Jay Cao

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Jay Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay Cao has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 21 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Jay Cao's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (39 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (29 papers) and Bone health and treatments (17 papers). Jay Cao is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (39 papers), Bone health and osteoporosis research (29 papers) and Bone health and treatments (17 papers). Jay Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Jay Cao's co-authors include Brian Grégoire, Chwan‐Li Shen, Hongwei Gao, Bernard P. Halloran, Gerald F. Combs, James K. Yeh, Huawei Zeng, Jia-Sheng Wang, Takeshi Sakata and Robert J. Cousins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jay Cao

89 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Effects of obesity on bone metabolism

2011 575 citations Jay Cao Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jay Cao United States	34	1.7k	1.3k	1.1k	665	652	93	4.3k
Véronique Coxam France	39	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	885 0.8×	882 1.3×	612 0.9×	158	4.7k
Dominique D. Pierroz Switzerland	42	1.6k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 2.2×	983 1.5×	61	7.3k
Gabriel Fernandes United States	41	1.3k 0.8×	341 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.9k 2.8×	303 0.5×	118	4.8k
Kyoko Morita Japan	30	879 0.5×	397 0.3×	402 0.4×	617 0.9×	458 0.7×	69	3.5k
Herbert Marini Italy	40	1.5k 0.9×	266 0.2×	343 0.3×	471 0.7×	415 0.6×	104	4.9k
Venkatesh Krishnan United States	37	2.6k 1.6×	469 0.4×	427 0.4×	169 0.3×	915 1.4×	84	5.3k
Dike N. Kalu United States	30	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	542 0.5×	275 0.4×	1.1k 1.6×	78	3.9k
Ricardo Boland Argentina	39	2.3k 1.4×	263 0.2×	762 0.7×	647 1.0×	319 0.5×	148	4.9k
Liping Cao China	33	1.4k 0.9×	226 0.2×	278 0.3×	511 0.8×	540 0.8×	126	4.2k
Peter W. Jurutka United States	42	2.2k 1.3×	586 0.5×	647 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	671 1.0×	122	7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Jay Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jay Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jay Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jay Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jay 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 Jay Cao. Jay Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kim, Kyungdeok, Siling Du, Zachary Papadopoulos, et al.. (2025). Meningeal lymphatics-microglia axis regulates synaptic physiology. Cell. 188(10). 2705–2719.e23. 13 indexed citations

Shen, Chwan‐Li, Umesh D. Wankhade, Rami Najjar, et al.. (2024). Effects of Statin and Annatto-extracted Tocotrienol Supplementation on Glucose Homeostasis, Bone Microstructure, and Gut Microbiota Composition in Obese Mice. In Vivo. 38(4). 1557–1570.

Kim, Min Woo, Cheryl F. Lichti, Xingxing Gu, et al.. (2024). Endogenous self-peptides guard immune privilege of the central nervous system. Nature. 637(8044). 176–183. 19 indexed citations

Nielsen, Forrest H., et al.. (2024). An Environmentally Compatible and Less Costly (Greener) Microwave Digestion Method of Bone Samples Using Dilute Nitric Acid for Analysis by ICP-MS. Molecules. 29(23). 5517–5517.

Cao, Jay & Brian Grégoire. (2023). Time of day of exercise does not affect the beneficial effect of exercise on bone structure in older female rats. Frontiers in Physiology. 14. 1142057–1142057.

Shen, Chwan‐Li, Jannette M. Dufour, Gurvinder Kaur, et al.. (2023). Effect of Dietary Geranylgeraniol and Green Tea Polyphenols on Glucose Homeostasis, Bone Turnover Biomarkers, and Bone Microstructure in Obese Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 979–979. 4 indexed citations

Cao, Jay, et al.. (2021). Deficiency of PPARγ in Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Does not Prevent High-Fat Diet-Induced Bone Deterioration in Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 151(9). 2697–2704. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Jay, et al.. (2019). Increasing Dietary Fish Oil Reduces Adiposity and Mitigates Bone Deterioration in Growing C57BL/6 Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet. Journal of Nutrition. 150(1). 99–107. 19 indexed citations

Cao, Jay, Leah D. Whigham, & Lisa Jahns. (2018). Depletion and repletion of fruit and vegetable intake alters serum bone turnover markers: a 28-week single-arm experimental feeding intervention. British Journal Of Nutrition. 120(5). 500–507. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Jay, Brian Grégoire, & Chwan‐Li Shen. (2017). A High-Fat Diet Decreases Bone Mass in Growing Mice with Systemic Chronic Inflammation Induced by Low-Dose, Slow-Release Lipopolysaccharide Pellets. Journal of Nutrition. 147(10). 1909–1916. 34 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Jameel, Li Sun, Jay Cao, et al.. (2013). Smoke carcinogens cause bone loss through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and induction of Cyp1 enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(27). 11115–11120. 99 indexed citations

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Qin, Weiping, Li Sun, Jay Cao, et al.. (2013). The Central Nervous System (CNS)-independent Anti-bone-resorptive Activity of Muscle Contraction and the Underlying Molecular and Cellular Signatures. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(19). 13511–13521. 58 indexed citations

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Cao, Jay, Stefan M. Pasiakos, Lee M. Margolis, et al.. (2013). Calcium homeostasis and bone metabolic responses to high-protein diets during energy deficit in healthy young adults: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 99(2). 400–407. 25 indexed citations

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Shen, Chwan‐Li, Ming‐Chien Chyu, Jay Cao, & James K. Yeh. (2013). Green Tea Polyphenols Improve Bone Microarchitecture in High-Fat-Diet–Induced Obese Female Rats Through Suppressing Bone Formation and Erosion. Journal of Medicinal Food. 16(5). 421–427. 18 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingling, Harry C. Blair, Jay Cao, et al.. (2012). Blocking antibody to the β-subunit of FSH prevents bone loss by inhibiting bone resorption and stimulating bone synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(36). 14574–14579. 116 indexed citations

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Shen, Chwan‐Li, Owatha L. Tatum, Suzanne Graham, et al.. (2011). Green tea polyphenols avert chronic inflammation-induced myocardial fibrosis of female rats. Inflammation Research. 60(7). 665–672. 14 indexed citations

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Cao, Jay. (2011). Effects of obesity on bone metabolism. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 6(1). 30–30. 575 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Chwan‐Li, et al.. (2010). Synergistic effects of green tea polyphenols and alphacalcidol on chronic inflammation-induced bone loss in female rats. Osteoporosis International. 21(11). 1841–1852. 26 indexed citations

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Shen, Chwan‐Li, J. K. Yeh, Jay Cao, et al.. (2010). Green tea polyphenols attenuate deterioration of bone microarchitecture in female rats with systemic chronic inflammation. Osteoporosis International. 22(1). 327–337. 52 indexed citations

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Cao, Jay, Patrick A. Singleton, Sharmila Majumdar, et al.. (2005). Hyaluronan Increases RANKL Expression in Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Through CD44. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 20(1). 30–40. 6 indexed citations

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