Yanfei Cai

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yanfei Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanfei Cai has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yanfei Cai's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (14 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (9 papers). Yanfei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (14 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers) and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (9 papers). Yanfei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yanfei Cai's co-authors include Yu Cao, Yongtao Li, Pete Chandrangsu, John D. Helmann, Zhaoqi Yang, Jingyu Zhu, Jian Jin, Han Zhou, Yuqi Wang and Hualiang Pi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ACS Nano and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Yanfei Cai

81 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Antagonism of Two Plant-Growth Promoting Bacillus velezen... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Antagonism of Two Plant-Growth Promoting Bacillus velezensis Isolates Against Ralstonia solanacearum and Fusarium oxysporum
    2018 250 citations Hualiang Pi, John D. Helmann et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanfei Cai China 20 708 375 186 172 162 89 1.5k
Dandan Zhou China 24 929 1.3× 344 0.9× 349 1.9× 241 1.4× 146 0.9× 99 2.1k
Hai‐Ning Du China 28 1.2k 1.7× 282 0.8× 109 0.6× 128 0.7× 100 0.6× 65 2.2k
Jinho Kim South Korea 22 794 1.1× 192 0.5× 186 1.0× 69 0.4× 53 0.3× 75 1.4k
Jiawei Du China 25 817 1.2× 265 0.7× 290 1.6× 145 0.8× 176 1.1× 88 1.7k
Ning Ma China 26 858 1.2× 391 1.0× 204 1.1× 60 0.3× 224 1.4× 84 2.1k
Chang Hoon Lee South Korea 25 1.1k 1.6× 115 0.3× 124 0.7× 89 0.5× 379 2.3× 111 2.3k
Nathaniel B. Goldstein United States 13 625 0.9× 99 0.3× 109 0.6× 66 0.4× 110 0.7× 18 1.3k
Jihye Yoo South Korea 19 760 1.1× 281 0.7× 559 3.0× 233 1.4× 74 0.5× 50 1.7k
He Wang China 23 1.0k 1.5× 139 0.4× 289 1.6× 200 1.2× 180 1.1× 68 1.6k
Ting Yang China 20 611 0.9× 256 0.7× 90 0.5× 94 0.5× 68 0.4× 97 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanfei Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanfei Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yanfei Cai. 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 Yanfei Cai. The network helps show where Yanfei Cai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanfei Cai

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

All Works

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Shen, Yuxin, Yixin Wen, Sen Li, et al.. (2025). Nucleic acid coated photothermal nanoregulator for multiple therapy of drug-resistant breast cancer. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 308(Pt 2). 142592–142592.
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Cai, Yanfei, et al.. (2025). The extracytoplasmic sigma factor σX supports biofilm formation and increases biocontrol efficacy in Bacillus velezensis 118. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5315–5315. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jingyu, Lei Xu, Yanfei Cai, et al.. (2024). Optimization of virtual screening against phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta: Integration of common feature pharmacophore and multicomplex-based molecular docking. Computational Biology and Chemistry. 109. 108011–108011. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, Xuefeng Ding, Yun Chen, et al.. (2023). Analysis of the in vitro function and internalization ability of a humanized EGFR antibody AE01 expressed by Chinese hamster ovary cells. Protein Expression and Purification. 206. 106243–106243. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaobo, et al.. (2023). Biological control of potato common scab and growth promotion of potato by Bacillus velezensis Y6. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1295107–1295107. 12 indexed citations
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Jia, Ting, Yanfei Cai, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Molecular genetics and quantitative traits divergence among populations of Eothenomys miletus from Hengduan Mountain region. Ecology and Evolution. 13(8). e10370–e10370. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Yanfei, et al.. (2023). Investigation of the Synergistic Protective Effect of Natural Antioxidants on DNA Damage. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal. 57(5). 663–668.
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Ding, Xuefeng, Yun Chen, Zhaoqi Yang, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive evaluation of stable expression “hot spot” in the ScltI gene of Chinese hamster ovary cells. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 107(4). 1299–1309. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Junjie, Yanfei Cai, Yun Chen, et al.. (2022). Investigation into the anti-airway inflammatory role of the PI3Kγ inhibitor JN-PK1: An in vitro and in vivo study. International Immunopharmacology. 111. 109102–109102. 9 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jingyu, Lei Jia, Lei Xu, et al.. (2021). A multi-conformational virtual screening approach based on machine learning targeting PI3Kγ. Molecular Diversity. 25(3). 1271–1282. 14 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jingyu, Kan Li, Lei Xu, et al.. (2021). Discovery of novel selective PI3Kγ inhibitors through combining machine learning-based virtual screening with multiple protein structures and bio-evaluation. Journal of Advanced Research. 36. 1–13. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Yeyang, et al.. (2021). Dual antisense oligonucleotide targeting miR-21/miR-155 synergize photodynamic therapy to treat triple-negative breast cancer and inhibit metastasis. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 146. 112564–112564. 38 indexed citations
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Zhu, Jingyu, et al.. (2020). Theoretical Exploring Selective-Binding Mechanisms of JAK3 by 3D-QSAR, Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Free Energy Calculation. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 7. 83–83. 14 indexed citations
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Hou, Ying, Min Chu, Yanfei Cai, et al.. (2015). Antitumor and anti-angiogenic activity of the recombinant human disintegrin domain of A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 15. Molecular Medicine Reports. 12(2). 2360–2366. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Xin, Yanfei Cai, Dongxu He, et al.. (2012). Transient receptor potential channel TRPC5 is essential for P-glycoprotein induction in drug-resistant cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(40). 16282–16287. 150 indexed citations
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He, Dongxu, Xin Ma, Yun Chen, et al.. (2012). Luteolin inhibits pyrogallol‐induced apoptosis through the extracellular signal‐regulated kinase signaling pathway. FEBS Journal. 279(10). 1834–1843. 16 indexed citations

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