Yi Cai

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yi Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Cai has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Yi Cai's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (10 papers). Yi Cai is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (12 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (11 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (10 papers). Yi Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Germany. Yi Cai's co-authors include Liwen Jiang, J. A. Buswell, Song Chang, Sheung Kwan Lam, Zizhong Tang, Xiulan Xie, Qiang Wang, Caiji Gao, Xiaohong Zhuang and Junqi Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Plant Cell and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Yi Cai

63 papers receiving 2.0k 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 Roles of Environmental Factors in Regulation of Oxidative Stress in Plant

2019 294 citations Zizhong Tang, Yi Cai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Cai China	25	1.1k	977	365	264	199	68	2.1k
Liberato Marzullo Italy	19	631 0.6×	607 0.6×	165 0.5×	197 0.7×	427 2.1×	50	1.5k
Yizhen Deng China	28	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	426 1.2×	184 0.7×	48 0.2×	102	2.2k
Anindya Chanda United States	18	547 0.5×	596 0.6×	200 0.5×	303 1.1×	78 0.4×	39	1.3k
Hye Jin Kim South Korea	24	803 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	76 0.2×	151 0.6×	99 0.5×	112	1.9k
Michael H. Walter Germany	31	1.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.9×	92 0.3×	207 0.8×	163 0.8×	46	3.3k
Donghern Kim South Korea	25	540 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	102 0.3×	122 0.5×	119 0.6×	67	2.0k
M. Takagi Japan	30	454 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	190 0.5×	124 0.5×	172 0.9×	48	2.6k
Linjuan Huang China	32	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	150 0.4×	154 0.6×	134 0.7×	122	2.8k
Huirong Yang China	26	373 0.3×	1.6k 1.6×	425 1.2×	136 0.5×	95 0.5×	79	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Cai

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Yang, Xuemei, et al.. (2025). NtPP2C42 negatively regulates NtCLE3-NtBAM3-3 mediated drought tolerance in tobacco. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 229(Pt A). 110378–110378.

Spinosa, Wilma Aparecida, Mateus Scontri, Yi Cai, et al.. (2025). Eco-sustainable, edible, biodegradable and antioxidant pectin and bacterial cellulose films loaded with coconut oil for strawberry preservation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 308(Pt 4). 142701–142701. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Yi, et al.. (2025). Metabolomics-based discrimination of geographical variability in quality and antioxidant activity of golden mushroom (Floccularia luteovirens) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Food Bioscience. 68. 106536–106536. 3 indexed citations

Cai, Yi, Wei Chen, Lu Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhance the Antimycobacterial Activity of Streptomycin with Ebselen as an Antibiotic Adjuvant Through Disrupting Redox Homeostasis. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 18. 3811–3824. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Wenxian, Abid Ali, Jinbo Shen, et al.. (2024). Cell Penetrating Peptide Enhances the Aphidicidal Activity of Spider Venom-Derived Neurotoxin. Toxins. 16(8). 358–358. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Huipeng, Tingting Li, Zheng Ma, et al.. (2023). Codon usage pattern of the ancestor of green plants revealed through Rhodophyta. BMC Genomics. 24(1). 538–538. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Wanling, Yiyao Liang, Yujie Liu, et al.. (2023). The molecular mechanism for inhibiting the growth of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells using polymethoxyflavonoids purified from pericarp of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’ via HSCCC. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1096001–1096001. 6 indexed citations

Tang, Zizhong, Yusheng Chen, Shiling Feng, et al.. (2022). Extraction, Purification, Physicochemical Properties, and Activity of a New Polysaccharide From Cordyceps cicadae. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 911310–911310. 12 indexed citations

Huang, Yan, et al.. (2020). Multiple Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris 8004 type III effectors inhibit immunity induced by flg22. Planta. 252(5). 88–88. 9 indexed citations

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Yao, Panfeng, Chenglei Li, Xuerong Zhao, et al.. (2017). Overexpression of a Tartary Buckwheat Gene, FtbHLH3, Enhances Drought/Oxidative Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 625–625. 62 indexed citations

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Gao, Caiji, Yi Cai, Yejun Wang, et al.. (2014). Retention mechanisms for ER and Golgi membrane proteins. Trends in Plant Science. 19(8). 508–515. 83 indexed citations

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Ding, Yu, Juan Wang, Xiangfeng Wang, et al.. (2013). Exo70E2 is essential for exocyst subunit recruitment and EXPO formation in both plants and animals. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 25(3). 412–426. 75 indexed citations

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Huang, Lin, et al.. (2013). A study of the combination of triamcinolone and 5-fluorouracil in modulating keloid fibroblasts in vitro. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 66(9). e251–e259. 41 indexed citations

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Gao, Caiji, Yong Cui, Junqi Wang, et al.. (2013). ARA7(Q69L) expression in transgenic Arabidopsis cells induces the formation of enlarged multivesicular bodies. Journal of Experimental Botany. 64(10). 2817–2829. 48 indexed citations

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Huang, Lin, et al.. (2010). Low-dose 5-fluorouracil induces cell cycle G2 arrest and apoptosis in keloid fibroblasts. British Journal of Dermatology. 163(6). 1181–1185. 49 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi, Sheung Kwan Lam, Yu Ding, et al.. (2010). Multiple cytosolic and transmembrane determinants are required for the trafficking of SCAMP1 via an ER–Golgi–TGN–PM pathway. The Plant Journal. 65(6). 882–896. 59 indexed citations

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Lam, Sheung Kwan, Yi Cai, Yu Chung Tse, et al.. (2009). BFA‐induced compartments from the Golgi apparatus and trans‐Golgi network/early endosome are distinct in plant cells. The Plant Journal. 60(5). 865–881. 103 indexed citations

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Wang, Junqi, Yi Cai, Yansong Miao, Sheung Kwan Lam, & Liwen Jiang. (2009). Wortmannin induces homotypic fusion of plant prevacuolar compartments*. Journal of Experimental Botany. 60(11). 3075–3083. 127 indexed citations

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Caiyin, Qinggele, Mingchun Li, Dongsheng Wei, Yi Cai, & Laijun Xing. (2007). Isolation and sequencing analysis on the seed-specific promoter from soybean. Frontiers of Agriculture in China. 1(1). 17–23. 7 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi, J. A. Buswell, & Song Chang. (1993). Effect of lignin-derived phenolic monomers on the growth of the edible mushrooms Lentinus edodes, Pleurotus sajor-caju and Volvariella volvacea. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 9(5). 503–507. 18 indexed citations

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