Hu Cai

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
193 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Hu Cai is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hu Cai has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 112 papers in Organic Chemistry, 51 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hu Cai's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (53 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (32 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (31 papers). Hu Cai is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (53 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (32 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (31 papers). Hu Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Hu Cai's co-authors include Yuan‐Yuan Tang, Ren‐Gen Xiong, Zhenhong Wei, Wei‐Qiang Liao, Peng‐Fei Li, Zhengjiang Fu, Shengmei Guo, Heng‐Yun Ye, Ping‐Ping Shi and Xiu‐Ni Hua and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hu Cai

182 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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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.

Metal-free three-dimensional perovskite ferroelectrics

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hu Cai China	26	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	609	594	193	3.3k
Xingyong Wang China	30	792 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	773 0.7×	428 0.7×	481 0.8×	88	2.8k
Zhong‐Xia Wang China	33	2.5k 1.9×	997 0.8×	2.1k 1.9×	1.2k 2.0×	599 1.0×	123	4.1k
Fei Cheng United Kingdom	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	421 0.4×	259 0.4×	550 0.9×	99	2.5k
Fushun Liang China	32	932 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	776 0.7×	158 0.3×	345 0.6×	106	2.9k
S.D. Bunge United States	30	1.3k 1.0×	916 0.7×	446 0.4×	594 1.0×	570 1.0×	85	2.6k
Niclas Solin Sweden	25	605 0.5×	932 0.7×	469 0.4×	257 0.4×	239 0.4×	58	2.3k
Nianchen Zhou China	33	1.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	310 0.3×	187 0.3×	194 0.3×	153	3.2k
Michael Giese Germany	28	1.0k 0.8×	839 0.6×	265 0.2×	1.0k 1.7×	260 0.4×	93	3.0k
Long Zhang China	31	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	756 0.7×	345 0.6×	513 0.9×	96	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hu Cai

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Xiao, Sun, et al.. (2025). Chiral Fluorine Engineering in Amine Molecular Design: Toward High‐ T _c Multifunctional Rare‐Earth Hybrid Double Perovskites. Small. 21(35). e2505444–e2505444.

Guo, Yuanlong, et al.. (2024). Preparation of Walnut wood-based lignocellulose-grafted with poly(ε-caprolactone) in DBU/DMSO /CO2 solvent system for slow-release nitrogen fertilizer. Industrial Crops and Products. 217. 118781–118781. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Hu, Taili Du, Fangyang Dong, et al.. (2024). Triboelectric and electromagnetic hybrid generators for ocean energy harvesting. Nano Energy. 132. 110363–110363. 5 indexed citations

Mo, Qiao‐Ling, et al.. (2024). Synchronously integration of carbon-quantum-dot and Cu, Mo dual-metal doped in Ni3S2@Ni foam toward robust and stable electrocatalytic hydrogen generation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 68. 1144–1152. 6 indexed citations

Fu, Zhengjiang, et al.. (2024). Electrooxidative Ni‐Catalyzed Decarboxylation of Arylacetic Acids Towards the Synthesis of Carbonyls under Air Conditions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(69). e202403077–e202403077. 1 indexed citations

Fu, Zhengjiang, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical strategies for NaX-mediated hydrolysis and alcoholysis of hydrosilanes under mild conditions. Green Chemistry. 26(10). 5838–5844. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Haina, et al.. (2023). Two new high-temperature molecular ferroelectrics [1,5-3.2.2-Hdabcn]X (X = ClO4−, ReO4−). Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(6). 108809–108809. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Lingyu, et al.. (2023). An organic–inorganic hybrid material [Me₃NCH₂CH₂F]FeBr₄ exhibits three-step SHG on/off. Chemical Communications. 59(90). 13442–13445. 8 indexed citations

Cai, Hu, et al.. (2023). GRB7 plays a promoting role in the progression of gastric cancer. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 1262–1262. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Haoyuan, Sen Li, Huimin Hu, et al.. (2023). Visible-light-induced C(sp³)–C(sp³) bond formationviaradical/radical cross-coupling. Chemical Communications. 59(9). 1205–1208. 9 indexed citations

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Xie, Yongfa, Teng‐Fei Li, Wei Chen, et al.. (2023). Bistable Optoelectronic Properties Originated from the Scissoring Motion of the TEMPO Skeleton in Supramolecular Radical Ferroelectrics. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(14). 5543–5552. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Shengmei, Wenjie Yan, Zhenjun Huang, et al.. (2022). Nickel-Catalyzed 1,1-Dihydrophosphinylation of Nitriles with Phosphine Oxides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(9). 5522–5529. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Haoyuan, Wenjie Yan, Peipei Ren, et al.. (2022). Bromide ion promoted practical synthesis of phosphinothioates of sulfinic acid derivatives and H-phosphine oxides. RSC Advances. 12(50). 32350–32354. 2 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhengjiang, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical strategies for N-cyanation of secondary amines and α C-cyanation of tertiary amines under transition metal-free conditions. Green Chemistry. 23(23). 9422–9427. 22 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhengjiang, et al.. (2020). Conversions of aryl carboxylic acids into aryl nitriles using multiple types of Cu-mediated decarboxylative cyanation under aerobic conditions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(41). 8381–8385. 10 indexed citations

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Guo, Shengmei, et al.. (2019). Regioselective C3‐Phosphonation of Free Indoles via Transition‐Metal‐Free Radical/Hydrolysis Cascade. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2019(8). 1808–1814. 9 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhengjiang, Yongqing Jiang, Shuiliang Wang, et al.. (2019). Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Ortho-Halogenation of Aryl Carboxylic Acids with Sodium Halide NaX Using Carboxyl as a Traceless Directing Group. Organic Letters. 21(9). 3003–3007. 17 indexed citations

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Huang, Ling, et al.. (2018). Nucleophile-controlled mono- and bis-phosphonation of amino-2-en-1-ones via catalyst-free C(sp³)–N bond cleavage. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(24). 3548–3552. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Ling, et al.. (2017). Metal-free phosphonation of benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles under oxidative conditions. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 4(9). 1781–1784. 17 indexed citations

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Diminnie, Jonathan B., Hu Cai, Zhongzhi Wu, et al.. (2001). Reactions of d0 alkylidene and amide complexes with silanes. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 73(2). 331–335. 9 indexed citations

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