Zhenping Cao

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Zhenping Cao is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenping Cao has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Biotechnology, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zhenping Cao's work include Cancer Research and Treatments (18 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (15 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers). Zhenping Cao is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Research and Treatments (18 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (15 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers). Zhenping Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and India. Zhenping Cao's co-authors include Jinyao Liu, Xinyue Wang, Yan Pang, Zhongmin Geng, Sisi Lin, Mengmeng Zhang, Shanshan Cheng, Lu Wang, Juanjuan Li and Rui Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhenping Cao

40 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Biointerfacial self-assembly generates lipid membrane coated bacteria for enhanced oral delivery and treatment

2019 268 citations Zhenping Cao, Xinyue Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Recent advances in targeted antibacterial therapy basing on nanomaterials

2023 207 citations Zhongmin Geng, Zhenping Cao et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Versatility of bacterial outer membrane vesicles in regulating intestinal homeostasis

2023 153 citations Sisi Lin, Lu Wang et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenping Cao China	22	1.1k	987	796	467	356	41	2.6k
Sisi Lin China	19	665 0.6×	709 0.7×	483 0.6×	307 0.7×	179 0.5×	40	1.8k
Moon‐Hee Sung South Korea	33	383 0.3×	1.7k 1.7×	543 0.7×	343 0.7×	291 0.8×	107	3.0k
John C. March United States	25	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	292 0.4×	290 0.6×	217 0.6×	47	2.6k
Seung‐Hwan Park South Korea	27	783 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	780 1.0×	221 0.5×	431 1.2×	138	2.9k
Yun‐Jaie Choi South Korea	37	677 0.6×	2.3k 2.3×	114 0.1×	527 1.1×	319 0.9×	112	4.2k
Harry Boer Finland	35	629 0.6×	2.6k 2.6×	734 0.9×	383 0.8×	296 0.8×	73	4.4k
Haryoung Poo South Korea	30	295 0.3×	962 1.0×	176 0.2×	139 0.3×	126 0.4×	84	2.4k
Zeinab Hosseinidoust Canada	23	799 0.7×	622 0.6×	157 0.2×	114 0.2×	550 1.5×	59	2.1k
Noriko Tomita Japan	30	376 0.3×	944 1.0×	134 0.2×	66 0.1×	296 0.8×	117	2.5k
Ali Dehshahri Iran	31	541 0.5×	1.9k 1.9×	121 0.2×	56 0.1×	91 0.3×	91	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenping Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenping Cao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Meng, Lu, Fengmin Yang, Zhenping Cao, et al.. (2025). Wearing bacteriophages individually with an adhesive drug-loadable nanohelmet for treating ocular infections. Science Advances. 11(28). eadx4183–eadx4183.

Zhang, Mengmeng, Lu Wang, Fengmin Yang, et al.. (2024). Upconversion dual-photosensitizer–expressing bacteria for near-infrared monochromatically excitable synergistic phototherapy. Science Advances. 10(10). eadk9485–eadk9485. 38 indexed citations

Cao, Zhenping, et al.. (2024). Bacteria-based drug delivery for treating non-oncological diseases. Journal of Controlled Release. 366. 668–683. 12 indexed citations

Yang, Fengmin, Mengmeng Zhang, Lu Wang, et al.. (2024). Coating Dormant Collagenase‐Producing Bacteria with Metal‐Anesthetic Networks for Precision Tumor Therapy. Advanced Science. 11(42). e2407402–e2407402. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Zhenping & Jinyao Liu. (2024). Surface nanocoating of bacteria as a versatile platform to develop living therapeutics. Nature Protocols. 19(11). 3162–3190. 16 indexed citations

Lin, Sisi, Lu Wang, Zhenping Cao, et al.. (2023). Versatility of bacterial outer membrane vesicles in regulating intestinal homeostasis. Science Advances. 9(11). eade5079–eade5079. 153 indexed citations breakdown →

Geng, Zhongmin, Zhenping Cao, & Jinyao Liu. (2023). Recent advances in targeted antibacterial therapy basing on nanomaterials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 20210117–20210117. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Yong, Fei Yang, Xiaoli Jiang, et al.. (2023). Gallium-enabled bactericidal medicine. Materials Today. 67. 548–565. 15 indexed citations

Jiang, Hejin, et al.. (2023). Chiral coating-mediated interactions of bacteria with diverse biointerfaces. Science China Chemistry. 66(12). 3594–3601. 5 indexed citations

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Meng, Lu, Fengmin Yang, Yan Pang, et al.. (2022). Nanocapping-enabled charge reversal generates cell-enterable endosomal-escapable bacteriophages for intracellular pathogen inhibition. Science Advances. 8(28). eabq2005–eabq2005. 37 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhenping, Lu Wang, Rui Liu, et al.. (2022). Encoding with a fluorescence-activating and absorption-shifting tag generates living bacterial probes for mammalian microbiota imaging. Materials Today Bio. 15. 100311–100311. 11 indexed citations

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Luo, Huilong, Yanmei Chen, Xiao Kuang, et al.. (2022). Chemical reaction-mediated covalent localization of bacteria. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7808–7808. 68 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mengmeng, Xinyue Wang, Fengmin Yang, et al.. (2022). Dressing Bacteria With a Hybrid Immunoactive Nanosurface to Elicit Dual Anticancer and Antiviral Immunity. Advanced Materials. 35(11). e2210949–e2210949. 64 indexed citations

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Luo, Biji, Hong-Fei Zhang, Wang‐Chun Xu, et al.. (2022). Origin of K-Feldspar Megacrysts of Quxu Batholith in Gangdese Belt, South Tibet: Implication for Magma Rejuvenation in a Crystal Mush Reservoir. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhenping, Sisi Lin, & Jinyao Liu. (2021). Bacteria-Based Microdevices for the Oral Delivery of Macromolecules. Pharmaceutics. 13(10). 1610–1610. 15 indexed citations

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Gomes, Margarida C., Manman Guo, Grant Buchanan, et al.. (2020). A membrane-depolarizing toxin substrate of the Staphylococcus aureus type VII secretion system mediates intraspecies competition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(34). 20836–20847. 56 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhenping & Jinyao Liu. (2020). Bacteria and bacterial derivatives as drug carriers for cancer therapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 326. 396–407. 133 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhenping, Maria Guillermina Casabona, Holger Kneuper, James D. Chalmers, & Tracy Palmer. (2016). The type VII secretion system of Staphylococcus aureus secretes a nuclease toxin that targets competitor bacteria. Nature Microbiology. 2(1). 16183–16183. 176 indexed citations

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Yin, Jia, Xuezhi Ding, Liqiu Xia, et al.. (2011). Transcription of gene in an acrystalliferous strain of Bacillus thuringiensis XBU001 positively regulated by the metalloprotease camelysin gene at the onset of stationary phase. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 318(1). 92–100. 6 indexed citations

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Xiao, Shengxiang, et al.. (2003). Transcriptional activation function of hepatitis B virus Pre S1 protein in yeast.. PubMed. 2(2). 247–51. 1 indexed citations

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