Liqi Cai

3.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
9 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Liqi Cai is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Liqi Cai has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 2 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Liqi Cai's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (2 papers). Liqi Cai is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (2 papers). Liqi Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Hong Kong. Liqi Cai's co-authors include Jinping Peng, Jundong Wang, Zhiwei Zhan, Zhi Tan, Qiuqiang Chen, Jundong Wang, Yifan Gao, Ziqing Wu, Xiang‐Rong Xu and Hengxiang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Liqi Cai

9 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence

2017 715 citations Liqi Cai, Jundong Wang et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
Microplastics in the surface sediments from the Beijiang River littoral zone: Composition, abundance, surface textures and interaction with heavy metals

2016 656 citations Jundong Wang, Jinping Peng et al. Chemosphere profile →
Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in an urban river: A case study in the Pearl River along Guangzhou City, China

2018 469 citations Lang Lin, Linzi Zuo et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Observation of the degradation of three types of plastic pellets exposed to UV irradiation in three different environments

2018 423 citations Liqi Cai, Jundong Wang et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liqi Cai China	7	2.7k	2.2k	627	246	220	9	2.7k
Zhi Tan China	12	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	504 0.8×	200 0.8×	254 1.2×	19	2.4k
Hanyu Wang China	14	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	766 1.2×	288 1.2×	291 1.3×	16	2.5k
Olubukola S. Alimi Canada	7	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	635 1.0×	214 0.9×	428 1.9×	8	2.5k
Fionn Murphy United Kingdom	9	2.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	526 0.8×	177 0.7×	170 0.8×	10	2.7k
Soeun Eo South Korea	16	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	526 0.8×	157 0.6×	137 0.6×	18	2.5k
Zhilin Zhu China	10	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	588 0.9×	378 1.5×	370 1.7×	18	2.4k
Ciaran Ewins United Kingdom	7	2.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	497 0.8×	128 0.5×	135 0.6×	11	2.4k
Garth A. Covernton Canada	8	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	463 0.7×	306 1.2×	258 1.2×	15	2.3k
Fangni Du China	11	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	336 0.5×	151 0.6×	191 0.9×	12	1.8k

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9 of 9 papers shown

Feng, Huayuan, Liqi Cai, Yetao Tang, et al.. (2024). Root Zn sequestration transporter heavy metal ATPase 3 from Odontarrhena chalcidica enhance Cd tolerance and accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 135827–135827. 6 indexed citations

Tang, Nian, Yunjun Yu, Liqi Cai, et al.. (2022). Distribution Characteristics and Source Analysis of Microplastics in Urban Freshwater Lakes: A Case Study in Songshan Lake of Dongguan, China. Water. 14(7). 1111–1111. 21 indexed citations

Yu, Xubiao, et al.. (2019). Microplastics and associated PAHs in surface water from the Feilaixia Reservoir in the Beijiang River, China. Chemosphere. 221. 834–840. 242 indexed citations

Cai, Liqi, et al.. (2018). Observation of the degradation of three types of plastic pellets exposed to UV irradiation in three different environments. The Science of The Total Environment. 628-629. 740–747. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

Lin, Lang, Linzi Zuo, Jinping Peng, et al.. (2018). Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in an urban river: A case study in the Pearl River along Guangzhou City, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 644. 375–381. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Liqi, Jundong Wang, Jinping Peng, et al.. (2017). Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(32). 24928–24935. 715 indexed citations breakdown →

Peng, Jinping, Jundong Wang, & Liqi Cai. (2017). Current understanding of microplastics in the environment: Occurrence, fate, risks, and what we should do. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 13(3). 476–482. 201 indexed citations

Wang, Jundong, Jinping Peng, Zhi Tan, et al.. (2016). Microplastics in the surface sediments from the Beijiang River littoral zone: Composition, abundance, surface textures and interaction with heavy metals. Chemosphere. 171. 248–258. 656 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Liqi. (2010). Study on the relationship between fibrinogen,lipoprotein a and C-reactive protein and carotid artery sclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction. 1 indexed citations

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