Linlin Cao

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Linlin Cao is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Linlin Cao has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 33 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 30 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Linlin Cao's work include Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps (31 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (29 papers) and Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems (28 papers). Linlin Cao is often cited by papers focused on Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps (31 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (29 papers) and Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems (28 papers). Linlin Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Linlin Cao's co-authors include Tao Yao, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Liu, Wei Zhang, Qiquan Luo, Yue Lin, Yuanjie Cao, Jinlong Yang, Shiqiang Wei and Xinyi Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Linlin Cao

83 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Identification of single-atom active sites in carbon-base... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 2025 250 500 750
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.

  1. Identification of single-atom active sites in carbon-based cobalt catalysts during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution
    2018 774 citations Linlin Cao, Qiquan Luo et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
  2. Dynamic oxygen adsorption on single-atomic Ruthenium catalyst with high performance for acidic oxygen evolution reaction
    2019 602 citations Linlin Cao, Qiquan Luo et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Time-resolved spectroscopy uncovers deprotonation-induced reconstruction in oxygen-evolution NiFe-based (oxy)hydroxides
    2025 39 citations Dan Wu, Xiaokang Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Linlin Cao China 29 3.1k 1.8k 1.5k 476 366 90 4.0k
A.A. Shah United Kingdom 33 1.8k 0.6× 805 0.4× 4.1k 2.8× 183 0.4× 192 0.5× 107 5.2k
Frano Barbir Croatia 30 2.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 4.1k 2.7× 443 0.9× 472 1.3× 90 6.0k
Ulrike Krewer Germany 41 2.0k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 3.8k 2.5× 469 1.0× 392 1.1× 176 5.4k
Jianbo Zhang China 40 1.4k 0.4× 913 0.5× 5.2k 3.5× 91 0.2× 351 1.0× 125 6.5k
Jinli Chen China 29 1.8k 0.6× 577 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 249 0.5× 209 0.6× 111 2.8k
Yuan Gao China 27 532 0.2× 1.0k 0.5× 900 0.6× 110 0.2× 248 0.7× 130 2.3k
Stefan Müller Germany 34 419 0.1× 782 0.4× 635 0.4× 526 1.1× 706 1.9× 137 3.1k
Jiahao Zhang China 27 627 0.2× 728 0.4× 748 0.5× 73 0.2× 794 2.2× 217 2.8k
Huaqiang Yin China 26 663 0.2× 863 0.5× 725 0.5× 221 0.5× 549 1.5× 100 1.8k
Bo Zhang China 35 598 0.2× 1.2k 0.6× 2.5k 1.7× 84 0.2× 788 2.2× 250 4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linlin Cao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao, Linlin, et al.. (2026). Mn Doping Induced Ordering Transformation and Strain Engineering in a PtCu Alloy for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Catalysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 17(12). 3686–3692.
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Wu, Dan, Xiaokang Liu, Tong Liu, et al.. (2025). Time-resolved spectroscopy uncovers deprotonation-induced reconstruction in oxygen-evolution NiFe-based (oxy)hydroxides. Nature Communications. 16(1). 726–726. 39 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qin, Shijie, et al.. (2024). Numerical investigation of microbubble drag reduction on an axisymmetric body based on Eulerian multiphase model. Ocean Engineering. 298. 117157–117157. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Linlin, et al.. (2024). Adaptive Weighted Envelope Spectrum: A robust spectral quantity for passive acoustic detection of underwater propeller based on spectral coherence. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 212. 111265–111265. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Rui, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation of propeller blade back cavitation induced pressure pulses by synchronous observation. Ocean Engineering. 298. 116971–116971. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation of tip vortex cavitation noise under static and dynamic states. Physics of Fluids. 36(7). 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Linlin, et al.. (2023). Effect mechanisms of leading-edge tubercle on blade cavitation control in a waterjet pump. Ocean Engineering. 290. 116240–116240. 8 indexed citations
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Pang, Beibei, Chuanyi Jia, Sicong Wang, et al.. (2023). Self-Optimized Ligand Effect of Single-Atom Modifier in Ternary Pt-Based Alloy for Efficient Hydrogen Oxidation. Nano Letters. 23(9). 3826–3834. 28 indexed citations
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Ding, Tao, Xiaokang Liu, Tianyang Liu, et al.. (2021). Atomically Precise Dinuclear Site Active toward Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(30). 11317–11324. 244 indexed citations
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Wu, Rui, et al.. (2021). Blade cavitation control by obstacles in axial-flow pump. Journal of ZheJiang University (Engineering Science). 55(4). 742–749. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Peng He, Chao Wang, et al.. (2020). Operandoevidence of Cu+stabilizationviaa single-atom modifier for CO2electroreduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(48). 25970–25977. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Lan, Xiaokang Liu, Linlin Cao, et al.. (2020). Active Sites of Single-Atom Iron Catalyst for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11(16). 6691–6696. 44 indexed citations
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Xing, Yun, et al.. (2020). A carrier wave extraction method for cavitation characterization based on time synchronous average and time-frequency analysis. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 489. 115682–115682. 30 indexed citations
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Cao, Linlin, Qiquan Luo, Jiajia Chen, et al.. (2019). Dynamic oxygen adsorption on single-atomic Ruthenium catalyst with high performance for acidic oxygen evolution reaction. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4849–4849. 602 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Linlin, Qiquan Luo, Wei Liu, et al.. (2018). Identification of single-atom active sites in carbon-based cobalt catalysts during electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Nature Catalysis. 2(2). 134–141. 774 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Yuanjie, Danhao Wang, Yue Lin, et al.. (2018). Single Pt Atom with Highly Vacant d-Orbital for Accelerating Photocatalytic H2 Evolution. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 1(11). 6082–6088. 100 indexed citations
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Cao, Linlin, et al.. (2016). Application of convolutional neural networks in classification of high resolution remote sensing imagery. 41(9). 175. 11 indexed citations

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