Yaoping Cai

1.3k total citations
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Yaoping Cai is a scholar working on Paleontology, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaoping Cai has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Paleontology, 14 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Yaoping Cai's work include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (24 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (12 papers). Yaoping Cai is often cited by papers focused on Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (24 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 papers) and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (12 papers). Yaoping Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Yaoping Cai's co-authors include Hong Hua, James D. Schiffbauer, Shuhai Xiao, Alan J. Kaufman, Xunlai Yuan, Yongbo Peng, John Warren Huntley, Guoxiang Li, Marc Laflamme and Simon A.F. Darroch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Geology.

In The Last Decade

Yaoping Cai

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yaoping Cai China 18 1.0k 508 291 239 239 25 1.1k
Bin Wan China 20 902 0.9× 475 0.9× 205 0.7× 181 0.8× 297 1.2× 42 1.1k
Ke Pang China 20 980 0.9× 563 1.1× 195 0.7× 180 0.8× 273 1.1× 60 1.2k
Amelia Penny United Kingdom 15 1.0k 1.0× 433 0.9× 403 1.4× 248 1.0× 273 1.1× 30 1.1k
Thomas H. Boag United States 13 905 0.9× 510 1.0× 142 0.5× 241 1.0× 184 0.8× 19 1.0k
Charlotte G. Kenchington United Kingdom 14 804 0.8× 482 0.9× 105 0.4× 216 0.9× 141 0.6× 20 883
Cole T. Edwards United States 17 948 0.9× 451 0.9× 438 1.5× 205 0.9× 324 1.4× 31 1.1k
Christopher A. McRoberts United States 19 1.1k 1.1× 428 0.8× 252 0.9× 240 1.0× 452 1.9× 50 1.3k
Artem Kouchinsky Sweden 25 1.6k 1.5× 503 1.0× 290 1.0× 509 2.1× 342 1.4× 39 1.7k
Kate Littler United Kingdom 14 789 0.8× 764 1.5× 168 0.6× 205 0.9× 296 1.2× 30 1.1k
Nicolas Olivier France 22 1.2k 1.2× 411 0.8× 291 1.0× 259 1.1× 415 1.7× 48 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yaoping Cai

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Yaoping Cai's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Yaoping Cai with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Yaoping Cai more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Yaoping Cai

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaoping Cai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Zhang, Pan, Kang‐Jun Huang, Mao Luo, Yaoping Cai, & Zhian Bao. (2022). Constraining the terminal Ediacaran seawater chemistry by Mg isotopes in dolostones from the Yangtze Platform, South China. Precambrian Research. 377. 106700–106700. 7 indexed citations
2.
Chen, Wei, Yaoping Cai, Dandan Liang, & Xiaoyang Wang. (2022). Two tubular fossil assemblages from the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation in southern Shaanxi Province of South China. Precambrian Research. 378. 106762–106762. 8 indexed citations
3.
Schiffbauer, James D., Sarah Jacquet, Rachel A. Merz, et al.. (2020). Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period. Nature Communications. 11(1). 205–205. 53 indexed citations
4.
Liang, Dandan, et al.. (2020). The terminal Ediacaran tubular fossil Cloudina in the Yangtze Gorges area of South China. Precambrian Research. 351. 105931–105931. 12 indexed citations
5.
Walde, Detlef H.G., Dermeval Aparecido do Carmo, Lucas V. Warren, et al.. (2019). Análisis paleontológicos a través límite Ediacárico-Cámbrico, Grupo Alto Corumbá, Brasil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 75(2). e094–e094. 2 indexed citations
6.
Cui, Huan, Shuhai Xiao, Yaoping Cai, et al.. (2019). Sedimentology and chemostratigraphy of the terminal Ediacaran Dengying Formation at the Gaojiashan section, South China. Geological Magazine. 156(11). 1924–1948. 62 indexed citations
7.
Cai, Yaoping, Shuhai Xiao, Guoxiang Li, & Hong Hua. (2019). Diverse biomineralizing animals in the terminal Ediacaran Period herald the Cambrian explosion. Geology. 47(4). 380–384. 81 indexed citations
8.
Xiao, Min, Hong Hua, Yaoping Cai, & Bo Sun. (2018). Asexual reproduction of tubular fossils in the terminal Neoproterozoic Dengying Formation, South China. Precambrian Research. 322. 18–23. 4 indexed citations
9.
Han, Jian, Yaoping Cai, James D. Schiffbauer, et al.. (2017). ACloudina-like fossil with evidence of asexual reproduction from the lowest Cambrian, South China. Geological Magazine. 154(6). 1294–1305. 21 indexed citations
10.
Cai, Yaoping, et al.. (2017). Taxonomy of the late Ediacaran index fossil Cloudina and a new similar taxon from South China. Precambrian Research. 298. 146–156. 42 indexed citations
11.
Schiffbauer, James D., et al.. (2016). The Latest Ediacaran Wormworld Fauna: Setting the Ecological Stage for the Cambrian Explosion. GSA Today. 4–11. 108 indexed citations
12.
Cui, Huan, Alan J. Kaufman, Shuhai Xiao, et al.. (2016). Environmental context for the terminal Ediacaran biomineralization of animals. Geobiology. 14(4). 344–363. 82 indexed citations
13.
Cai, Yaoping, Shuhai Xiao, Hong Hua, & Xunlai Yuan. (2015). New material of the biomineralizing tubular fossil Sinotubulites from the late Ediacaran Dengying Formation, South China. Precambrian Research. 261. 12–24. 48 indexed citations
14.
Schiffbauer, James D., Shuhai Xiao, Yaoping Cai, et al.. (2014). A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Palaeozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5754–5754. 140 indexed citations
15.
Wang, Wei, Yaoping Cai, Chengguo Guan, et al.. (2013). PRESERVATIONAL MODES AND TEMPO-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF EDIACARAN FOSSILS IN CHINA. Gushengwu xuebao. 52(1). 68–79. 3 indexed citations
16.
Cai, Yaoping, Hong Hua, James D. Schiffbauer, Bo Sun, & Xunlai Yuan. (2013). Tube growth patterns and microbial mat-related lifestyles in the Ediacaran fossil Cloudina, Gaojiashan Lagerstätte, South China. Gondwana Research. 25(3). 1008–1018. 61 indexed citations
17.
Cai, Yaoping, James D. Schiffbauer, Hong Hua, & Shuhai Xiao. (2012). Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 326-328. 109–117. 119 indexed citations
18.
Cai, Yaoping, Hong Hua, Andrey Yu. Zhuravlev, José Antonio Gámez Vintaned, & A. Yu. Ivantsov. (2010). Discussion of ‘First finds of problematic Ediacaran fossil Gaojiashania in Siberia and its origin’. Geological Magazine. 148(2). 329–333. 26 indexed citations
19.
Cai, Yaoping & Hong Hua. (2007). Pyritization in the Gaojiashan Biota. Chinese Science Bulletin. 52(5). 645–650. 26 indexed citations
20.
Cai, Yaoping, et al.. (1999). [Studies on Chinese drugs zhiqiao and zhishi origin investigation and merchandise identification].. PubMed. 24(5). 259–62, 317. 3 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Bin Wan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ke Pang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Amelia Penny Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Thomas H. Boag Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Charlotte G. Kenchington Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cole T. Edwards Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Christopher A. McRoberts Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Artem Kouchinsky Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kate Littler Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nicolas Olivier
Rankless by CCL
2026