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, Zhenfeng Liu, Xinzheng Zhang, 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

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.

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

2021 87 citations Xiaowei Mao, Hucai Zhang et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peng Cao China	16	801	321	296	210	132	37	1.3k
Margarida Santana Portugal	16	799 1.0×	187 0.6×	294 1.0×	131 0.6×	77 0.6×	31	1.2k
Andrei Herdean Australia	15	706 0.9×	895 2.8×	271 0.9×	111 0.5×	105 0.8×	46	1.9k
David Kaftan Czechia	19	611 0.8×	265 0.8×	271 0.9×	106 0.5×	213 1.6×	38	1.1k
Martin F. Hohmann‐Marriott Norway	22	1.1k 1.4×	247 0.8×	333 1.1×	145 0.7×	618 4.7×	41	1.9k
Claudio Varotto Italy	28	1.5k 1.9×	1.5k 4.8×	145 0.5×	226 1.1×	148 1.1×	77	2.6k
Robert W. Jones Mexico	20	617 0.8×	325 1.0×	248 0.8×	93 0.4×	148 1.1×	123	1.8k
Yael Helman Israel	17	521 0.7×	230 0.7×	299 1.0×	57 0.3×	189 1.4×	24	1.0k
Christian G. Klatt United States	15	776 1.0×	83 0.3×	755 2.6×	35 0.2×	112 0.8×	20	1.2k
Stéphane T. Gabilly United States	11	981 1.2×	762 2.4×	62 0.2×	113 0.5×	228 1.7×	11	1.4k
Allison E. McDonald Canada	21	1.1k 1.4×	760 2.4×	222 0.8×	63 0.3×	103 0.8×	32	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Peng Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peng Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Peng Cao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Peng Cao. The network helps show where Peng Cao may publish in the future.

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.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Liu, Yali, et al.. (2025). Ginseng-derived nanocellulose alleviates murine colitis through modulation of inflammation, epithelial barrier and gut microbiome. Chemical Engineering Journal. 506. 160254–160254. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bo‐Tao, Yuancong Xu, Shuwen Liu, et al.. (2025). A High-Resolution Crystallographic Study of Cytochrome c6: Structural Basis for Electron Transfer in Cyanobacterial Photosynthesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(2). 824–824.

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Ma, Guangyu, et al.. (2024). Biochemical characterization and mutational analysis of the NurA protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5. Research in Microbiology. 175(5-6). 104189–104189. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Shizhi, Liangliang Zhang, Peng Cao, et al.. (2024). Historic dog Furs Unravel the Origin and Artificial Selection of Modern Nordic Lapphund and Elkhound dog Breeds. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(7). 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yizhen, et al.. (2024). Dynamic Changes of Active Components in Greengage (Prunus mume) Wine During Fermentation. Applied Science and Engineering Progress. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ying, et al.. (2023). Immunobiological properties and structure analysis of group 13 allergen from Blomia tropicalis and its IgE-mediated cross-reactivity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 254(Pt 3). 127788–127788. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Peng, Rajamanikandan Sundarraj, Zhiguang Yuchi, et al.. (2022). Structural basis for directional chitin biosynthesis. Nature. 610(7931). 402–408. 103 indexed citations

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Liu, Shuwen, Yuanyuan Chen, Tianming Du, et al.. (2022). A dimer-monomer transition captured by the crystal structures of cyanobacterial apo flavodoxin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 639. 134–141. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Yuanyuan, Xiaowei Zheng, Heng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Biochemical and structural characterization of a KTSC family single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Euryarchaea. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 216. 618–628. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yalin, Tianyi Wang, Xuechun Fan, et al.. (2021). Maternal genetic history of southern East Asians over the past 12,000 years. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(10). 899–907. 8 indexed citations

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Mao, Xiaowei, Hucai Zhang, Yichen Liu, et al.. (2021). The deep population history of northern East Asia from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene. Cell. 184(12). 3256–3266.e13. 87 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bai, Fan, Xinglong Zhang, Xueping Ji, et al.. (2020). Paleolithic genetic link between Southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia revealed by ancient mitochondrial genomes. Journal of Human Genetics. 65(12). 1125–1128. 13 indexed citations

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Cao, Peng, Duanfang Cao, Xiaodong Su, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for energy and electron transfer of the photosystem I–IsiA–flavodoxin supercomplex. Nature Plants. 6(2). 167–176. 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huaxi, et al.. (2019). Rice seeds identification based on back propagation neural network model. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering. 12(6). 122–128. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huaxi, et al.. (2019). Rice seeds identification based on back propagation neural network model. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering. 12(6). 122–128. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Guodong, Ming Zhang, Melinda A. Yang, et al.. (2019). Genomic Approaches Reveal an Endemic Subpopulation of Gray Wolves in Southern China. iScience. 20. 110–118. 8 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiaowei, Jun Ma, Xiaodong Su, et al.. (2018). Structure of the maize photosystem I supercomplex with light-harvesting complexes I and II. Science. 360(6393). 1109–1113. 170 indexed citations

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Su, Xiaodong, Jun Ma, Xuepeng Wei, et al.. (2017). Structure and assembly mechanism of plant C ₂ S ₂ M ₂ -type PSII-LHCII supercomplex. Science. 357(6353). 815–820. 281 indexed citations

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Shen, Ju‐Pei, Peng Cao, Hang‐Wei Hu, & Ji‐Zheng He. (2013). Differential response of archaeal groups to land use change in an acidic red soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 461-462. 742–749. 20 indexed citations

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Cao, Peng, Limei Zhang, Ju‐Pei Shen, et al.. (2011). Distribution and diversity of archaeal communities in selected Chinese soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 80(1). 146–158. 73 indexed citations

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