Yukun Cao

647 total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 346 citations indexed

About

Yukun Cao is a scholar working on Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Yukun Cao has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 346 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Health, 2 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 2 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Yukun Cao's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (2 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (1 paper). Yukun Cao is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (2 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (1 paper). Yukun Cao collaborates with scholars based in China and Hungary. Yukun Cao's co-authors include Maoqing Wang, Zhiping Long, Fan Wang, Jinchi Xie, Hua Ning, Jingkuo Li, Yunfei Liao, Gang Liu, An Pan and Yue Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as BMJ, Nutrients and Aging.

In The Last Decade

Yukun Cao

5 papers receiving 340 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.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 90 cohort studies of social isolation, loneliness and mortality

2023 180 citations Fan Wang, Yue Yu et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
Global burden of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults, 1990-2019: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

2022 160 citations Jinchi Xie, Maoqing Wang et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yukun Cao China	3	107	86	68	46	46	6	346
Rakale C. Quarells United States	11	73 0.7×	72 0.8×	43 0.6×	12 0.3×	33 0.7×	25	356
Sirkku Lavonius Finland	6	88 0.8×	78 0.9×	72 1.1×	26 0.6×	34 0.7×	8	283
Tiny Hoekstra Netherlands	7	81 0.8×	57 0.7×	28 0.4×	103 2.2×	43 0.9×	12	518
Sue Shea Greece	11	47 0.4×	93 1.1×	37 0.5×	21 0.5×	75 1.6×	21	299
Deidre Wesley United States	6	75 0.7×	91 1.1×	95 1.4×	31 0.7×	27 0.6×	6	502
Juan P. González‐Rivas United States	12	39 0.4×	80 0.9×	105 1.5×	21 0.5×	52 1.1×	59	418
Elizabeth A. Vrany United States	9	31 0.3×	63 0.7×	48 0.7×	16 0.3×	26 0.6×	23	274
Faiza Tabassum United Kingdom	9	91 0.9×	76 0.9×	18 0.3×	29 0.6×	33 0.7×	13	277
Dina Hafez United States	15	23 0.2×	126 1.5×	170 2.5×	40 0.9×	55 1.2×	38	544
Youngha Choi South Korea	11	22 0.2×	61 0.7×	46 0.7×	27 0.6×	42 0.9×	36	391

Countries citing papers authored by Yukun Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yukun Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yukun Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yukun Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yukun 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 Yukun Cao. Yukun 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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6 of 6 papers shown

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Cao, Yukun, Jingyu Wang, Zhiping Long, et al.. (2025). Global burden of zinc deficiency among children under 5 years old from 1990 to 2020. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 76(4). 456–465. 1 indexed citations

2.

Zheng, Ting, et al.. (2024). DNA methylation-driven gene FAM3D promotes colorectal cancer growth via the ATF4-SESN2-mTORC1 pathway. Aging. 16(19). 12866–12892.

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Zhu, Lin, Yukun Cao, Ding Zhang, et al.. (2024). Needs for rehabilitation in China: Estimates based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2019. Chinese Medical Journal. 138(1). 49–59. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Maoqing, Zhiping Long, Jingyu Ye, et al.. (2023). How to Keep the Balance between Red and Processed Meat Intake and Physical Activity Regarding Mortality: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 15(15). 3373–3373. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Fan, Yue Yu, Zhiping Long, et al.. (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of 90 cohort studies of social isolation, loneliness and mortality. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(8). 1307–1319. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xie, Jinchi, Maoqing Wang, Zhiping Long, et al.. (2022). Global burden of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults, 1990-2019: systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. BMJ. e072385–e072385. 160 indexed citations breakdown →

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