Ying Cai

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 972 citations indexed

About

Ying Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Cai has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 972 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ying Cai's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (5 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (4 papers). Ying Cai is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (5 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (4 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (4 papers). Ying Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Ying Cai's co-authors include Zhengdong D. Zhang, Jhih‐Rong Lin, Shuqing An, Quan Zhang, Quanwei Zhang, Jian Yin, Zhanying Hong, Delin Xu, Hao Jiang and Rubén Nogales‐Cadenas and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ying Cai

52 papers receiving 960 citations

Hit Papers

Injectable supramolecular hydrogel co-loading abemaciclib... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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.

  1. Injectable supramolecular hydrogel co-loading abemaciclib/NLG919 for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer
    2025 16 citations Ying Cai, Lingli Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Ying Cai
Shaoping Liu China
Jianye Li China
Ryuichi Hirota Japan
Beilei Wang China
Pengbo Wang China
Jiajia Zhang China
Guangliang Li China
Junjie Wang China
Marco Giovine Italy
Yasushi Sakamoto Japan
Shaoping Liu China
Ying Cai
Citations per year, relative to Ying Cai Ying Cai (= 1×) peers Shaoping Liu

Countries citing papers authored by Ying Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying 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 Ying Cai. Ying 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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Cai, Ying, Lingli Zhou, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Injectable supramolecular hydrogel co-loading abemaciclib/NLG919 for neoadjuvant immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer. Nature Communications. 16(1). 687–687. 16 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tian, Min, Riki Kawaguchi, Yang Shen, et al.. (2025). Deconstructing the intercellular interactome in vascular dementia with focal ischemia for therapeutic applications. Cell. 188(19). 5157–5174.e20. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jin, Shuizhen He, Ying Cai, et al.. (2024). Microsphere integrated convective amplification sensor for all-in-one-pot detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 423. 136835–136835. 1 indexed citations
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Xie, Siying, Shan Shao, Jin Wang, et al.. (2024). Heat-triggered CRISPR/Cas12a microspheres for one-pot assays. Science Bulletin. 70(12). 1922–1926. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Chao, Wen Zhang, Jinming Wang, et al.. (2022). Lenvatinib- and vadimezan-loaded synthetic high-density lipoprotein for combinational immunochemotherapy of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 12(9). 3726–3738. 27 indexed citations
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Cai, Ying, et al.. (2022). Design of wide-band and high-precision laser energy meter. Journal of Applied Optics. 43(3). 488–495.
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Wang, Chi, et al.. (2020). Association of Polymorphism rs67920064 in ADAMTS9 Gene with Mandibular Retrognathism in a Chinese Population. Medical Science Monitor. 26. e925965–e925965. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Ying, et al.. (2018). Agreement of young adults and orthodontists on dental aesthetics & influencing factors of self-perceived aesthetics. BMC Oral Health. 18(1). 113–113. 12 indexed citations
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Cai, Ying, Jhih‐Rong Lin, Quanwei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic alterations to Polycomb targets precede malignant transition in a mouse model of breast cancer. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5535–5535. 11 indexed citations
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Cai, Ying, Rubén Nogales‐Cadenas, Quanwei Zhang, et al.. (2017). Transcriptomic dynamics of breast cancer progression in the MMTV-PyMT mouse model. BMC Genomics. 18(1). 185–185. 30 indexed citations
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Lin, Jhih‐Rong, Quanwei Zhang, Ying Cai, Bernice E. Morrow, & Zhengdong D. Zhang. (2017). Integrated rare variant-based risk gene prioritization in disease case-control sequencing studies. PLoS Genetics. 13(12). e1007142–e1007142. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhen, Quanwei Zhang, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2017). HEDD: Human Enhancer Disease Database. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(D1). D113–D120. 42 indexed citations
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Lin, Jhih‐Rong, Ying Cai, Quanwei Zhang, et al.. (2016). Integrated Post-GWAS Analysis Sheds New Light on the Disease Mechanisms of Schizophrenia. Genetics. 204(4). 1587–1600. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Quanwei, Rubén Nogales‐Cadenas, Jhih‐Rong Lin, et al.. (2016). Systems-level analysis of human aging genes shed new light on mechanisms of aging. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(14). ddw145–ddw145. 27 indexed citations
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Nogales‐Cadenas, Rubén, Ying Cai, Jhih‐Rong Lin, et al.. (2016). MicroRNA expression and gene regulation drive breast cancer progression and metastasis in PyMT mice. Breast Cancer Research. 18(1). 75–75. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xu, et al.. (2015). Optimization of processing technology of Rhizoma Pinelliae Praeparatum and its anti-tumor effect. African Health Sciences. 15(1). 101–101. 16 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jinhui, Shuqing An, Changfang Zhou, et al.. (2008). Fragment Propagation and Colonization Ability Enhanced and Varied at Node Level after Escaping from Apical Dominance in Submerged Macrophytes. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 51(3). 308–315. 19 indexed citations
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Guan, Baohua, et al.. (2007). HIGH SEDIMENT PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION ENHANCED INVASIVENESS OF ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 31(4). 665–672. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Ying, et al.. (2005). 2-D Mathematical Models of Tumor-induced Angiogenesis. PubMed. 19. 6112–6115. 4 indexed citations

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