Jianchao Cai

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
248 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Jianchao Cai is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jianchao Cai has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 129 papers in Ocean Engineering and 106 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jianchao Cai's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (122 papers), Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (91 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (90 papers). Jianchao Cai is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (122 papers), Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques (91 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (90 papers). Jianchao Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Jianchao Cai's co-authors include Boming Yu, Xiangyun Hu, Wei Wei, Mingqing Zou, Liang Luo, Zhien Zhang, Qingbang Meng, Harpreet Singh, Hao Li and Peiqiang Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Jianchao Cai

242 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

Recent advances in carbon dioxide utilization

2020 543 citations Zhien Zhang, Jianchao Cai et al. profile →
Fractal Characterization of Spontaneous Co-current Imbibition in Porous Media

2010 311 citations Jianchao Cai, Liang Luo et al. profile →
Lucas–Washburn Equation-Based Modeling of Capillary-Driven Flow in Porous Systems

2021 284 citations Jianchao Cai, Jisheng Kou et al. Langmuir profile →
Investigation on the pore structure and multifractal characteristics of tight oil reservoirs using NMR measurements: Permian Lucaogou Formation in Jimusaer Sag, Junggar Basin

2017 243 citations Peiqiang Zhao, Jianchao Cai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jianchao Cai China	56	5.1k	4.4k	4.4k	1.7k	1.1k	248	10.2k
Xiangfang Li China	56	6.1k 1.2×	6.7k 1.5×	5.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	658 0.6×	306	10.8k
Steven L. Bryant United States	56	4.2k 0.8×	7.9k 1.8×	4.6k 1.1×	4.6k 2.7×	803 0.7×	442	12.4k
Peyman Mostaghimi Australia	46	3.7k 0.7×	5.2k 1.2×	2.8k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	161	7.8k
Anthony R. Kovscek United States	60	6.0k 1.2×	9.2k 2.1×	5.4k 1.2×	2.9k 1.7×	843 0.8×	409	12.3k
Branko Bijeljic United Kingdom	59	5.8k 1.1×	8.6k 1.9×	4.4k 1.0×	5.5k 3.3×	2.1k 1.9×	199	12.4k
George J. Hirasaki United States	69	7.3k 1.4×	11.7k 2.6×	5.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	945 0.9×	262	15.8k
Boming Yu China	51	3.6k 0.7×	3.3k 0.7×	4.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	2.5k 2.2×	173	10.4k
Keliu Wu China	44	5.4k 1.1×	5.2k 1.2×	3.6k 0.8×	871 0.5×	464 0.4×	220	7.5k
Mohammad Piri United States	44	3.7k 0.7×	5.0k 1.1×	2.7k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	702 0.6×	218	6.9k
Ryan T. Armstrong Australia	50	3.3k 0.6×	4.9k 1.1×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	913 0.8×	199	7.0k

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Zhang, Mingshan, et al.. (2024). Lattice Boltzmann prediction of CO2 and CH4 competitive adsorption in shale porous media accelerated by machine learning for CO2 sequestration and enhanced CH4 recovery. Applied Energy. 370. 123638–123638. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Lele, et al.. (2023). Relationship between normalized permeability and resistivity index in hydrate-bearing sediments: fractal model and numerical simulation. Geophysical Journal International. 234(1). 684–698. 11 indexed citations

Wei, Wei, et al.. (2022). Analytical Time-Dependent Shape Factor for Counter-Current Imbibition in Fractal Fractured Reservoirs. SPE Journal. 27(6). 3783–3801. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaojun, et al.. (2022). Dependence of electrical conduction on pore structure in reservoir rocks from the Beibuwan and Pearl River Mouth Basins: A theoretical and experimental study. Geophysics. 88(2). MR35–MR53. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Sai, Shangwen Zhou, Junping Zhou, et al.. (2022). Multiscale Pore Structure Evolution of Longmaxi Shale Induced by Acid Treatment. SPE Journal. 28(2). 831–844. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Gang, et al.. (2021). Simulation of coal microstructure characteristics under temperature-pressure coupling based on micro-computer tomography. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 91. 103906–103906. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Jianchao, et al.. (2021). Lucas–Washburn Equation-Based Modeling of Capillary-Driven Flow in Porous Systems. Langmuir. 37(5). 1623–1636. 284 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Yang, Jianchao Cai, Muhammad Sahimi, & Chaozhong Qin. (2020). A Study of the Role of Microfractures in Counter-Current Spontaneous Imbibition by Lattice Boltzmann Simulation. Transport in Porous Media. 133(2). 313–332. 38 indexed citations

Ahmad, Shabbir, Jianchao Cai, & Kashif Ali. (2020). Prediction of new vortices in single-phase nanofluid due to dipole interaction. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 147(1). 461–475. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, et al.. (2020). Unsteady flow to a partially penetrating pumping well with wellbore storage in a dual-permeability confined aquifer. Journal of Hydrology. 591. 125345–125345. 6 indexed citations

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Xiao, Junfeng, et al.. (2020). Oscillations of free surface at the edge of short capillary tubes. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 591. 124572–124572. 6 indexed citations

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Zou, Shuangmei, Yang Liu, Jianchao Cai, & Ryan T. Armstrong. (2020). Influence of Capillarity on Relative Permeability in Fractional Flows. Water Resources Research. 56(11). 18 indexed citations

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Cai, Jianchao, Shuyu Sun, Ali Habibi, & Zhien Zhang. (2019). Emerging Advances in Petrophysics: Porous Media Characterization and Modeling of Multiphase Flow. Energies. 12(2). 282–282. 8 indexed citations

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Cai, Jianchao, et al.. (2019). The critical factors for permeability-formation factor relation in reservoir rocks: Pore-throat ratio, tortuosity and connectivity. Energy. 188. 116051–116051. 117 indexed citations

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Wang, Fuyong, et al.. (2019). A more generalized model for relative permeability prediction in unsaturated fractal porous media. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 67. 82–92. 24 indexed citations

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Xiao, Junfeng, Jianchao Cai, & Jianfeng Xu. (2018). Saturated imbibition under the influence of gravity and geometry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 521. 226–231. 30 indexed citations

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Singh, Harpreet & Jianchao Cai. (2018). A mechanistic model for multi-scale sorption dynamics in shale. Fuel. 234. 996–1014. 36 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiangyun, Guiling Wang, Yufei Xi, et al.. (2018). Magnetotelluric Imaging of the Zhangzhou Basin Geothermal Zone, Southeastern China. Energies. 11(8). 2170–2170. 16 indexed citations

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Luo, Liang, Tian Fang, Jianchao Cai, & Xiangyun Hu. (2017). The convective heat transfer of branched structure. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 116. 813–816. 21 indexed citations

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Cai, Jianchao, Wei Wei, Xiangyun Hu, Richeng Liu, & Jinjie Wang. (2017). FRACTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DYNAMIC FRACTURE NETWORK EXTENSION IN POROUS MEDIA. Fractals. 25(2). 1750023–1750023. 165 indexed citations

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