Pingping Cao

1.1k total citations
7 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

Pingping Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pingping Cao has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Pingping Cao's work include Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (4 papers), Caveolin-1 and cellular processes (2 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (2 papers). Pingping Cao is often cited by papers focused on Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (4 papers), Caveolin-1 and cellular processes (2 papers) and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (2 papers). Pingping Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Pingping Cao's co-authors include Hongwu Qian, Nieng Yan, Xin Gong, Xin Zhao, Jianlin Lei, Qiang Zhou, Tao Wan, Jianping Wu, Peiyi Wang and Xinhui Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Pingping Cao

7 papers receiving 805 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pingping Cao China 7 517 222 156 120 90 7 810
Yao Xin United States 9 434 0.8× 130 0.6× 60 0.4× 85 0.7× 94 1.0× 10 772
Pam Tangvoranuntakul United States 7 706 1.4× 150 0.7× 146 0.9× 138 1.1× 80 0.9× 7 998
Zara Hannoun United Kingdom 15 1.1k 2.0× 439 2.0× 81 0.5× 103 0.9× 37 0.4× 24 1.4k
Doris Kraemer Germany 16 905 1.8× 60 0.3× 142 0.9× 57 0.5× 128 1.4× 47 1.3k
Marco Lepore Switzerland 16 283 0.5× 141 0.6× 263 1.7× 50 0.4× 23 0.3× 26 1.3k
Salil Garg United States 14 327 0.6× 84 0.4× 86 0.6× 72 0.6× 191 2.1× 32 1.1k
Frano Vučković Croatia 18 1.0k 2.0× 101 0.5× 42 0.3× 181 1.5× 72 0.8× 45 1.2k
Boan Li China 22 972 1.9× 88 0.4× 256 1.6× 115 1.0× 99 1.1× 65 1.4k
Toshiyuki Nomura Japan 14 475 0.9× 128 0.6× 200 1.3× 38 0.3× 90 1.0× 22 912
Corinne Rommens France 14 640 1.2× 96 0.4× 96 0.6× 188 1.6× 30 0.3× 28 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Pingping Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pingping Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Pingping 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 Pingping Cao. The network helps show where Pingping Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pingping Cao

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

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Yan, Renhong, et al.. (2022). Structural advances in sterol-sensing domain-containing proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 47(4). 289–300. 21 indexed citations
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Yan, Renhong, Pingping Cao, Hongwu Qian, et al.. (2021). A structure of human Scap bound to Insig-2 suggests how their interaction is regulated by sterols. Science. 371(6533). 70 indexed citations
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Yan, Renhong, Pingping Cao, Yaning Li, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for sterol sensing by Scap and Insig. Cell Reports. 35(13). 109299–109299. 29 indexed citations
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Qian, Hongwu, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of tetrameric Patched1 by Sonic Hedgehog through an asymmetric paradigm. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2320–2320. 68 indexed citations
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Gong, Xin, Hongwu Qian, Pingping Cao, et al.. (2018). Structural basis for the recognition of Sonic Hedgehog by human Patched1. Science. 361(6402). 164 indexed citations
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Qian, Hongwu, Xin Zhao, Pingping Cao, et al.. (2017). Structure of the Human Lipid Exporter ABCA1. Cell. 169(7). 1228–1239.e10. 218 indexed citations
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Gong, Xin, Hongwu Qian, Xinhui Zhou, et al.. (2016). Structural Insights into the Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1)-Mediated Cholesterol Transfer and Ebola Infection. Cell. 165(6). 1467–1478. 240 indexed citations

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