Zhi‐Ran Cao

496 total citations
31 papers, 407 citations indexed

About

Zhi‐Ran Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi‐Ran Cao has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 407 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Zhi‐Ran Cao's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (6 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (4 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers). Zhi‐Ran Cao is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (6 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (4 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (4 papers). Zhi‐Ran Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Zhi‐Ran Cao's co-authors include Xiaoliu Li, Ke‐Rang Wang, Xiang‐Wen Fang, Haitao Wang, Hong‐Wei An, Beppino C. Giovanella, N. Harris, Joachim G. Liehr, John S. Stehlin and Shanshan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Developmental Cell.

In The Last Decade

Zhi‐Ran Cao

29 papers receiving 393 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhi‐Ran Cao China	13	255	116	95	51	45	31	407
Lina Liu China	12	206 0.8×	56 0.5×	46 0.5×	26 0.5×	27 0.6×	29	380
Qingjian Dong China	11	165 0.6×	43 0.4×	51 0.5×	65 1.3×	69 1.5×	20	424
Hyun-Won Kim South Korea	11	311 1.2×	106 0.9×	46 0.5×	61 1.2×	61 1.4×	31	521
R.M.D. Verhaert Netherlands	12	300 1.2×	70 0.6×	87 0.9×	58 1.1×	27 0.6×	18	400
Huiyuan Ya China	12	193 0.8×	89 0.8×	55 0.6×	21 0.4×	91 2.0×	37	414
David Lesur France	13	284 1.1×	124 1.1×	151 1.6×	44 0.9×	19 0.4×	36	481
David P. Weiner United States	14	574 2.3×	55 0.5×	131 1.4×	40 0.8×	34 0.8×	25	794
Shu Li China	12	376 1.5×	144 1.2×	54 0.6×	25 0.5×	13 0.3×	21	495
Tyler Yin United States	10	178 0.7×	66 0.6×	32 0.3×	18 0.4×	30 0.7×	17	317
Young‐Bae Seu South Korea	12	250 1.0×	43 0.4×	87 0.9×	43 0.8×	14 0.3×	34	414

Countries citing papers authored by Zhi‐Ran Cao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhi‐Ran Cao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Pengfei, Zhi‐Ran Cao, Kai Jia, et al.. (2025). Entropy-driven design strategies: high-entropy materials unlocking the potential of lithium-sulfur chemistry. Tungsten. 7(4). 795–816. 2 indexed citations

Unick, Jessica L., et al.. (2025). A Preliminary Investigation of an Automated Online Program for Increasing Physical Activity among Adults: A Randomized Trial. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. 10(2).

Thomas, J. Graham, Carly M. Goldstein, Dale S. Bond, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Five Novel Intervention Components in Online Obesity Treatment: Outcomes of a Randomized Factorial Experiment. Obesity. 33(11). 2128–2138. 1 indexed citations

Han, Lei, Xiaohan Wu, Tiantian Zhang, et al.. (2025). Exogenous Quercetin Treatment Provides Insights Into Transcriptional Regulatory Network for Salt Tolerance of Triticum urartu. Physiologia Plantarum. 177(3). e70310–e70310.

He, Yilin, Hailin Li, Bingyan Sun, et al.. (2024). A condensates-to-VPS41-associated phagic vacuoles conversion pathway controls autophagy degradation in plants. Developmental Cell. 59(17). 2287–2301.e6. 7 indexed citations

He, Yilin, Xiangui Zhou, Zhi‐Ran Cao, et al.. (2022). Arabidopsis HOPS subunit VPS41 carries out plant-specific roles in vacuolar transport and vegetative growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 189(3). 1416–1434. 19 indexed citations

Li, Jimin, Yaowen Li, Xiaoyu Guo, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and Anti-tumor Effects of Naphthalimide Derivatives Targeted in Cell Nucleus. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(4). 1599–1599. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Shanshan, et al.. (2021). Nucleus-targeting imaging and enhanced cytotoxicity based on naphthalimide derivatives. Bioorganic Chemistry. 115. 105188–105188. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Jiali, et al.. (2020). Antitumour properties based on the self‐assembly of camptothecin and carbamoylmannose conjugates. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 96(2). 870–877. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhi‐Ran, et al.. (2019). Fluorescent enhancement sensing of cadmium (II) ion based on a perylene bisimide derivative. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 297. 126802–126802. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Shanshan, Xuan Liu, Renfeng Li, et al.. (2018). Lysosomes-targeting imaging and anticancer properties of novel bis-naphthalimide derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 28(4). 742–747. 21 indexed citations

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Qian, Feng, et al.. (2015). Substituent Effects on Cytotoxic Activity, Spectroscopic Property, and DNA Binding Property of Naphthalimide Derivatives. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 87(5). 664–672. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pingzhu, Hailong Yang, Cuicui Li, et al.. (2014). Synthesis of novel, azasugar-modified anthraquinone derivatives and their cytotoxicity. Chinese Chemical Letters. 25(7). 1057–1059. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Haitao & Zhi‐Ran Cao. (2014). Anti-inflammatory Effects of (-)-Epicatechin in Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Raw 264.7 Macrophages. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 13(9). 1415–1415. 32 indexed citations

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Wang, Ke‐Rang, et al.. (2014). Fluorescence turn-on sensing of protein based on mannose functionalized perylene bisimides and its fluorescence imaging. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 58. 27–32. 23 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhi‐Ran, et al.. (2006). In vitro tetraploid induction via colchicine treatment from diploid somatic embryos in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Euphytica. 152(2). 80 indexed citations

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Giovanella, Beppino C., et al.. (2000). Dependence of Anticancer Activity of Camptothecins on Maintaining Their Lactone Function. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 922(1). 27–35. 43 indexed citations

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Han, Zhiyong, Zhi‐Ran Cao, D Chatterjee, James H. Wyche, & Panayotis Pantazis. (1999). Propionate and butyrate esters of camptothecin and 9‐nitrocamptothecin as antileukemia prodrugs in vitro. European Journal Of Haematology. 62(4). 246–255. 2 indexed citations

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Cao, Zhi‐Ran, et al.. (1998). ChemInform Abstract: Alkyl Esters of Camptothecin and 9‐Nitrocamptothecin: Synthesis, in vitro Pharmacokinetics, Toxicity, and Antitumor Activity.. ChemInform. 29(18). 2 indexed citations

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Czerwinski, Edmund W., Zhi‐Ran Cao, & Joachim G. Liehr. (1994). 3,8α-Dihydroxyestra-1,3,5(10),6-tetraen-17-one. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 50(4). 601–603. 1 indexed citations

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