Zhen-Yi Cai

2.1k total citations
50 papers, 423 citations indexed

About

Zhen-Yi Cai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen-Yi Cai has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 423 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Instrumentation and 7 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Zhen-Yi Cai's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (37 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (22 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (14 papers). Zhen-Yi Cai is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (37 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (22 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (14 papers). Zhen-Yi Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Italy and United States. Zhen-Yi Cai's co-authors include Junxian Wang, G. de Zotti, Andrea Lapi, L. Danese, M. Negrello, Mouyuan Sun, A. Bressan, Matteo Bonato, J. González-Nuevo and Rossella Aversa and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Zhen-Yi Cai

40 papers receiving 379 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhen-Yi Cai China 13 404 114 102 30 11 50 423
F. Pozo Núñez Germany 15 484 1.2× 124 1.1× 75 0.7× 52 1.7× 6 0.5× 37 507
I. Wanders United States 11 487 1.2× 137 1.2× 75 0.7× 42 1.4× 9 0.8× 16 507
J. M. Gelbord United States 12 488 1.2× 270 2.4× 27 0.3× 27 0.9× 11 1.0× 47 508
S. Hamer France 17 679 1.7× 172 1.5× 143 1.4× 26 0.9× 20 1.8× 24 695
A. Zenteno United States 9 367 0.9× 89 0.8× 108 1.1× 21 0.7× 13 1.2× 18 388
Mitchell Revalski United States 14 401 1.0× 71 0.6× 115 1.1× 9 0.3× 12 1.1× 35 427
Anne Marie Stewart Turner United States 6 476 1.2× 115 1.0× 90 0.9× 16 0.5× 12 1.1× 8 480
David J. E. Floyd Australia 12 353 0.9× 96 0.8× 122 1.2× 37 1.2× 9 0.8× 26 369
R. Middei Italy 14 478 1.2× 230 2.0× 25 0.2× 24 0.8× 10 0.9× 41 503
Adèle Plat France 11 463 1.1× 45 0.4× 204 2.0× 20 0.7× 15 1.4× 17 524

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen-Yi Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen-Yi Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen-Yi Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhen-Yi Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhen-Yi 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 Zhen-Yi Cai. Zhen-Yi 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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He, Lei, Rui Niu, Wen Zhao, et al.. (2025). Tracing the Light: Identification for the Optical Counterpart Candidates of Binary Black Holes during O3. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(2). 154–154.
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Büchner, Johannes, Teng Liu, K. Nandra, et al.. (2025). The average soft X-ray spectra of eROSITA active galactic nuclei. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 701. A144–A144.
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Cai, Zhen-Yi, et al.. (2025). CRISPy-web 3.0: A unified platform for multi-modal guide RNA design for CRISPR and TnpB genome editing applications. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 11. 317–322.
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Cai, Zhen-Yi, et al.. (2025). An adaptive symplectic integrator for gravitational dynamics. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 699. A170–A170.
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Cai, Zhen-Yi, et al.. (2024). How Can the Optical Variation Properties of Active Galactic Nuclei Be Unbiasedly Measured?. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(1). 5–5. 8 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhen-Yi. (2024). The Composite Spectral Energy Distribution of Quasars Is Surprisingly Universal Since Cosmic Noon. Universe. 10(11). 431–431. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Junxian, et al.. (2024). A Surprising Excess of Radio Emission in Extremely Stable Quasars: A Unique Clue to Jet Launching?. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(1). 60–60.
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Wan, Zhen, et al.. (2024). The Host Galaxy Fluxes of Active Galaxy Nuclei Are Generally Overestimated by the Flux Variation Gradient Method. Universe. 10(7). 282–282. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Junxian, et al.. (2024). Extreme Variability Quasars in Their Various States. II. Spectral Variation Revealed with Multiepoch Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(1). 7–7. 3 indexed citations
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Negrello, M., et al.. (2024). Euclid view of the dusty star-forming galaxies at ≳ detected in wide area submillimetre surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 530(2). 2292–2314.
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Li, Ting S., Mouyuan Sun, W. N. Brandt, et al.. (2021). Faint Active Galactic Nuclei Favor Unexpectedly Long Inter-band Time Lags. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 912(2). L29–L29. 18 indexed citations
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Bakx, Tom J. L. C., H. Dannerbauer, D. T. Frayer, et al.. (2020). IRAM 30-m-EMIR redshift search of z = 3–4 lensed dusty starbursts selected from the HerBS sample. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496(2). 2372–2390. 10 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhen-Yi, Junxian Wang, & Mouyuan Sun. (2020). EUCLIA. II. On the Puzzling Large UV to X-Ray Lags in Seyfert Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 892(1). 63–63. 18 indexed citations
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Negrello, M., Matteo Bonato, Zhen-Yi Cai, et al.. (2020). Understanding galaxy formation and evolution through an all-sky submillimetre spectroscopic survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 37.
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Wang, Junxian, et al.. (2018). On the UV/Optical Variation in NGC 5548: New Evidence Against the Reprocessing Diagram. The Astrophysical Journal. 860(1). 29–29. 12 indexed citations
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Mélin, J.-B., J. G. Bartlett, Zhen-Yi Cai, et al.. (2018). Dust in galaxy clusters: Modeling at millimeter wavelengths and impact on Planck cluster cosmology. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 617. A75–A75. 13 indexed citations
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Negrello, M., J. González-Nuevo, G. de Zotti, et al.. (2017). On the statistics of proto-cluster candidates detected in the Planck all-sky survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 470(2). 2253–2261. 17 indexed citations
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Lapi, Andrea, Zhen-Yi Cai, M. Negrello, et al.. (2015). Radio Observations of Star Forming Galaxies in the SKA era. 82–82. 1 indexed citations
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Lapi, Andrea, S. I. Raimundo, Rossella Aversa, et al.. (2014). THE COEVOLUTION OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES AND MASSIVE GALAXIES AT HIGH REDSHIFT. The Astrophysical Journal. 782(2). 69–69. 58 indexed citations

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