Fei Sun

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Fei Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Fei Sun has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Fei Sun's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (31 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (11 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (8 papers). Fei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (31 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (11 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (8 papers). Fei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Fei Sun's co-authors include Wenbin Zhang, Zhongguang Yang, Frances H. Arnold, David A. Tirrell, Songzi Kou, Chuan He, Jiren Luo, Xin Deng, Quanjiang Ji and Alborz Mahdavi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Fei Sun

93 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.

Synthesis of bioactive protein hydrogels by genetically encoded SpyTag-SpyCatcher chemistry

2014 225 citations Fei Sun, Wenbin Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fei Sun China	32	1.5k	496	435	422	275	102	3.0k
Jingxiu Bi China	32	1.2k 0.8×	903 1.8×	543 1.2×	642 1.5×	128 0.5×	146	3.2k
Hsin‐Hui Shen Australia	32	1.5k 1.0×	262 0.5×	601 1.4×	180 0.4×	599 2.2×	101	3.2k
Yue Feng China	28	1.1k 0.7×	317 0.6×	325 0.7×	420 1.0×	120 0.4×	116	2.3k
Wenliang Wang China	28	788 0.5×	535 1.1×	399 0.9×	231 0.5×	274 1.0×	102	2.5k
Yali Cui China	25	939 0.6×	789 1.6×	489 1.1×	432 1.0×	184 0.7×	141	2.3k
Jens Dernedde Germany	33	2.4k 1.6×	556 1.1×	461 1.1×	640 1.5×	150 0.5×	100	4.1k
Andreia C. Gomes Portugal	33	1.3k 0.8×	896 1.8×	366 0.8×	1.1k 2.6×	147 0.5×	147	3.8k
Fatemeh Oroojalian Iran	34	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 3.4×	563 1.3×	887 2.1×	191 0.7×	109	3.7k
Stefano Menegatti United States	28	1.6k 1.0×	790 1.6×	288 0.7×	758 1.8×	111 0.4×	119	3.0k
Jafar Mosafer Iran	26	1.1k 0.7×	825 1.7×	257 0.6×	535 1.3×	107 0.4×	44	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Fei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fei Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fei Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fei Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fei 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 Fei Sun. Fei 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, Fei, et al.. (2026). Asynchronous recrystallization in LPBF GH5188 alloy driven by asymmetric driving force and Zener pinning. Materials Research Letters. 1–10.

Liang, Lixin, Wenjun Wang, Yingjie Xu, et al.. (2025). Cancer Photodynamic Therapy Enabled by Water-Soluble Chlorophyll Protein. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(11). 16668–16680. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xuan, et al.. (2025). High-performance flexible piezoelectric film through in situ engineered P(VDF-TrFE)/BaTiO3 on titanium foils. Chemical Engineering Journal. 520. 165697–165697. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Sihui, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the secrets of non-evaporable getter films: Activation temperature, activation time, and achievable activation degree. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1004. 175771–175771.

Wang, Sihui, et al.. (2024). Cage effect of film mesoscopic structure on activation of TiZrHfV non-evaporable getter. Vacuum. 222. 113051–113051. 2 indexed citations

Tang, Xiao, Yang Liu, Jinhui Wang, et al.. (2024). Identifications of novel host cell factors that interact with the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(6). 107390–107390. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yue, Chao Yang, Yiren Zhou, et al.. (2024). Clickable, Thermally Responsive Hydrogels Enabled by Recombinant Spider Silk Protein and Spy Chemistry for Sustained Neurotrophin Delivery. Advanced Materials. 37(23). e2413957–e2413957. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Zhongguang, et al.. (2023). Designed Multifunctional Spider Silk Enabled by Genetically Encoded Click Chemistry (Adv. Funct. Mater. 43/2023). Advanced Functional Materials. 33(43). 3 indexed citations

Sun, Fei, et al.. (2022). B12-dependent photoreceptor protein as an emerging tool for materials synthetic biology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 297–303. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhongguang, et al.. (2022). B ₁₂ -induced reassembly of split photoreceptor protein enables photoresponsive hydrogels with tunable mechanics. Science Advances. 8(13). eabm5482–eabm5482. 21 indexed citations

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Ma, Rong-Na, Fei Sun, Liping Jia, et al.. (2021). A novel ratiometric electrochemical biosensing strategy based on T7 exonuclease-assisted homogenous target recycling coupling hairpin assembly-triggered double-signal output for the multiple amplified detection of miRNA. The Analyst. 146(8). 2705–2711. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Fei & Wenbin Zhang. (2020). Genetically Encoded Click Chemistry^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 38(8). 894–896. 23 indexed citations

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Cao, Yujie, Xi Wei, Yuan Lin, & Fei Sun. (2019). Synthesis of bio-inspired viscoelastic molecular networks by metal-induced protein assembly. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 5(1). 117–124. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhongguang, Yang Yang, Mo Wang, et al.. (2019). Dynamically Tunable, Macroscopic Molecular Networks Enabled by Cellular Synthesis of 4-Arm Star-like Proteins. Matter. 2(1). 233–249. 31 indexed citations

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Wu, Xialing, Yajie Liu, Dong Liu, Fei Sun, & Wenbin Zhang. (2018). An Intrinsically Disordered Peptide-Peptide Stapler for Highly Efficient Protein Ligation Both in Vivo and in Vitro. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(50). 17474–17483. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhongguang, Songzi Kou, Xi Wei, et al.. (2018). Genetically Programming Stress-Relaxation Behavior in Entirely Protein-Based Molecular Networks. ACS Macro Letters. 7(12). 1468–1474. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Hua‐Feng, Rong-Na Ma, Fei Sun, et al.. (2018). A versatile label-free electrochemical biosensor for circulating tumor DNA based on dual enzyme assisted multiple amplification strategy. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 122. 224–230. 80 indexed citations

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Tyagi, Abhishek, Xiaotian Liu, Irfan Haider Abidi, et al.. (2018). Modular functionalization of crystalline graphene by recombinant proteins: a nanoplatform for probing biomolecules. Nanoscale. 10(47). 22572–22582. 14 indexed citations

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Ji, Quanjiang, Liang Zhang, Marcus B. Jones, et al.. (2013). Molecular mechanism of quinone signaling mediated through S-quinonization of a YodB family repressor QsrR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(13). 5010–5015. 37 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenbin, Fei Sun, David A. Tirrell, & Frances H. Arnold. (2013). Controlling Macromolecular Topology with Genetically Encoded SpyTag–SpyCatcher Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(37). 13988–13997. 175 indexed citations

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