Yue Cao

573 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 382 citations indexed

About

Yue Cao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yue Cao has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 382 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Atmospheric Science, 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yue Cao's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (15 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (6 papers). Yue Cao is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (15 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (6 papers). Yue Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yue Cao's co-authors include Yiping Wu, Jingfeng Xiao, Shuguang Liu, Wenzhi Zhao, Zhi‐Ping Fan, Yongli Li, G. A. Alexandrov, Ji Chen, Huiwen Li and Shanjun Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Global Change Biology and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yue Cao

24 papers receiving 371 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.

Decipher soil organic carbon dynamics and driving forces across China using machine learning

2022 125 citations Yiping Wu, Shuguang Liu et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yue Cao China	8	123	93	92	77	63	29	382
Tomáš Cebecauer Slovakia	9	121 1.0×	102 1.1×	153 1.7×	74 1.0×	41 0.7×	17	487
Hossein Dehghanisanij Iran	15	262 2.1×	57 0.6×	299 3.3×	103 1.3×	35 0.6×	52	612
Cheng Feng China	10	49 0.4×	49 0.5×	177 1.9×	70 0.9×	42 0.7×	22	381
Akhtar Abbas Pakistan	9	58 0.5×	81 0.9×	30 0.3×	181 2.4×	20 0.3×	14	411
Mengyang Hou China	16	38 0.3×	80 0.9×	279 3.0×	156 2.0×	29 0.5×	43	638
地球環境研究センター	8	31 0.3×	32 0.3×	133 1.4×	77 1.0×	91 1.4×	26	359
Xueli Zhao China	10	14 0.1×	62 0.7×	98 1.1×	220 2.9×	48 0.8×	11	426
Guolin Yao United States	8	73 0.6×	102 1.1×	94 1.0×	90 1.2×	18 0.3×	14	490

Countries citing papers authored by Yue Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yue Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yue Cao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Yue, Yiping Wu, Shuguang Liu, et al.. (2025). Data-driven modeling indicates projected increase in plant production confines warming-induced topsoil organic carbon change in China within a small range in the 21st Century. 15. 100138–100138. 3 indexed citations

Bao, Nisha, et al.. (2025). Estimating and mapping tailings properties of the largest iron cluster in China for resource potential and reuse: A new perspective from interpretable CNN model and proposed spectral index based on hyperspectral satellite imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 139. 104512–104512. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yali, Xiao Guo, Yue Cao, et al.. (2025). Chemical characteristics of wintertime PM2.5 in background region of northwest China during urban emission reduction. iScience. 28(10). 113528–113528.

Li, Huiwen, Yue Cao, Jingfeng Xiao, et al.. (2025). Unveiling uncertainties in soil organic carbon modeling: the critical role of climate response functions. Environmental Modelling & Software. 192. 106537–106537.

Li, Jianjun, Yali Liu, Wenting Dai, et al.. (2024). Comparison of acidity and chemical composition of summertime cloud water and aerosol at an alpine site in Northwest China: Implications for the neutral property of clouds in the free troposphere. The Science of The Total Environment. 925. 171775–171775.

Li, Huiwen, Yue Cao, Jingfeng Xiao, et al.. (2024). A daily gap-free normalized difference vegetation index dataset from 1981 to 2023 in China. Scientific Data. 11(1). 527–527. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Hanyang, Tao Zhang, Yue Cao, et al.. (2024). The missing information of aliphatic-like & aromatic-like Unresolved Complex Mixtures (UCMs) in background oceanic atmosphere: occurrence, identification and deposition. Atmospheric Environment. 332. 120619–120619.

Yang, Xueling, Qiyuan Wang, Lang Liu, et al.. (2024). Impacts of emission reduction and meteorological conditions on air quality improvement from 2016 to 2020 in the Northeast Plain, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 151. 484–496. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yali, Haijiao Liu, Wenting Dai, et al.. (2023). Molecular compositions and sources of organic aerosols at a rural site on the Guanzhong Plain, Northwest China: The importance of biomass burning. Particuology. 89. 44–56. 3 indexed citations

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Feng, Qiao, Haijiao Liu, Wenting Dai, et al.. (2023). Comparison of chemical composition and acidity of size-resolved inorganic aerosols at the top and foot of Mt. Hua, Northwest China: The role of the gas-particle distribution of ammonia. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 166985–166985. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Jianjun, Wenting Dai, Haijiao Liu, et al.. (2023). Molecular compositions and stable carbon isotopes (δ13C) of PAHs in wintertime PM2.5 in urban Xi'an, China: Implications for source distribution and atmospheric oxidation. Atmospheric Research. 292. 106890–106890. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yu‐Kun, Wenting Dai, Qiyuan Wang, et al.. (2023). Particle Number Size Distribution of Wintertime Alpine Aerosols and Their Activation as Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Guanzhong Plain, Northwest China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(6). 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yifan, Lu Li, Wenting Dai, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Gas–Particle Partitioning of Glyoxal and Methylglyoxal in the Summertime Atmosphere at the Foot and Top of Mount Hua. Molecules. 28(13). 5276–5276. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Yue, Huiwen Li, Yali Liu, et al.. (2023). Regional Contribution and Attribution of the Interannual Variation of Net Primary Production in the Yellow River Basin, China. Remote Sensing. 15(21). 5212–5212. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Huiwen, Yiping Wu, Shuguang Liu, et al.. (2022). The Grain-for-Green project offsets warming-induced soil organic carbon loss and increases soil carbon stock in Chinese Loess Plateau. The Science of The Total Environment. 837. 155469–155469. 49 indexed citations

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Bao, Nisha, Yue Cao, Shanjun Liu, et al.. (2022). Iron Ore Tailing Composition Estimation Using Fused Visible–Near Infrared and Thermal Infrared Spectra by Outer Product Analysis. Minerals. 12(3). 382–382. 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Yiping, Shuguang Liu, Jingfeng Xiao, et al.. (2022). Decipher soil organic carbon dynamics and driving forces across China using machine learning. Global Change Biology. 28(10). 3394–3410. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guo, Xiao, Xiaoqing Wang, Wenting Dai, et al.. (2022). Effects of atmospheric aging processes on carbonaceous species and water-soluble inorganic ions in biomass burning aerosols. Atmospheric Environment. 288. 119322–119322. 6 indexed citations

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Bao, Nisha, Shanjun Liu, Tianhong Yang, & Yue Cao. (2021). Characterization and prediction of soil organic matter content in reclaimed mine soil using visible and near-infrared diffuse spectroscopy. Arid Land Research and Management. 35(3). 276–291. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Yue, Xiawei Yu, Feng Ju, et al.. (2020). Airborne bacterial community diversity, source and function along the Antarctic Coast. The Science of The Total Environment. 765. 142700–142700. 21 indexed citations

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