Mengfei Cai

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 666 citations indexed

About

Mengfei Cai is a scholar working on Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mengfei Cai has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 666 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Neurology, 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Mengfei Cai's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (7 papers). Mengfei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (7 papers). Mengfei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Switzerland. Mengfei Cai's co-authors include Yanqin Gao, Jun Chen, Xiaoming Hu, Xiangrong Liu, Jia Liu, Shangfeng Zhao, Rehana K. Leak, Haiyue Zhang, Xunming Ji and Wei Cai and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Psychiatry and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Mengfei Cai

31 papers receiving 662 citations

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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.

Perivascular Spaces, Diffusivity Along Perivascular Spaces, and Free Water in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

2024 43 citations Hao Li, Mina A. Jacob et al. Neurology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mengfei Cai China	12	309	160	128	126	104	35	666
Zhishuo Wei United States	11	277 0.9×	143 0.9×	166 1.3×	88 0.7×	171 1.6×	40	737
Liangshu Feng China	17	201 0.7×	185 1.2×	237 1.9×	63 0.5×	92 0.9×	31	706
Yingxi Wu China	9	259 0.8×	145 0.9×	228 1.8×	100 0.8×	79 0.8×	24	772
Chih Cheng Lee United States	6	279 0.9×	169 1.1×	177 1.4×	58 0.5×	149 1.4×	6	600
Beatriz Rodriguez‐Grande France	11	162 0.5×	147 0.9×	160 1.3×	109 0.9×	88 0.8×	14	488
Bogdan Cătălin Romania	18	357 1.2×	100 0.6×	201 1.6×	82 0.7×	78 0.8×	64	792
Matthew L. Kelso United States	14	333 1.1×	215 1.3×	307 2.4×	59 0.5×	88 0.8×	20	861
Wolf‐Rüdiger Schäbitz Germany	19	480 1.6×	220 1.4×	178 1.4×	176 1.4×	274 2.6×	43	1.2k
Muyassar Mamtilahun China	16	538 1.7×	105 0.7×	280 2.2×	142 1.1×	68 0.7×	21	845
Sung Ji Ahn United States	8	252 0.8×	125 0.8×	103 0.8×	51 0.4×	48 0.5×	13	499

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He, Chentao, Mengfei Cai, Piao Zhang, et al.. (2025). Cerebellar large-scale network connectivity in Parkinson’s disease: associations with emotion, cognition, and aging effects. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 19(5). 991–1001. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Rui, Chentao He, Ziqi Gao, et al.. (2025). PANDA study: subtyping of Parkinson’s disease – cohort study protocol. BMJ Open. 15(7). e102417–e102417. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaohong, Wenlin Huang, Ziqi Gao, et al.. (2025). Echocardiographic insights into cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 16(1). 146–158.

Sun, Wei, Mengfei Cai, Da‐Wei Li, et al.. (2025). Impaired glymphatic function contributes to high-frequency attacks in patients with episodic migraine. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 26(1). 132–132. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Wenjie, Haoyu Zhang, Zhouzhou Li, et al.. (2025). Tissue Fibrosis Decoded via Cellular Senescence: Mechanisms, Treatments, and Emerging Technologies. Aging and Disease.

Cai, Wenjie, Haoyu Zhang, Zhouzhou Li, et al.. (2025). Potential biomarkers of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: metabonomics driven lipid profiling. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 1010–1010.

Gao, Ziqi, Qi Qi, Rui Yang, et al.. (2025). Eye movement parameters as biomarkers for diagnosis and levodopa responsiveness in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 37(1). 182–182. 1 indexed citations

He, Chentao, Rui Yang, Piao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Temporal evolution of microstructural integrity in cerebellar peduncles in Parkinson’s disease: Stage-specific patterns and dopaminergic correlates. NeuroImage Clinical. 44. 103679–103679. 2 indexed citations

Li, Hao, Mina A. Jacob, Mengfei Cai, et al.. (2024). Meso-cortical pathway damage in cognition, apathy and gait in cerebral small vessel disease. Brain. 147(11). 3804–3816. 6 indexed citations

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Yi, Fang, Mina A. Jacob, Jamie I. Verhoeven, et al.. (2024). Baseline and Longitudinal MRI Markers Associated With 16-Year Mortality in Patients With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Neurology. 103(6). e209701–e209701. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Rui, Chentao He, Piao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Plasma sphingolipids, dopaminergic degeneration and clinical progression in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 126. 107071–107071. 2 indexed citations

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He, Chentao, Piao Zhang, Xiaohong Li, et al.. (2024). Brain network centrality and connectivity are associated with clinical subtypes and disease progression in Parkinson’s disease. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 18(3). 646–661.

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Dietrich, Olaf, Mengfei Cai, Anil M. Tuladhar, et al.. (2023). Integrated intravoxel incoherent motion tensor and diffusion tensor brain MRI in a single fast acquisition. NMR in Biomedicine. 36(7). e4905–e4905. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Mengfei, Mina A. Jacob, José P. Marques, et al.. (2023). Structural Network Efficiency Predicts Conversion to Incident Parkinsonism in Patients With Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(1). 3 indexed citations

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Jacob, Mina A., Mengfei Cai, Mayra I. Bergkamp, et al.. (2023). Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Progression Increases Risk of Incident Parkinsonism. Annals of Neurology. 93(6). 1130–1141. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Hao, Mina A. Jacob, Mengfei Cai, et al.. (2023). Regional cortical thinning, demyelination and iron loss in cerebral small vessel disease. Brain. 146(11). 4659–4673. 12 indexed citations

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Dewenter, Anna, Mina A. Jacob, Mengfei Cai, et al.. (2022). Disentangling the effects of Alzheimer’s and small vessel disease on white matter fibre tracts. Brain. 146(2). 678–689. 35 indexed citations

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Jacob, Mina A., Mengfei Cai, Annemieke ter Telgte, et al.. (2022). Role of small acute hyperintense lesions in long-term progression of cerebral small vessel disease and clinical outcome: a 14-year follow-up study. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 94(2). 144–144. 5 indexed citations

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Jacob, Mina A., Nils Peters, Mengfei Cai, et al.. (2022). Increased Neurofilament Light Chain Is Associated with Increased Risk of Long-Term Mortality in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Journal of Stroke. 24(2). 296–299. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Tong, Mengfei Cai, Yongye Huang, et al.. (2013). Activation of K2P channel–TREK1 mediates the neuroprotection induced by sevoflurane preconditioning. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 113(1). 157–167. 33 indexed citations

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