Ning Cai

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 980 citations indexed

About

Ning Cai is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Cai has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 980 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 3 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ning Cai's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (4 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers). Ning Cai is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (4 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (2 papers). Ning Cai collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Ning Cai's co-authors include Ann Acheson, Stanley J. Wiegand, C. Anthony Altar, Ronald M. Lindsay, J. M. Conner, Karen E. Anderson, Ronald M. Lindsay, Elizabeth Pasnikowski, Stanley J. Wiegand and John S. Rudge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, European Journal of Neuroscience and Experimental Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Ning Cai

10 papers receiving 965 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.

Anterograde transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its role in the brain

1997 746 citations C. Anthony Altar, Ning Cai et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Cai United States	7	802	342	319	123	111	11	980
Stefanie Rauskolb Germany	8	672 0.8×	405 1.2×	286 0.9×	73 0.6×	114 1.0×	9	938
Ronald M. Lindsay United States	8	674 0.8×	392 1.1×	250 0.8×	139 1.1×	78 0.7×	8	900
Zachary C. Baquet United States	10	778 1.0×	232 0.7×	481 1.5×	293 2.4×	118 1.1×	11	1.2k
A.-Ch. Granholm United States	16	488 0.6×	277 0.8×	242 0.8×	120 1.0×	114 1.0×	34	874
Kusumika Gharami India	9	485 0.6×	169 0.5×	485 1.5×	73 0.6×	80 0.7×	13	1.0k
Christine M. Gall United States	11	1.0k 1.3×	550 1.6×	427 1.3×	110 0.9×	147 1.3×	12	1.2k
Eduardo M. Torres United Kingdom	17	733 0.9×	192 0.6×	375 1.2×	364 3.0×	161 1.5×	22	1.1k
Ana Chow United States	9	701 0.9×	301 0.9×	297 0.9×	32 0.3×	171 1.5×	10	1.0k
Mizuki Kanemoto Japan	6	648 0.8×	139 0.4×	379 1.2×	71 0.6×	234 2.1×	11	1.0k
Elisabetta Vaudano United Kingdom	14	616 0.8×	254 0.7×	246 0.8×	248 2.0×	140 1.3×	25	985

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ning Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Cai

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

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Teng, Chao, et al.. (2025). Structural characterization of pure xylan from corncob and its effect on xylooligosaccharides yield after enzymatic hydrolysis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 309(Pt 2). 142932–142932. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, et al.. (2024). The effect of instant tea on the aroma of duck meat. Food Chemistry X. 22. 101401–101401. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Feng, et al.. (2023). Characterization of the off-flavor from Pichia pastoris GS115 during the overexpression of an α-l-rhamnosidase. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 50(1). 2 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, Yongrong Lai, Weiwei Xu, et al.. (2020). Thalidomide for the Treatment of Thrombocytopenia and Hypersplenism in Patients With Cirrhosis or Thalassemia. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 1137–1137. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Jiangming, et al.. (2017). Thalidomide induces haematologic responses in patients with β‐thalassaemia. European Journal Of Haematology. 99(5). 437–441. 21 indexed citations

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Kasselman, Lora J., et al.. (2006). BDNF: A missing link between sympathetic dysfunction and inflammatory disease?. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 175(1-2). 118–127. 19 indexed citations

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Cai, Ning, Michael T. McCoy, & Jean Lud Cadet. (2001). Profile of genes showing increased expression following dopamine and methamphetamine exposure in an immortalized neuronal cell line.. PubMed. 18(2-3). 57–65.

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Itokawa, Masanari, Zhicheng Lin, Ning Cai, et al.. (2000). Dopamine transporter transmembrane domain polar mutants: DeltaG and DeltaDeltaG values implicate regions important for transporter functions.. PubMed. 57(6). 1093–103. 34 indexed citations

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Rudge, John S., Elizabeth Pasnikowski, Ning Cai, et al.. (1998). Endogenous BDNF Protein Is Increased in Adult Rat Hippocampus after a Kainic Acid Induced Excitotoxic Insult but Exogenous BDNF Is Not Neuroprotective. Experimental Neurology. 149(2). 398–410. 126 indexed citations

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Altar, C. Anthony, Ning Cai, J. M. Conner, et al.. (1997). Anterograde transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its role in the brain. Nature. 389(6653). 856–860. 746 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alderson, Ralph, Stanley J. Wiegand, Karen E. Anderson, et al.. (1996). Neurotrophin‐4/5 Maintains the Cholinergic Phenotype of Axotomized Septal Neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience. 8(2). 282–290. 22 indexed citations

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