Ying Cao

7.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
128 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Ying Cao is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Cao has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Water Science and Technology, 27 papers in Pollution and 22 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ying Cao's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (26 papers), Landslides and related hazards (19 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers). Ying Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (26 papers), Landslides and related hazards (19 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (18 papers). Ying Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and France. Ying Cao's co-authors include Chao Zhou, Masami Hasegawa, Kunlong Yin, Bayes Ahmed, Jin Jiang, Su–Yan Pang, Norihiro Okada, Juan Li, Filippo Catani and Jun Adachi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Ying Cao

123 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/per... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2017 2017 2020 2016 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/persulfate (PDS): Formation of oxidation products and effect of bicarbonate
    2017 542 citations Jin Jiang, Ying Cao et al. Water Research profile →
  2. Landslide susceptibility modeling applying machine learning methods: A case study from Longju in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, China
    2017 320 citations Chao Zhou, Ying Cao et al. profile →
  3. Relative contribution of ferryl ion species (Fe(IV)) and sulfate radical formed in nanoscale zero valent iron activated peroxydisulfate and peroxymonosulfate processes
    2020 289 citations Zhen Wang, Su–Yan Pang et al. Water Research profile →
  4. Application of time series analysis and PSO–SVM model in predicting the Bazimen landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
    2016 287 citations Chao Zhou, Ying Cao et al. profile →
  5. A novel framework for landslide displacement prediction using MT-InSAR and machine learning techniques
    2024 55 citations Chao Zhou, Ying Cao et al. profile →

Peers

Ying Cao
JoAnn M. Burkholder United States
Jun Sun China
Jing Wang China
Zhiheng Wang China
Kmy Leung Hong Kong
Michael F. Allen United States
Stefan C. Dekker Netherlands
Chao Wang China
Xinhua He China
Genxu Wang China
JoAnn M. Burkholder United States
Ying Cao
Citations per year, relative to Ying Cao Ying Cao (= 1×) peers JoAnn M. Burkholder

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying 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 Ying Cao. Ying Cao 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
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Zhou, Chao, Ying Cao, Yue Wang, et al.. (2025). Landslide susceptibility assessment of the Wanzhou district: Merging landslide susceptibility modelling (LSM) with InSAR-derived ground deformation map. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 136. 104365–104365. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chenchen, Jun Yao, Tatjana Šolević Knudsen, Wenkai Hu, & Ying Cao. (2025). Combined modified montmorillonite and microbial consortium enhanced the remediation effect of As and Cd-contaminated soil in a smelting area. Journal of Cleaner Production. 501. 145329–145329. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Houquan, Chunyu Shi, Robert Duran, et al.. (2024). Sulfate-reducing consortium HQ23 stabilizes metal(loid)s and activates biological N-fixation in mixed heavy metal-contaminated soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 946. 174402–174402. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Junjie, Lin Peng, Daobin Zhou, et al.. (2024). Footprint family of China's coal-based synthetic natural gas industry. Energy. 312. 133560–133560. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, et al.. (2024). Revealing the characteristics and type of chair-shaped landslides considering the reservoir water effect in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 83(5). 4 indexed citations
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Yao, Jun, Xingyu Liu, Kanaji Masakorala, et al.. (2024). Research progress in utilization of microbial immobilization technology in microbially induced mineralization of heavy metals. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 114086–114086. 17 indexed citations
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Lv, Jingyi, et al.. (2023). Comparative study of expression patterns of aquaporin (AQP) genes in apple fruits with contrasting ripening behavior. Scientia Horticulturae. 318. 112133–112133. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying, Wancheng Pang, Jun Yao, et al.. (2023). Oxalic acid drove the permutation decomplexation of the Fe-salicylhydroxamic acid complex and the photocatalytic removal of salicylhydroxamic acid. Separation and Purification Technology. 336. 126113–126113. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Miaomiao, Jun Yao, Geoffrey I. Sunahara, et al.. (2023). Assembly processes of bacterial and fungal communities in metal(loid)s smelter soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 451. 131153–131153. 33 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying, Jun Yao, Tatjana Šolević Knudsen, et al.. (2023). Synergy between fayalite-constituted waste copper smelting slag and hydroxylamine: An efficient combination for construction and application of a surface Fenton system in removal of mining organic pollutants. Journal of Cleaner Production. 425. 138649–138649. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying, Jun Yao, Tatjana Šolević Knudsen, et al.. (2022). Radical chemistry, degradation mechanism and toxicity evolution of BPA in the UV/chlorine and UV/H2O2. Chemosphere. 312(Pt 1). 137169–137169. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Bang, Jun Yao, Bo Ma, et al.. (2022). Unraveling ecological risk of As/Sb and other metal(loid)s and fungal community responses in As/Sb smelting-intensive zone: A typical case study of Southwest China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 338. 130525–130525. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Jie, Shunlin Zhang, Zhe Feng, Ying Cao, & Dunru Zhu. (2021). Ba-MOFs with tetrazole-based acetic acids: unusual configuration, novel topology and high proton conductivity. Dalton Transactions. 50(34). 11975–11985. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Juan, Su–Yan Pang, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2021). Oxidative transformation of emerging organic contaminants by aqueous permanganate: Kinetics, products, toxicity changes, and effects of manganese products. Water Research. 203. 117513–117513. 77 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Ying Cao, Xue Hu, et al.. (2019). Granular reduced graphene oxide/Fe3O4 hydrogel for efficient adsorption and catalytic oxidation of p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 386. 121662–121662. 48 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying, Yahui Zhang, Zhenguang Yan, Yan Zhu, & Zhengtao Liu. (2016). Development of Aquatic Life Criteria for PFOS and PFOA and Preliminary Assessment for the Ecological Risk of Some Water Bodies in China. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. 25(7). 1188–1194. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying, et al.. (2014). [Application of biotic ligand model for the acute toxicity of copper to Daphnia magna in water of Liaohe River and Taihu Lake].. PubMed. 35(5). 1962–7. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying, et al.. (2005). Effect of Heavy Metal Lead and Cadmium on Grain Quality of Maize. Shenyang Nongye Daxue xuebao. 36(2). 218–220. 9 indexed citations
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Cao, Ying. (2003). SOME METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SEQUENCE BOUNDARIES AND CONDENSATION SECTIONS USING WELL LOGGING. Journal of the University of Petroleum,China. 3 indexed citations

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