Xu Cao

189 papers and 13.2k indexed citations
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About

Xu Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Cao has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Molecular Biology, 49 papers in Rheumatology and 28 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Xu Cao’s work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (48 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (44 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (27 papers). Xu Cao is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (48 papers), Bone Metabolism and Diseases (44 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (27 papers). Xu Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Xu Cao's co-authors include Mei Wan, Janet L. Crane, Gehua Zhen, Xiangwei Wu, Xingming Shi, Di Chen, Tao Qiu, Lijuan Pang, Cun-Yu Wang and Paul J. Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Cao

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xu Cao. 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 Xu Cao. The network helps show where Xu Cao may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Cao

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This map shows the geographic impact of Xu Cao's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Xu Cao with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Xu Cao more than expected).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

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