Zeming Cai

561 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 354 citations indexed

About

Zeming Cai is a scholar working on Pollution, Biomaterials and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zeming Cai has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 354 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pollution, 5 papers in Biomaterials and 3 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zeming Cai's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (5 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (2 papers). Zeming Cai is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers), biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (5 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (2 papers). Zeming Cai collaborates with scholars based in China and Hong Kong. Zeming Cai's co-authors include Han Gong, Muting Yan, Minqian Li, T. J. Li, Xiaocui Wang, Ziying Zhu, Xiaofeng Chen, Weixin Li, Zhihao Liu and Wei Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Zeming Cai

7 papers receiving 343 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Biological Degradation of Plastics and Microplastics: A Recent Perspective on Associated Mechanisms and Influencing Factors

2023 181 citations Zeming Cai, Minqian Li et al. Microorganisms profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zeming Cai China	6	306	164	117	40	36	7	354
Hyun Min Lee South Korea	4	310 1.0×	159 1.0×	162 1.4×	35 0.9×	33 0.9×	4	362
Shrikant D. Khandare India	6	259 0.8×	151 0.9×	175 1.5×	29 0.7×	33 0.9×	7	306
Libo Xu China	9	424 1.4×	242 1.5×	165 1.4×	51 1.3×	26 0.7×	17	478
Manisha K. Sangale India	8	338 1.1×	190 1.2×	182 1.6×	48 1.2×	22 0.6×	10	411
Martina Miloloža Croatia	12	316 1.0×	172 1.0×	128 1.1×	53 1.3×	41 1.1×	25	411
Anjali Dhar India	4	388 1.3×	266 1.6×	93 0.8×	63 1.6×	53 1.5×	6	451
Xiao Chang China	6	200 0.7×	116 0.7×	80 0.7×	26 0.7×	52 1.4×	12	306
Navid Taghavi New Zealand	6	238 0.8×	138 0.8×	147 1.3×	45 1.1×	17 0.5×	8	298
Aoyun Mo China	10	376 1.2×	268 1.6×	149 1.3×	70 1.8×	24 0.7×	13	446

Countries citing papers authored by Zeming Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zeming Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zeming Cai

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

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

1.

Cai, Zeming, et al.. (2024). Isolation and Identification of Four Strains of Bacteria with Potential to Biodegrade Polyethylene and Polypropylene from Mangrove. Microorganisms. 12(10). 2005–2005. 4 indexed citations

2.

Zhu, Ziying, T. J. Li, Minqian Li, et al.. (2024). Mangrove plants are promising bioindicator of coastal atmospheric microplastics pollution. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133473–133473. 11 indexed citations

3.

Chen, Xiaofeng, Xiaocui Wang, Ziying Zhu, et al.. (2023). Combined effects of microplastics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria on Daphnia magna growth and expression of functional genes. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 166880–166880. 15 indexed citations

4.

Cai, Zeming, Minqian Li, Ziying Zhu, et al.. (2023). Biological Degradation of Plastics and Microplastics: A Recent Perspective on Associated Mechanisms and Influencing Factors. Microorganisms. 11(7). 1661–1661. 181 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Li, Weixin, Xiaofeng Chen, Zeming Cai, et al.. (2022). Characteristics of microplastic pollution and analysis of colonized-microbiota in a freshwater aquaculture system.. Environmental Pollution. 306. 119385–119385. 33 indexed citations

6.

Yan, Muting, Xiaofeng Chen, Wei Chu, et al.. (2022). Microplastic pollution and enrichment of distinct microbiota in sediment of mangrove in Zhujiang River estuary, China. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 41(1). 215–228. 18 indexed citations

7.

Li, Weixin, et al.. (2021). Microplastics as an aquatic pollutant affect gut microbiota within aquatic animals. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 423(Pt B). 127094–127094. 92 indexed citations

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