Adam Sun

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Adam Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Sun has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Adam Sun's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (7 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (3 papers). Adam Sun is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (7 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (3 papers). Adam Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and China. Adam Sun's co-authors include Michael J. Lombardi, Olga Kifor, Matthias A. Hediger, Edward M. Brown, Gerardo Gamba, Daniela Riccardi, Robert R. Butters, Jonathan Lytton, Steven Hébert and D. Kikeri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Adam Sun

21 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cloning and characterization of an extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptor from bovine parathyroid

1993 2.0k citations Edward M. Brown, Gerardo Gamba et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adam Sun United States	14	1.6k	1.1k	581	447	361	21	3.0k
Robert R. Butters United States	24	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	948 1.6×	684 1.5×	452 1.3×	27	4.0k
Min Pi United States	28	1.6k 1.0×	994 0.9×	481 0.8×	292 0.7×	323 0.9×	55	3.1k
Toshiaki Monkawa Japan	31	1.7k 1.1×	521 0.5×	251 0.4×	273 0.6×	265 0.7×	68	2.9k
Sami A. Sanjad Lebanon	16	2.6k 1.6×	662 0.6×	537 0.9×	209 0.5×	262 0.7×	46	3.8k
Dominique Eladari France	34	2.1k 1.4×	827 0.8×	372 0.6×	660 1.5×	223 0.6×	79	3.5k
S. Sasaki Japan	30	2.5k 1.6×	537 0.5×	245 0.4×	355 0.8×	266 0.7×	62	3.4k
P. Darwin Bell United States	32	1.7k 1.1×	394 0.4×	135 0.2×	601 1.3×	330 0.9×	76	3.6k
John C. Fyfe United States	25	1.3k 0.8×	315 0.3×	221 0.4×	373 0.8×	436 1.2×	52	2.9k
Craig B. Woda United States	17	1.4k 0.9×	543 0.5×	148 0.3×	187 0.4×	275 0.8×	21	2.4k
Lydie Cheval France	27	1.5k 1.0×	415 0.4×	280 0.5×	247 0.6×	186 0.5×	76	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Adam Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Adam Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adam Sun

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Adam, et al.. (2025). High strength carbon nanotube fibers: synthesis development, property improvement and possible applications. New Carbon Materials. 40(3). 621–641. 2 indexed citations

Xiang, Tiange, Adam Sun, Jiajun Wu, Ehsan Adeli, & Li Fei-Fei. (2023). Rendering Humans from Object-Occluded Monocular Videos. 3216–3227. 4 indexed citations

Salcedo, Jaime, Sercan Karav, Annabelle Le Parc, et al.. (2018). Application of industrial treatments to donor human milk: influence of pasteurization treatments, storage temperature, and time on human milk gangliosides. npj Science of Food. 2(1). 5–5. 13 indexed citations

Hébert, Steven, Adam Sun, & D. Kikeri. (2015). Mechanism of ADH-Induced Enhancement of Active Ammonium Absorption by the Mouse Medullary Thick Ascending Limb1. Contributions to nephrology. 92. 160–166. 1 indexed citations

Pham, Phuong‐Chi, Olivier Devuyst, Phuong-Thu Pham, et al.. (2004). Hypertonicity increases CLC-5 expression in mouse medullary thick ascending limb cells. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 287(4). F747–F752. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Youhua, et al.. (1999). Up-regulation of hepatocyte growth factor receptor: An amplification and targeting mechanism for hepatocyte growth factor action in acute renal failure. Kidney International. 55(2). 442–453. 105 indexed citations

Tsukamoto, Tatsuo, et al.. (1999). A role for intracellular calcium in tight junction reassembly after ATP depletion-repletion. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 277(4). F524–F532. 51 indexed citations

Liu, Youhua, Adam Sun, & Lance D. Dworkin. (1998). Hepatocyte Growth Factor Protects Renal Epithelial Cells from Apoptotic Cell Death. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 246(3). 821–826. 81 indexed citations

Liu, Youhua, Jason Centracchio, Lin Lin, Adam Sun, & Lance D. Dworkin. (1998). Constitutive Expression of HGF Modulates Renal Epithelial Cell Phenotype and Induces c-met and Fibronectin Expression. Experimental Cell Research. 242(1). 174–185. 34 indexed citations

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Sun, Adam. (1998). Expression of Cl⁻/ HCO 3 − exchanger in the basolateral membrane of mouse medullary thick ascending limb. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 274(2). F358–F364. 10 indexed citations

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Stuart, Robert O., Adam Sun, Kevin T. Bush, & Sanjay K. Nigám. (1996). Dependence of Epithelial Intercellular Junction Biogenesis on Thapsigargin-sensitive Intracellular Calcium Stores. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(23). 13636–13641. 90 indexed citations

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Stuart, Robert O., et al.. (1994). Critical role for intracellular calcium in tight junction biogenesis. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 159(3). 423–433. 109 indexed citations

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Brown, Edward M., Gerardo Gamba, Daniela Riccardi, et al.. (1993). Cloning and characterization of an extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptor from bovine parathyroid. Nature. 366(6455). 575–580. 2001 indexed citations breakdown →

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McManus, Michael L., Jorge Fischbarg, Adam Sun, Steven Hébert, & Kevin Strange. (1993). Laser light-scattering system for studying cell volume regulation and membrane transport processes. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 265(2). C562–C570. 51 indexed citations

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Kikeri, D., et al.. (1992). Cellular NH4+/K+ transport pathways in mouse medullary thick limb of Henle. Regulation by intracellular pH.. The Journal of General Physiology. 99(3). 435–461. 40 indexed citations

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Sun, Adam, D. Kikeri, & Steven Hébert. (1992). Vasopressin regulates apical and basolateral Na(+)-H+ antiporters in mouse medullary thick ascending limbs. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 262(2). F241–F247. 20 indexed citations

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Sun, Adam, Eric Grossman, Michael J. Lombardi, & Steven Hébert. (1991). Vasopressin alters the mechanism of apical Cl− entry from Na+:Cl− to Na+:K+:2Cl− cotransport in mouse medullary thick ascending limb. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 120(1). 83–94. 79 indexed citations

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Sun, Adam & Steven Hébert. (1989). Rapid hypertonic cell volume regulation in the perfused inner medullary collecting duct. Kidney International. 36(5). 831–842. 33 indexed citations

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Kikeri, D., Adam Sun, Mark L. Zeidel, & Steven Hébert. (1989). Cell membranes impermeable to NH3. Nature. 339(6224). 478–480. 192 indexed citations

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Blumenfeld, Jon D., Eric Grossman, Adam Sun, & Steven Hébert. (1989). Sodium-coupled ion cotransport and the volume regulatory increase response. Kidney International. 36(3). 434–440. 8 indexed citations

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