Han Cao

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Han Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Han Cao has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Han Cao's work include Animal Virus Infections Studies (12 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (9 papers). Han Cao is often cited by papers focused on Animal Virus Infections Studies (12 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (9 papers). Han Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Han Cao's co-authors include Robert H. Austin, Jonas O. Tegenfeldt, Stephen Y. Chou, Alex Hastie, Ernest T. Lam, Ming Xiao, Christelle N. Prinz, Edward C. Cox, James C. Sturm and Michael D. Austin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Han Cao

104 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Genome mapping on nanochannel arrays for structural variation analysis and sequence assembly

2012 433 citations Han Cao et al. profile →
The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators

2018 346 citations Han Cao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Han Cao China	28	1.7k	1.4k	501	456	290	108	3.8k
Yujie Sun China	41	2.9k 1.8×	707 0.5×	412 0.8×	293 0.6×	293 1.0×	194	6.0k
Roland Brock Netherlands	46	5.0k 3.0×	704 0.5×	676 1.3×	241 0.5×	258 0.9×	174	7.6k
Éric Le Cam France	36	3.5k 2.1×	354 0.2×	738 1.5×	319 0.7×	490 1.7×	109	4.7k
Jörg Stetefeld Canada	34	3.2k 1.9×	406 0.3×	489 1.0×	248 0.5×	266 0.9×	118	5.4k
John P. Nolan United States	36	4.0k 2.4×	1.3k 0.9×	414 0.8×	572 1.3×	765 2.6×	87	6.7k
Jay X. Tang United States	40	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	245 0.5×	135 0.3×	127 0.4×	105	5.6k
Winston Timp United States	33	4.1k 2.5×	669 0.5×	850 1.7×	568 1.2×	715 2.5×	99	5.5k
Hajime Mori Japan	39	2.4k 1.5×	391 0.3×	500 1.0×	354 0.8×	153 0.5×	227	5.3k
Ming Li China	37	2.7k 1.6×	774 0.5×	156 0.3×	453 1.0×	88 0.3×	218	4.5k
Thomas M. Marti Switzerland	47	3.4k 2.1×	366 0.3×	383 0.8×	192 0.4×	476 1.6×	146	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Han Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Han Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Han Cao

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

Cao, Han, Xiaolong Zhang, Ning Luan, et al.. (2025). A QS21 + CpG-Adjuvanted Trivalent HSV-2 Vaccine and Trivalent HSV-2 mRNA Vaccine Induce a Strong Immune Response, Protect Against HSV-2 Infection, and Cross-Protect Against HSV-1 Infection in Mice. Vaccines. 13(5). 497–497. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Haoying, Cijun Shuai, Bin Wang, et al.. (2025). Construction of Bletilla striata polysaccharide-coconut oil gel-like Pickering emulsions driven by depletion flocculation interactions. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 311(Pt 4). 144052–144052. 1 indexed citations

Yi, Na, Hongrong Wang, Xiao Tao, et al.. (2025). RNA-binding protein SAMD4A targets FGF2 to regulate cardiomyocyte lineage specification from human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 144–144.

Cao, Han, et al.. (2024). Sensitivity of Chinese Hickory to Soil Acidificationand Important Plant Metabolites in Response toSoil Acidification. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 33(3). 2561–2570. 1 indexed citations

Luan, Ning, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Immune Responses between Inactivated and mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Used for a Booster Dose in Mice. Viruses. 15(6). 1351–1351. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yunfei, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the Immunological Efficacy of an LNP-mRNA Vaccine Prepared from Varicella Zoster Virus Glycoprotein gE with a Double-Mutated Carboxyl Terminus in Different Untranslated Regions in Mice. Vaccines. 11(9). 1475–1475. 10 indexed citations

Cao, Han, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of a bivalent recombinant vaccine candidate targeting norovirus and rotavirus: Antibodies to rotavirus NSP4 exert antidiarrheal effects without virus neutralization. Journal of Medical Virology. 94(8). 3847–3856. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Chunyue, Han Cao, Kuo Liu, et al.. (2021). Impact of lipoprotein(a) level on cardiometabolic disease in the Chinese population: The CHCN‐BTH Study. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 52(2). e13689–e13689. 7 indexed citations

Xie, Yunyi, Zheng Liu, Kuo Liu, et al.. (2021). Polymorphisms of microRNAs are associated with salt sensitivity in a Han Chinese population: the EpiSS study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 36(2). 171–183. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Enhao, et al.. (2021). From Impossible to Possible: Atom‐Economic Polymerization of Low Strain Five‐Membered Carbonates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(5). e202113152–e202113152. 14 indexed citations

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Peng, Wenjuan, Yunyi Xie, Bingxiao Li, et al.. (2021). Association of Circulating Biomarkers of lnc-IGSF3-1:1, SCOC-AS1, and SLC8A1-AS1 with Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure in Chinese Population. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 15(4). 906–917. 8 indexed citations

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Peng, Wenjuan, Yunyi Xie, Kuo Liu, et al.. (2020). Discrepant acute effect of saline loading on blood pressure, urinary sodium and potassium according to salt intake level: EpiSS study. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 23(2). 289–300. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Kuo, Bo Xi, Zheng Liu, et al.. (2020). Genetic Predisposition and Salt Sensitivity in a Chinese Han Population: The EpiSS Study. International Journal of Hypertension. 2020. 1–8. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ling, Han Qi, Zheng Liu, et al.. (2020). Construction of a ceRNA coregulatory network and screening of hub biomarkers for salt‐sensitive hypertension. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(13). 7254–7265. 7 indexed citations

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Qi, Han, Bin Liu, Chunyue Guo, et al.. (2018). Effects of environmental and genetic risk factors for salt sensitivity on blood pressure in northern China: the systemic epidemiology of salt sensitivity (EpiSS) cohort study. BMJ Open. 8(12). e023042–e023042. 24 indexed citations

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Jain, Aashish, et al.. (2016). Modeling the relaxation of internal DNA segments during genome mapping in nanochannels. Biomicrofluidics. 10(5). 54117–54117. 11 indexed citations

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Reifenberger, Jeffrey G., et al.. (2015). Measurements of DNA barcode label separations in nanochannels from time-series data. Biomicrofluidics. 9(6). 64119–64119. 19 indexed citations

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Reifenberger, Jeffrey G., Kevin D. Dorfman, & Han Cao. (2015). Discovery of folds, knots, and S-folds in long molecules of DNA stretched in nanochannels. 326–328. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Han, et al.. (2010). PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF E2 GENES OF CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS IN CHINA. 65(4). 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Han. (2000). CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON THE EFFICACY OF TRIBENDIMIDINE AGAINST HOOKWORM INFECTIONS. 2 indexed citations

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