Yang Cao

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 889 citations indexed

About

Yang Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Cao has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 889 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yang Cao's work include Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (5 papers). Yang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (7 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (6 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (5 papers). Yang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Yang Cao's co-authors include Qingyang Dong, Chao Niu, Pengcheng Zhang, Ying Liu, Dan Wang, Xiaochen Bo, Fei Li, Xiaofei Zheng, Yuanyuan Wang and Ying Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Bioinformatics and Oncogene.

In The Last Decade

Yang Cao

83 papers receiving 883 citations

Hit Papers

microbiomeMarker: an R/Bioconductor package for microbiom... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200
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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. microbiomeMarker: an R/Bioconductor package for microbiome marker identification and visualization
    2022 236 citations Yang Cao, Qingyang Dong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Cao China 14 360 83 79 73 72 94 889
Mingxia Yang China 16 386 1.1× 91 1.1× 82 1.0× 48 0.7× 67 0.9× 44 840
Zewei Zhang China 20 328 0.9× 107 1.3× 80 1.0× 64 0.9× 49 0.7× 72 1.0k
Amit Kumar Yadav India 20 573 1.6× 63 0.8× 45 0.6× 65 0.9× 49 0.7× 92 1.1k
Huanhuan Gao China 15 336 0.9× 33 0.4× 44 0.6× 55 0.8× 75 1.0× 58 887
Philippe Desjardins Canada 15 619 1.7× 56 0.7× 63 0.8× 36 0.5× 90 1.3× 22 1.1k
Hai Liang United States 20 305 0.8× 58 0.7× 49 0.6× 97 1.3× 97 1.3× 51 1.1k
Leo Zeef United Kingdom 18 858 2.4× 75 0.9× 68 0.9× 130 1.8× 96 1.3× 34 1.3k
Yujia Shi China 13 407 1.1× 67 0.8× 178 2.3× 49 0.7× 51 0.7× 53 904
Hongjin Liu China 18 293 0.8× 76 0.9× 96 1.2× 27 0.4× 41 0.6× 84 918
Lokender Kumar India 17 432 1.2× 50 0.6× 32 0.4× 54 0.7× 74 1.0× 51 908

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Cao

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

All Works

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Diao, Mengyuan, Shiyong Yu, Zhipeng Zheng, et al.. (2025). Gut Microbial Tryptophan Metabolism Is Involved in Post‐Cardiac Arrest Brain Injury via Pyroptosis Modulation. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 31(4). e70381–e70381. 1 indexed citations
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Bai, Changsen, Lianlian Wu, Ruijiang Li, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning‐Enabled Drug‐Induced Toxicity Prediction. Advanced Science. 12(16). e2413405–e2413405. 14 indexed citations
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Fan, Shijie, Wenjuan Li, Zejiao Li, et al.. (2025). PRMT5 encourages cell migration and metastasis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma through methylating ΔNp63α. Cell Death and Differentiation. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pengcheng, Yang Cao, Baoding Liu, et al.. (2025). Costunolide nanosuspension loaded in dissolvable microneedle arrays for atopic dermatitis treatment. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 675. 125566–125566. 1 indexed citations
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Rao, Shuquan, et al.. (2024). Revolutionizing genetic disease treatment: The case of exagamglogene autotemcel. The Innovation. 5(3). 100619–100619.
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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2024). P4HA3 promotes head and neck squamous cell carcinoma progression via the WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway. Pathology - Research and Practice. 260. 155481–155481. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yanpeng, et al.. (2024). A Point Cloud Graph Neural Network for Protein–Ligand Binding Site Prediction. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(17). 9280–9280. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, Jianping Han, Shaofeng Wang, et al.. (2024). An investigation of Z-scheme homojunction BiVO4 photocatalysts for efficient green removal of ammonia nitrogen. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1008. 176640–176640. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuemei, Xu Huang, Yang Cao, et al.. (2023). Dynamic analysis of predictive biomarkers for radiation therapy efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer patients by next-generation sequencing based on blood specimens. Pathology - Research and Practice. 253. 154972–154972. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huining, Lihong Tian, Yan Wang, et al.. (2023). Selective degradation of ceftriaxone sodium by surface molecularly imprinted BiOCl/Bi3NbO7 heterojunction photocatalyst. Separation and Purification Technology. 315. 123716–123716. 42 indexed citations
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Liang, Mang, Bingxing An, Tianyu Deng, et al.. (2023). Incorporating genome-wide and transcriptome-wide association studies to identify genetic elements of longissimus dorsi muscle in Huaxi cattle. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 982433–982433. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2023). Autologous fat or adipose-derived stem cells grafting in systemic sclerosis treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 41(8). 1659–1669. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang. (2014). Evaluation of Sustainable Supply Chain Based on TBL Theory. Journal of systems management. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2011). SaaS Test Based on Durable X-Machine. Jisuanji gongcheng. 37(9). 87–89. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang. (2010). Antitumor activity and lymphocyte translation effects of Ribonucleases(RNase) from Rana sylvatica Le conte spawns. Zhongguo sheng-hua yaowu zazhi. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2005). Application of UML for Network Management Agent. Computer Engineering and Applications Journal. 41(36). 114–116. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yang, et al.. (2004). Preliminary Studies on the Application of PCR Diagnosis on the Silkworms Eggs and Moths With Simulated Pebrine Disease Infection. Canye kexue. 30(4). 367–370. 1 indexed citations

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