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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
19082
World Ranking
4613
National Ranking
142

Ya Cao publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ya Cao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 311 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Ya Cao D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ya Cao sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ya Cao is affiliated with Central South University in China and has a research portfolio primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, immunology, and surgery. The major topics covered in their research relate to RNA modifications and cancer, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, viral-associated cancers and disorders, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

The scientist has published extensively with frequent contributions to several publication venues, including:

  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B
  • Hepatology
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer

Ya Cao's recent papers demonstrate a focus on hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and cellular mechanisms linking metabolism to cancer proliferation and drug resistance. Notable recent publications include:

  • Global immune characterization of HBV/HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma identifies macrophage and T-cell subsets associated with disease progression, 2020, Cell Discovery
  • Exploring prognostic indicators in the pathological images of hepatocellular carcinoma based on deep learning, 2020, Gut
  • Single-cell transcriptomic analysis suggests two molecularly distinct subtypes of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, 2022, Nature Communications
  • CPT1A-mediated fatty acid oxidation promotes cell proliferation via nucleoside metabolism in nasopharyngeal carcinoma, 2022, Cell Death and Disease
  • Drp1-dependent remodeling of mitochondrial morphology triggered by EBV-LMP1 increases cisplatin resistance, 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ya Cao include Jia Fan, Qiang Gao, Xiangjian Luo, Jian Zhou, and Ann M. Bode, highlighting a collaborative research environment spanning multiple projects and domains within cancer biology and molecular studies.

Best Publications

  • Tumor-Associated Neutrophils Recruit Macrophages and T-Regulatory Cells to Promote Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Resistance to Sorafenib.

    Shao-Lai Zhou;Zheng-Jun Zhou;Zhi-Qiang Hu;Xiao-Wu Huang

  • Emerging roles of lipid metabolism in cancer metastasis

    Xiangjian Luo;Xiangjian Luo;Can Cheng;Can Cheng;Zheqiong Tan;Zheqiong Tan;Namei Li;Namei Li

  • A G3BP1-Interacting lncRNA Promotes Ferroptosis and Apoptosis in Cancer via Nuclear Sequestration of p53.

    Chao Mao;Xiang Wang;Yating Liu;Min Wang

  • Long noncoding RNA LINC00336 inhibits ferroptosis in lung cancer by functioning as a competing endogenous RNA

    Min Wang;Chao Mao;Lianlian Ouyang;Yating Liu

  • EGLN1/c-Myc Induced Lymphoid-Specific Helicase Inhibits Ferroptosis through Lipid Metabolic Gene Expression Changes

    Yiqun Jiang;Chao Mao;Rui Yang;Bin Yan

  • Role of Epstein-Barr virus encoded latent membrane protein 1 in the carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Hui Zheng;Li Li Li;Duo Sha Hu;Xi Yun Deng

  • Targeting CPT1A-mediated fatty acid oxidation sensitizes nasopharyngeal carcinoma to radiation therapy

    Zheqiong Tan;Lanbo Xiao;Lanbo Xiao;Min Tang;Min Tang;Fang Bai

  • miR-28-5p-IL-34-macrophage feedback loop modulates hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis.

    Shao-Lai Zhou;Zhi-Qiang Hu;Zheng-Jun Zhou;Zhi Dai

  • Targeting Epstein–Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1-mediated glycolysis sensitizes nasopharyngeal carcinoma to radiation therapy

    L. Xiao;Z-Y Hu;X. Dong;Z. Tan

  • Circular RNA Sequencing Identifies CircASAP1 as a Key Regulator in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis.

    Zhi-Qiang Hu;Shao-Lai Zhou;Jia Li;Zheng-Jun Zhou

  • A Positive Feedback Loop Between Cancer Stem-Like Cells and Tumor-Associated Neutrophils Controls Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression.

    Shao-Lai Zhou;Dan Yin;Zhi-Qiang Hu;Chu-Bin Luo

  • Cancer research: past, present and future

    Ya Cao;Ronald A DePinho;Matthias Ernst;Karen Vousden

  • An infrequent point mutation of the p53 gene in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Y. Sun;G. Hegamyer;Yu-Juen Cheng;A. Hildesheim

  • Disruption of STAT3 by niclosamide reverses radioresistance of human lung cancer

    Shuo You;Rui Li;Dongkyoo Park;Maohua Xie

  • The Role of PGC1α in Cancer Metabolism and its Therapeutic Implications

    Zheqiong Tan;Xiangjian Luo;Xiangjian Luo;Lanbo Xiao;Lanbo Xiao;Min Tang;Min Tang

  • Mitochondrial network structure homeostasis and cell death.

    Long long Xie;Feng Shi;Zheqiong Tan;Yueshuo Li

  • The tumor suppressor UCHL1 forms a complex with p53/MDM2/ARF to promote p53 signaling, and is frequently silenced in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    Li Li;Qian Tao;Hongchuan Jin;Andrew Van Hasselt

  • Serum exosomal miR-125b is a novel prognostic marker for hepatocellular carcinoma

    Weifeng Liu;Jie Hu;Kaiqian Zhou;Feiyu Chen

  • Circulating Tumor Cells from Different Vascular Sites Exhibit Spatial Heterogeneity in Epithelial and Mesenchymal Composition and Distinct Clinical Significance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Yunfan Sun;Wei Guo;Yang Xu;Ying-Hong Shi

  • Direct Inhibition of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptor Kinase Activity by (−)−Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate Regulates Cell Transformation

    Ming Li;Zhiwei He;Svetlana Ermakova;Duo Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jia Fan
Jia Fan Fudan University
Ann M. Bode
Ann M. Bode University of Minnesota
Zigang Dong
Zigang Dong University of Minnesota
Shuang Liu
Shuang Liu Purdue University West Lafayette
Qiang Gao
Qiang Gao Beihang University
Ji-Kai Liu
Ji-Kai Liu South Central University for Nationalities
Zheng Wang
Zheng Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qin Yan
Qin Yan Yale University
Qian Tao
Qian Tao Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sai Wah Tsao
Sai Wah Tsao University of Hong Kong

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Yong Li

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Xiaoling Li

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Shuang Liu

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Publications: 18

Yi Xin Zeng

Yi Xin Zeng

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