Yixiang Cao

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Yixiang Cao is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Yixiang Cao has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Yixiang Cao's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (5 papers). Yixiang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (9 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (5 papers). Yixiang Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Yixiang Cao's co-authors include Richard A. Friesner, Kai Zhu, Robert Abel, Jianing Li, Suwen Zhao, Robert B. Murphy, Thomas A. Halgren, B. J. Berne, Jon R. Maple and Wolfgang Damm and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yixiang Cao

23 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Integrated Modeling Program, Applied Chemical Theory (IMPACT)

2005 1.2k citations Jay L. Banks, Yixiang Cao et al. Journal of Computational Chemistry profile →
The VSGB 2.0 model: A next generation energy model for high resolution protein structure modeling

2011 875 citations Jianing Li, Robert Abel et al. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yixiang Cao United States	14	1.5k	687	597	453	453	23	3.1k
Dean M. Philipp United States	12	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	580 1.0×	433 1.0×	698 1.5×	14	3.9k
Kyoung Tai No South Korea	33	1.3k 0.9×	549 0.8×	723 1.2×	384 0.8×	704 1.6×	167	3.1k
Felice C. Lightstone United States	32	2.2k 1.4×	733 1.1×	661 1.1×	463 1.0×	500 1.1×	105	3.9k
Alessandra Magistrato Italy	36	1.9k 1.2×	777 1.1×	358 0.6×	229 0.5×	487 1.1×	144	3.7k
Gregory J. Tawa United States	28	958 0.6×	697 1.0×	400 0.7×	388 0.9×	165 0.4×	62	2.4k
Karel Berka Czechia	34	2.8k 1.8×	488 0.7×	482 0.8×	356 0.8×	757 1.7×	107	4.6k
Alpeshkumar K. Malde Australia	22	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	600 1.0×	304 0.7×	572 1.3×	65	3.8k
D. B. Jack Canada	10	2.6k 1.7×	665 1.0×	994 1.7×	659 1.5×	760 1.7×	22	4.4k
Marco De Vivo Italy	35	2.7k 1.8×	634 0.9×	672 1.1×	287 0.6×	710 1.6×	116	4.2k
Seung Joo Cho South Korea	23	744 0.5×	691 1.0×	505 0.8×	223 0.5×	227 0.5×	138	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yixiang Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yixiang Cao

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All Works

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Kwon, Soonho, et al.. (2025). Recombination of Autodissociated Water Ions in a Nanoscale Pure Water Droplet. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(8). 6583–6593. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yixiang, Michael D. Beachy, Arteum D. Bochevarov, et al.. (2024). Quantum chemical package Jaguar: A survey of recent developments and unique features. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 161(5). 17 indexed citations

Cao, Yixiang, Mathew D. Halls, & Richard A. Friesner. (2024). Highly efficient implementation of analytic nonadiabatic derivative couplings within the pseudospectral method. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(8). 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yixiang, et al.. (2021). Pseudospectral implementations of long‐range corrected density functional theory. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 42(29). 2089–2102. 15 indexed citations

Cao, Yixiang, Mathew D. Halls, & Richard A. Friesner. (2021). Highly efficient implementation of the analytical gradients of pseudospectral time-dependent density functional theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 155(2). 24115–24115. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Yixiang, Julien Eng, & Thomas J. Penfold. (2019). Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Dynamics for Triplet Harvesting in Organic Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 123(13). 2640–2649. 19 indexed citations

Kwak, H. Shaun, David J. Giesen, Thomas F. Hughes, et al.. (2016). In silico evaluation of highly efficient organic light-emitting materials. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9941. 994119–994119. 4 indexed citations

Cao, Yixiang, Thomas F. Hughes, Mathew D. Halls, et al.. (2016). Highly efficient implementation of pseudospectral time‐dependent density‐functional theory for the calculation of excitation energies of large molecules. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 37(16). 1425–1441. 35 indexed citations

Halls, Mathew D., David J. Giesen, Thomas F. Hughes, et al.. (2016). Accelerated discovery of OLED materials through atomic-scale simulation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9941. 99411C–99411C. 4 indexed citations

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Hughes, Thomas F., Alexander Goldberg, David J. Giesen, et al.. (2015). Discovery of New Anode SEI Forming Additives Using an in silico Evolutionary Approach. ECS Transactions. 69(1). 67–74. 3 indexed citations

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Halls, Mathew D., David J. Giesen, Thomas F. Hughes, et al.. (2014). Virtual screening for OLED materials. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9183. 91832G–91832G. 5 indexed citations

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Halls, Mathew D., David J. Giesen, Thomas F. Hughes, Alexander Goldberg, & Yixiang Cao. (2013). High-throughput quantum chemistry and virtual screening for OLED material components. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8829. 882926–882926. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Jianing, Robert Abel, Kai Zhu, et al.. (2011). The VSGB 2.0 model: A next generation energy model for high resolution protein structure modeling. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 79(10). 2794–2812. 875 indexed citations breakdown →

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Friesner, Richard A., et al.. (2006). A localized orbital analysis of the thermochemical errors in hybrid density functional theory: Achieving chemical accuracy via a simple empirical correction scheme. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 125(12). 124107–124107. 53 indexed citations

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Banks, Jay L., Yixiang Cao, Art E. Cho, et al.. (2005). Integrated Modeling Program, Applied Chemical Theory (IMPACT). Journal of Computational Chemistry. 26(16). 1752–1780. 1195 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Yixiang & Richard A. Friesner. (2005). Molecular (hyper)polarizabilities computed by pseudospectral methods. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 122(10). 104102–104102. 9 indexed citations

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Maple, Jon R., Yixiang Cao, Wolfgang Damm, et al.. (2005). A Polarizable Force Field and Continuum Solvation Methodology for Modeling of Protein−Ligand Interactions. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 1(4). 694–715. 91 indexed citations

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Kaminski, George A., Harry A. Stern, B. J. Berne, et al.. (2002). Development of a polarizable force field for proteins via ab initio quantum chemistry: First generation model and gas phase tests. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 23(16). 1515–1531. 257 indexed citations

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Friesner, Richard A., Robert B. Murphy, Michael D. Beachy, et al.. (1999). Correlated ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations for Large Molecules. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 103(13). 1913–1928. 249 indexed citations

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Cao, Yixiang, et al.. (1995). Ab initio predictions of large hyperpolarizability push-pull polymers. Julolidinyl-n-isoxazolone and julolidinyl-n-N,N′-diethylthiobarbituric acid. Chemical Physics Letters. 242(6). 543–547. 14 indexed citations

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