Kai Wang

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kai Wang is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Wang has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Oncology, 26 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kai Wang's work include Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (17 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (14 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Kai Wang is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (17 papers), Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (14 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (14 papers). Kai Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Kai Wang's co-authors include Jianhao Lin, Qiang Liu, Mattia Prosperi, Yuqing Zhang, Heyong Yin, Naicheng Diao, Ai Guo, Huibin Long, Xinguang Chen and Deepthi S. Varma and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kai Wang

111 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Prevalence Trends of Site‐Specific Osteoarthritis From 1990 to 2019: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

2022 620 citations Kai Wang et al. profile →
Association of ultra-processed food consumption with all cause and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study

2024 47 citations Zhe Fang, Sinara Laurini Rossato et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Wang China	25	440	431	415	322	300	117	2.6k
Dong Hyun Kim South Korea	26	293 0.7×	857 2.0×	337 0.8×	238 0.7×	120 0.4×	170	2.9k
Sheyu Li China	33	250 0.6×	800 1.9×	836 2.0×	220 0.7×	180 0.6×	133	3.9k
Jill Waalen United States	30	165 0.4×	361 0.8×	379 0.9×	233 0.7×	147 0.5×	102	3.8k
Li Wei China	24	205 0.5×	288 0.7×	270 0.7×	222 0.7×	106 0.4×	94	2.6k
Yashuang Zhao China	33	387 0.9×	1.2k 2.7×	569 1.4×	262 0.8×	717 2.4×	161	3.6k
Mohammadreza Ardalan Iran	33	192 0.4×	850 2.0×	552 1.3×	290 0.9×	191 0.6×	281	3.9k
Martin Connock United Kingdom	32	440 1.0×	784 1.8×	778 1.9×	568 1.8×	209 0.7×	134	4.3k
Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula Brazil	29	173 0.4×	800 1.9×	351 0.8×	133 0.4×	294 1.0×	188	3.0k
Ying Chen China	35	407 0.9×	1.7k 3.8×	567 1.4×	339 1.1×	486 1.6×	258	4.3k
Miho Suzuki Japan	26	266 0.6×	427 1.0×	276 0.7×	89 0.3×	332 1.1×	93	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Wang

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Chao, Kai Wang, Yutao Zhang, et al.. (2025). MR‑guided laser interstitial thermal therapy followed by early application of temozolomide for recurrent IDH-wildtype glioblastomas: preliminary results from a prospective study. Neurosurgical Review. 48(1). 254–254. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Kai, et al.. (2024). Sex-specific poor physical performance in Korean community-dwelling older adults. Experimental Gerontology. 198. 112636–112636.

Li, Hao, Qi Shi, Caiyun Chen, Ju Li, & Kai Wang. (2024). Smoking-attributable peptic ulcer disease mortality worldwide: trends from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2046 based on the global burden of disease study. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1465452–1465452. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Kai, et al.. (2024). A new clinical model for predicting lymph node metastasis in T1 colorectal cancer. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 39(1). 46–46. 1 indexed citations

Polychronidis, Georgios, Ming-Ming He, Mathew Vithayathil, et al.. (2024). Risk of colorectal neoplasia after removal of conventional adenomas and serrated polyps: a comprehensive evaluation of risk factors and surveillance use. Gut. 73(10). 1675–1683. 4 indexed citations

Lu, Yujia, Yu Zhao, Kuang‐Yu Liu, et al.. (2024). A validated estimate of visceral adipose tissue volume in relation to cancer risk. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 116(12). 1942–1951. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Kai, Wenjie Ma, Hang Dong, et al.. (2023). 1245 INTERPLAY BETWEEN COFFEE INTAKE AND THE GUT MICROBIOME IN RELATION TO HOST METABOLOME. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–257.

Knudsen, Markus Dines, Kai Wang, Paula Berstad, et al.. (2023). Use of surveillance colonoscopy among individuals with removal of high‐risk polyps according to the US Multi‐Society Task Force recommendations. Cancer. 129(9). 1394–1401. 2 indexed citations

He, Heng, Qian Shen, Ming-Ming He, et al.. (2023). In Utero and Childhood/Adolescence Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, Genetic Risk, and Cancer Incidence in Adulthood: A Prospective Cohort Study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 98(8). 1164–1176. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yaqi, Tong Guo, Kai Wang, et al.. (2023). Effects of BAMBI on luteinized follicular granulosa cell proliferation and steroid hormone production in sheep. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 90(3). 153–165. 5 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jingqi, et al.. (2023). Non-obese or lean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease was associated with increased risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 11(1). e003066–e003066. 12 indexed citations

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Lo, Chun‐Han, Raaj S. Mehta, Long H. Nguyen, et al.. (2023). 1252 AN EMPIRICAL DIETARY PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH GUT MICROBIAL FEATURES IN RELATION TO COLORECTAL CANCER RISK. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–260.

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Wang, Kai, et al.. (2022). Cryoprotective effect of antifreeze protein III on the rabbit ovary. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 34(9). 645–657. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Lu, Mengxi Du, Kai Wang, et al.. (2022). Association of ultra-processed food consumption with colorectal cancer risk among men and women: results from three prospective US cohort studies. BMJ. e068921–e068921. 90 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, et al.. (2021). Learning MDPs from Features: Predict-Then-Optimize for Sequential Decision Making by Reinforcement Learning. arXiv (Cornell University). 34. 8 indexed citations

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Ma, Wenjie, Long H. Nguyen, Yiyang Yue, et al.. (2021). Associations between predicted vitamin D status, vitamin D intake, and risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 115(4). 1123–1133. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, et al.. (2020). Scalable Game-Focused Learning of Adversary Models: Data-to-Decisions in Network Security Games. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1449–1457. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, et al.. (2020). Robust Spatial-Temporal Incident Prediction. Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. 360–369. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, et al.. (2015). Effect of mu Agonists on Long-Term Survival and Recurrence in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Medicine. 94(33). e1333–e1333. 30 indexed citations

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Thorsen, Kasper, Troels Schepeler, Bodil Øster, et al.. (2011). Tumor-specific usage of alternative transcription start sites in colorectal cancer identified by genome-wide exon array analysis. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 505–505. 52 indexed citations

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