Wentao Cao

680 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 493 citations indexed

About

Wentao Cao is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wentao Cao has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 493 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Geophysics, 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wentao Cao's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (14 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (6 papers). Wentao Cao is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (14 papers), earthquake and tectonic studies (10 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (6 papers). Wentao Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Wentao Cao's co-authors include David Hernández‐Uribe, Richard M. Palin, Shan-Shan Li, M. Santosh, Andrew J. Parsons, Yixi Zhang, Liang Qiu, Dan‐Ping Yan, Hans‐Joachim Massonne and Jane A. Gilotti and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, Geological Society of America Bulletin and Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology.

In The Last Decade

Wentao Cao

21 papers receiving 474 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. Secular change and the onset of plate tectonics on Earth
    2020 228 citations Richard M. Palin, Wentao Cao et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Wentao Cao 388 147 37 36 36 23 493
V.J. Rajesh 679 1.8× 324 2.2× 31 0.8× 36 1.0× 45 1.3× 54 806
A. G. Simakin 552 1.4× 176 1.2× 63 1.7× 77 2.1× 27 0.8× 54 635
Namhoon Kim 608 1.6× 380 2.6× 30 0.8× 27 0.8× 30 0.8× 32 706
Yvette D. Kuiper 439 1.1× 181 1.2× 22 0.6× 46 1.3× 24 0.7× 62 481
Youngdo Park 489 1.3× 224 1.5× 50 1.4× 40 1.1× 54 1.5× 20 554
Sarah E. Gelman 510 1.3× 158 1.1× 49 1.3× 59 1.6× 24 0.7× 19 594
Tongbin Shao 575 1.5× 139 0.9× 42 1.1× 18 0.5× 58 1.6× 27 618
Andrew Beard 303 0.8× 97 0.7× 32 0.9× 32 0.9× 18 0.5× 11 358
J Hippertt 374 1.0× 135 0.9× 48 1.3× 40 1.1× 11 0.3× 19 464
Carl‐Henric Wahlgren 547 1.4× 303 2.1× 45 1.2× 26 0.7× 20 0.6× 33 602

Countries citing papers authored by Wentao Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wentao Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wentao Cao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao, Wentao, et al.. (2026). Growth and deformation of apatite across metamorphic facies during collisional orogenesis. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 181(1).
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Sun, Yuli, et al.. (2025). Study on fluid abrasive wear and its impact on machining performance. Wear. 580-581. 206266–206266. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Ziyan, Wentao Cao, Yating Liu, et al.. (2024). Hydrogel microspheres encapsulating lysozyme/MXene for photothermally enhanced antibacterial activity and infected wound healing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 279(Pt 4). 135527–135527. 4 indexed citations
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Gilotti, Jane A., William C. McClelland, Wentao Cao, & Matthew A. Coble. (2024). Exhumation of an Ultrahigh‐Pressure Slice From the Upper Plate of the Caledonian Orogen—A Record From Titanite in North‐East Greenland. Tectonics. 43(1). 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Wentao, et al.. (2024). Identifying Rural Landscape Heritage Character Types and Areas: A Case Study of the Li River Basin in Guilin, China. Sustainability. 16(4). 1626–1626. 14 indexed citations
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Zheng, Wenjun, et al.. (2023). Spatial Pattern Characteristics and Factors for the Present Status of Rural Settlements in the Lijiang River Basin Based on ArcGIS. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(5). 4124–4124. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Wentao, et al.. (2023). The Different Welding Layers and Heat Source Energy on Residual Stresses in Swing Arc Narrow Gap MAG Welding. Materials. 16(11). 4067–4067. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Siming, Wentao Cao, Mingjun Cui, & Haixin Wang. (2023). Environmentally adaptive lubrication enabled by gradient structure design of TiN-MoS2/Ti. Surface and Coatings Technology. 458. 129317–129317. 17 indexed citations
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Huang, Fang, et al.. (2023). Identifying serpentine minerals by their chemical compositions with machine learning. American Mineralogist. 109(2). 315–324. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhenxiong, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Distribution of Residual Stress in Swing arc Narrow Gap MAG Welding by Numerical Simulation and Experiments. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. 76(3). 703–710. 5 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiao, Genhou Wang, Wentao Cao, et al.. (2022). Lithospheric extension of the accretionary wedge: An example from the Lanling high-pressure metamorphic terrane in Central Qiangtang, Tibet. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 2 indexed citations
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Qiu, Liang, et al.. (2020). The timing of brittle deformation: An example from the Cenozoic faults in the Youjiang fold‐thrust belt in southwestern China. Geological Journal. 55(10). 6799–6809. 2 indexed citations
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Hernández‐Uribe, David, et al.. (2020). Petrological Implications of Seafloor Hydrothermal Alteration of Subducted Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt. Journal of Petrology. 61(9). 34 indexed citations
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Cao, Wentao, Hans‐Joachim Massonne, & Xiao Liang. (2020). Partial melting due to breakdown of phengite and amphibole in retrogressed eclogite of deep Precambrian crust: An example from the Algonquin terrane, western Grenville Province, Canada. Precambrian Research. 352. 105965–105965. 12 indexed citations
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Cao, Wentao, et al.. (2020). A novel machine learning algorithm for large measurement range of quadrant photodetector. Optik. 227. 165971–165971. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Wentao & Jie Wang. (2019). Research on traffic flow congestion based on Mamdani fuzzy system. AIP conference proceedings. 2073. 20101–20101. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Wentao, Jane A. Gilotti, Hans‐Joachim Massonne, Simona Ferrando, & C. T. Foster. (2018). Partial melting due to breakdown of an epidote‐group mineral during exhumation of ultrahigh‐pressure eclogite: An example from the North‐East Greenland Caledonides. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 37(1). 15–39. 26 indexed citations
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Qiu, Liang, Dan‐Ping Yan, Minghua Ren, et al.. (2018). The source of uranium within hydrothermal uranium deposits of the Motianling mining district, Guangxi, South China. Ore Geology Reviews. 96. 201–217. 29 indexed citations
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