Xiaoli Cai

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Xiaoli Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoli Cai has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaoli Cai's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (21 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (16 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers). Xiaoli Cai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (21 papers), Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (16 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers). Xiaoli Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Xiaoli Cai's co-authors include Jeffrey M. Friedman, Yuehe Lin, Dan Du, Hongyan Liu, Aaron G. Roseberry, Connie Zhao, Jason Montez, Lihong Ye, Shirly Pinto and Paul Feinstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoli Cai

130 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid Rewiring of Arcuate Nucleus Feeding Circuits by Leptin 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2017 2020 250 500 750
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. Rapid Rewiring of Arcuate Nucleus Feeding Circuits by Leptin
    2004 772 citations Shirly Pinto, Xiaoli Cai et al. profile →
  2. HBXIP-elevated methyltransferase METTL3 promotes the progression of breast cancer via inhibiting tumor suppressor let-7g
    2017 390 citations Xiaoli Cai, Xiaodong Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Overcoming blood–brain barrier transport: Advances in nanoparticle-based drug delivery strategies
    2020 314 citations Shichao Ding, Aminul Islam Khan et al. Materials Today profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaoli Cai China 36 2.4k 2.0k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 139 6.6k
Lina Ghibelli Italy 44 2.7k 1.1× 598 0.3× 2.6k 2.2× 748 0.7× 275 0.2× 125 8.0k
Tsutomu Nakagawa Japan 57 3.9k 1.7× 465 0.2× 895 0.7× 871 0.8× 292 0.3× 335 10.8k
Peter King United Kingdom 40 2.1k 0.9× 753 0.4× 549 0.5× 488 0.4× 438 0.4× 118 5.3k
Xiaoxing Xiong China 54 3.3k 1.4× 225 0.1× 600 0.5× 539 0.5× 124 0.1× 201 8.2k
Matt Golding New Zealand 45 3.4k 1.4× 130 0.1× 982 0.8× 588 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 123 9.7k
Francesco Moccia Italy 50 2.3k 1.0× 209 0.1× 689 0.6× 805 0.7× 262 0.2× 250 8.2k
Hongbo Guo China 35 2.4k 1.0× 284 0.1× 824 0.7× 293 0.3× 159 0.1× 113 5.6k
Mária A. Deli Hungary 45 2.8k 1.2× 174 0.1× 216 0.2× 886 0.8× 366 0.3× 205 9.0k
Dan‐Ning Hu United States 49 2.5k 1.1× 249 0.1× 417 0.3× 175 0.2× 226 0.2× 187 6.8k
Josef Krieglstein Germany 61 6.3k 2.7× 224 0.1× 328 0.3× 1.6k 1.4× 294 0.3× 307 13.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaoli Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaoli Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoli Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaoli Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaoli 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 Xiaoli Cai. Xiaoli Cai 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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Cai, Xiaoli, et al.. (2025). H2O2 self-supplying cascade catalysis based on single-atom Cu nanozyme for augmented cancer therapy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(4). 111670–111670. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Xiaoli, et al.. (2024). Bimetallic NiSe2-CoSe2 heterogeneous with enhanced capacity for aqueous alkaline zinc-based batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1004. 175870–175870. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Li, Xiaoxuan Chen, Ziping Wang, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Mitigates High-Fat-Diet-Induced Physiological Decline in Aging Mice. Journal of Nutrition. 155(1). 237–249.
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Cai, Xiaoli, Renyu Liu, Hongye Yan, et al.. (2023). Cascaded Nanozyme with In Situ Enhanced Photothermal Capacity for Tumor‐Specific and Self‐Replenishing Cancer Therapy. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(27). e2300516–e2300516. 26 indexed citations
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Xu, Weiqing, Xiaoli Cai, Yu Wu, et al.. (2023). Biomimetic single Al-OH site with high acetylcholinesterase-like activity and self-defense ability for neuroprotection. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6064–6064. 57 indexed citations
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Wei, Xiaoqian, Shaojia Song, Weiyu Song, et al.. (2022). Tuning iron spin states in single-atom nanozymes enables efficient peroxidase mimicking. Chemical Science. 13(45). 13574–13581. 56 indexed citations
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Xu, Weiqing, Weiyu Song, Yikun Kang, et al.. (2021). Axial Ligand-Engineered Single-Atom Catalysts with Boosted Enzyme-Like Activity for Sensitive Immunoassay. Analytical Chemistry. 93(37). 12758–12766. 78 indexed citations
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Wu, Nannan, Lei Jiao, Shaojia Song, et al.. (2021). Tuning the Ratio of Pt(0)/Pt(II) in Well-Defined Pt Clusters Enables Enhanced Electrocatalytic Reduction/Oxidation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Sensitive Biosensing. Analytical Chemistry. 93(48). 15982–15989. 22 indexed citations
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Cai, Xiaoli, Mingming Wang, Peng Mu, et al.. (2021). Sequence-Defined Nanotubes Assembled from IR780-Conjugated Peptoids for Chemophototherapy of Malignant Glioma. Research. 2021. 9861384–9861384. 36 indexed citations
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Wang, Mingming, Yang Song, Shuai Zhang, et al.. (2021). Programmable two-dimensional nanocrystals assembled from POSS-containing peptoids as efficient artificial light-harvesting systems. Science Advances. 7(20). 29 indexed citations
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González‐Menéndez, Pedro, Xiaoli Cai, Yujin Zhang, et al.. (2021). The equilibrative nucleoside transporter ENT1 is critical for nucleotide homeostasis and optimal erythropoiesis. Blood. 137(25). 3548–3562. 22 indexed citations
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Ding, Shichao, Aminul Islam Khan, Xiaoli Cai, et al.. (2020). Overcoming blood–brain barrier transport: Advances in nanoparticle-based drug delivery strategies. Materials Today. 37. 112–125. 314 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Mingming, Yang Song, Peng Mu, et al.. (2020). Peptoid-Based Programmable 2D Nanomaterial Sensor for Selective and Sensitive Detection of H2S in Live Cells. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(9). 6039–6048. 32 indexed citations
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Zou, Jianyong, Junying Chen, Xuan Xie, et al.. (2019). Hepatitis B Virus Infection is a Prognostic Biomarker for Better Survival in Operable Esophageal Cancer: Analysis of 2,004 Patients from an Endemic Area in China. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 28(6). 1028–1035. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Yinghui, Zhen Wang, Hui Shi, et al.. (2016). HBXIP and LSD1 Scaffolded by lncRNA Hotair Mediate Transcriptional Activation by c-Myc. Cancer Research. 76(2). 293–304. 110 indexed citations
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Cui, Ming, Zelin Xiao, Yue Wang, et al.. (2015). Long Noncoding RNA HULC Modulates Abnormal Lipid Metabolism in Hepatoma Cells through an miR-9–Mediated RXRA Signaling Pathway. Cancer Research. 75(5). 846–857. 309 indexed citations
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Stanley, Sarah A., Shirly Pinto, Jeremy Segal, et al.. (2010). Identification of neuronal subpopulations that project from hypothalamus to both liver and adipose tissue polysynaptically. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(15). 7024–7029. 154 indexed citations

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