Bingfa Sun

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Bingfa Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Bingfa Sun has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Bingfa Sun's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (5 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (3 papers). Bingfa Sun is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (5 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (3 papers). Bingfa Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Bingfa Sun's co-authors include Tong Sun Kobilka, Brian K. Kobilka, Dan Feng, Matthew Chu, Jeffrey Tarrasch, Yan Zhang, Hongli Hu, Georgios Skiniotis, Qianhui Qu and Jianping Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Bingfa Sun

11 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Cryo-EM structure of the activated GLP-1 receptor in complex with a G protein

2017 421 citations Yan Zhang, Bingfa Sun 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
Bingfa Sun United States	10	1.3k	615	235	165	120	11	1.5k
Qingtong Zhou China	19	1.3k 1.0×	595 1.0×	200 0.9×	163 1.0×	167 1.4×	70	1.7k
Billy Breton Canada	22	1.4k 1.1×	736 1.2×	143 0.6×	134 0.8×	103 0.9×	33	1.8k
Yi-Lynn Liang Australia	11	1.3k 1.0×	713 1.2×	277 1.2×	195 1.2×	98 0.8×	11	1.4k
Giuseppe Deganutti United Kingdom	17	907 0.7×	458 0.7×	206 0.9×	78 0.5×	173 1.4×	49	1.1k
Nicole Merten Germany	18	918 0.7×	478 0.8×	141 0.6×	115 0.7×	60 0.5×	24	1.2k
Fai Siu United States	15	1.9k 1.4×	740 1.2×	179 0.8×	203 1.2×	155 1.3×	16	2.2k
Leigh A. Stoddart United Kingdom	26	1.7k 1.3×	718 1.2×	225 1.0×	155 0.9×	142 1.2×	43	2.0k
Jacob P. Mahoney United States	8	1.4k 1.1×	789 1.3×	70 0.3×	238 1.4×	95 0.8×	11	1.5k
Ali Jazayeri United Kingdom	17	1.7k 1.3×	987 1.6×	190 0.8×	394 2.4×	276 2.3×	28	2.0k
Gaétan Guillemette Canada	29	1.7k 1.3×	617 1.0×	281 1.2×	171 1.0×	166 1.4×	102	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Bingfa Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bingfa Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bingfa Sun

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Sun, Bingfa, Dan Feng, Matthew Ling-Hon Chu, et al.. (2021). Crystal structure of dopamine D1 receptor in complex with G protein and a non-catechol agonist. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3305–3305. 37 indexed citations

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Bueno, Ana B., Bingfa Sun, Francis S. Willard, et al.. (2020). Structural insights into probe-dependent positive allosterism of the GLP-1 receptor. Nature Chemical Biology. 16(10). 1105–1110. 69 indexed citations

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Kawai, Takahiro, Bingfa Sun, Hitoshi Yoshino, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for GLP-1 receptor activation by LY3502970, an orally active nonpeptide agonist. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(47). 29959–29967. 123 indexed citations

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Koehl, Antoine, Hongli Hu, Dan Feng, et al.. (2019). Structural insights into the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nature. 566(7742). 79–84. 228 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, Bingfa Sun, Dan Feng, et al.. (2017). Cryo-EM structure of the activated GLP-1 receptor in complex with a G protein. Nature. 546(7657). 248–253. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Bingfa, Matthew Chu, Martyn Wood, et al.. (2017). Crystal structure of the adenosine A_2Areceptor bound to an antagonist reveals a potential allosteric pocket. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(8). 2066–2071. 101 indexed citations

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Thal, David M., Bingfa Sun, Dan Feng, et al.. (2016). Crystal structures of the M1 and M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Nature. 531(7594). 335–340. 264 indexed citations

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Li, Wenjing, Chen Zhong, Lei Li, et al.. (2012). Molecular basis of the acetyltransferase activity of MEC-17 towards α-tubulin. Cell Research. 22(12). 1707–1711. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Shutong, Jian Wu, Bingfa Sun, Chen Zhong, & Jianping Ding. (2011). Structural and biochemical studies of human lysine methyltransferase Smyd3 reveal the important functional roles of its post-SET and TPR domains and the regulation of its activity by DNA binding. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(10). 4438–4449. 60 indexed citations

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Sun, Bingfa, Jing Hong, Peng Zhang, et al.. (2008). Molecular Basis of the Interaction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eaf3 Chromo Domain with Methylated H3K36. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(52). 36504–36512. 53 indexed citations

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Zhang, Peng, Jiamu Du, Bingfa Sun, et al.. (2006). Structure of human MRG15 chromo domain and its binding to Lys36-methylated histone H3. Nucleic Acids Research. 34(22). 6621–6628. 122 indexed citations

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