Feng Cao

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Feng Cao is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Feng Cao has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Surgery, 35 papers in Oncology and 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Feng Cao's work include Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (34 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (29 papers) and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (8 papers). Feng Cao is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment (34 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (29 papers) and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments (8 papers). Feng Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Feng Cao's co-authors include Jie Li, Gang Wang, Ning Mao, Bei Sun, Fei Li, Yuchen Jia, Yixuan Ding, Jinghong Li, Wentong Mei and Fei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Feng Cao

60 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Ferroptosis: past, present and future

2020 2.9k citations Jie Li, Feng Cao et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →
The crosstalk between ferroptosis and mitochondrial dynamic regulatory networks

2023 169 citations Jie Li, Yuchen Jia et al. International Journal of Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Feng Cao China	19	2.2k	2.0k	1.5k	655	595	69	4.1k
Chaojun Duan China	29	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.2×	579 0.9×	252 0.4×	97	4.0k
Bin Zhao China	32	1.6k 0.8×	800 0.4×	895 0.6×	506 0.8×	457 0.8×	100	3.4k
Jiajun Zhu United States	17	3.7k 1.7×	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	786 1.2×	220 0.4×	30	5.7k
Weide Zhong China	40	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	879 1.3×	345 0.6×	217	4.7k
Zhangqun Ye China	37	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	531 0.8×	818 1.4×	219	4.8k
Shannon Coy United States	17	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	573 0.9×	279 0.5×	38	3.9k
Yang Xie China	8	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	427 0.7×	118 0.2×	25	3.3k
Xi Yang China	28	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	885 0.6×	454 0.7×	202 0.3×	144	3.6k
Peng Hou China	41	3.3k 1.5×	618 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	373 0.6×	177	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Feng Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Feng Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Feng Cao. 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 Feng Cao. The network helps show where Feng Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Feng Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Feng Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Feng 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 Feng Cao. Feng 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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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Jie, Yuchen Jia, Haoyu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Nrf2 ameliorates defective autophagic processes and thereby inhibits ferroptosis in acute pancreatitis by suppressing Beclin1-Slc7a11 complex formation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 230. 294–308. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zheng, Haoyu Zhang, Jie Li, et al.. (2025). Association between the triglyceride–glucose index and the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study. Journal of Intensive Care. 13(1). 6–6. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Albumin-corrected anion gap predicts acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrology. 26(1). 348–348.

Cao, Feng, Yixuan Ding, Ang Li, et al.. (2024). Development and validation of a nomogram based on Lasso-Logistic regression for predicting splenomegaly secondary to acute pancreatitis. BMC Gastroenterology. 24(1). 281–281. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Feng, et al.. (2024). GLI1 and PTTG1 expression in colorectal carcinoma patients undergoing radical surgery and their correlation with lymph node metastasis. World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 16(5). 1328–1335.

Li, Jie, et al.. (2023). The crosstalk between ferroptosis and mitochondrial dynamic regulatory networks. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 19(9). 2756–2771. 169 indexed citations breakdown →

Mei, Wentong, Feng Cao, Jiongdi Lu, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors and risk factors for invasion and metastasis. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1140873–1140873. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Huizhen, et al.. (2023). Fibroblast subtypes in pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies. Cellular Oncology. 47(2). 383–396. 4 indexed citations

Li, Jie, Yuchen Jia, Feng Cao, Gang Wang, & Fei Li. (2023). An in-Depth Exploration of the Genetic Interaction Network Between Ferroptosis and Acute Pancreatitis. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 16. 4425–4439. 5 indexed citations

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Lu, Jiongdi, Yixuan Ding, Wentong Mei, et al.. (2022). Risk Factors and Outcomes of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Infection in Infected Pancreatic Necrosis Patients. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 15. 7095–7106. 4 indexed citations

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Ding, Yixuan, et al.. (2022). Case Report: Acute Pancreatitis Associated With Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplantation and a Review of the Literature. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 843870–843870. 5 indexed citations

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Jia, Yuchen, Yixuan Ding, Wentong Mei, et al.. (2021). Extracellular vesicles and pancreatitis: mechanisms, status and perspectives. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 17(2). 549–561. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, et al.. (2020). Ferroptosis: past, present and future. Cell Death and Disease. 11(2). 88–88. 2919 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Dongbin, et al.. (2017). Risk factors for bile leakage after primary closure following laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Surgery. 17(1). 1–1. 58 indexed citations

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Li, Ang, Feng Cao, Jia Li, et al.. (2016). Step-up mini-invasive surgery for infected pancreatic necrosis: Results from prospective cohort study. Pancreatology. 16(4). 508–514. 23 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, et al.. (2015). Obesity is a risk factor for acute mountain sickness: a prospective study in Tibet railway construction workers on Tibetan plateau.. PubMed. 19(1). 119–22. 23 indexed citations

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Cao, Feng, et al.. (2015). Can Accounting Earnings Predict Future GDP Growth? Evidence from China. Frontiers of Business Research in China. 9(1). 30–43. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Feng, et al.. (2015). HES 1 is essential for chemoresistance induced by stellate cells and is associated with poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer. Oncology Reports. 33(4). 1883–1889. 40 indexed citations

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Cao, Feng, Jia Li, Ang Li, Yu Fang, & Fei Li. (2012). Citation classics in acute pancreatitis. Pancreatology. 12(4). 325–330. 21 indexed citations

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Lin, Shu-An, Xiaoyan Xie, Manishkumar Patel, et al.. (2007). Quantum dot imaging for embryonic stem cells. BMC Biotechnology. 7(1). 67–67. 132 indexed citations

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