Yanni Cao

712 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 504 citations indexed

About

Yanni Cao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanni Cao has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 504 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Yanni Cao's work include RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Yanni Cao is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (7 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (5 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers). Yanni Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yanni Cao's co-authors include Lingqiao Kong, Zhiyun Ouyang, Lufeng Zhang, Qian‐Zhong Li, C. W. Chu, Huixia Lv, Q. D. Jiang, Yilin Sun, Wei-Kan Chu and Won Nam Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied Physics Letters and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yanni Cao

22 papers receiving 495 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.

The balance between economic development and ecosystem service value in the process of land urbanization: A case study of China’s land urbanization from 2000 to 2015

2021 168 citations Yanni Cao, Lingqiao Kong et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanni Cao China	9	222	87	67	66	65	29	504
Yixin Li China	13	135 0.6×	121 1.4×	64 1.0×	49 0.7×	19 0.3×	46	727
Zisheng Yang China	14	140 0.6×	105 1.2×	14 0.2×	15 0.2×	53 0.8×	82	563
Yan Tang China	13	217 1.0×	77 0.9×	116 1.7×	4 0.1×	76 1.2×	40	609
Lang Sun China	12	63 0.3×	190 2.2×	34 0.5×	46 0.7×	18 0.3×	27	640
Xiangjin Li China	10	181 0.8×	75 0.9×	358 5.3×	47 0.7×	13 0.2×	19	667
Ke Xiong China	10	91 0.4×	21 0.2×	255 3.8×	78 1.2×	9 0.1×	12	648
Yueqi Wang China	20	239 1.1×	151 1.7×	69 1.0×	167 2.5×	29 0.4×	73	1.1k
Jingyu Liu China	16	70 0.3×	108 1.2×	133 2.0×	41 0.6×	75 1.2×	37	795
Kang Lu United States	10	166 0.7×	36 0.4×	21 0.3×	28 0.4×	42 0.6×	31	448

Countries citing papers authored by Yanni Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanni Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanni Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanni Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanni 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 Yanni Cao. Yanni 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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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Yun, et al.. (2025). Uncovering the Influence of Land Cover and Climate Extremes on Wildfire Smoke PM _2.5 in the United States Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(46). 24874–24887.

Wu, Jianyong, Yanni Cao, M. Sirajul Islam, & Michael Emch. (2025). Application of Machine Learning to Identify Influential Factors for Fecal Contamination of Shallow Groundwater. Water. 17(2). 160–160. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Jianyong, et al.. (2025). Current Capabilities and Challenges of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Freshwater Cyanobacterial Blooms: A Scoping Review. Remote Sensing. 17(5). 918–918. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yanni, et al.. (2025). Unveiling complexity in blue spaces and life expectancy. Environmental Research. 281. 121981–121981.

Cao, Yanni, et al.. (2025). Impacts of wildfire smoke PM2.5, greenspace and terrain ruggedness on life expectancy in the contiguous United States. The Science of The Total Environment. 964. 178584–178584. 3 indexed citations

Lu, Hongxuan, Zhonghui Liu, Youbin Sun, et al.. (2025). Vegetation‐Driven Spatial Heterogeneity of Land Surface Temperature Changes on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(6).

Cao, Yanni, Lingqiao Kong, Zhenci Xu, et al.. (2025). Exploring coordinated pathways for sustainable ecosystem and socioeconomic development: A case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Sustainable Futures. 9. 100691–100691.

Zhang, Zhenhai, Yanni Cao, Yuhan Hu, et al.. (2024). A Self‐Amplifying ROS‐Responsive Nanoplatform for Simultaneous Cuproptosis and Cancer Immunotherapy. Advanced Science. 11(23). e2401047–e2401047. 63 indexed citations

Song, Jia‐Le, et al.. (2024). Identification of target genes co-regulated by four key histone modifications of five key regions in hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods. 231. 165–177.

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Chen, Yingli, Qian‐Zhong Li, Hui Bai, et al.. (2024). CancerMHL: the database of integrating key DNA methylation, histone modifications and lncRNAs in cancer. Database. 2024. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, Xin, et al.. (2023). Glutamate affects self-assembly, protein corona, and anti-4 T1 tumor effects of melittin/vitamin E-succinic acid-(glutamate)n nanoparticles. Journal of Controlled Release. 365. 802–817. 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanni, Qian‐Zhong Li, Yuxian Liu, Wen Jin, & Rui Hou. (2022). Discovering the key genes and important DNA methylation regions in breast cancer. Hereditas. 159(1). 7–7. 5 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanni, Qian‐Zhong Li, & Yuxian Liu. (2022). Discovered Key CpG Sites by Analyzing DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Samples. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 815843–815843. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanni, Tong Wu, Lingqiao Kong, et al.. (2022). The drivers and spatial distribution of economic efficiency in China’s cities. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 32(8). 1427–1450. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Qian‐Zhong, et al.. (2021). The effect of key DNA methylation in different regions on gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Omics. 18(1). 57–70. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Qian‐Zhong, et al.. (2020). Identification of key genes and important histone modifications in hepatocellular carcinoma. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 18. 2657–2669. 26 indexed citations

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Jin, Wen, Qian‐Zhong Li, Yongchun Zuo, et al.. (2018). Relationship Between DNA Methylation in Key Region and the Differential Expressions of Genes in Human Breast Tumor Tissue. DNA and Cell Biology. 38(1). 49–62. 14 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanni, Guido Cervone, Zachary Barkley, et al.. (2017). Analysis of errors introduced by geographic coordinate systems on weather numeric prediction modeling. Geoscientific model development. 10(9). 3425–3440. 6 indexed citations

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Barkley, Zachary, Thomas Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, et al.. (2017). Quantifying methane emissions from natural gas production in north-eastern Pennsylvania. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 17(22). 13941–13966. 61 indexed citations

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Cao, Yanni, et al.. (2012). Expression profiles of genes involved in starch synthesis in non-waxy and waxy wheat. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology. 59(5). 632–639. 7 indexed citations

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