X. Cai

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 685 citations indexed

About

X. Cai is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, X. Cai has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 685 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in X. Cai's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (7 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (7 papers). X. Cai is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (10 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (7 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (7 papers). X. Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Canada. X. Cai's co-authors include W. Li, Shuang‐Qing Wu, C. B. Yang, Jian Jiang, Qiuping A. Wang, Shao-Feng Wu, Jean−Marc Grenèche, Yaxin Tian, Long Guo and Wei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Reliability Engineering & System Safety and The European Physical Journal B.

In The Last Decade

X. Cai

22 papers receiving 653 citations

Hit Papers

Statistical analysis of airport network of China 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300
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. Statistical analysis of airport network of China
    2004 359 citations W. Li, X. Cai Physical Review E profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
X. Cai China 10 464 130 102 76 68 24 685
Daniel Grady United States 7 150 0.3× 115 0.9× 18 0.2× 25 0.3× 11 0.2× 14 369
W. Li China 7 357 0.8× 86 0.7× 77 0.8× 67 0.9× 41 0.6× 11 485
G. Mukherjee India 8 348 0.8× 131 1.0× 21 0.2× 37 0.5× 83 1.2× 16 518
Roberto da Silva Brazil 16 189 0.4× 42 0.3× 1 0.0× 104 1.4× 19 0.3× 97 937
Agata Fronczak Poland 15 491 1.1× 18 0.1× 5 0.0× 129 1.7× 9 0.1× 50 829
Jerrold W. Grossman United States 15 233 0.5× 19 0.1× 6 0.1× 41 0.5× 8 0.1× 40 820
Etienne Huens Belgium 6 188 0.4× 293 2.3× 2 0.0× 42 0.6× 31 0.5× 8 555
Terence Hung Singapore 12 98 0.2× 107 0.8× 7 0.1× 13 0.2× 37 0.5× 37 515
Lucas Antiqueira Brazil 10 430 0.9× 20 0.2× 5 0.0× 70 0.9× 12 0.2× 15 783
Piotr Fronczak Poland 16 584 1.3× 18 0.1× 5 0.0× 132 1.7× 9 0.1× 52 925

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Fields of papers citing papers by X. Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of X. Cai

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

All Works

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Cai, X., et al.. (2025). Response to supply chain network disruption risk through link addition: Resilience enhancement strategies based on ternary closure motifs. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 264. 111381–111381. 3 indexed citations
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Guo, Long, et al.. (2015). Recent Progress in Some Active Topics on Complex Networks. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 604. 12007–12007. 2 indexed citations
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Li, W., et al.. (2014). The effect of interdependence on the percolation of interdependent networks. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 410. 573–581. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, et al.. (2013). Structure properties of evolutionary spatially embedded networks. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 392(8). 1909–1919. 3 indexed citations
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Li, W., et al.. (2008). The effect of the forget-remember mechanism on spreading. The European Physical Journal B. 62(2). 247–255. 61 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jian, et al.. (2007). Cluster behavior of a simple model in financial markets. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 387(2-3). 528–536. 5 indexed citations
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Cai, X., et al.. (2007). Empirical analysis of a scale-free railway network in China. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 382(2). 693–703. 102 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jian, et al.. (2006). Scaling and correlations in foreign exchange market. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 375(1). 274–280. 11 indexed citations
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Li, W. & X. Cai. (2004). Statistical analysis of airport network of China. Physical Review E. 69(4). 46106–46106. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cai, X., et al.. (2004). STRUCTURAL CHANGES CAUSED BY ERROR AND ATTACK TOLERANCE IN US AIRPORT NETWORK. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 18(17n19). 2394–2400. 33 indexed citations
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Wu, Shuang‐Qing & X. Cai. (2002). Hawking Radiation of a Non-Stationary Kerr-Newman Black Hole: Spin-Rotation Coupling Effect. General Relativity and Gravitation. 34(5). 605–617. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Shuang‐Qing & X. Cai. (2002). Quantum Thermal Effect of Dirac Particles in a Nonuniformly Rectilinearly Accelerating Black Hole with Electric Charge, Magnetic Charge, and Cosmological Constant. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 41(4). 641–651. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Shuang‐Qing & X. Cai. (2002). Addendum: Hawking Radiation of Photons in a Variable-Mass Kerr Black Hole. General Relativity and Gravitation. 34(4). 557–564. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, C. B. & X. Cai. (2001). Jump of the minimal site and a new correlation function in the Bak-Sneppen model. The European Physical Journal B. 22(3). 375–379. 5 indexed citations
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Wu, Shuang‐Qing & X. Cai. (2000). Four Quantum Conservation Laws for Black Hole Stationary Equilibrium Radiation Processes. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 39(9). 2215–2220. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, C. B. & X. Cai. (1998). Analytical investigation for multiplicity difference correlators under quark-gluon plasma phase transition. Physical Review C. 57(4). 2049–2052. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, C. B. & X. Cai. (1998). Novel scaling behavior for the multiplicity distribution under second-order quark-hadron phase transition. Physical Review C. 58(2). 1183–1187. 4 indexed citations

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