Zheng Cai

7.0k total citations
88 papers, 980 citations indexed

About

Zheng Cai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheng Cai has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 980 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 28 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Zheng Cai's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (62 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (18 papers). Zheng Cai is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (62 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (18 papers). Zheng Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zheng Cai's co-authors include Xiaohui Fan, Linhua Jiang, Ian D. McGreer, J. X. Prochaska, Fuyan Bian, Subo Dong, Xianzhong Zheng, Xiaojing Lin, Ran Wang and Dong Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Scientific Reports and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Zheng Cai

76 papers receiving 882 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zheng Cai China 18 851 288 186 51 34 88 980
Yang Huang China 27 1.9k 2.2× 958 3.3× 142 0.8× 41 0.8× 78 2.3× 134 2.1k
M. Banerji United Kingdom 21 1.1k 1.3× 381 1.3× 180 1.0× 15 0.3× 33 1.0× 44 1.2k
Hossen Teimoorinia Canada 16 859 1.0× 505 1.8× 57 0.3× 42 0.8× 50 1.5× 32 965
Xianzhong Zheng China 21 1.2k 1.4× 629 2.2× 175 0.9× 51 1.0× 86 2.5× 71 1.3k
Jack Sayers United States 17 1.0k 1.2× 183 0.6× 177 1.0× 45 0.9× 55 1.6× 58 1.1k
Haotong Zhang China 16 1.0k 1.2× 569 2.0× 44 0.2× 16 0.3× 45 1.3× 80 1.1k
Yaoquan Chu China 7 911 1.1× 549 1.9× 46 0.2× 37 0.7× 77 2.3× 28 1.0k
Jian Ge United States 20 1.3k 1.5× 363 1.3× 159 0.9× 43 0.8× 142 4.2× 73 1.3k
C. A. Christian United States 15 833 1.0× 304 1.1× 53 0.3× 18 0.4× 43 1.3× 74 946
Ryan L. Sanders United States 21 1.5k 1.7× 632 2.2× 94 0.5× 37 0.7× 44 1.3× 68 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Zheng Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zheng Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zheng Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zheng Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zheng 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 Zheng Cai. Zheng Cai 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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Peng, Bo, Fabrizio Arrigoni Battaia, Miao Li, et al.. (2025). Direct high-resolution observation of feedback and chemical enrichment in the circumgalactic medium at redshift z ∼ 2.8. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. L1–L1.
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Li, Zihao, Koki Kakiichi, L. Christensen, et al.. (2025). Insights on metal enrichment and environmental effects at z  ≈ 5–7 with JWST ASPIRE/EIGER and the chemical evolution model. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 703. A106–A106. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Zheng, Fabio Carniato, Yi Lü, et al.. (2025). Design of Mn(1,4-DO2A) derivatives as stable and inert contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 215–215.
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Li, Jianan, Ran Wang, Antonio Pensabene, et al.. (2024). Diverse Molecular Gas Excitations in Quasar Host Galaxies at z ∼ 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 962(2). 119–119. 5 indexed citations
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Ning, Yuanhang, Zheng Cai, Xiaojing Lin, et al.. (2024). Unveiling Luminous Lyα Emitters at z ≈ 6 through JWST/NIRCam Imaging in the COSMOS Field. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 963(2). L38–L38. 7 indexed citations
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Bian, Qi, Stephen A. Shectman, Jinlong Huang, et al.. (2024). Optimized optical system with a 1.65  m wide-field corrector for the 6.5  m high-performance MUltiplexed Survey Telescope. Applied Optics. 63(16). 4284–4284. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Zheng, Yongming Liang, Nobunari Kashikawa, et al.. (2024). MAMMOTH-Subaru. V. Effects of Cosmic Variance on Lyα Luminosity Functions at z = 2.2–2.3. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 102–102. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Xiaojing, Zheng Cai, Yunjing Wu, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the Escape of Lyα at z ≈ 5–6: A Census of Lyα Escape Fraction with Hα-emitting Galaxies Spectroscopically Confirmed by JWST and VLT/MUSE. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 272(2). 33–33. 6 indexed citations
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He, Zhicheng, Zhifu Chen, Guilin Liu, et al.. (2024). The transition from galaxy-wide gas inflow to outflow in quasar host galaxies. Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy. 67(12). 2 indexed citations
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Mo, H. J., et al.. (2024). Characterizing the assembly of dark matter haloes with protohalo size histories: I. Redshift evolution, relation to descendant haloes, and halo assembly bias. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 2046–2065. 2 indexed citations
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Emonts, Bjorn, Zheng Cai, Jianan Li, et al.. (2023). The SUPERCOLD-CGM Survey. I. Probing the Extended CO(4–3) Emission of the Circumgalactic Medium in a Sample of 10 Enormous Lyα Nebulae at z ∼ 2. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2). 180–180. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Jianfeng, Hua Feng, Zheng Cai, et al.. (2023). Bubble in the Whale: Identifying the Optical Counterparts and Extended Nebula for the Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources in NGC 4631. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(2). 72–72. 2 indexed citations
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Shen, Lu, Zheng Cai, E. L. Blanton, et al.. (2023). The High-redshift Clusters Occupied by Bent Radio AGN (COBRA) Survey: Investigating the Role of Environment on Bent Radio AGNs Using LOFAR. The Astrophysical Journal. 956(2). 87–87. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Mingyu, Zheng Cai, Fuyan Bian, et al.. (2023). The Mass–Metallicity Relation of Dwarf Galaxies at Cosmic Noon from JWST Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(1). L18–L18. 21 indexed citations
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Kashikawa, Nobunari, Daichi Kashino, Kei Ito, et al.. (2022). The physical origin for spatially large scatter of IGM opacity at the end of reionization: The IGM Lyα opacity-galaxy density relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(4). 5914–5926. 15 indexed citations
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Emonts, Bjorn, Zheng Cai, J. X. Prochaska, et al.. (2021). Massive Molecular Outflow and 100 kpc Extended Cold Halo Gas in the Enormous Lyα Nebula of QSO 1228+3128. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 922(2). L29–L29. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Zihao, Benjamin Horowitz, & Zheng Cai. (2021). Improved Lyα Tomography Using Optimized Reconstruction with Constraints on Absorption (ORCA). The Astrophysical Journal. 916(1). 20–20. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Qiong, Ran Wang, H. Dannerbauer, et al.. (2021). Discovery of a Protocluster Core Associated with an Enormous Lya Nebula at z = 2.3. The Astrophysical Journal. 922(2). 236–236. 8 indexed citations
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Dong, Subo, Sownak Bose, Ping Chen, et al.. (2017). Re-classification of Gaia17biu/SN 2017egm: the closest hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova yet found, located in a massive host galaxy. ATel. 10498. 1. 2 indexed citations

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