Ning Cai

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ning Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Cai has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Materials Chemistry, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Ning Cai's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (16 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (15 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (13 papers). Ning Cai is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (16 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (15 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (13 papers). Ning Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Italy. Ning Cai's co-authors include Junyi Zhai, Ce‐Wen Nan, Hanping Chen, Yuanhua Lin, Yuanhua Lin, Sunwen Xia, Haiping Yang, Ce‐Wen Nan, Yingquan Chen and Zhan Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ning Cai

60 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Tumor‐associated macrophages in liver cancer: From mechanisms to therapy

2022 257 citations Kun Cheng, Ning Cai et al. Cancer Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Cai China	34	1.5k	1.3k	862	435	350	66	3.0k
Shu‐Lin Ma China	26	1.4k 0.9×	507 0.4×	544 0.6×	292 0.7×	522 1.5×	100	2.4k
Linfan Li China	32	1.0k 0.7×	362 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	138 0.3×	300 0.9×	90	3.5k
Chaoyue Zhang China	30	631 0.4×	442 0.3×	477 0.6×	127 0.3×	312 0.9×	143	2.7k
Bing Ma China	27	1.2k 0.8×	278 0.2×	968 1.1×	148 0.3×	476 1.4×	71	2.6k
Jie Gao China	34	1.5k 0.9×	365 0.3×	1.6k 1.9×	230 0.5×	896 2.6×	90	4.2k
Anqi Chen China	26	689 0.4×	216 0.2×	391 0.5×	105 0.2×	212 0.6×	116	2.2k
Justin M. Gorham United States	28	966 0.6×	205 0.2×	586 0.7×	80 0.2×	149 0.4×	61	2.5k
Zhu Shu China	32	1.3k 0.9×	248 0.2×	614 0.7×	113 0.3×	189 0.5×	96	2.9k
Kevin A. Wepasnick United States	11	1.1k 0.7×	302 0.2×	753 0.9×	49 0.1×	215 0.6×	14	2.2k
Mingliang Chen China	22	733 0.5×	204 0.2×	517 0.6×	83 0.2×	408 1.2×	47	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cai, Ning, Xiaohua Liu, Liangliang He, et al.. (2025). SIRT5: a potential target for discovering bioactive natural products. Journal of Natural Medicines. 79(3). 441–464. 2 indexed citations

Ren, Yi‐Shuai, Tingting Xu, Yali Xu, et al.. (2025). Time trends in the burden of non-COVID-19 lower respiratory tract infections among children aged 0 to 14 years. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1582159–1582159.

Qiu, Xueyu, et al.. (2025). Identification, optimisation and production of xylooligosaccharides by heat-tolerant xylanase-producing strain. 3 Biotech. 15(7). 228–228.

Xiao, Haoyu, et al.. (2025). Sustainable conversion of polypropylene into high-value carbon nanotubes using chelating agent-modified Fe/Al2O3 catalysts. Journal of the Energy Institute. 124. 102320–102320.

Cai, Ning, et al.. (2025). Preparation of carbon nanotubes by catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastic: a mini review. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering. 19(11).

Cai, Ning, et al.. (2025). High-Value Utilization of Waste Plastics: Transforming Plastic Polymers into Thin-Walled and Uniform Carbon Nanotubes via Catalytic Pyrolysis. Green Energy & Environment.

Cai, Ning, Qingyu Liu, Yuan Zhu, Haiping Yang, & Hanping Chen. (2024). Preparation of high-value carbon nanotubes from real waste plastic towards the negative carbon technology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100258–100258. 5 indexed citations

Cai, Ning, Qing‐Yu Liu, Chunfei Wu, & Haiping Yang. (2024). Preparation of easily-stripped and high-purity carbon nanotubes from various waste plastics. Journal of the Energy Institute. 116. 101740–101740. 12 indexed citations

Zhou, Hewen, Sunwen Xia, Qing Yang, et al.. (2024). A Hybrid Pre-Assessment Assists in System Optimization to Convert Face Masks into Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen. Engineering. 47. 204–212. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, et al.. (2024). Identify the impact of pyrolysis temperature on preparation of carbon nanotubes by catalytic reforming polypropylene. Waste Management. 190. 161–168. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Qingyu, Bo Peng, Ning Cai, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous production of high-valued carbon nanotubes and hydrogen from catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics: The role of cellulose impurity. Waste Management. 174. 420–428. 14 indexed citations

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Ma, Wan‐Li, Yuting Zhu, Ning Cai, et al.. (2023). Preparation of carbon nanotubes by catalytic pyrolysis of dechlorinated PVC. Waste Management. 169. 62–69. 29 indexed citations

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Cheng, Kun, Ning Cai, Jinghan Zhu, et al.. (2022). Tumor‐associated macrophages in liver cancer: From mechanisms to therapy. Cancer Communications. 42(11). 1112–1140. 257 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yuanyuan, Ning Cai, Haiping Yang, & Chunfei Wu. (2022). Application of Carbon Nanotubes from Waste Plastics As Filler to Epoxy Resin Composite. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(6). 2204–2213. 36 indexed citations

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Zhu, Danchen, Haiping Yang, Xu Chen, et al.. (2021). Temperature-dependent magnesium citrate modified formation of MgO nanoparticles biochar composites with efficient phosphate removal. Chemosphere. 274. 129904–129904. 66 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, Sunwen Xia, Xiaoqiang Li, et al.. (2021). High-value products from ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis of polypropylene waste using iron-based catalysts: the influence of support materials. Waste Management. 136. 47–56. 54 indexed citations

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Xia, Sunwen, Haiping Yang, Lu Wang, et al.. (2021). Fe–Co based synergistic catalytic graphitization of biomass: Influence of the catalyst type and the pyrolytic temperature. Energy. 239. 122262–122262. 64 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, Haiping Yang, Xiong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Bimetallic carbon nanotube encapsulated Fe-Ni catalysts from fast pyrolysis of waste plastics and their oxygen reduction properties. Waste Management. 109. 119–126. 65 indexed citations

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Xia, Sunwen, Haoyu Xiao, Ning Cai, et al.. (2019). Pyrolysis of Chinese chestnut shells: Effects of temperature and Fe presence on product composition. Bioresource Technology. 287. 121444–121444. 62 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, Junyi Zhai, Li Liu, Yuanhua Lin, & Ce‐Wen Nan. (2003). The magnetoelectric properties of lead zirconate titanate/terfenol-D/PVDF laminate composites. Materials Science and Engineering B. 99(1-3). 211–213. 16 indexed citations

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