinary incontinence among women in the United States, 2005–2018

2021 133 citations Mohammad Abufaraj, Tianlin Xu et al. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao 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 Chao Cao. Chao Cao 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	TeleHealth Resistance exercise Intervention to preserve dose intensity and Vitality in Elder Breast Cancer Patients (THRIVE 65) 2025 ·Contemporary Clinical Trials ·Kathryn H. Schmitz, Nathan A. Berger, Cynthia Owusu, Cynthia A. Thomson, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Karen Basen‐Engquist, William J. Evans, John J. Pink, (unknown), Chao Cao, Shawna E. Doerksen, (unknown), Michele D. Sobolewski, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), C Mills, Wybe J. M. van der Kemp, Janet Oppenheim, Jennifer A. Ligibel	0
2	The multidisciplinary community of exercise oncology practice: current status and future directions 2025 ·JNCI Monographs ·Chao Cao, Kristin L. Campbell, Allison Betof Warner, Nancy Campbell, Anna L. Schwartz, (unknown), Karen Y. Wonders, L Capozzi, Jennifer A. Ligibel	0
3	BIRC2 blockade facilitates immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma 2025 ·Molecular Cancer ·Lingyi Fu, (unknown), Jie Mei, Ziteng Li, (unknown), Chengyou Zheng, (unknown), Yansong Lin, Chao Cao, Lixuan Liu, Liyun Huang, (unknown), Yuhua Huang, Jing‐Ping Yun	3
4	Disparities in the prevalence of suicidal ideation according to oral contraceptive pill use among US women: A cross‐sectional study 2024 ·Health Science Reports ·(unknown), Chao Cao, Ruixuan Wang, Dong Keon Yon, Masoud Rahmati, (unknown), Lee Smith	2
5	Increased postoperative complications after laparoscopic gastrectomy in patients with preserved ratio impaired spirometry 2024 ·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), Hang Yu, (unknown), Zhiping Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jingjing Zhong, Weiping Ding, Chao Cao	1
6	Research on liposomal hydrogels loaded with "Liu Zi Tang" compound Chinese medicine for the treatment of primary ovarian insufficiency 2023 ·Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine ·Chunyuan Liu, (unknown), Han Xiao, (unknown), Chao Cao, (unknown), (unknown)	3
7	Leisure-time physical activity, daily sitting time, and mortality among US skin cancer survivors 2023 ·Supportive Care in Cancer ·Chao Cao, (unknown), Raymond Liu, Alpa V Patel, Christine M. Friedenreich, Lin Yang	6
8	Racial and ethnic disparities in prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among adults in the United States, 2017–2020 pre-pandemic 2023 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·(unknown), (unknown), Kellie Imm, Tianlin Xu, Shuang Li, (unknown), Ruixuan Wang, Lee Smith, Lin Yang, Chao Cao	10
9	Tooth count, untreated caries and mortality in US adults: a population-based cohort study 2022 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·Jie Liu, Xiaoyu Zong, Emily Vogtmann, Chao Cao, Aimee S. James, Andrew T. Chan, Eric B. Rimm, Richard B. Hayes, Graham A. Colditz, Dominique S. Michaud, Kaumudi Joshipura, Christian C. Abnet, Yin Cao	16
10	Association of daily sitting time and leisure-time physical activity with body fat among U.S. adults 2022 ·Journal of sport and health science ·Jingwen Liao, Min Hu, Kellie Imm, Clifton J. Holmes, Jie Zhu, Chao Cao, Lin Yang	21
11	Neurological diseases and COVID-19: prospective analyses using the UK Biobank 2021 ·Acta Neurologica Belgica ·Nicola Veronese, Lee Smith, Mario Barbagallo, Gianluigi Giannelli, Maria Gabriella Caruso, Anna Maria Cisternino, Maria Notarnicola, Chao Cao, Thomas Waldhoer, Lin Yang	2
12	Association of sedentary patterns with body fat distribution among US children and adolescents: a population-based study 2021 ·International Journal of Obesity ·Jingwen Liao, Chao Cao, Jinhee Hur, Jason Cohen, Winston Chen, Xiaoyu Zong, Graham A. Colditz, Lin Yang, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Yin Cao	17
13	Prevalence and trends in urinary incontinence among women in the United States, 2005–2018 breakdown → 2021 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Mohammad Abufaraj, Tianlin Xu, Chao Cao, Abdelmuez Siyam, Ula Isleem, (unknown), Francesco Soria, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Siobhan Sutcliffe, Lin Yang	133
14	Glucosamine and Chondroitin Use in Relation to C-Reactive Protein Concentration: Results by Supplement Form, Formulation, and Dose 2020 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Elizabeth D. Kantor, Kelli O’Connell, Mengmeng Du, Chao Cao, Xuehong Zhang, Dong Hoon Lee, Yin Cao, Edward L. Giovannucci	10
15	Association between Intake of Energy and Macronutrients and Memory Impairment Severity in US Older Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014 2020 ·Nutrients ·(unknown), Jianjun Guo, Liang Hu, Nicola Veronese, Lee Smith, Lin Yang, Chao Cao	12
16	Tai Chi for Chronic Illness Management: Synthesizing Current Evidence from Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials 2020 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·Liye Zou, Tao Xiao, Chao Cao, Lee Smith, Kellie Imm, Igor Grabovac, Thomas Waldhoer, Yin Zhang, Albert Yeung, Jacopo Demurtas, Nicola Veronese, Ulf Ekelund, Yikyung Park, Lin Yang	22
17	Glucosamine and Chondroitin Supplements and Risk of Colorectal Adenoma and Serrated Polyp 2020 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Dong Hoon Lee, Chao Cao, Xiaoyu Zong, Xuehong Zhang, Kelli O’Connell, Mingyang Song, Kana Wu, Mengmeng Du, Yin Cao, Edward L. Giovannucci, Elizabeth D. Kantor	8
18	Regular Coffee Consumption Is Associated with Lower Regional Adiposity Measured by DXA among US Women 2020 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Chao Cao, (unknown), Mohammad Abufaraj, Yunan Han, Tianlin Xu, Thomas Waldhoer, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Shengxu Li, Lin Yang, Lee Smith	5
19	Visual impairment and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour in US adolescents and adults: a cross-sectional study 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Lee Smith, Sarah E. Jackson, Shahina Pardhan, Guillermo F. López Sánchez, Liang Hu, Chao Cao, Davy Vancampfort, Ai Koyanagi, Brendon Stubbs, Joseph Firth, Lin Yang	39
20	Bcl-2 inhibitors reduce steroid-insensitive airway inflammation 2017 ·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ·Baoping Tian, (unknown), Zhengqiang Bao, Hao Zhang, Zhiwei Xu, Yuanyuan Mao, Chao Cao, Luanqing Che, (unknown), Wen Li, Zhihua Chen, Songmin Ying, Huahao Shen	54

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