Xue Cao

801 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 455 citations indexed

About

Xue Cao is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Xue Cao has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 455 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Xue Cao's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (6 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (6 papers). Xue Cao is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (6 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (6 papers). Xue Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Xue Cao's co-authors include Deqiang Zheng, Xiuhua Guo, Haibin Li, Zhiwei Li, Xia Li, Brian J. Hall, Yu‐Tao Xiang, Wei Feng, Qi Gao and Zhiyuan Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Xue Cao

24 papers receiving 455 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Association of Depressive Symptoms With Incident Cardiovascular Diseases in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults

2019 233 citations Haibin Li, Deqiang Zheng et al. JAMA Network Open profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xue Cao China	11	152	96	94	88	60	26	455
Ali Tanweer Siddiquee United States	11	84 0.6×	54 0.6×	82 0.9×	72 0.8×	70 1.2×	21	502
Pamela Linksted United Kingdom	6	87 0.6×	66 0.7×	76 0.8×	72 0.8×	44 0.7×	8	628
Zhaoxia Liang China	11	88 0.6×	145 1.5×	56 0.6×	39 0.4×	29 0.5×	21	525
Wei Liao China	14	59 0.4×	138 1.4×	54 0.6×	39 0.4×	52 0.9×	54	470
Daein Choi South Korea	11	154 1.0×	87 0.9×	39 0.4×	58 0.7×	40 0.7×	24	501
Zhen’ge Chang China	11	42 0.3×	120 1.3×	55 0.6×	42 0.5×	38 0.6×	23	315
Aryan Aiyer United States	16	333 2.2×	113 1.2×	57 0.6×	48 0.5×	55 0.9×	28	736
Zhongyan Tian China	14	72 0.5×	39 0.4×	48 0.5×	74 0.8×	25 0.4×	18	386
Virginija Dulskienė Lithuania	12	106 0.7×	64 0.7×	72 0.8×	29 0.3×	46 0.8×	23	410
Mengzi Sun China	15	95 0.6×	46 0.5×	132 1.4×	69 0.8×	42 0.7×	54	720

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xue Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xue Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xue 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 Xue Cao. Xue Cao 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

Cao, Xue, Xin Wang, Congyi Zheng, et al.. (2025). Disparities, trends, and projections of cancer mortality burden related to high body mass index in China from 2005 to 2030. Cell Reports Medicine. 6(6). 102137–102137. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Xue, Xin Wang, Congyi Zheng, et al.. (2025). Trends and sociodemographic patterns in hypertension prevalence and treatment in China. Med. 6(11). 100808–100808.

Sun, Meili, Xin Wang, Xue Cao, et al.. (2025). Prevalence and Mortality of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome in China. JACC Asia. 5(7). 898–910. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Xue, Zhenping Zhao, Limin Wang, et al.. (2024). Disparities in high fasting plasma glucose-related cardiovascular disease burden in China. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8817–8817. 5 indexed citations

Ma, Zhao, Weiqin Li, Yijuan Qiao, et al.. (2023). Early prenatal exposure to air pollutants and congenital heart disease: a nested case-control study. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 28(0). 4–4. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Congyi, Xin Wang, Zuozhi Chen, et al.. (2023). Air pollution is associated with abnormal left ventricular diastolic function: a nationwide population-based study. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1537–1537. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhenping, Xue Cao, Yuting Kang, et al.. (2023). Socioeconomic inequalities in dementia burden related to high body mass index, 2005–2018: findings from 1.25 million Chinese adults. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 39. 100862–100862. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xin, Congyi Zheng, Linfeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Workplace-based primary prevention intervention reduces incidence of hypertension: a post hoc analysis of cluster randomized controlled study. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 214–214. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Xue, Linfeng Zhang, Xin Wang, et al.. (2023). Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality associated with individual and combined cardiometabolic risk factors. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 1725–1725. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Yuting Kang, Congyi Zheng, et al.. (2022). Long-Term Impacts of Diurnal Temperature Range on Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study. Metabolites. 12(12). 1287–1287. 17 indexed citations

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Chen, Lu, Xin Wang, Zuo Chen, et al.. (2022). Age at Menarche and Menopause, Reproductive Lifespan, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events Among Chinese Postmenopausal Women: Results From a Large National Representative Cohort Study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 870360–870360. 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Congyi, Xin Wang, Zuozhi Chen, et al.. (2022). Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and cardiovascular disease in different ambient air pollution conditions: A prospective cohort study. The Science of The Total Environment. 831. 154872–154872. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin, Ying Yang, Zuo Chen, et al.. (2022). Effect of a Multicomponent Intervention Delivered on a Web-Based Platform on Hypertension Control. JAMA Network Open. 5(12). e2245439–e2245439. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Lu, Xin Wang, Linfeng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Reproductive lifespan in association with risk of hypertension among Chinese postmenopausal women: Results from a large representative nationwide population. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 898608–898608. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Yilin, Zuo Chen, Xin Wang, et al.. (2022). Comparison of the Three Most Commonly Used Metabolic Syndrome Definitions in the Chinese Population: A Prospective Study. Metabolites. 13(1). 12–12. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhao, Xue Cao, Liwen Zhang, et al.. (2021). Association between long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide pollution and incidence of coronary heart disease in northern China: A 12-year retrospective cohort study. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 12(4). 60–65. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Zhao, Xue Cao, Ying Chang, et al.. (2021). Association between gestational exposure and risk of congenital heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Research. 197. 111014–111014. 30 indexed citations

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Cao, Xue, Congyi Zheng, Yuting Kang, et al.. (2021). Association of heating fuel types with mortality and cardiovascular events among non-smokers in China. Environmental Pollution. 291. 118207–118207. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Xue, Zhe Tang, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2021). Association between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and type 2 diabetes mellitus among Chinese: the Beijing longitudinal study of aging. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 20(1). 71–71. 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Deqiang, Haibin Li, Fei Sun, et al.. (2020). Association between the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Chinese elderly: the Beijing Longitudinal Study of Aging. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 8(1). e000811–e000811. 30 indexed citations

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