Xu Cao

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Xu Cao is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Cao has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Xu Cao's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (14 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers). Xu Cao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (22 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (14 papers) and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers). Xu Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Xu Cao's co-authors include Zachary B. Lippman, Joyce Van Eck, Xiawan Zhai, Yuan Yu, Xinping Yang, Wenxia Dong, Caixia Gao, Huawei Zhang, Tingdong Li and Xiaomin Si and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Xu Cao

65 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Domestication of wild tomato is accelerated by genome editing

2018 444 citations Tingdong Li, Xinping Yang et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Engineering source-sink relations by prime editing confers heat-stress resilience in tomato and rice

2024 46 citations Shujia Li, Yu-Pan Zou et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Cao China	24	2.1k	1.7k	295	152	121	68	2.9k
L. Wei China	8	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	284 1.0×	89 0.6×	76 0.6×	13	3.2k
Wenli Zhang China	36	3.4k 1.6×	2.6k 1.6×	604 2.0×	155 1.0×	124 1.0×	133	4.7k
Zhigang Li China	32	2.6k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	436 1.5×	42 0.3×	170 1.4×	116	4.1k
Meng Zhang China	25	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	156 0.5×	61 0.4×	74 0.6×	174	2.0k
Hakim Manghwar China	25	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	140 0.5×	32 0.2×	75 0.6×	45	2.7k
José Luis Reyes Mexico	34	3.9k 1.9×	2.8k 1.7×	102 0.3×	116 0.8×	119 1.0×	79	5.1k
Yue Zhang China	31	2.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	503 1.7×	44 0.3×	56 0.5×	172	3.5k
Ting Wu China	36	2.8k 1.4×	2.0k 1.2×	393 1.3×	74 0.5×	43 0.4×	153	4.0k
Qi You China	17	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	327 1.1×	26 0.2×	77 0.6×	48	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xu Cao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xu Cao. The network helps show where Xu Cao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Cao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Xu, Tingting Chen, Minghua Wu, et al.. (2025). From screens to scenes: A survey of embodied AI in healthcare. Information Fusion. 119. 103033–103033. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Xiaozhen, Deding Su, & Xu Cao. (2025). Revitalizing orphan crops to combat food insecurity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10596–10596.

Yang, Dandan & Xu Cao. (2025). When lettuce bolts: natural selection vs artificial selection and beyond. New Phytologist. 246(3). 818–820. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Yuan, Jinfang Chu, Suwei Dong, Wen Song, & Xu Cao. (2025). Sugar codes for plant fitness: arabinosylation in small peptide signaling. Trends in Plant Science. 30(12). 1360–1371.

Li, Shujia, Yu-Pan Zou, Yueqin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Engineering source-sink relations by prime editing confers heat-stress resilience in tomato and rice. Cell. 188(2). 530–549.e20. 46 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Kaixin, Yujie Yang, Yao Fang, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Carbon Sequestration and Oxygen-Release Potential of Six Mulberry Tree Varieties During Summer. Forests. 15(10). 1819–1819. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Nan, Yu-Pan Zou, Zhouqian Jiang, et al.. (2024). Multiomics driven identification of glycosyltransferases in flavonoid glycoside biosynthesis in safflower. Horticultural Plant Journal. 12(1). 189–206. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Shuai, et al.. (2023). Comparative RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals the Organ-Specific Transcriptomic Response to Zinc Stress in Mulberry. Forests. 14(4). 842–842. 2 indexed citations

Kwon, Choon‐Tak, Lingli Tang, Xingang Wang, et al.. (2022). Dynamic evolution of small signalling peptide compensation in plant stem cell control. Nature Plants. 8(4). 346–355. 39 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinyi, Silin Wu, Jingjing Sun, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide analysis reveals widespread roles for RcREM genes in floral organ development in Rosa chinensis. Genomics. 113(6). 3881–3894. 11 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hailiang, Yao Qin, Ning Yang, et al.. (2020). Loss of Function of an RNA Polymerase III Subunit Leads to Impaired Maize Kernel Development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 184(1). 359–373. 21 indexed citations

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Rodríguez-Leal, Daniel, Xu Cao, Choon‐Tak Kwon, et al.. (2019). Evolution of buffering in a genetic circuit controlling plant stem cell proliferation. Nature Genetics. 51(5). 786–792. 135 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuejie, Kai Zhang, Qingyao Wang, et al.. (2019). Rapid depletion of ESCRT protein Vps4 underlies injury-induced autophagic impediment and Wallerian degeneration. Science Advances. 5(2). eaav4971–eaav4971. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ning, Hong Yu, Yueyue Cai, et al.. (2018). A Core Regulatory Pathway Controlling Rice Tiller Angle Mediated by the LAZY1-Dependent Asymmetric Distribution of Auxin. The Plant Cell. 30(7). 1461–1475. 123 indexed citations

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Li, Fei, Liang Liu, Hao Zhang, et al.. (2018). Effects of CO<sub>2 </sub>Concentrations on Stomatal Traits and Gas Exchange in Leaves of Soybean. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 44(8). 1212–1220. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Tingdong, Xinping Yang, Yuan Yu, et al.. (2018). Domestication of wild tomato is accelerated by genome editing. Nature Biotechnology. 36(12). 1160–1163. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Xu, Chuang‐Jun Li, Jingzhi Yang, et al.. (2011). Four new neolignans from the leaves of Tripterygium wilfordii. Fitoterapia. 83(2). 343–347. 25 indexed citations

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Fang, Pengfei, Jing Wang, Xu Li, et al.. (2009). Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis ofEscherichia coliRNase G. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 65(6). 586–588. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Xu, et al.. (1993). Characterization, Cloning and Expression of the 67-kDa Annexin from Chicken Growth Plate Cartilage Matrix Vesicles. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 197(2). 556–561. 20 indexed citations

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Genge, Brian R., et al.. (1992). Establishment of the primary structure of the major lipid-dependent Ca2+ binding proteins of chicken growth plate cartilage matrix vesicles: Identity with anchorin cii (annexin V) and annexin II. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 7(7). 807–819. 59 indexed citations

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