Hao Cai

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hao Cai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hao Cai has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hao Cai's work include Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (12 papers). Hao Cai is often cited by papers focused on Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (12 papers). Hao Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Denmark. Hao Cai's co-authors include Michael Wang, Amgad Elgowainy, Jeongwoo Han, Shaodong Xie, Jennifer B. Dunn, Qing Li, Ziniu Yu, Longyu Zheng, Jeffery K. Tomberlin and Ning Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hao Cai

80 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.

Well-to-wheels energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of ethanol from corn, sugarcane and cellulosic biomass for US use

2012 380 citations Michael Wang, Jennifer B. Dunn et al. profile →
Bioconversion of dairy manure by black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) for biodiesel and sugar production

2011 290 citations Qing Li, Longyu Zheng et al. Waste Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hao Cai United States	30	1.3k	660	617	577	469	88	3.6k
Hyun‐Woo Kim South Korea	34	897 0.7×	611 0.9×	374 0.6×	679 1.2×	87 0.2×	197	3.9k
Jun Zhu United States	28	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	58 0.1×	354 0.6×	244 0.5×	215	4.5k
Shan-Shan Yang China	37	671 0.5×	529 0.8×	64 0.1×	440 0.8×	252 0.5×	122	4.4k
M. Premalatha India	33	675 0.5×	652 1.0×	173 0.3×	155 0.3×	190 0.4×	108	3.3k
Jacopo Bacenetti Italy	47	764 0.6×	178 0.3×	128 0.2×	1.5k 2.6×	111 0.2×	145	5.1k
Yeek‐Chia Ho Malaysia	30	812 0.6×	923 1.4×	29 0.0×	114 0.2×	230 0.5×	98	3.1k
Gaoming Jiang China	35	904 0.7×	65 0.1×	147 0.2×	103 0.2×	61 0.1×	272	4.9k
Corinne D. Scown United States	35	1.4k 1.1×	466 0.7×	428 0.7×	420 0.7×	24 0.1×	114	4.0k
Tanveer Hussain Pakistan	33	736 0.6×	183 0.3×	213 0.3×	33 0.1×	94 0.2×	282	4.8k
Wallace E. Tyner United States	36	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	297 0.5×	886 1.5×	22 0.0×	190	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Hao Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hao Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hao Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hao Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hao 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 Hao Cai. Hao 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, Yixuan, Longwen Ou, Hao Cai, et al.. (2025). Business-as-Usual Municipal Solid Waste Management in the United States: Greenhouse Gas Implications. ACS Sustainable Resource Management. 2(7). 1175–1184. 2 indexed citations

Lim, Juin Yau, Yu Gan, Hao Cai, et al.. (2025). Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Biogas Upgrading for Fuel Production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(48). 20670–20681.

Tang, Ting, et al.. (2025). The effectiveness and feasibility of virtual pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Respiratory Medicine. 244. 108159–108159.

Cai, Hao, et al.. (2025). ALDNet: a lightweight and efficient drone detection network. Measurement Science and Technology. 36(2). 25402–25402. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Hao, et al.. (2024). EA-DINO: Improved method for unmanned aerial vehicle detection in airspace based on DINO. Engineering Research Express. 6(3). 35207–35207. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuening, Xiaoyu Wu, Hao Cai, et al.. (2023). A cross-sectional study: family communication, anxiety, and depression in adolescents: the mediating role of family violence and problematic internet use. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1747–1747. 19 indexed citations

Lee, Uisung, et al.. (2023). Life‐cycle analysis of sustainable aviation fuel production through catalytic hydrothermolysis. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 18(1). 42–54. 8 indexed citations

Cai, Hao, André Fernandes Tomon Avelino, Emily Newes, et al.. (2023). Energy, economic, and environmental impacts assessment of co-optimized on-road heavy-duty engines and bio-blendstocks. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 7(18). 4580–4601. 2 indexed citations

Du, Xin, et al.. (2023). Relaxation‐based bi‐lever reformulation and decomposition algorithm‐based collaborative optimization of multi‐microgrid for cloud energy storage. IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. 17(7). 1624–1637. 2 indexed citations

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Bartling, Andrew, Pahola Thathiana Benavides, Steven Phillips, et al.. (2022). Environmental, Economic, and Scalability Considerations of Selected Bio-Derived Blendstocks for Mixing-Controlled Compression Ignition Engines. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(20). 6699–6712. 16 indexed citations

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Ou, Longwen, Sudhanya Banerjee, Xu Hui, et al.. (2021). Utilizing high-purity carbon dioxide sources for algae cultivation and biofuel production in the United States: Opportunities and challenges. Journal of Cleaner Production. 321. 128779–128779. 41 indexed citations

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Field, John, Tom L. Richard, Erica A. H. Smithwick, et al.. (2020). Robust paths to net greenhouse gas mitigation and negative emissions via advanced biofuels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 21968–21977. 128 indexed citations

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Ou, Longwen, Hao Cai, Hee Je Seong, et al.. (2019). Co-optimization of Heavy-Duty Fuels and Engines: Cost Benefit Analysis and Implications. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(21). 12904–12913. 15 indexed citations

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Griffin, Michael B., Kristiina Iisa, Huamin Wang, et al.. (2018). Driving towards cost-competitive biofuels through catalytic fast pyrolysis by rethinking catalyst selection and reactor configuration. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(10). 2904–2918. 103 indexed citations

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Lynd, Lee R., Xiaoyu Liang, Mary J. Biddy, et al.. (2017). Cellulosic ethanol: status and innovation. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 45. 202–211. 298 indexed citations

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Stokes, Bryce J., Jennifer B. Dunn, Hao Cai, et al.. (2016). An assessment of the potential products and economic and environmental impacts resulting from a billion ton bioeconomy. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 11(1). 110–128. 70 indexed citations

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Cai, Hao. (2011). Study on Characteristics of Thermotolerant Saccharomyces Cerevisiae S-13. Chemistry & Bioengineering. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Qing, Longyu Zheng, Ning Qiu, et al.. (2011). Bioconversion of dairy manure by black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) for biodiesel and sugar production. Waste Management. 31(6). 1316–1320. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Hao & Shaodong Xie. (2011). Traffic-related air pollution modeling during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: The effects of an odd-even day traffic restriction scheme. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(10). 1935–1948. 81 indexed citations

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Cai, Hao, et al.. (2004). Combined DNA Vaccines Formulated in DDA Enhance Protective Immunity against Tuberculosis. DNA and Cell Biology. 23(7). 450–456. 20 indexed citations

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