Peng Cao

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Peng Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peng Cao has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Peng Cao's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Peng Cao is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (8 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Peng Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Peng Cao's co-authors include Mei Li, Xiaodong Su, Wenrui Chang, Xinzheng Zhang, Zhenfeng Liu, Jun Ma, Ji‐Zheng He, Limei Zhang, Yuan‐Ming Zheng and Xiaowei Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Peng Cao

33 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The deep population history of northern East Asia from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene

2021 87 citations Tianyi Wang, Peng Cao et al. profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Peng Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peng Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peng Cao

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ginseng-derived nanocellulose alleviates murine colitis through modulation of inflammation, epithelial barrier and gut microbiome 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Yali Liu, Zhengwei Zhang, (unknown), Tianjiao Li, Yunke Wu, (unknown), Peng Cao	2
2	A High-Resolution Crystallographic Study of Cytochrome c6: Structural Basis for Electron Transfer in Cyanobacterial Photosynthesis 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Bo‐Tao Zhang, Yuancong Xu, Shuwen Liu, Sixu Chen, Wencong Zhao, Zhaoyang Li, Junshuai Wang, (unknown), Heng Zhang, Yuhui Dong, Yong Gong, Sheng Wang, Peng Cao	0
3	Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5 2024 ·Research in Microbiology ·Guangyu Ma, (unknown), Peng Cao, Philippe Oger, (unknown), Li Miao, Likui Zhang	1
4	Historic dog Furs Unravel the Origin and Artificial Selection of Modern Nordic Lapphund and Elkhound dog Breeds 2024 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Shizhi Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Liangliang Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Cao, Qingyan Dai, Xiaotian Feng, Feng Liu, Lu Wang, Chao Gao, Qiaomei Fu, Marjo K. Hytönen, Hannes Lohi, Peter Savolainen, Guodong Wang	2
5	Structural basis for directional chitin biosynthesis 2022 ·Nature ·(unknown), Peng Cao, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rajamanikandan Sundarraj, Zhiguang Yuchi, Yong Gong, Hans Merzendorfer, Qing Yang	103
6	A dimer-monomer transition captured by the crystal structures of cyanobacterial apo flavodoxin 2022 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Shuwen Liu, Yuanyuan Chen, Tianming Du, Wencong Zhao, Xuejing Liu, Heng Zhang, Qing Yuan, Liang Gao, Yuhui Dong, Xueyun Gao, Yong Gong, Peng Cao	1
7	Biochemical and structural characterization of a KTSC family single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Euryarchaea 2022 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·(unknown), (unknown), Yuanyuan Chen, Xiaowei Zheng, Heng Zhang, Zhi Geng, Wenqian Li, (unknown), Jingyu Chen, Yuhui Dong, Peng Cao, Yong Gong, Zhenfeng Zhang	1
8	Structural insights into photosynthetic cyclic electron transport 2022 ·Molecular Plant ·Shumeng Zhang, (unknown), Peng Cao, Xiaodong Su, (unknown), Xiaowei Pan, Mei Li	22
9	Maternal genetic history of southern East Asians over the past 12,000 years 2021 ·Journal of genetics and genomics ·Yalin Liu, (unknown), Tianyi Wang, (unknown), Xuechun Fan, Wei Wang, Guangmao Xie, Li Zhen, (unknown), Peng Cao, Ruowei Yang, (unknown), Qingyan Dai, Xiaotian Feng, Wanjing Ping, Bo Miao, Yun Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Qiaomei Fu	8
10	Structural basis for energy and electron transfer of the photosystem I–IsiA–flavodoxin supercomplex 2020 ·Nature Plants ·Peng Cao, Duanfang Cao, (unknown), Xiaodong Su, Lijin Tian, Wenrui Chang, Zhenfeng Liu, Xinzheng Zhang, Mei Li	54
11	Paleolithic genetic link between Southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia revealed by ancient mitochondrial genomes 2020 ·Journal of Human Genetics ·Fan Bai, Xinglong Zhang, Xueping Ji, Peng Cao, Xiaotian Feng, Ruowei Yang, Min‐Sheng Peng, Shuwen Pei, Qiaomei Fu	13
12	Ancient DNA Evidence from China Reveals the Expansion of Pacific Dogs 2020 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Ming Zhang, Guoping Sun, Lele Ren, Haibing Yuan, Guanghui Dong, Lizhao Zhang, Feng Liu, Peng Cao, Albert Min‐Shan Ko, Melinda A. Yang, Songmei Hu, Guodong Wang, Qiaomei Fu	20
13	Rice seeds identification based on back propagation neural network model 2019 ·International journal of agricultural and biological engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Huaxi Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Cao, Fei Hu	7
14	Genomic Approaches Reveal an Endemic Subpopulation of Gray Wolves in Southern China 2019 ·iScience ·Guodong Wang, Ming Zhang, (unknown), Melinda A. Yang, Peng Cao, Feng Liu, Heng Lu, Xiaotian Feng, Pontus Skoglund, Lu Wang, Qiaomei Fu, Ya‐Ping Zhang	8
15	Rice seeds identification based on back propagation neural network model 2019 ·International journal of agricultural and biological engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Huaxi Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Peng Cao, Fei Hu	3
16	Structure of the maize photosystem I supercomplex with light-harvesting complexes I and II 2018 ·Science ·Xiaowei Pan, Jun Ma, Xiaodong Su, Peng Cao, Wenrui Chang, Zhenfeng Liu, Xinzheng Zhang, Mei Li	170
17	Structure and assembly mechanism of plant C ₂ S ₂ M ₂ -type PSII-LHCII supercomplex 2017 ·Science ·Xiaodong Su, Jun Ma, Xuepeng Wei, Peng Cao, Dongjie Zhu, Wenrui Chang, Zhenfeng Liu, Xinzheng Zhang, Mei Li	281
18	An endophytic Streptomyces sp. strain DHV3-2 from diseased root as a potential biocontrol agent against Verticillium dahliae and growth elicitor in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) 2016 ·Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Peng Cao, Chongxi Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Shaoxian Wang, Fengzhi Wu, Xiangjing Wang	25
19	Differential response of archaeal groups to land use change in an acidic red soil 2013 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Ju‐Pei Shen, Peng Cao, Hang‐Wei Hu, Ji‐Zheng He	20
20	Distribution and diversity of archaeal communities in selected Chinese soils 2011 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Peng Cao, Limei Zhang, Ju‐Pei Shen, Yuan‐Ming Zheng, Hong J. Di, Ji‐Zheng He	73

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