Yixin Cao

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yixin Cao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Yixin Cao has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Yixin Cao's work include Advanced Graph Theory Research (20 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (13 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (11 papers). Yixin Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Graph Theory Research (20 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (13 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (11 papers). Yixin Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yixin Cao's co-authors include Tat‐Seng Chua, Xiangnan He, Xiang Wang, Canran Xu, Binquan Kou, Chengjie Xia, Jindong Li, Yujie Wang, Xingzhong Yuan and Juanzi Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yixin Cao

77 papers receiving 2.0k 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. Explainable Reasoning over Knowledge Graphs for Recommendation
    2019 455 citations Yixin Cao, Tat‐Seng Chua 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
Yixin Cao China 23 785 483 382 286 209 82 2.0k
Mu Li China 27 1.4k 1.8× 281 0.6× 173 0.5× 90 0.3× 231 1.1× 106 2.9k
K.K. Shukla India 27 314 0.4× 185 0.4× 218 0.6× 57 0.2× 207 1.0× 173 2.3k
Guangwen Yang China 21 221 0.3× 196 0.4× 303 0.8× 57 0.2× 299 1.4× 141 1.8k
Yajun Wang China 25 720 0.9× 355 0.7× 100 0.3× 52 0.2× 572 2.7× 159 2.6k
Lingjun Zhang China 24 408 0.5× 90 0.2× 378 1.0× 39 0.1× 1.1k 5.3× 66 2.2k
Siwei Wang China 40 2.2k 2.8× 216 0.4× 581 1.5× 101 0.4× 400 1.9× 196 4.7k
Meire Fortunato United States 6 685 0.9× 83 0.2× 170 0.4× 65 0.2× 133 0.6× 9 1.6k
Wenyong Wang China 33 634 0.8× 367 0.8× 1.3k 3.3× 45 0.2× 2.2k 10.7× 231 4.7k
Jingtao Wang China 34 216 0.3× 107 0.2× 571 1.5× 615 2.2× 664 3.2× 234 3.7k
Zhong-Liang Zhang China 21 424 0.5× 61 0.1× 206 0.5× 33 0.1× 276 1.3× 122 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yixin Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yixin Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yixin Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yixin Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yixin 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 Yixin Cao. Yixin 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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Cao, Yixin, et al.. (2025). A Novel MXene/GO Pressure Sensor With Amplified Substrates and Its Applications. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(13). 24369–24376. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Qinrong, Hongxiang Li, Weijie Chen, et al.. (2025). Molecule‐Cooperative Strategy for Dopant‐Free Hole Transporting Layer toward Fully Printed High‐Performance Perovskite Solar Cell Modules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(32). e202509459–e202509459. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, Yuanxi Li, Guobin Zhu, et al.. (2025). Advances in perovskite-based neuromorphic computing devices. Nanoscale. 17(19). 12014–12047. 2 indexed citations
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Hao, Lei, Yixin Cao, Gang Sun, et al.. (2024). Mechano-Graded Contact-Electrification Interfaces Based Artificial Mechanoreceptors for Robotic Adaptive Reception. ACS Nano. 19(1). 1478–1489. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, et al.. (2024). Study of Congo Red and Methyl Orange Removal from Aqueous Solutions by Silica-Based Microspheres. Russian Journal of General Chemistry. 94(5). 1139–1146.
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Shen, Zongjie, Yixin Cao, Jian Yao, et al.. (2024). Full‐vdW Heterosynaptic Memtransistor with the Ferroelectric Inserted Functional Layer and its Neuromorphic Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(2). 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jia, et al.. (2024). Advances in applications of artificial intelligence algorithms for cancer-related miRNA research. Journal of Zhejiang University (Medical Sciences). 53(2). 231–243. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, Chun Zhao, Le Yin, et al.. (2023). Perovskite-based optoelectronic artificial synaptic thin-film transistor. Solid-State Electronics. 208. 108713–108713. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, Chun Zhao, Tianshi Zhao, et al.. (2023). Brain-like optoelectronic artificial synapses with ultralow energy consumption based on MXene floating-gates for emotion recognition. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11(10). 3468–3479. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Xinze, Yixin Cao, Muhao Chen, & Aixin Sun. (2023). Take a Break in the Middle: Investigating Subgoals towards Hierarchical Script Generation. 10129–10147. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, et al.. (2022). Graph Searches and Their End Vertices. Algorithmica. 84(9). 2642–2666. 3 indexed citations
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Lv, Xin, Yixin Cao, Lei Hou, et al.. (2021). Is Multi-Hop Reasoning Really Explainable? Towards Benchmarking Reasoning Interpretability. Proceedings of the 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing. 8899–8911. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiyuan, Yixin Cao, Liangming Pan, et al.. (2020). Exploring and Evaluating Attributes, Values, and Structures for Entity Alignment. 6355–6364. 71 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, et al.. (2019). Graph Searches and Their End Vertices. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin & Jianer Chen. (2019). Preface to the special issue on computing and combinatorics. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. 37(2). 423–423. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Chengjiang, Yixin Cao, Lei Hou, et al.. (2019). Semi-supervised Entity Alignment via Joint Knowledge Embedding Model and Cross-graph Model. National University of Singapore. 2723–2732. 101 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, et al.. (2018). Vertex deletion problems on chordal graphs. Theoretical Computer Science. 745. 75–86. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianxin, et al.. (2016). Approximate association via dissociation. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 219. 202–209. 10 indexed citations
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Cao, Yixin, et al.. (2013). An O⁎(1.84k) parameterized algorithm for the multiterminal cut problem. Information Processing Letters. 114(4). 167–173. 7 indexed citations

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