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Rong-Gen Cai publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rong-Gen Cai sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 380 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Rong-Gen Cai D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rong-Gen Cai sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rong-Gen Cai is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and environmental science. Their work spans various subfields, including aerospace engineering, civil and structural engineering, general health professions, atmospheric science, and water science and technology.

The researcher has a strong focus on topics related to nuclear engineering thermal-hydraulics, smart materials for construction, nuclear reactor physics and engineering, water quality monitoring technologies, concrete corrosion and durability, concrete and cement materials research, as well as nuclear materials and properties.

Rong-Gen Cai's recent publications demonstrate a focus on marine concrete and chloride ingress, as well as other construction-related materials research. Key papers include:

  • Prediction of surface chloride concentration of marine concrete using ensemble machine learning, 2020, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Skin effect of chloride ingress in marine concrete: A review on the convection zone, 2020, Construction and Building Materials
  • Influence of data acquisition and processing on surface chloride concentration of marine concrete, 2020, Construction and Building Materials

Additional research work, although with other authors, appeared in related fields, such as thermal engineering and nuclear engineering, highlighting a broad technical expertise linked to material flow and heat transfer processes.

Among frequent coauthors are:

  • Mengting Hu (4 joint publications)
  • Hongyan Ma (3 joint publications)
  • Wenxi Tian (3 joint publications)
  • Xue Bai (3 joint publications)
  • Barjeece Bashir (3 joint publications)

Rong-Gen Cai's research output is often published in scientific journals with a focus on construction materials and engineering, including:

  • Construction and Building Materials (2 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (2 publications)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment (2 publications)
  • Cement and Concrete Research (1 publication)
  • Applied Thermal Engineering (1 publication)

The research career documented covers at least 18 publications in the broader field of engineering and 10 publications in environmental science, making contributions to knowledge concerning material durability, corrosion, and thermal-hydraulics within nuclear engineering contexts.

Best Publications

  • Gauss-Bonnet black holes in AdS spaces

    Rong-Gen Cai;Rong-Gen Cai

  • A dark energy model characterized by the age of the Universe

    Rong-Gen Cai

  • A new model of agegraphic dark energy

    Hao Wei;Rong-Gen Cai

  • Thermodynamic behavior of the Friedmann equation at the apparent horizon of the FRW universe

    M. Akbar;Rong-Gen Cai

  • Black plane solutions in four-dimensional spacetimes.

    Rong-Gen Cai;Yuan-Zhong Zhang

  • Friedmann equations of FRW universe in scalar–tensor gravity, f(R) gravity and first law of thermodynamics

    M. Akbar;Rong-Gen Cai

  • Gravitational Waves Induced by Non-Gaussian Scalar Perturbations

    Rong-Gen Cai;Shi Pi;Misao Sasaki

  • A Note on Thermodynamics of Black Holes in Lovelock Gravity

    Rong-Gen Cai

  • Hawking Radiation of Apparent Horizon in a FRW Universe

    Rong-Gen Cai;Li-Ming Cao;Ya-Peng Hu

  • Topological black holes in the dimensionally continued gravity

    Rong-Gen Cai;Kwang-Sup Soh

  • Thermodynamic Behavior of Field Equations for f(R) Gravity

    M. Akbar;Rong-Gen Cai

  • Hawking radiation of an apparent horizon in a FRW universe

    Rong-Gen Cai;Li-Ming Cao;Ya-Peng Hu

  • Thermodynamics of black holes in Horava-Lifshitz gravity

    Rong-Gen Cai;Rong-Gen Cai;Li-Ming Cao;Nobuyoshi Ohta

  • Cosmological constraints on new agegraphic dark energy

    Hao Wei;Rong-Gen Cai

  • Topological Black Holes in Horava-Lifshitz Gravity

    Rong-Gen Cai;Li-Ming Cao;Nobuyoshi Ohta

  • Thermodynamics of Black Holes in Massive Gravity

    Rong-Gen Cai;Rong-Gen Cai;Ya-Peng Hu;Ya-Peng Hu;Qi-Yuan Pan;Qi-Yuan Pan;Yun-Long Zhang

  • Cosmological evolution of "hessence" dark energy and avoidance of the big rip

    Hao Wei;Rong-Gen Cai

  • Thermodynamical properties of apparent horizon in warped DGP braneworld

    Ahmad Sheykhi;Ahmad Sheykhi;Bin Wang;Rong-Gen Cai

  • THERMODYNAMIC GEOMETRY AND CRITICAL BEHAVIOR OF BLACK HOLES

    Jianyong Shen;Rong-Gen Cai;Bin Wang;Ru-Keng Su;Ru-Keng Su

  • Complexity Growth for AdS Black Holes

    Rong-Gen Cai;Shan-Ming Ruan;Shao-Jiang Wang;Run-Qiu Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Misao Sasaki
Misao Sasaki University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Gary Shiu
Gary Shiu University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jan Zaanen
Jan Zaanen Leiden University
Richard N. Manchester
Richard N. Manchester Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Carlo Baccigalupi
Carlo Baccigalupi International School for Advanced Studies
George Hobbs
George Hobbs Australia Telescope National Facility
Tianjun Li
Tianjun Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
G. D. Hammond
G. D. Hammond University of Glasgow

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