Deqiang Sun

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

About

Deqiang Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Deqiang Sun has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Deqiang Sun's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (2 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Deqiang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (2 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers). Deqiang Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Macao. Deqiang Sun's co-authors include Margaret A. Goodell, Wei Li, Yuanxin Xi, Jonathan S. Berg, Min Luo, Gretchen J. Darlington, Mira Jeong, Grant A. Challen, Christoph Bock and Alexander Meissner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Deqiang Sun

11 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation

2011 791 citations Grant A. Challen, Deqiang Sun et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deqiang Sun United States	8	1.1k	578	209	185	183	13	1.5k
Polynikis Kaimakis Netherlands	13	764 0.7×	532 0.9×	143 0.7×	281 1.5×	107 0.6×	16	1.3k
Christophe Lancrin Italy	14	893 0.8×	409 0.7×	70 0.3×	90 0.5×	108 0.6×	22	1.4k
Pu Paul Liu United States	10	1.0k 1.0×	501 0.9×	82 0.4×	125 0.7×	161 0.9×	16	1.3k
Andrew L. Young United States	11	389 0.4×	667 1.2×	128 0.6×	353 1.9×	327 1.8×	24	1.1k
Joanna Tober United States	14	676 0.6×	410 0.7×	41 0.2×	97 0.5×	72 0.4×	19	1.2k
Adele Giampaolo Italy	21	857 0.8×	491 0.8×	231 1.1×	288 1.6×	88 0.5×	47	1.6k
Daniela Talarico Italy	18	811 0.7×	134 0.2×	217 1.0×	64 0.3×	179 1.0×	41	1.2k
Colin G. Miles United Kingdom	18	949 0.9×	152 0.3×	529 2.5×	58 0.3×	77 0.4×	32	1.3k
Abdelkader Essafi United Kingdom	10	903 0.8×	99 0.2×	101 0.5×	65 0.4×	114 0.6×	11	1.2k
Sabrina Tosi United Kingdom	20	550 0.5×	578 1.0×	205 1.0×	180 1.0×	125 0.7×	52	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Deqiang Sun

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

Wang, Haohao, Xujiang Wang, Deqiang Sun, et al.. (2025). Hydration characteristics and heavy metal leaching risk of sewage sludge-based sulphoaluminate cement. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116996–116996.

Tan, Xuejun, Bowen Gao, Qing Zhao, et al.. (2025). Atractylodes macrocephala-derived extracellular vesicles-like particles enhance the recovery of ulcerative colitis by remodeling intestinal microecological balance. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 23(1). 433–433. 6 indexed citations

Han, Stella, et al.. (2024). LncRNA linc00641 Inhibits the Proliferation and Differentiation of Chondrocytes and Aggravates Joint Injury by Targeting miR-320a. Russian Journal of Genetics. 60(10). 1417–1426.

Li, Jianfang, Xinwei Wu, Jie Ke, et al.. (2022). TET1 dioxygenase is required for FOXA2-associated chromatin remodeling in pancreatic beta-cell differentiation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3907–3907. 12 indexed citations

Zhu, Yan, Haipei Tang, Yuan Chen, et al.. (2021). Antibody upstream sequence diversity and its biological implications revealed by repertoire sequencing. Journal of genetics and genomics. 48(10). 936–945. 7 indexed citations

Zhu, Yan, et al.. (2021). Novel Allele Detection Tool Benchmark and Application With Antibody Repertoire Sequencing Dataset. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 739179–739179. 6 indexed citations

Challen, Grant A., Deqiang Sun, Allison Mayle, et al.. (2014). Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b Have Overlapping and Distinct Functions in Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 15(3). 350–364. 259 indexed citations

Sun, Deqiang, Yuanxin Xi, Blanca Rodríguez, et al.. (2014). MOABS: model based analysis of bisulfite sequencing data. Genome biology. 15(2). R38–R38. 192 indexed citations

Lin, Xueqiu, Deqiang Sun, Blanca Rodríguez, et al.. (2013). BSeQC: quality control of bisulfite sequencing experiments. Bioinformatics. 29(24). 3227–3229. 26 indexed citations

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Challen, Grant A., Deqiang Sun, Mira Jeong, et al.. (2011). Dnmt3a is essential for hematopoietic stem cell differentiation. Nature Genetics. 44(1). 23–31. 791 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xi, Yuanxin, Christoph Bock, Fabian Müller, et al.. (2011). RRBSMAP: a fast, accurate and user-friendly alignment tool for reduced representation bisulfite sequencing. Bioinformatics. 28(3). 430–432. 62 indexed citations

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Xiao, Rui, Deqiang Sun, Stephen D. Ayers, et al.. (2011). Research Resource: The Estrogen Receptor α Cistrome Defined by DamIP. Molecular Endocrinology. 26(2). 349–357. 5 indexed citations

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Nucci, Marisa R., Jerome T. O’Connell, Phyllis C. Huettner, et al.. (2001). h-Caldesmon Expression Effectively Distinguishes Endometrial Stromal Tumors From Uterine Smooth Muscle Tumors. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 25(4). 455–463. 108 indexed citations

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