Lei Cai

370 total papers · 23.3k total citations
253 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Lei Cai is a scholar working on Plant Science, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Cai has authored 253 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Plant Science, 170 papers in Cell Biology and 91 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lei Cai’s work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (167 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (132 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (54 papers). Lei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (167 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (132 papers) and Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (54 papers). Lei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Thailand and Netherlands. Lei Cai's co-authors include Kevin D. Hyde, P.W. Crous, Ekachai Chukeatirote, Ulrike Damm, Fang Liu, Lingwei Hou, Roger G. Shivas, Ali H. Bahkali, Eric H. C. McKenzie and Xin Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Cai

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

Lei Cai

244 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lei Cai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lei Cai. The network helps show where Lei Cai may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Cai

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