Yungang Cao

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yungang Cao is a scholar working on Food Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yungang Cao has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Food Science, 21 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 13 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Yungang Cao's work include Meat and Animal Product Quality (21 papers), Proteins in Food Systems (19 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (10 papers). Yungang Cao is often cited by papers focused on Meat and Animal Product Quality (21 papers), Proteins in Food Systems (19 papers) and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides (10 papers). Yungang Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yungang Cao's co-authors include Youling L. Xiong, Alma D. True, Zhenbao Zhu, Jianhua Yi, David Julian McClements, Junrong Huang, Wenhui Ma, Jie Chen, Eric A. Decker and Weiduo Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yungang Cao

51 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Chlorogenic acid-mediated gel formation of oxidatively st... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 100 200 300 400
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. Chlorogenic acid-mediated gel formation of oxidatively stressed myofibrillar protein
    2015 471 citations Yungang Cao, Youling L. Xiong Food Chemistry profile →
  2. Effects of sonication on the physicochemical and functional properties of walnut protein isolate
    2018 287 citations Zhenbao Zhu, Jianhua Yi et al. Food Research International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yungang Cao China 24 1.4k 929 547 387 240 54 2.3k
Hanjun Ma China 31 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.5× 556 1.0× 379 1.0× 271 1.1× 131 2.8k
Feibai Zhou China 28 1.3k 0.9× 907 1.0× 1.0k 1.8× 300 0.8× 269 1.1× 60 2.5k
Yuting Ding China 31 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 749 1.4× 449 1.2× 156 0.7× 65 2.9k
Noman Walayat China 27 849 0.6× 874 0.9× 583 1.1× 264 0.7× 188 0.8× 91 2.0k
Qilin Huang China 32 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 533 1.0× 583 1.5× 186 0.8× 68 2.7k
Yongxia Xu China 29 828 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 724 1.3× 408 1.1× 177 0.7× 75 2.1k
Wengang Jin China 28 976 0.7× 783 0.8× 981 1.8× 267 0.7× 193 0.8× 107 2.4k
Di Zhao China 31 1.1k 0.7× 990 1.1× 1.1k 2.1× 419 1.1× 104 0.4× 109 2.8k
Olugbenga P. Soladoye Canada 22 811 0.6× 997 1.1× 747 1.4× 434 1.1× 169 0.7× 45 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yungang Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yungang Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yungang Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yungang Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yungang 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 Yungang Cao. Yungang 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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Li, Yuanzheng, Huan Zhang, Dongxu Du, et al.. (2025). Effect of curdlan on the physicochemical properties and microscopic morphology of spiced beef during cooking and freezing. Meat Science. 224. 109781–109781. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, et al.. (2025). Encapsulation of essential oils with soy β-conglycinin for strawberry preservation: Influence of oil types. Food Chemistry. 493(Pt 3). 145948–145948. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yungang, Yan Du, Yingjie Li, et al.. (2025). The effects of resonance acoustic mixing on Ca2+- induced gelation of commercial soy protein isolate. LWT. 234. 118578–118578.
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Cao, Yungang, et al.. (2025). Encapsulation of cinnamaldehyde with protein-based nanoemulsions for strawberry preservation: Influence of protein types. Food Packaging and Shelf Life. 50. 101571–101571. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yibing, Yingjie Li, Longlong Dong, et al.. (2025). Effect of resonance acoustic mixing treatment on the gelation properties of pea protein isolate and the gel in vitro digestibility. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 303. 140568–140568.
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Cao, Yungang, et al.. (2024). Progress and prospect of forest fire monitoring based on the multi-source remote sensing data. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 28(8). 1854–1869.
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Cao, Yungang, et al.. (2024). Role of ε-Poly-lysine in mixed surimi gel: concentration, underlying mechanism, and application. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 0–0. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yungang, et al.. (2024). Refined glacial lake extraction in a high-Asia region by deep neural network and superpixel-based conditional random field methods. ˜The œcryosphere. 18(1). 153–168. 3 indexed citations
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Min, Cong, Yibing Wang, Yingjie Li, et al.. (2024). Effects of transglutaminase on the gelation properties and digestibility of pea protein isolate with resonance acoustic mixing pretreatment. Food Chemistry. 469. 142534–142534. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenhui, Wei Yuan, Miao Chen, et al.. (2024). Role of sodium pyrophosphate and catechin in the enzymatic hydrolysis of oxidatively damaged myofibrillar protein gels in vitro: Mechanistic insights. Food Chemistry. 461. 140884–140884. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Miaomiao, Wei Guo, Mingxing Feng, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial, anti-biofilm activity and underlying mechanism of garlic essential oil in water nanoemulsion against Listeria monocytogenes. LWT. 196. 115847–115847. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huan, Qian Chen, Yungang Cao, et al.. (2024). Effect of glycine and Pediococcus pentosaceus R1 combined application on the physicochemical properties, oxidative stability, and taste profile of Harbin dry sausages. Meat Science. 217. 109614–109614. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenhui, Qi Yang, Xin Fan, et al.. (2022). Modification of myofibrillar protein gelation under oxidative stress using combined inulin and glutathione. Food Chemistry X. 14. 100318–100318. 15 indexed citations
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Min, Cong, Qi Yang, Huayin Pu, et al.. (2022). Textural characterization of calcium salts-induced mung bean starch-flaxseed protein composite gels as dysphagia food. Food Research International. 164. 112355–112355. 45 indexed citations
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Fan, Xin, Lushi Kong, Yuxin Li, et al.. (2021). Tug-of-War-Inspired Bio-Based Air Filters with Advanced Filtration Performance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(7). 8736–8744. 26 indexed citations
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Cao, Yungang & Youling L. Xiong. (2015). Chlorogenic acid-mediated gel formation of oxidatively stressed myofibrillar protein. Food Chemistry. 180. 235–243. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

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