Cuixia Sun

8.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
98 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Cuixia Sun is a scholar working on Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cuixia Sun has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Food Science, 33 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 25 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cuixia Sun's work include Proteins in Food Systems (71 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (25 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (24 papers). Cuixia Sun is often cited by papers focused on Proteins in Food Systems (71 papers), Polysaccharides Composition and Applications (25 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (24 papers). Cuixia Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Cuixia Sun's co-authors include Yanxiang Gao, Lei Dai, Like Mao, Fuguo Liu, Yang Wei, Yapeng Fang, Wei Yang, Di Wang, David Julian McClements and Fang Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Cuixia Sun

93 papers receiving 7.2k citations

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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.

The biological activities, chemical stability, metabolism and delivery systems of quercetin: A review

2016 623 citations Weiyou Wang, Cuixia Sun et al. Trends in Food Science & Technology profile →
Characterization of Pickering emulsion gels stabilized by zein/gum arabic complex colloidal nanoparticles

2017 385 citations Lei Dai, Cuixia Sun et al. Food Hydrocolloids profile →
Fabrication of zein and rhamnolipid complex nanoparticles to enhance the stability and in vitro release of curcumin

2017 271 citations Lei Dai, Ruirui Li et al. Food Hydrocolloids profile →
The health benefits, functional properties, modifications, and applications of pea ( Pisum sativum L.) protein: Current status, challenges, and perspectives

2020 237 citations Jiao Ge, Cuixia Sun et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cuixia Sun China	52	5.0k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	98	7.3k
Xiaoquan Yang China	50	5.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	200	8.3k
Xiao‐Quan Yang China	55	6.4k 1.3×	2.7k 1.7×	1.5k 1.1×	961 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	166	8.3k
Like Mao China	65	8.0k 1.6×	2.6k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	156	10.8k
Liqiang Zou China	55	5.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	949 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	127	8.1k
Zihao Wei China	42	3.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	890 0.7×	920 0.7×	698 0.7×	149	5.3k
Fang Yuan China	46	3.5k 0.7×	933 0.6×	817 0.6×	711 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	121	5.6k
Shou‐Wei Yin China	53	6.2k 1.2×	3.4k 2.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	893 0.9×	120	8.0k
Elham Assadpour Iran	49	3.8k 0.8×	727 0.5×	802 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	164	7.4k
Baokun Qi China	50	6.4k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	593 0.5×	1.7k 1.7×	202	8.3k
Hua Xiong China	52	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	727 0.6×	2.3k 2.2×	203	7.9k

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Wang, Shurui, P. Liu, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2025). Amyloid fibrils from black kidney bean protein self-assemble into hydrogels: Impact of heating time on gel structure and rheological properties. Food Chemistry. 476. 143406–143406. 9 indexed citations

Xu, Li, Jiyang Li, Yulong Zhang, et al.. (2025). The hierarchical structure of collagen determines the textural and rheological properties of fresh fish maws from different species. Food Hydrocolloids. 174. 112359–112359.

Xu, Li, Siyu Wei, Jingwen Zhao, et al.. (2025). Natural plant-derived malic acid and epigallocatechin gallate enhance the thermal stability of water-soaked fish maws. Food Chemistry. 495(Pt 1). 146389–146389.

Ge, Jiao, Rong Yang, Guanchen Liu, Cuixia Sun, & Yapeng Fang. (2025). Bean powders improved the quality characteristics of high-moisture extrudate prepared from pea protein isolate: Texture, structure and sensory. Food Hydrocolloids. 165. 111232–111232. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Bing, et al.. (2024). Banana Starch Nanoparticles Disrupt the Integrity of the Intestinal Barrier by Opening Tight Junctions in Mice. Small. 21(5). e2408298–e2408298. 3 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoyang, Yi Wang, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2024). Collapse-reexpansion conformational transition of alginate under non-specific ion conditions. Food Hydrocolloids. 160. 110744–110744. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Yuyan, et al.. (2023). Meat and plant-based meat analogs: Nutritional profile and in vitro digestion comparison. Food Hydrocolloids. 143. 108886–108886. 66 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoyang, Bing Hu, Ruixiang Ma, et al.. (2023). Core-shell starch as a platform for reducing starch digestion and saturated fat intake. Biomaterials. 299. 122144–122144. 8 indexed citations

Zheng, Yixin, et al.. (2023). The role of protein concentration in heat‐induced particulation of soy proteins at different pHs: Structure and functional properties. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 955–965. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Yixin, Yixin Gao, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2023). Amyloid fibrils-regulated high-moisture extruded soy proteins: Texture, structure, and taste. Food Hydrocolloids. 144. 109026–109026. 36 indexed citations

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Hu, Chuhuan, Wei Lü, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2022). Gelation behavior and mechanism of alginate with calcium: Dependence on monovalent counterions. Carbohydrate Polymers. 294. 119788–119788. 48 indexed citations

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Sun, Cuixia & Qixin Zhong. (2021). Alkaline conjugation of caseinate and propylene glycol alginate to prepare biopolymer complexes stabilizing oil-in-water emulsion gels. Food Hydrocolloids. 123. 107192–107192. 16 indexed citations

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He, Xiangxiang, Wei Lü, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2020). Cellulose and cellulose derivatives: Different colloidal states and food-related applications. Carbohydrate Polymers. 255. 117334–117334. 146 indexed citations

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Song, Jingru, et al.. (2020). Fabrication, Characterization, and Formation Mechanism of Zein–Gum Arabic Nanocomposites in Aqueous Ethanol Solution with a High Ethanol Content. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68(46). 13138–13145. 27 indexed citations

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Sun, Cuixia, Yanxiang Gao, & Qixin Zhong. (2018). Properties of Ternary Biopolymer Nanocomplexes of Zein, Sodium Caseinate, and Propylene Glycol Alginate and Their Functions of Stabilizing High Internal Phase Pickering Emulsions. Langmuir. 34(31). 9215–9227. 80 indexed citations

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Chen, Shuai, Yahong Han, Cuixia Sun, et al.. (2018). Effect of molecular weight of hyaluronan on zein-based nanoparticles: Fabrication, structural characterization and delivery of curcumin. Carbohydrate Polymers. 201. 599–607. 119 indexed citations

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Dai, Lei, Ruirui Li, Yang Wei, et al.. (2017). Fabrication of zein and rhamnolipid complex nanoparticles to enhance the stability and in vitro release of curcumin. Food Hydrocolloids. 77. 617–628. 271 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Weiyou, Cuixia Sun, Like Mao, et al.. (2016). The biological activities, chemical stability, metabolism and delivery systems of quercetin: A review. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 56. 21–38. 623 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Fuguo, Cuixia Sun, Di Wang, Fang Yuan, & Yanxiang Gao. (2015). Glycosylation improves the functional characteristics of chlorogenic acid–lactoferrin conjugate. RSC Advances. 5(95). 78215–78228. 61 indexed citations

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Liu, Fuguo, Di Wang, Honggao Xu, Cuixia Sun, & Yanxiang Gao. (2015). Physicochemical properties of β-carotene emulsions stabilized by chlorogenic acid–lactoferrin–glucose/polydextrose conjugates. Food Chemistry. 196. 338–346. 78 indexed citations

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