Xiang Cai

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xiang Cai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Cai has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiang Cai's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (8 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (6 papers). Xiang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (8 papers) and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (6 papers). Xiang Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Xiang Cai's co-authors include Rob Johnson, Rishab Nithyanand, Qian Sun, Jiangwei Li, Zuliang Chen, Ian Goldberg, Minzhang Zheng, Chang-Ping Yu, Tao Wang and Tao Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Cai

52 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Jasmonate Signaling Pathway Modulates Plant Defense, Growth, and Their Trade-Offs

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Peers

Xiang Cai

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Hari Om India

Mansoor Alam United States

Durga Prasad Mohapatra India

A. Das India

Chen Shen China

Mohd Tariq India

Ruji P. Medina Philippines

Gaganpreet Kaur India

György Tibor Balogh Hungary

Yongguo Liu China

Hari Om India

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Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Cai

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hu, Jianlin, Min Li, Xiang Cai, et al.. (2025). The reconstructed evolutionary history of the Engelhardia spicata complex highlights the impact of a three‐tiered landform in the Indo‐Burma ecoregion. American Journal of Botany. 112(8). e70077–e70077. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Hong‐Hu, Yi‐Gang Song, Guo‐Xiong Hu, et al.. (2025). Evolution of East Asian subtropical evergreen broad‐leaved forests: When and how?. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63(5). 1045–1060. 5 indexed citations

Li, Min, Xiang Cai, Xiaoyang Gao, et al.. (2025). Genome analyses provide insights into Engelhardia’s adaptation to East Asia summer monsoon. Plant Diversity. 47(5). 718–732.

Li, Min, Xiang Cai, Yi‐Gang Song, et al.. (2025). Is it time to abandon the flow cytometry in estimations of genome size when the K<i>-</i>mer analysis is available? The case of <i>Engelhardia</i> species. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations

Li, Bin, Tao Zeng, Cui Chen, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the potential mechanism and prognostic value of pentose phosphate pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma: a comprehensive analysis integrating bulk transcriptomics and single-cell sequencing data. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 25(1). 11–11. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Xiang, et al.. (2025). SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin ameliorates tubulointerstitial fibrosis in DKD by downregulating renal tubular PKM2. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 159–159. 3 indexed citations

Doshi, Pratik, et al.. (2025). Non-Thermal Plasma and Hydropriming Combined Treatment of Cucumber and Broccoli Seeds and the Effects on Germination and Seedling Characteristics After Short-Term Storage. Applied Sciences. 15(15). 8404–8404.

Wan, Zhiping, Lili Wu, Xiang Cai, et al.. (2025). CiR-EIS alleviates metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis by modulating macrophage polarization involving the miR-548m/IGF1 axis. Clinical Nutrition. 50. 104–116. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Xiang, Wen‐Xin Lv, Cuicui Duan, et al.. (2024). Multispectral analysis and molecular docking to predict the mechanism of molecular interactions of curcumin, zein and fucoidan complexes. Journal of Food Engineering. 369. 111953–111953. 11 indexed citations

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Qiao, Yu, Zhen Zhao, Xiang Cai, et al.. (2023). Left atrial appendage filling defect in exclusive early-phase scanning of dual-phase cardiac computed tomography: An indicator for elevated thromboembolic risk. Cardiology Journal. 31(1). 95–102. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, et al.. (2023). FPGA–accelerated CNN for real-time plant disease identification. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 207. 107715–107715. 41 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of Streptomyces murinus JKTJ-3 in Suppression of Pythium Damping-Off of Watermelon. Microorganisms. 11(6). 1360–1360. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Enming Zhang, Hua Liang, et al.. (2023). SIRT1-dependent deacetylation of Txnip H3K9ac is critical for exenatide-improved diabetic kidney disease. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 167. 115515–115515. 6 indexed citations

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Ropelewska, Ewa, Xiang Cai, Zhang Zhan, Kadir Sabancı, & Muhammet Fatih Aslan. (2022). Benchmarking Machine Learning Approaches to Evaluate the Cultivar Differentiation of Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Kernels. Agriculture. 12(2). 285–285. 16 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, et al.. (2022). Self-Supervised Molecular Pretraining Strategy for Low-Resource Reaction Prediction Scenarios. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 62(19). 4579–4590. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Dian Wu, Zu-En Su, et al.. (2015). Entanglement-Based Machine Learning on a Quantum Computer. Physical Review Letters. 114(11). 110504–110504. 140 indexed citations

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Wang, Tao, Xiang Cai, Rishab Nithyanand, Rob Johnson, & Ian Goldberg. (2014). Effective attacks and provable defenses for website fingerprinting. USENIX Security Symposium. 143–157. 190 indexed citations

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Lv, Min, Qian Sun, Anyi Hu, et al.. (2014). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a mesoscale subtropical watershed and their application as sewage markers. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 280. 696–705. 94 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Ying Gao, Qian Sun, et al.. (2014). Removal of co-contaminants Cu (II) and nitrate from aqueous solution using kaolin-Fe/Ni nanoparticles. Chemical Engineering Journal. 244. 19–26. 64 indexed citations

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Cai, Xiang, Christian Weedbrook, Zu-En Su, et al.. (2013). Experimental Quantum Computing to Solve Systems of Linear Equations. Physical Review Letters. 110(23). 230501–230501. 120 indexed citations

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