Yanan Cao

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Yanan Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanan Cao has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yanan Cao's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (9 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (9 papers). Yanan Cao is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (9 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (9 papers). Yanan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yanan Cao's co-authors include Guang Ning, Weiqing Wang, Lin Li, Xuanlin Huang, Peide Huang, Zhimin Feng, Shengqing Wan, Xiaohui Sun, Fang Wen and Subrata Chakrabarti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yanan Cao

140 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Comparative genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) receptor ACE2 in different populations

2020 588 citations Yanan Cao, Guang Ning et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanan Cao China	31	1.4k	558	552	442	424	151	3.5k
Qingling Zhang China	29	1.3k 0.9×	394 0.7×	851 1.5×	474 1.1×	444 1.0×	133	3.5k
Mei Liu China	35	1.8k 1.3×	559 1.0×	590 1.1×	353 0.8×	561 1.3×	183	4.0k
Jiwoong Kim United States	29	2.8k 2.0×	431 0.8×	582 1.1×	305 0.7×	781 1.8×	70	4.1k
Geng Li China	35	1.7k 1.2×	220 0.4×	1.4k 2.5×	482 1.1×	315 0.7×	126	4.5k
Sun Kim South Korea	27	1.4k 1.0×	423 0.8×	335 0.6×	221 0.5×	287 0.7×	173	2.7k
Davood Bashash Iran	31	1.6k 1.2×	457 0.8×	388 0.7×	350 0.8×	659 1.6×	200	3.6k
Harsha Gowda India	40	3.2k 2.3×	845 1.5×	280 0.5×	565 1.3×	724 1.7×	185	5.7k
Qing Chang China	30	1.3k 1.0×	340 0.6×	857 1.6×	233 0.5×	337 0.8×	128	3.4k
Xiaohui Wang China	37	2.8k 2.0×	799 1.4×	240 0.4×	795 1.8×	376 0.9×	149	4.9k
Xia Liu China	37	2.3k 1.7×	577 1.0×	334 0.6×	469 1.1×	787 1.9×	180	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanan Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanan Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanan 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 Yanan Cao. Yanan 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, Yanan, et al.. (2025). Effects of nitrogen fertilizer replacement with different sourced-black soldier fly frass on rice growth, physiological characteristics and soil properties. Applied Soil Ecology. 208. 105975–105975. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yanyan, Chenglong Yu, Yijing Liu, et al.. (2025). An autotetraploid genome of <i>Corydalis sheareri</i> provides insight into the evolution and benzylisoquinoline alkaloids diversity of <i>Corydalis</i>. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 0–0.

Zhu, Yuchen, Halah Aalim, Yanan Cao, et al.. (2024). Cold plasma-assisted pretreatment for fabrication and characterization of rice starch-stearic acid complexes. Food Bioscience. 60. 104492–104492. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Chaohu, Huarong Zhang, Rongrong Guo, et al.. (2024). Establishment and characterisation of STAM4, a novel human adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma cell line, through human telomerase reverse transcriptase ectopic expression‐mediated immortalisation. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 50(1). 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yizhi, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Potential of Plant-Derived Exosome-like Nanovesicle as Functional Food Components for Human Health: A Review. Foods. 13(5). 712–712. 22 indexed citations

Cao, Yanan, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of porcine intestinal epithelial cells after PDCoV infection. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11. 1359547–1359547. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Yanan, et al.. (2023). Enhanced bypass of PD-L1 translation reduces the therapeutic response to mTOR kinase inhibitors. Cell Reports. 42(7). 112764–112764. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Chao, et al.. (2023). Chromatin Accessibility and Transcriptional Landscape during Inhibition of Salmonella enterica by Lactobacillus reuteri in IPEC-J2 Cells. Cells. 12(6). 968–968. 4 indexed citations

Shi, Xiaodan, et al.. (2023). Multiscale structures, physicochemical properties, and in vitro digestibility of oat starch complexes co-gelatinized with jicama non-starch polysaccharides. Food Hydrocolloids. 144. 108983–108983. 50 indexed citations

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Hu, Xia, et al.. (2022). Progress on Nutritional Function and High-value Utilization of Hulless Barley. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jianyi, Jia Shi, Yang Zhang, et al.. (2021). Long-term tracing and staining of carbon nanoparticles for axillary lymph nodes in patients with locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Asian Journal of Surgery. 45(1). 89–96. 8 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanan, Liang Zou, Wei Li, et al.. (2020). Dietary quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) polysaccharides ameliorate high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemia and modulate gut microbiota. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 163. 55–65. 98 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanan, et al.. (2019). Medical Service Platform and Internet+ Medicine Innovation Construction. 4(1). 25–30. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Fanfan, Yanan Cao, Jingjing Li, et al.. (2019). The clinical significance of serum adipocytokines level in patients with lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 11(8). 3547–3555. 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanan, et al.. (2018). Inferring spatial patterns and drivers of population divergence of Neolitsea sericea (Lauraceae), based on molecular phylogeography and landscape genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126. 162–172. 23 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiuli, Lei Jiang, Aijing Shan, et al.. (2018). Targeting hepatic miR-221/222 for therapeutic intervention of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in mice. EBioMedicine. 37. 307–321. 32 indexed citations

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Fan, Yingchao, et al.. (2017). The clinical significance of FLT3 ITD mutation on the prognosis of adult acute promyelocytic leukemia. Hematology. 23(7). 379–384. 10 indexed citations

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Chang, Guoying, Rui Yang, Yanan Cao, et al.. (2016). SIDT2 is involved in the NAADP-mediated release of calcium from insulin secretory granules. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 56(3). 249–259. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Yanhong, et al.. (2015). Evaluation on the stable dose prediction accuracy of Warfarin anticoagulant therapy by pharmacogenetics among Shanghai patients. Laboratory Medicine. 30(7). 697. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanan, Ying Xue, Lu Xue, et al.. (2013). Hepatic menin recruits SIRT1 to control liver steatosis through histone deacetylation. Journal of Hepatology. 59(6). 1299–1306. 56 indexed citations

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