Wei Cai

16.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
624 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Wei Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cai has authored 624 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 469 papers in Materials Chemistry, 225 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 220 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Wei Cai's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (198 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (155 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (108 papers). Wei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (198 papers), Multiferroics and related materials (155 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (108 papers). Wei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Wei Cai's co-authors include Jiehe Sui, Chunlin Fu, Xiaoling Deng, Rongli Gao, Gang Chen, Zhenhua Wang, Zihang Liu, Li‐Dong Zhao, Fengkai Guo and Yanling Pei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cai

595 papers receiving 13.5k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Cai China	55	11.4k	4.9k	4.7k	1.5k	1.2k	624	13.8k
Yue Chen China	52	10.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	5.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	444	13.6k
Thomas O. Mason United States	64	8.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	4.5k 0.9×	920 0.6×	2.6k 2.2×	287	13.6k
Cong Wang China	53	5.9k 0.5×	2.2k 0.4×	4.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	339 0.3×	538	10.9k
Min Chen China	60	7.1k 0.6×	2.5k 0.5×	5.1k 1.1×	3.8k 2.6×	963 0.8×	345	14.9k
Xuedong Bai China	74	9.7k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	8.4k 1.8×	2.8k 1.9×	287 0.2×	310	16.9k
Jiyan Dai Hong Kong	55	7.9k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	5.2k 1.1×	2.8k 1.9×	247 0.2×	404	11.9k
Bo Song China	62	6.7k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	8.3k 1.8×	1.0k 0.7×	250 0.2×	337	15.1k
Zhiming Wang China	71	9.0k 0.8×	2.9k 0.6×	7.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.8×	281 0.2×	323	15.1k
Yizhong Huang Singapore	61	6.7k 0.6×	3.8k 0.8×	8.0k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	315 0.3×	341	14.7k
Jun Chen China	59	9.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	7.9k 1.7×	3.3k 2.2×	319 0.3×	766	15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cai

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He, Yunfei, Sisi Li, Peng Ye, et al.. (2025). Effect of Mn doping on the photovoltaic properties of multiferroic composite nanowire arrays. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(6). 2260–2273. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Wei, et al.. (2024). Influence of wind gradient and ground effect on the aerodynamic forces of a Dynarig sail at large heeling angles. Ocean Engineering. 312. 119069–119069. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Rui, Wei Cai, Fengqi Wang, et al.. (2024). Bi6Fe2Ti3O18 ferroelectrics with various morphologies under mild conditions by crystal growth control for promoted adsorption-piezo-photocatalytic degradation performances. Separation and Purification Technology. 354. 129293–129293. 10 indexed citations

Li, Huan, Yiwen Ding, Xiaoling Deng, et al.. (2024). Interface enhanced magnetoelectric coupling effect of multiferroic liquids based on CoFe2O4@BaTiO3 core shell particles. Materials Today Communications. 41. 110286–110286. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Shanshi, et al.. (2024). Online platform algorithmic control and gig workers’ turnover intention in China: The mediating role of relative deprivation. Journal of Management Science and Engineering. 10(1). 37–53. 5 indexed citations

Li, Xiuqi, Wei Cai, Dakai Chen, et al.. (2024). Dielectric and energy storage performances of Na0.7Bi0.1NbO3 relaxor ferroelectric ceramics with submicron grain size fabricated via cold sintering. Materials Research Bulletin. 180. 113018–113018. 6 indexed citations

Ao, Hong, Yiwen Ding, Rongli Gao, et al.. (2024). Study on the magnetoelectric coupling properties of Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4-PbZr Ti1-O3 multiferroic fluids with different polarization intensities. Materials Science and Engineering B. 304. 117337–117337. 8 indexed citations

He, Yunfei, Peng Ye, Rongli Gao, et al.. (2024). A new type of core-shell nanowire array structured quantum dot-composite perovskite solar cell with near full-spectrum absorption. Physica E Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. 160. 115937–115937. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Wei‐Guang, et al.. (2024). MHRE: Multivariate link prediction method for medical hyper-relational facts. Applied Intelligence. 54(2). 1311–1334. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhong, et al.. (2024). Uncertainty tolerance moderates the link between job insecurity and service performance: evidence from China’s hotel frontline employees. BMC Psychology. 12(1). 561–561. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Huan, Yiwen Ding, Zhixin Zeng, et al.. (2024). Effect of rapid/slow annealing routes on the magnetic and photoelectric properties of BiFeO3/CoFe2O4 multilayer thin films. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 989. 174203–174203. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Gang, Xue Bai, Zhijun Zhou, et al.. (2024). Synergistic effect to improve energy storage performance in <111> textured BNT-based ceramics under low electric field via orientation engineering as well as co-doping BY and STO. Materials Research Bulletin. 180. 113065–113065. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Rui, Wei Cai, Fengqi Wang, et al.. (2024). Achieving remarkable piezo-photocatalytic performances in Bi6Fe2Ti3O18/BiOCl S-scheme heterojunction through ferroelectric polarization effect. Applied Materials Today. 39. 102308–102308. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen‐Hua, Wei Cai, Yilong Ma, et al.. (2024). Vacancy and boundary synergistically tailor a local acid-like microenvironment in MoS2 hybrid phase in-plane heterostructure for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction: A first-principles study. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 326. 129784–129784. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Xiuling, Wei Cai, Tao Shao, et al.. (2023). Synergetic modulation of molecular oxygen activation and surface acidity/basicity on defective M/UiO-66m (M = Pt, Pd) for advanced oxidation of gaseous formaldehyde at room temperature. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 333. 122789–122789. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Ming Liu, Muchun Guo, et al.. (2023). Tailoring band structure and Ge precipitates through Er and Sb/Bi co-doping to realize high thermoelectric performance in GeTe. Chemical Engineering Journal. 474. 145820–145820. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuxin, Haixu Qin, Chenglong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Sb2Te3 based alloy with high thermoelectric and mechanical performance for low-temperature energy harvesting. Nano Energy. 107. 108176–108176. 29 indexed citations

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Cai, Wei, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on the evolutionary characteristics of acoustic signals produced by granite under biaxial compression with different intermediate principal stresses. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Guifen, et al.. (2023). The positive correlation of the strain hysteresis of textured PMN–24%PT ceramics with domain wall damping. Ceramics International. 49(15). 24696–24702. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Gang, Xue Bai, Chao Chen, et al.. (2023). Significantly enhancing electromagnetic wave absorption properties of BaFe12O19 hexaferrites via KOH mineralizer. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 947. 169539–169539. 22 indexed citations

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