Yan Cao

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yan Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Cao has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Materials Chemistry, 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Cao's work include Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (28 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers) and Industrial Gas Emission Control (11 papers). Yan Cao is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (28 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (12 papers) and Industrial Gas Emission Control (11 papers). Yan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Belgium. Yan Cao's co-authors include Wei‐Ping Pan, Zhe Sun, Jiasong He, Dong Xiang, Huiquan Li, Yunxia Zhao, Jian He, Kun Zhao, Fujiao Song and Qin Zhong and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and Coordination Chemistry Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yan Cao

101 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Modification of recycled aggregate and conservation and application of recycled aggregate concrete: A review

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Cao China	29	1.3k	1.2k	709	463	451	108	2.7k
A. Fortuny Spain	41	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	503 1.1×	664 1.5×	110	4.1k
Qingqing Guan China	31	1.4k 1.1×	844 0.7×	572 0.8×	379 0.8×	521 1.2×	140	2.9k
Madhu Agarwal India	29	1.1k 0.8×	687 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	94 0.2×	355 0.8×	142	3.4k
I. Sreedhar India	25	674 0.5×	964 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	410 0.9×	291 0.6×	94	3.0k
Feiqiang Guo China	34	2.0k 1.5×	642 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	358 0.8×	244 0.5×	96	3.5k
Wangliang Li China	28	661 0.5×	620 0.5×	696 1.0×	304 0.7×	250 0.6×	65	2.1k
Didik Prasetyoko Indonesia	28	646 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	561 0.8×	233 0.5×	457 1.0×	202	2.7k
Sandip Mandal India	27	461 0.4×	885 0.8×	226 0.3×	210 0.5×	551 1.2×	52	2.7k
Swapnil Dharaskar India	29	536 0.4×	566 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	501 1.1×	458 1.0×	86	2.5k
Bin Xu China	34	1.8k 1.4×	536 0.5×	1.8k 2.5×	184 0.4×	237 0.5×	115	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Cao

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

Lv, Jiaze, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Montmorillonite Channels and Heteroatom‐Doped Carbon Networks Enabling Fast Ion Transport and Uniform Deposition for Stable Sodium Metal Anodes. Small. 21(46). e08896–e08896.

Wang, Yuhao, Yan Cao, Weili Kong, et al.. (2025). Green emitting nitrogen-doped carbon dots as a dual recognition platform for sensitive and selective detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and glucose in wastewater. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 345. 126821–126821. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Jiajing, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yan Cao, & Weilong Xie. (2025). Multiligand-enabled, copper-catalyzed Hiyama coupling of arylsilanes with unactivated secondary alkyl halides: reaction development and mechanistic insights. Chemical Science. 16(12). 5109–5117. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Lei, et al.. (2025). Studies on the CO2 sequestration, geothermal energy upgrade and valuable minerals recovery via the agent-assisting geologic CO2 carbonation. Gas Science and Engineering. 138. 205592–205592.

Sun, Zhe, Heyu Li, Gengmin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recovery of rare earth elements, gallium and germanium from fly ash and red mud via ultra-fast flash Joule heating. Chemical Engineering Science. 315. 121879–121879. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Yan, et al.. (2025). Synergistic utilization of carbon-integrated covalent organic frameworks and magnetic Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles for efficient recovery of gold and copper from E-waste. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 166987–166987. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yan, et al.. (2025). Hybrid covalent organic frameworks: advanced material for critical metals recovery and other applications. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 542. 216863–216863. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Zhe, et al.. (2025). Efficient and selective of indium and germanium from environmental wastewater using a novel covalent organic framework composite. Surfaces and Interfaces. 72. 107157–107157.

Sun, Zhe, et al.. (2025). Scandium detection of carbon dot based on bottom-up hydrothermal synthesis. Ceramics International. 51(12). 16923–16935.

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Xu, Yan‐Tong, et al.. (2024). The electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia (NARR) using MOF-808 enhanced by the transition metal Fe (III) and H2PO4−/HPO42−. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 83. 1143–1149. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2024). Ionic double-shell magnetic covalent organic framework for sharp and fast adsorption of critical metals. Separation and Purification Technology. 341. 126846–126846. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2024). Fe-Mg alloy nitrogen carrier for chemical looping ammonia synthesis process formed by mechanochemical nitrogen fixation and heating hydrogenation. Fuel. 384. 133930–133930. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Yan, et al.. (2024). Metal incorporated into magnetic hybrid covalent organic framework for high selective uptake of scandium ion. Separation and Purification Technology. 355. 129513–129513. 6 indexed citations

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Majid, Abdul, et al.. (2024). Effect of calcium phosphate modification on the interfacial transition zone of recycled aggregate and concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites. 157. 105872–105872. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Heyu, Zhe Sun, & Yan Cao. (2024). Experimental and process simulation on solid fuel chemical looping cascade utilization conversion technology aiming hydrogen generation. Renewable Energy. 235. 121291–121291. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Heyu, Zhe Sun, & Yan Cao. (2024). The sulfur recovery from gypsums with a higher H2/CO syngas byproduct and the CO2 abatement via an integrated process involving chemical-looping and iodine–sulfur cycle. Separation and Purification Technology. 338. 126414–126414. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Yan‐Tong, et al.. (2023). Oxytetracycline-derived carbon dots as a fluorescent switch in trace ferric ion sensing. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(25). 11919–11927. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yongqing, et al.. (2021). Effect of the Reactant Transportation on Performance of a Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. Energies. 14(4). 1212–1212. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Yan Cao, Chong Xu, et al.. (2019). Nitrogen and Phosphorus Co‐Doped Graphene‐Like Carbon Catalyzed Selective Oxidation of Alcohols. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 8(3). 422–427. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Xing He, Chunxia Wang, et al.. (2018). Controllable and eco-friendly synthesis of P-riched carbon quantum dots and its application for copper (II) ion sensing. Applied Surface Science. 448. 589–598. 77 indexed citations

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