Shunfeng Cai

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 680 citations indexed

About

Shunfeng Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shunfeng Cai has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 680 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Insect Science and 5 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Shunfeng Cai's work include Insect and Pesticide Research (5 papers), Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (5 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (4 papers). Shunfeng Cai is often cited by papers focused on Insect and Pesticide Research (5 papers), Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (5 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (4 papers). Shunfeng Cai collaborates with scholars based in China and United Kingdom. Shunfeng Cai's co-authors include Nan Qin, Hangyu Zhang, Weiqin Jiang, Tingting Wang, Yun Huang, Peng Zhao, Xiaoxuan Tu, Yi Zheng, Ruixue Song and Peilu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Journal of Microbiological Methods.

In The Last Decade

Shunfeng Cai

12 papers receiving 675 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.

  1. Gut microbiome affects the response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
    2019 392 citations Yi Zheng, Tingting Wang et al. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shunfeng Cai China 9 411 264 92 92 91 12 680
Quynh Nguyen United States 13 113 0.3× 96 0.4× 15 0.2× 102 1.1× 77 0.8× 27 654
Nathalie Bourgeois France 15 174 0.4× 23 0.1× 31 0.3× 129 1.4× 169 1.9× 26 772
Susana Ramos Portugal 8 190 0.5× 17 0.1× 48 0.5× 55 0.6× 88 1.0× 12 514
Yoshimasa Maeno Japan 18 95 0.2× 59 0.2× 12 0.1× 167 1.8× 216 2.4× 38 1.1k
Arif Anwar Malaysia 14 133 0.3× 37 0.1× 23 0.3× 38 0.4× 129 1.4× 26 466
S Sirisinha Thailand 12 62 0.2× 57 0.2× 41 0.4× 212 2.3× 33 0.4× 36 464
Chunfu Yang United States 19 238 0.6× 32 0.1× 11 0.1× 50 0.5× 118 1.3× 39 851
Y Nakajima Japan 12 128 0.3× 32 0.1× 15 0.2× 11 0.1× 63 0.7× 43 594
Umut Gazi Cyprus 8 133 0.3× 26 0.1× 17 0.2× 18 0.2× 100 1.1× 26 538
Shusuke Nakazawa Japan 16 93 0.2× 55 0.2× 13 0.1× 128 1.4× 64 0.7× 35 668

Countries citing papers authored by Shunfeng Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shunfeng Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shunfeng Cai

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Zheng, Yi, Tingting Wang, Xiaoxuan Tu, et al.. (2019). Gut microbiome affects the response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 7(1). 193–193. 392 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Ying, Zhijun Zheng, Lihuai Yu, et al.. (2019). Examination of the temporal and spatial dynamics of the gut microbiome in newborn piglets reveals distinct microbial communities in six intestinal segments. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3453–3453. 49 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenjun, Jiachao Zhang, Chunyan Wu, et al.. (2016). Unique Features of Ethnic Mongolian Gut Microbiome revealed by metagenomic analysis. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34826–34826. 74 indexed citations
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Li, Mingqian, et al.. (2016). Transcriptome sequencing and characterization of ungerminated and germinated spores of <italic>Nosema bombycis</italic>. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 48(3). 246–256. 23 indexed citations
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Zheng, Zhijun, Lin Liu, Chunyan Wu, et al.. (2016). Bioinformatics Approaches for Human Gut Microbiome Research. 2(2). 69–79. 5 indexed citations
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Cai, Shunfeng, et al.. (2015). Quantitative PCR for detection of Nosema bombycis in single silkworm eggs and newly hatched larvae. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 120. 72–78. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Mingqian, et al.. (2012). Detection of an internal translation activity in the 5′ region of Bombyx mori infectious flacherie virus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 95(3). 697–705. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Shunfeng, et al.. (2012). Phagocytic Uptake of Nosema bombycis (Microsporidia) Spores by Insect Cell Lines. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 11(8). 1321–1326. 5 indexed citations
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Cai, Shunfeng, et al.. (2011). Identification of a Nosema bombycis (Microsporidia) spore wall protein corresponding to spore phagocytosis. Parasitology. 138(9). 1102–1109. 34 indexed citations

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