Kai Fu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 753 citations indexed

About

Kai Fu is a scholar working on Surgery, Rheumatology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Fu has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 753 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Rheumatology and 10 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Kai Fu's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (15 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (6 papers). Kai Fu is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (15 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 papers) and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation (6 papers). Kai Fu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Kai Fu's co-authors include Sarah R. Robbins, Jason J. McDougall, David J. Hunter, Win Min Oo, Hong Pu, Guangfu Huang, Yong Cheng, Weidong Liu, Dongdong Zhao and Xiaoling Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Blood and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kai Fu

39 papers receiving 742 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Osteoarthritis

2025 79 citations Su’an Tang, Changqing Zhang et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Fu China	13	321	200	167	144	110	44	753
Véronique Morel France	15	111 0.3×	166 0.8×	35 0.2×	140 1.0×	82 0.7×	45	782
Naoto Fujita Japan	20	149 0.5×	209 1.0×	42 0.3×	37 0.3×	39 0.4×	53	936
Guangzhi Ning China	18	126 0.4×	349 1.7×	117 0.7×	77 0.5×	126 1.1×	28	1.1k
Steve Phillips United States	11	123 0.4×	71 0.4×	53 0.3×	104 0.7×	28 0.3×	14	524
I. K. Ashton United Kingdom	16	129 0.4×	296 1.5×	44 0.3×	414 2.9×	35 0.3×	26	953
Klaus Edgar Roth Germany	17	55 0.2×	383 1.9×	40 0.2×	56 0.4×	72 0.7×	44	1.0k
Ruth A. Seerattan Canada	15	367 1.1×	247 1.2×	27 0.2×	83 0.6×	30 0.3×	24	863
Michael Galgano United States	12	60 0.2×	252 1.3×	50 0.3×	51 0.4×	30 0.3×	64	1.0k
P. Antinolfi Italy	19	110 0.3×	284 1.4×	48 0.3×	28 0.2×	33 0.3×	57	1.0k
Tôru Doi Japan	14	50 0.2×	243 1.2×	40 0.2×	60 0.4×	44 0.4×	76	566

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Fu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Fu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Fu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xue, Haoyuan, Qing Lv, Yuxiang Liu, et al.. (2025). Investigation of water-soluble ions removal through enhanced heat exchange based on cloud-air-purifying technology. Powder Technology. 458. 120950–120950.

Zhou, Hui-Fang, Tiantian Jiang, Kai Fu, et al.. (2025). Introducing Functional Groups Into B←N Organic Frameworks with Permanent Porosity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202509174–e202509174. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Hao, Di Chen, Xinyue Zhou, et al.. (2025). Protein fibril morphology regulation: An effective strategy for enhancing hydrogel mechanical properties. Food Hydrocolloids. 168. 111539–111539. 6 indexed citations

Tang, Su’an, Changqing Zhang, Win Min Oo, et al.. (2025). Osteoarthritis. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 11(1). 10–10. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

Fu, Kai, Hao Wang, Tianyi Yan, et al.. (2025). Ultrasound regulates pea protein fibrillation: Impact on aggregation kinetics, physicochemical properties, structure and morphology. Food Hydrocolloids. 169. 111609–111609. 4 indexed citations

Murphy, Nicholas J., et al.. (2024). Femoroacetabular impingement – What the rheumatologist needs to know. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 38(1). 101932–101932. 2 indexed citations

Ni, Yizhao, Tianyi Yan, Kai Fu, et al.. (2024). Enhancement of physicochemical and techno-functional properties of soy protein isolate amyloid fibrils by moderate ultrasonic pretreatment. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 112. 107157–107157. 15 indexed citations

Fu, Kai, Lingxiao Chen, Win Min Oo, et al.. (2024). Association of serum calcium, vitamin D, and C-reactive protein with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in an osteoarthritis population in the UK: a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2286–2286. 6 indexed citations

Chai, Songshan, Kai Fu, Jiabin Zhou, et al.. (2023). The cerebellopontine angle cistern volumetric differences in trigeminal neuralgia patients with and without vertebrobasilar compression: a case-matched study. Neurosurgical Review. 46(1). 243–243.

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Fu, Kai, Di Zhang, Ben Metcalf, et al.. (2023). Sexual activity satisfaction in symptomatic hip osteoarthritis patients: A cross‐sectional, national web‐based study. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 26(6). 1067–1075. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Kai Fu, Daoyu Zhu, et al.. (2022). Internal fixation using fully threaded cannulated compression screws for fresh femoral neck fractures in adults. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 17(1). 108–108. 10 indexed citations

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Fu, Kai, Win Min Oo, Leticia A. Deveza, et al.. (2021). Associations between radiographic features, clinical features and ultrasound of thumb‐base osteoarthritis: A secondary analysis of the COMBO study. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. 25(1). 38–46. 5 indexed citations

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Deveza, Leticia A., Sarah R. Robbins, Vicky Duong, et al.. (2021). Greater efficacy of a combination of conservative therapies for thumb base OA in individuals with lower radial subluxation – a pre-planned subgroup analysis of the COMBO trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 29(11). 1498–1506. 2 indexed citations

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Fu, Kai, Ben Metcalf, Kim L. Bennell, et al.. (2020). The association between psychological factors and pain exacerbations in hip osteoarthritis. Lara D. Veeken. 60(3). 1291–1299. 13 indexed citations

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Fu, Kai, Ben Metcalf, Kim L. Bennell, et al.. (2019). Association of weather to the risk of hip osteoarthritis pain exacerbations. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27. S249–S249. 1 indexed citations

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Robbins, Sarah R., Vicky Duong, Leticia A. Deveza, et al.. (2019). Effect of combined conservative therapies on clinical outcomes in patients with thumb base osteoarthritis (COMBO): A randomised controlled trial. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 27. S32–S33. 2 indexed citations

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Oo, Win Min, Leticia A. Deveza, Vicky Duong, et al.. (2019). Musculoskeletal ultrasound in symptomatic thumb-base osteoarthritis: clinical, functional, radiological and muscle strength associations. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 20(1). 220–220. 20 indexed citations

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Fu, Kai, Joanna Makovey, Ben Metcalf, et al.. (2018). Role of Hip Injury and Giving Way in Pain Exacerbation in Hip Osteoarthritis: An Internet‐Based Case–Crossover Study. Arthritis Care & Research. 71(6). 742–747. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Jielai, Bin Zhu, Kai Fu, & Qingcheng Yang. (2015). The long-term outcomes following the use of inactivated autograft in the treatment of primary malignant musculoskeletal tumor. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 10(1). 177–177. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Guangfu, Xiaoling Liao, Kai Fu, et al.. (2004). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of obstructive hydrocephalus: an outcome analysis. Journal of neurosurgery. 100(4). 626–633. 152 indexed citations

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