Lei Cao

102 total papers · 1.7k total citations
75 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lei Cao is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Cao has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Ecology, 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 12 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Lei Cao's work include Avian ecology and behavior (44 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (40 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Lei Cao is often cited by papers focused on Avian ecology and behavior (44 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (40 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (12 papers). Lei Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and Mongolia. Lei Cao's co-authors include Anthony David Fox, Yong Zhang, Qiang Jia, H.H.T. Prins, Yuzhan Yang, Xin Wang, Ye Deng, Willem F. de Boer, Zhenggang Xu and Qingshan Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lei Cao

69 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lei Cao 814 297 236 210 142 75 1.1k
Joan Lluís Pretus 574 0.7× 284 1.0× 95 0.4× 276 1.3× 85 0.6× 54 1.1k
Youhua Chen 437 0.5× 309 1.0× 360 1.5× 314 1.5× 159 1.1× 71 1.0k
Mohamed Zakaria 893 1.1× 309 1.0× 160 0.7× 387 1.8× 49 0.3× 89 1.2k
Shannon E. Albeke 660 0.8× 214 0.7× 102 0.4× 165 0.8× 64 0.5× 41 975
Victoria J. Dreitz 819 1.0× 336 1.1× 132 0.6× 285 1.4× 54 0.4× 55 1.0k
Kathryn M. Irvine 739 0.9× 350 1.2× 346 1.5× 253 1.2× 55 0.4× 68 1.2k
Merlijn Jocqué 547 0.7× 309 1.0× 157 0.7× 161 0.8× 66 0.5× 60 975
Gerald Louette 764 0.9× 530 1.8× 131 0.6× 273 1.3× 41 0.3× 46 1.3k
Conor P. McGowan 706 0.9× 393 1.3× 278 1.2× 283 1.3× 30 0.2× 50 993
Stephen B. Holmes 746 0.9× 285 1.0× 97 0.4× 298 1.4× 140 1.0× 58 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Cao

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

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