Yiping Cao

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yiping Cao is a scholar working on Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiping Cao has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Food Science, 17 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 15 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Yiping Cao's work include Proteins in Food Systems (22 papers), Food composition and properties (15 papers) and Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (11 papers). Yiping Cao is often cited by papers focused on Proteins in Food Systems (22 papers), Food composition and properties (15 papers) and Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (11 papers). Yiping Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and France. Yiping Cao's co-authors include Raffaele Mezzenga, Jozef Adamčík, Sreenath Bolisetty, Stephan Handschin, Glyn O. Phillips, Katsuyoshi Nishinari, Qiuming Peng, Qingrui Zhang, Yuanmei Zuo and Yapeng Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yiping Cao

59 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Food protein amyloid fibrils: Origin, structure, formation, characterization, applications and health implications

2019 497 citations Yiping Cao, Raffaele Mezzenga profile →
Design principles of food gels

2020 374 citations Yiping Cao, Raffaele Mezzenga profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiping Cao China	22	1.1k	431	424	364	345	68	2.3k
Zhen‐Xing Tang China	26	802 0.8×	399 0.9×	526 1.2×	419 1.2×	623 1.8×	69	2.6k
Ting Ye China	32	490 0.5×	388 0.9×	430 1.0×	304 0.8×	638 1.8×	117	2.8k
Yapeng Fang China	30	1.6k 1.5×	546 1.3×	243 0.6×	613 1.7×	398 1.2×	50	2.9k
Francesca Cuomo Italy	27	573 0.5×	350 0.8×	287 0.7×	239 0.7×	228 0.7×	75	1.8k
Fuge Niu China	28	1.4k 1.3×	417 1.0×	297 0.7×	272 0.7×	406 1.2×	63	2.2k
Hamid Majeed China	30	1.7k 1.6×	759 1.8×	330 0.8×	494 1.4×	659 1.9×	66	3.5k
Yuling Yang China	32	2.0k 1.9×	704 1.6×	584 1.4×	443 1.2×	426 1.2×	96	3.9k
Xixi Cai China	34	854 0.8×	497 1.2×	1.3k 3.1×	255 0.7×	232 0.7×	104	3.3k
Alina-Violeta Ursu France	23	452 0.4×	271 0.6×	403 1.0×	407 1.1×	190 0.6×	45	2.3k
Zhenshun Li China	30	1.6k 1.5×	381 0.9×	289 0.7×	230 0.6×	766 2.2×	76	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiping Cao

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Cao, Yiping, Chao Zhao, Qi Liu, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and performance study of the fracturing thickener P(AM/AA/AMPS/NVP/DMAAC-16) for rapid fluid preparation. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 435. 128113–128113.

Wang, Shurui, P. Liu, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2025). Amyloid fibrils from black kidney bean protein self-assemble into hydrogels: Impact of heating time on gel structure and rheological properties. Food Chemistry. 476. 143406–143406. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Ziqi, et al.. (2025). Formation and morphology of flaxseed protein isolate amyloid fibrils as governed by NaCl concentration. Food Hydrocolloids. 166. 111300–111300. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Li, Jiyang Li, Yulong Zhang, et al.. (2025). The hierarchical structure of collagen determines the textural and rheological properties of fresh fish maws from different species. Food Hydrocolloids. 174. 112359–112359.

Li, Shuangjian, et al.. (2025). Dual Hydrophilic‐Hydrophobic Core Architecture in Soy Glycinin Amyloid Fibrils Revealed by Cryo‐EM. Advanced Science. 12(41). e09821–e09821.

Li, Shuangjian, et al.. (2025). Efficient and source-independent preparation of amyloid fibrils from almond protein isolates and concentrates. Food Hydrocolloids. 166. 111281–111281. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Jingwen, Jun He, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Solid volume fraction as a determinant of rheological properties and storage stability in sesame paste. Food Hydrocolloids. 164. 111196–111196. 2 indexed citations

Cui, Yi, Wei Lü, Przemysław Zalewski, et al.. (2025). Innovative approaches to sodium reduction in pickled foods: A review of recent developments. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 163. 105133–105133. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Yixin, Shurui Wang, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2025). Gellan gum regulated high-moisture extruded soy protein: Texture and structure. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 315(Pt 2). 144468–144468.

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Li, Shuangjian, et al.. (2024). Upgrading the functional properties of apricot kernel proteins through fibrillization. Food Hydrocolloids. 161. 110872–110872. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Shurui, Yixin Gao, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2024). High moisture extrusion of pulse proteins: Texture, structure, and in vitro digestion characteristics of extrudates. Food Hydrocolloids. 159. 110676–110676. 5 indexed citations

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Han, Yangyang, Yiping Cao, Jiangtao Zhou, et al.. (2023). Interfacial Electrostatic Self‐Assembly of Amyloid Fibrils into Multifunctional Protein Films. Advanced Science. 10(9). e2206867–e2206867. 24 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yixin, Yixin Gao, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2023). Amyloid fibrils-regulated high-moisture extruded soy proteins: Texture, structure, and taste. Food Hydrocolloids. 144. 109026–109026. 36 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping, Jozef Adamčík, Michael Diener, Janet R. Kumita, & Raffaele Mezzenga. (2021). Different Folding States from the Same Protein Sequence Determine Reversible vs Irreversible Amyloid Fate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(30). 11473–11481. 78 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping, Sreenath Bolisetty, Jozef Adamčík, & Raffaele Mezzenga. (2018). Elasticity in Physically Cross-Linked Amyloid Fibril Networks. Physical Review Letters. 120(15). 158103–158103. 52 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping, et al.. (2009). Rhizosphere water and nitrogen regulation in early growth stage of cucumber.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 25(6). 87–91. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping. (2005). Evaluation of nutrients release feature of coated controlled-release fertilizer. Plant Nutrition and Fertilizing Science. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping. (2003). Effects of Fe-fertilizer composition and application methods on the iron chlorosis correction of peanut. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping, et al.. (2003). POLYMER NETWORK-POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) COMPLEXES WITH SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science. 21(1). 29–33. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Yiping, Guoqin Liu, Xueyong Liu, et al.. (2003). Conformational changes and swelling behavior of poly[(methacrylic acid)-co-(methyl methacrylate)] gel in solution of linear poly(ethylene glycol). New Journal of Chemistry. 27(7). 1065–1065. 3 indexed citations

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