Yi-Fu Cai

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
153 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Yi-Fu Cai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi-Fu Cai has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 117 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 15 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Yi-Fu Cai's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (128 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (90 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (52 papers). Yi-Fu Cai is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (128 papers), Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (90 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (52 papers). Yi-Fu Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yi-Fu Cai's co-authors include Emmanuel N. Saridakis, Xinmin Zhang, Robert Brandenberger, Salvatore Capozzıello, Mariafelicia De Laurentis, Damien A. Easson, Dong-Gang Wang, Sheng-Feng Yan, Hong Li and Taotao Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Yi-Fu Cai

150 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

f(T) teleparallel gravity and cosmology

2016 980 citations Yi-Fu Cai, Emmanuel N. Saridakis et al. profile →
Matter bounce cosmology with thef(T) gravity

2011 330 citations Yi-Fu Cai, Emmanuel N. Saridakis et al. profile →

Peers

Yi-Fu Cai

AA

NHEP

SNP

OCEAN

AMPO

Valerio Faraoni Canada

Robert R. Caldwell United States

Emmanuel N. Saridakis Greece

Glenn D. Starkman United States

Alberto Nicolis United States

Leandros Perivolaropoulos Greece

Eva Silverstein United States

Christian G. Böhmer United Kingdom

M. Sami India

Anne-Christine Davis United Kingdom

Valerio Faraoni Canada

Yi-Fu Cai

9.4k ×1.7

AA

8.1k ×1.7

NHEP

1.2k ×1.5

SNP

976 ×1.7

OCEAN

384 ×1.2

AMPO

Citations per year, relative to Yi-Fu Cai Yi-Fu Cai (= 1×) peers Valerio Faraoni

Countries citing papers authored by Yi-Fu Cai

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi-Fu Cai

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi-Fu Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yi-Fu Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yi-Fu 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 Yi-Fu Cai. Yi-Fu Cai 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

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2026). The Quintom theory of dark energy after DESI DR2. National Science Review.

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Wang, Bo, et al.. (2025). Ultra-light dark matter with non-canonical kinetics reopening the mass window. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025(1). 86–86. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2025). Primordial black hole formation from the upward step model: Avoiding overproduction. International Journal of Modern Physics D. 34(6). 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Bo, Bing Li, Qirong Xiao, Geoffrey Mo, & Yi-Fu Cai. (2025). Space-based optical lattice clocks as gravitational wave detectors in search for new physics. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 68(4). 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi-Fu, Sheng-Feng Yan, Chao Chen, et al.. (2024). Primordial black hole mass functions as a probe of cosmic origin. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 67(5). 7 indexed citations

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Ren, Xin, et al.. (2024). Galaxy–Galaxy Lensing Data: f(T) Gravity Challenges General Relativity. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(2). 119–119. 4 indexed citations

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Ren, Xin, et al.. (2024). Exploring f(T) gravity via strongly lensed fast radio bursts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 1965–1978. 4 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2024). Parametric resonance of gravitational waves in general scalar-tensor theories. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2024(10). 27–27. 8 indexed citations

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Addazi, Andrea, Yi-Fu Cai, Antonino Marcianò, & Luca Visinelli. (2024). Have pulsar timing array methods detected a cosmological phase transition?. Physical review. D. 109(1). 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Bing, et al.. (2024). Limits on the primordial black holes dark matter with future MeV detectors. Physical review. D. 109(4). 3 indexed citations

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Papanikolaou, Theodoros, et al.. (2024). New probe of non-Gaussianities with primordial black hole induced gravitational waves. Physics Letters B. 857. 138997–138997. 27 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2024). Quasinormal modes in noncommutative Schwarzschild black holes. Nuclear Physics B. 1004. 116545–116545. 12 indexed citations

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Villaescusa-Navarro, Francisco, Paul Torrey, Arya Farahi, et al.. (2024). Can We Constrain Warm Dark Matter Masses with Individual Galaxies?. The Astrophysical Journal. 970(2). 170–170.

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2024). Gravitational waves from primordial black hole isocurvature: the effect of non-Gaussianities. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2024(12). 39–39. 11 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2023). Cosmological standard timers from unstable primordial relics. The European Physical Journal C. 83(10). 3 indexed citations

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Cai, Yi-Fu, et al.. (2023). Limits on scalar-induced gravitational waves from the stochastic background by pulsar timing array observations. Science Bulletin. 68(23). 2929–2935. 66 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiaqi, et al.. (2023). Future Prospects on Constraining Neutrino Cosmology with the Ali CMB Polarization Telescope. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(1). 32–32. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiajun, et al.. (2022). N-body simulations, halo mass functions, and halo density profile in f(T) gravity. Physical review. D. 106(6). 9 indexed citations

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Yuan, Guan-Wen, Zi-Qing Xia, Yi-Fu Cai, et al.. (2021). Testing the ALP-photon coupling with polarization measurements of Sagittarius A^⋆. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2021(3). 18–18. 28 indexed citations

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Luo, Wentao, et al.. (2019). New test on General Relativity using galaxy-galaxy lensing with astronomical surveys. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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