Fang Cao

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Fang Cao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Fang Cao has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Atmospheric Science, 64 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Fang Cao's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (85 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (59 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (32 papers). Fang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (85 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (59 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (32 papers). Fang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Fang Cao's co-authors include Yanlin Zhang, Yu‐Chi Lin, Qing Huang, Mei‐Yi Fan, Wenqi Zhang, Kimitaka Kawamura, Zhu‐Yu Zhao, Wenhuai Song, Mei‐Yi Fan and Shichun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Fang Cao

119 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in China at a city level

2015 785 citations Yanlin Zhang, Fang Cao profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fang Cao China	32	2.3k	2.2k	924	896	350	126	3.5k
Chung‐Shin Yuan Taiwan	35	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	555 0.6×	953 1.1×	426 1.2×	202	4.3k
Yu Zhao China	39	2.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	997 1.1×	993 1.1×	852 2.4×	129	4.2k
Lei Zhu China	31	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	588 0.7×	183 0.5×	120	2.9k
Ilias G. Kavouras United States	33	1.9k 0.8×	2.8k 1.3×	586 0.6×	677 0.8×	507 1.4×	97	3.9k
Md Firoz Khan Malaysia	35	1.7k 0.7×	2.8k 1.3×	975 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	360 1.0×	148	4.3k
Yuxuan Zhang China	30	2.8k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	554 1.6×	116	4.9k
Yuqin Wang China	24	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	244 0.3×	406 0.5×	321 0.9×	79	2.0k
Eloïse A. Marais United Kingdom	29	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	633 0.7×	236 0.7×	74	3.7k
Xiaoyan Tang China	32	2.4k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	545 1.6×	80	4.9k
Robert M. Healy Canada	35	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	643 0.7×	748 0.8×	736 2.1×	74	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Fang Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fang Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fang Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fang Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fang 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 Fang Cao. Fang 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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Zhang, Wenhui, Xuehan Wang, Yufen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Quantification of NO sources contribution to ambient nitrate aerosol, uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis in a megacity. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171583–171583. 5 indexed citations

Cao, Fang, et al.. (2024). Balancing work and earnings: The long-term impact on mental health. Social Science & Medicine. 364. 117562–117562. 1 indexed citations

Song, Wenhuai, et al.. (2024). Biomass Burning Greatly Enhances the Concentration of Fine Carbonaceous Aerosols at an Urban Area in Upper Northern Thailand: Evidence From the Radiocarbon‐Based Source Apportionment on Size‐Resolved Aerosols. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(10). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Mingyuan, et al.. (2024). scLTdb: a comprehensive single-cell lineage tracing database. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(D1). D1173–D1185. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Hangbo, Fang Cao, & Qing Huang. (2023). Achieving improved efficiency for removal of aflatoxin B1 by combination use of cold atmospheric-pressure plasma and plasma-activated water. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 54. 104004–104004. 8 indexed citations

Cao, Fang, Changsheng Shao, Shenhao Wang, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous removal of levofloxacin and sulfadiazine in water by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma: Enhanced performance and degradation mechanism. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 171. 459–469. 30 indexed citations

Chen, Dandan, Kuan Cheng, Tongxu Liu, et al.. (2023). Novel Insight into Microbially Mediated Nitrate-Reducing Fe(II) Oxidation by Acidovorax sp. Strain BoFeN1 Using Dual N–O Isotope Fractionation. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(33). 12546–12555. 22 indexed citations

Bao, Mengying, Yanlin Zhang, Fang Cao, et al.. (2023). Impact of fossil and non-fossil fuel sources on the molecular compositions of water-soluble humic-like substances in PM _2.5 at a suburban site of Yangtze River Delta, China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(14). 8305–8324. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanlin, Zhu‐Yu Zhao, Fang Cao, et al.. (2023). Changes in atmospheric oxidants over Arctic Ocean atmosphere: evidence of oxygen isotope anomaly in nitrate aerosols. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Chao, Fang Cao, Changsheng Shao, et al.. (2021). Single-step synthesis of AgNPs@rGO composite by e-beam from DC-plasma for wound-healing band-aids. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances. 8. 100185–100185. 8 indexed citations

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Bao, Mengying, Yanlin Zhang, Fang Cao, et al.. (2021). Light absorption and source apportionment of water soluble humic-like substances (HULIS) in PM2.5 at Nanjing, China. Environmental Research. 206. 112554–112554. 21 indexed citations

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Wu, Can, Gehui Wang, Jin Li, et al.. (2020). The characteristics of atmospheric brown carbon in Xi'an, inland China: sources, size distributions and optical properties. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(4). 2017–2030. 66 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi-Xuan, Fang Cao, Han Zheng, et al.. (2020). [Source Apportionment and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in PM_2.5 in Changchun City, Autumn of 2017].. PubMed. 41(2). 564–573. 6 indexed citations

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Fan, Mei‐Yi, Yanlin Zhang, Yu‐Chi Lin, et al.. (2020). Changes of Emission Sources to Nitrate Aerosols in Beijing After the Clean Air Actions: Evidence From Dual Isotope Compositions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(12). 62 indexed citations

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Song, Wenhuai, Fang Cao, Yu‐Chi Lin, et al.. (2020). Extremely high abundance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aerosols from a typical coal-combustion rural site in China: Size distribution, source identification and cancer risk assessment. Atmospheric Research. 248. 105192–105192. 18 indexed citations

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Dao, Xu, Yu‐Chi Lin, Fang Cao, et al.. (2019). Introduction to the National Aerosol Chemical Composition Monitoring Network of China: Objectives, Current Status, and Outlook. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 100(12). ES337–ES351. 43 indexed citations

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Bhattarai, Hemraj, Yanlin Zhang, Chandra Mouli Pavuluri, et al.. (2019). Nitrogen Speciation and Isotopic Composition of Aerosols Collected at Himalayan Forest (3326 m a.s.l.): Seasonality, Sources, and Implications. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(21). 12247–12256. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanlin, Yiran Peng, Chunmao Zhu, et al.. (2019). Impacts of Regional-transported Biomass Burning Emissions on Chemical and Optical Properties of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Nanjing, East China. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenqi, Yanlin Zhang, Fang Cao, et al.. (2019). High time-resolved measurement of stable carbon isotope composition in water-soluble organic aerosols: method optimization and a case study during winter haze in eastern China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(17). 11071–11087. 27 indexed citations

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Cao, Fang, et al.. (2019). Economic Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Ice-snow Tourism in Heilongjiang Province. 1(5). 1 indexed citations

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