Yingui Cao

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yingui Cao is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingui Cao has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Soil Science and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yingui Cao's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (13 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (12 papers). Yingui Cao is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (13 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (12 papers). Yingui Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Poland and Egypt. Yingui Cao's co-authors include Zhongke Bai, Wei Zhou, Yongqi Chen, Shao Xiao-mei, Yanyu Zhang, Jing Wang, Jin Man Wang, Shufei Wang, Xiaoyang Liu and Qian Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yingui Cao

52 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. Rhizobacteria protective hydrogel to promote plant growth and adaption to acidic soil
    2025 19 citations Yingui Cao, Bo Xiao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yingui Cao China 19 553 310 272 202 181 56 1.3k
Francisco Meza Chile 28 1.1k 2.0× 283 0.9× 294 1.1× 89 0.4× 276 1.5× 88 2.6k
Longqian Chen China 22 664 1.2× 208 0.7× 361 1.3× 100 0.5× 428 2.4× 58 1.3k
Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña Spain 21 412 0.7× 200 0.6× 158 0.6× 353 1.7× 197 1.1× 122 1.6k
Cifang Wu China 21 663 1.2× 205 0.7× 194 0.7× 172 0.9× 264 1.5× 91 1.3k
Huping Hou China 18 325 0.6× 106 0.3× 215 0.8× 117 0.6× 134 0.7× 53 860
Jichang Han China 20 371 0.7× 183 0.6× 254 0.9× 207 1.0× 235 1.3× 58 1.3k
Jens Kværner Norway 16 235 0.4× 145 0.5× 206 0.8× 135 0.7× 315 1.7× 24 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yingui Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yingui Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingui Cao

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

All Works

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Yang, Qiang, Ya Ma, Menghang Zu, et al.. (2025). Platinum micromotors for mucosal penetration and colorectal cancer therapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 670. 125201–125201.
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Liu, Xianglong, Yinhai He, Xiao Yang, et al.. (2025). Spatial patterns of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination and source-specific stratified probabilistic health risk assessment at a decommissioned coking plant in North China. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(6). 120242–120242.
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Cao, Yingui, et al.. (2024). Simulating land use change for sustainable land management in China's coal resource-based cities under different scenarios. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170126–170126. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Dandan, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of the Thermal Environment and its Guidance to Ecological Restoration in a Resource-Based Area in the Loess Area. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(4). 3650–3650. 2 indexed citations
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Feng, Yi, et al.. (2022). Trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services: Development history and research characteristics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wenxiang, et al.. (2022). Deciphering the origin and controlling factors of mercury in reclaimed soils: a case study in Pingshuo opencast coalmine of China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(27). 40826–40838. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Shufei, et al.. (2022). Succession law and model of reconstructed soil quality in an open-pit coal mine dump of the loess area, China. Journal of Environmental Management. 312. 114923–114923. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Lingling, Fan Wang, Shufei Wang, et al.. (2021). Analysis of differences in chemical properties of reconstructed soil under different proportions of topsoil substitute materials. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(24). 31230–31245. 8 indexed citations
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Guan, Yanjun, Wei Zhou, Zhongke Bai, Yingui Cao, & Juan Wang. (2021). Delimitation of supervision zones based on the soil property characteristics in a reclaimed opencast coal mine dump on the Loess Plateau, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 772. 145006–145006. 28 indexed citations
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Guan, Yanjun, Juan Wang, Wei Zhou, Zhongke Bai, & Yingui Cao. (2021). Identification of land reclamation stages based on succession characteristics of rehabilitated vegetation in the Pingshuo opencast coal mine. Journal of Environmental Management. 305. 114352–114352. 35 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui, et al.. (2020). Scale effects and countermeasures of cultivated land changes based on hierarchical linear model. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(6). 346–346. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui, et al.. (2019). Study on the variation of arable land use and management countermeasures under rapid urbanization: the application of a gravity model in a regional perspective. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191(2). 120–120. 7 indexed citations
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Bai, Zhongke, et al.. (2017). Influence of soil physical properties and vegetation coverage at different slope aspects in a reclaimed dump. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(30). 23953–23965. 35 indexed citations
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Xu, Ning, Hongjian You, Xiurui Geng, & Yingui Cao. (2016). Multi-task Jointly Sparse Spectral Unmixing Method Based on Spectral Similarity Measure of Hyperspectral Imagery. JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 38(11). 2708. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui. (2012). STATUS AND INTENSIVE USE OF CHINA'S MINE LANDS. Resources and Industries. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui. (2007). Analyses on temporal-spatial traits of land use in three gorges during 30 years. Cehui kexue. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui. (2007). Change of Cultivated Land Area in Kaixian County in the Past 30 Years. Zhongguo tudi kexue. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui, et al.. (2006). ANALYSIS OF CHANGE AND DRIVING FORCE OF LAND UTILIZATION IN ANTAIBAO OPEN-CAST MINE. Resources and Industries. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yingui, et al.. (2006). THE CHANGES OF LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE AND THE PRINCIPLES OF LAND RECLAMATION IN THE ANTAIBAO OPENCAST AREA. Resources and Industries. 1 indexed citations

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