Wei‐Jun Cai

27.6k citations

331 papers · 18.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 74

Impact in

Oceanography top 0.01%
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Environmental Chemistry top 0.1%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Oceanography 244
- Marine and coastal ecosystems 197
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 169
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research 67
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes 59
Environmental Chemistry 52
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 39

Co-authors: Yongchen Wang Minhan Dai Xinping Hu C. Hopkinson Weidong Zhai Steven E. Lohrenz Wei‐Jen Huang Pierre Regnier
Journals: Marine Chemistry (22 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (21 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (20 papers)Limnology and Oceanography (19 papers)Biogeosciences (15 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Taiwan

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Jun Cai

314 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

The microbial carbon pump and climate change 2024 · 122 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Reviews Microbiology
2023 Nature Climate Change
2013 Nature
2011 Nature Geoscience
2010 Annual Review of Marine Science

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Wei‐Jun Cai, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Emergent seasonal hypoxia and acidification risks induced by seaweed and fish polyculture in the world's largest seaweed farm Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Yanmei Liu, Miljkovic Jovan, Yingxu Wu, Wei‐Jun Cai, Chenglong Li, Hongyang Lin, Pei‐Zhi Zhuang, Fu Liang Gao, Yifan Xu, Hua‐Ji Qiu, Youjun Huang, Di Qi	2025	0
2	Coral calcification under environmental change: a direct comparison of the alkalinity anomaly and buoyant weight techniques UNC Libraries ·Mark E. Warner, Michael Holcomb, Justin H. Baumann, Xinping Hu, Andréa G. Grottoli, Qian Li, Hui Xu, Kenneth D. Hoadley, Wei‐Jun Cai, Todd F. Melman, Yongchen Wang, Yohei Matsui, Verena Schoepf, D. Tye Pettay	2024	0
3	Unveiling the secrets of diatom-mediated calcification: Implications for the biological pump Science China Earth Sciences ·Yiwen Pan, Yifan Li, Chen‐Tung Arthur Chen, Zong‐Pei Jiang, Wei‐Jun Cai, Hillary Robinette, D Wobben, 正雄中川, Yanan Di, Wei Fan, Chenba Zhu, Ying Chen	2024	3
4	Multi‐Decadal Coastal Acidification in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Driven by Climate Change and Eutrophication Geophysical Research Letters ·Zong‐Pei Jiang, A. Waterkamp, Yiwen Pan, Chengfeng Le, Nancy N. Rabalais, Robert E. Turner, Katja Fennel, Kui Wang, Wei‐Jun Cai	2024	4
5	Projected increase in carbon dioxide drawdown and acidification in large estuaries under climate change Communications Earth & Environment ·Ming Li, Mariya Kostiv, Wei‐Jun Cai, Jeremy M. Testa, Chunqi Shen, Oliver Bayer, Jianzhong Su	2023	15
6	Coastal vegetation and estuaries are collectively a greenhouse gas sink Nature Climate Change ·Judith A. Rosentreter, Goulven G. Laruelle, Hermann W. Bange, Thomas S. Bianchi, Julius Busecke, Wei‐Jun Cai, Bradley D. Eyre, Inke Forbrich, Eun Young Kwon, Taylor Maavara, Nils Moosdorf, Raymond G. Najjar, V. V. S. S. Sarma, Bryce Van Dam, Pierre Regnier Hit paper breakdown →	2023	112
7	Research on game strategy of underwater attack and defense process in typical situation Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University ·W. Aufricht, Julie Leonardi, Wei‐Jun Cai, Pei Wang	2023	0
8	Seasonal Water Mass Evolution and Non‐Redfield Dynamics Enhance CO₂ Uptake in the Chukchi Sea Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Zhangxian Ouyang, Andrew Collins, Yun Li, Di Qi, Kevin R. Arrigo, Yanpei Zhuang, Shigeto Nishino, Matthew Humphreys, Naohiro Kosugi, Akihiko Murata, David L. Kirchman, Liqi Chen, Jianfang Chen, Wei‐Jun Cai	2022	10
9	Summertime Evolution of Net Community Production and CO₂ Flux in the Western Arctic Ocean Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Zhangxian Ouyang, Di Qi, Wenli Zhong, Liqi Chen, Zhongyong Gao, Hongmei Lin, Heng Sun, Li Yang, Wei‐Jun Cai	2021	19
10	Moderate nutrient concentrations are not detrimental to corals under future ocean conditions Marine Biology ·Elisangela Fernanda Chudoba, Stephen Levas, Verena Schoepf, Mark E. Warner, Wei‐Jun Cai, Kenneth D. Hoadley, Aneesh Vellathu, Yohei Matsui, Todd F. Melman, Andréa G. Grottoli	2021	15
11	Increase in CO₂ Uptake Capacity in the Arctic Chukchi Sea During Summer Revealed by Satellite‐Based Estimation Geophysical Research Letters ·S. G. Ayodele, Chengfeng Le, Yan Bai, Zong‐Pei Jiang, Yingxu Wu, Zhangxian Ouyang, Wei‐Jun Cai, Di Qi	2021	19
12	Long‐Term Trajectory of Nitrogen Loading and Delivery From Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Hanqin Tian, Rongting Xu, Shufen Pan, Yuanzhi Yao, Zihao Bian, Wei‐Jun Cai, C. Hopkinson, Dubravko Justić, Steven E. Lohrenz, Chaoqun Lü, Wei Ren, Jia Yang	2020	49
13	Sea-ice loss amplifies summertime decadal CO2 increase in the western Arctic Ocean Nature Climate Change ·Zhangxian Ouyang, Di Qi, Liqi Chen, Taro Takahashi, Wenli Zhong, Michael D. DeGrandpre, Baoshan Chen, Zhongyong Gao, Shigeto Nishino, Akihiko Murata, Heng Sun, Lisa L. Robbins, Meibing Jin, Wei‐Jun Cai	2020	53
14	Coastal acidification induced by biogeochemical processes driven by sea-ice melt in the western Arctic ocean Polar Science ·Di Qi, Baoshan Chen, Liqi Chen, Hongmei Lin, Zhongyong Gao, Suhair Mohammad Yaseen, Yuanhui Zhang, Xiuwu Sun, Wei‐Jun Cai	2020	11
15	Spring net community production and its coupling with the CO ₂ dynamics in the surface water of the northern Gulf of Mexico Biogeosciences ·Zong‐Pei Jiang, Wei‐Jun Cai, John C. Lehrter, Baoshan Chen, Zhangxian Ouyang, Chengfeng Le, Brian J. Roberts, Najid Hussain, Verónica Scordo, Junxiao Zhang, Yuan‐Yuan Xu	2019	13
16	Physical and Biogeochemical Controls on pH Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico During Summer Hypoxia Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Zong‐Pei Jiang, Wei‐Jun Cai, Baoshan Chen, Kui Wang, D.Vidya Saraswathi, Brian J. Roberts, Najid Hussain, Qian Li	2019	21
17	Ecosystem Metabolism and Carbon Balance in Chesapeake Bay: A 30‐Year Analysis Using a Coupled Hydrodynamic‐Biogeochemical Model Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Chunqi Shen, Jeremy M. Testa, Wenfei Ni, Wei‐Jun Cai, Ming Li, W. Michael Kemp	2019	38
18	Controls on Carbonate System Dynamics in a Coastal Plain Estuary: A Modeling Study Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Chunqi Shen, Jeremy M. Testa, Ming Li, Wei‐Jun Cai, George G. Waldbusser, Wenfei Ni, W. Michael Kemp, Jeffrey C. Cornwell, Baoshan Chen, Jean Brodeur, Jianzhong Su	2018	54
19	Short‐term variability of aragonite saturation state in the central Mid‐Atlantic Bight Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Yuan‐Yuan Xu, Wei‐Jun Cai, Yonghui Gao, Rik Wanninkhof, J. Salisbury, Baoshan Chen, Janet J. Reimer, Ahmad Jauzy F Ayu Hilmawati, Najid Hussain	2017	24
20	Riverine inorganic carbon flux and rate of biological uptake in the Mississippi River plume Geophysical Research Letters ·Wei‐Jun Cai	2003	137

About Wei‐Jun Cai

Wei‐Jun Cai is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, Bioengineering and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 331 papers that have together received 18.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (197 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (169 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (67 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (59 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (39 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (28 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (25 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (12.9k citations), Environmental Chemistry (2.9k citations), Ecology (5.0k citations), Global and Planetary Change (3.9k citations) and Geochemistry and Petrology (959 citations). Wei‐Jun Cai has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include Yongchen Wang, Minhan Dai, Xinping Hu, C. Hopkinson, Weidong Zhai, Steven E. Lohrenz, Wei‐Jen Huang, Pierre Regnier, Thomas S. Bianchi and James E. Bauer. Their work appears in journals such as Marine Chemistry, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Limnology and Oceanography and Biogeosciences.

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