Yang Cai

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yang Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Cai has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yang Cai's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (23 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (12 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (10 papers). Yang Cai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (23 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (12 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (10 papers). Yang Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yang Cai's co-authors include Junbo Zhong, Yuwei Wang, Changping Li, Haoran Song, Yongming Shen, Daoyuan Zu, Chendong Ji, Meizhen Yin, Jianzhang Li and Jianzhang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Cancer Cell and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Yang Cai

52 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

The crosstalk between macrophages and cancer cells potentiates pancreatic cancer cachexia

2024 60 citations Mingyang Liu, Yu Ren et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Cai China	24	995	879	478	398	194	54	1.7k
Chenxi Li China	22	999 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	478 1.0×	343 0.9×	137 0.7×	65	1.8k
Hao Meng China	29	1.1k 1.1×	704 0.8×	435 0.9×	261 0.7×	464 2.4×	70	2.1k
Dandan Li China	20	916 0.9×	493 0.6×	337 0.7×	210 0.5×	132 0.7×	44	1.8k
Yizhou Wu China	25	888 0.9×	830 0.9×	480 1.0×	366 0.9×	154 0.8×	73	2.0k
Changying Yang China	21	683 0.7×	367 0.4×	370 0.8×	322 0.8×	138 0.7×	77	1.4k
Sainan Zhang China	16	1.9k 1.9×	717 0.8×	287 0.6×	274 0.7×	100 0.5×	40	2.5k
Lin Wei China	22	731 0.7×	683 0.8×	471 1.0×	282 0.7×	113 0.6×	44	1.4k
Shaoze Zhang China	23	631 0.6×	466 0.5×	332 0.7×	458 1.2×	498 2.6×	79	1.7k
Alberto Vertova Italy	28	837 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 2.1×	312 0.8×	159 0.8×	105	2.6k
Cheng Zeng China	23	981 1.0×	365 0.4×	719 1.5×	471 1.2×	212 1.1×	39	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Cai

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Cai, Yang, Yuwei Wang, Hafiz Muhammad Adeel Sharif, et al.. (2025). Single-atom Pd confined in Ti ₃C ₂ nanosheet for boosted room-temperature trace NO ₂ monitoring. Nano Research. 18(4). 94907285–94907285. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yibo, Jinzhong Lu, Guangying Zhang, et al.. (2025). A fluorinated carbon nanodot-tube/MXene/microfiber electronic textile with high water-interference-resistance for stable amphibious human motion monitoring. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(12). 8580–8593. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Yang, Li Yang, & Li‐Hua Gan. (2025). One-step solid-phase synthesis of an efficient heterojunction photocatalyst ZnS/g-C3N4 for H2 production. Advanced Powder Technology. 36(11). 105041–105041.

Long, Cai, Long Xiao, Yang Cai, et al.. (2024). Long-lived nanoparticle-embedded superhydrophobic membranes with rapid photocatalytic properties and continuous oil–water separation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 482. 148743–148743. 51 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhijun, Jingxuan Yang, Mingyang Liu, et al.. (2024). Protocol for establishing and evaluating a cancer cachexia mouse model. STAR Protocols. 5(3). 103281–103281. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Mingyang, Yu Ren, Zhijun Zhou, et al.. (2024). The crosstalk between macrophages and cancer cells potentiates pancreatic cancer cachexia. Cancer Cell. 42(5). 885–903.e4. 60 indexed citations breakdown →

Cai, Yang. (2024). Conjugation of primary amine groups in targeted proteomics. Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 44(5). 773–807. 2 indexed citations

Xie, Wanrong, Yuwei Wang, Xueshan Hu, et al.. (2023). Insights into the atomic structure of oxygen vacancy on Bi2MoO6/MXene heterojunction and its role for boosting photocatalytic NO oxidation. Applied Surface Science. 638. 158104–158104. 18 indexed citations

Li, Chenglong, Cai Long, Yang Cai, et al.. (2023). Design of amphoteric micro/nanofiber-coupling fabric for ultrafast, precise, and robust removal of water droplets from oils. Chemical Engineering Journal. 471. 144479–144479. 26 indexed citations

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Cai, Yang, et al.. (2023). A dual-lock-controlled mitochondria-targeted ratiometric fluorescence probe for simultaneous detection of atherosclerosis-related HClO and viscosity. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 303. 123225–123225. 9 indexed citations

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Cai, Yang, Ying Jiang, Meng Ye, et al.. (2023). Structure-activity relationship of low molecular weight Astragalus membranaceus polysaccharides produced by Bacteroides. Carbohydrate Polymers. 316. 121036–121036. 52 indexed citations

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Cai, Yang, et al.. (2023). Enzyme cocktail with hyperactive lipase through solid-state fermentation by the novel strain Penicillium sp. Y-21. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14527–14527. 3 indexed citations

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Song, Haoyang, Junchi Ma, Chenglong Li, et al.. (2023). Design of a stable wearable piezoresistive sensor with a laminated pattern for simultaneous anti-wetting and self-power. Chemical Engineering Journal. 481. 148346–148346. 21 indexed citations

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Yu, Jie, et al.. (2023). Boundary-Guided Semantic Context Network for Water Body Extraction from Remote Sensing Images. Remote Sensing. 15(17). 4325–4325. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Juncai, Yang Cai, Chunying Li, et al.. (2023). Phase Separation of DNA‐Encoded Artificial Cells Boosts Signal Amplification for Biosensing. Angewandte Chemie. 135(39). 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Huanhuan, et al.. (2020). One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of MXene Ti3C2/TiO2/BiOCl ternary heterojunctions with improved separation of photoactivated carries and photocatalytic behavior toward elimination of contaminants. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 603. 125239–125239. 73 indexed citations

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Cai, Yang, Wenyu Cheng, Chendong Ji, et al.. (2020). Enzyme‐Triggered Disassembly of Perylene Monoimide‐based Nanoclusters for Activatable and Deep Photodynamic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(33). 14014–14018. 125 indexed citations

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Mu, Lan, Xi Zeng, Jiang‐Lin Zhao, et al.. (2018). A three-dimensional (time, wavelength and intensity) functioning fluorescent probe for the selective recognition/discrimination of Cu²⁺, Hg²⁺, Fe³⁺ and F⁻ ions. Dalton Transactions. 47(11). 3674–3678. 17 indexed citations

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Luo, Qingying, Lin Liu, Yang Cai, et al.. (2018). A rapid, ratiometric, enzyme-free, and sensitive single-step miRNA detection using three-way junction based FRET probes. Nanotechnology. 29(11). 114001–114001. 9 indexed citations

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Cai, Yang, et al.. (2017). High-Glass-Transition-Temperature Hydrocarbon Polymers Produced through Cationic Cyclization of Diene Polymers with Various Microstructures. Macromolecules. 50(19). 7498–7508. 20 indexed citations

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