Gang Sun

51.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
413 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Gang Sun is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Sun has authored 413 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Organic Chemistry, 113 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 104 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Gang Sun's work include Antimicrobial agents and applications (82 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (58 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (58 papers). Gang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial agents and applications (82 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (58 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (58 papers). Gang Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Egypt. Gang Sun's co-authors include Bin Ding, Jianyong Yu, Xianfeng Wang, Yuyu Sun, Yang Si, Moran Wang, Dong Wang, Sabyasachi Gaan, Song Liu and Xiangjing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Gang Sun

402 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Hit Papers

Superelastic and Superhyd... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2015 2010 2013 200 400 600
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.

  1. Superelastic and Superhydrophobic Nanofiber-Assembled Cellular Aerogels for Effective Separation of Oil/Water Emulsions
    2015 618 citations Gang Sun et al. profile →
  2. Electrospun nanomaterials for ultrasensitive sensors
    2010 492 citations Gang Sun et al. profile →
  3. Electro-spinning/netting: A strategy for the fabrication of three-dimensional polymer nano-fiber/nets
    2013 456 citations Gang Sun et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gang Sun 6.0k 5.3k 3.7k 3.1k 2.8k 413 17.9k
Huining Xiao 6.4k 1.1× 8.0k 1.5× 3.4k 0.9× 3.2k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 577 20.9k
Aiqin Wang 6.9k 1.1× 6.9k 1.3× 4.0k 1.1× 3.9k 1.3× 2.7k 1.0× 796 30.7k
Greg G. Qiao 4.0k 0.7× 3.4k 0.6× 6.6k 1.8× 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 355 17.3k
Yonghao Ni 12.9k 2.1× 10.2k 1.9× 2.0k 0.5× 5.1k 1.6× 3.7k 1.3× 688 25.8k
Kam Chiu Tam 5.3k 0.9× 9.1k 1.7× 7.6k 2.1× 3.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 476 24.0k
Alexander Bismarck 5.0k 0.8× 6.2k 1.2× 2.5k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 381 19.7k
Wei Yang 9.3k 1.6× 5.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 8.5k 2.7× 4.0k 1.4× 901 31.4k
Vijay Kumar Thakur 10.8k 1.8× 9.8k 1.9× 2.8k 0.8× 8.7k 2.8× 4.6k 1.6× 505 35.4k
Xiaohui Wang 5.5k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 3.6k 1.2× 5.7k 2.0× 517 18.8k
Thomas Heinze 6.6k 1.1× 10.7k 2.0× 2.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 753 0.3× 443 17.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Gang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zheng, Keyan, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of new pyrido[1,2-α] pyrimidinone derivatives and investigation of their insecticidal activity. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1333. 141712–141712.
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Sun, Yufa, Xinyi Niu, Michael Yermakov, et al.. (2025). Preparation of Photoactive Antibacterial Polylactic Acid Fibrous Membranes for Facemask Applications. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 64(25). 12654–12664.
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Sun, Yufa, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Modification of Polylactic Acid Fibrous Membranes with Improved Light-Induced Antibacterial, Mechanical, and Biodegradable Performances. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(17). 24851–24864. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Yufa, Xinyi Niu, Michael Yermakov, et al.. (2024). Biobased Triesters as Plasticizers for Improved Mechanical and Biodegradable Performance of Polylactic Acid Fibrous Membranes as Facemask Materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(20). 7964–7975. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Yufa & Gang Sun. (2024). A natural butter glyceride as a plasticizer for improving thermal, mechanical, and biodegradable properties of poly(lactide acid). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 263(Pt 2). 130366–130366. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Gang, Tonghai Liu, Hang Zhang, Bowen Tan, & Yuwei Li. (2023). Basic behavior recognition of yaks based on improved SlowFast network. Ecological Informatics. 78. 102313–102313. 10 indexed citations
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Amaly, Noha, Ahmed Y. El-Moghazy, Gang Sun, & Pramod Pandey. (2023). A novel scalable polycationic melamine sponge-based filtration matrix for continuous ultrafast adsorption of anionic pollutants. Chemosphere. 350. 140977–140977. 6 indexed citations
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Sung, Jaeuk, et al.. (2022). Production of Organizational Chiral Structures by Design. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(2). 824–831. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Rui, Mingjie Zhang, Peixin Tang, et al.. (2021). What We Are Learning from COVID-19 for Respiratory Protection: Contemporary and Emerging Issues. Polymers. 13(23). 4165–4165. 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Kang, Xu Yang, Yue Ma, Gang Sun, & Nitin Nitin. (2021). Incorporation of Antimicrobial Bio-Based Carriers onto Poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) Surface for Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(30). 36275–36285. 17 indexed citations
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Tang, Peixin & Gang Sun. (2021). Research progress in chemical and biological protective materials with integrated conventional “decontamination-and-sensing” functions. Materials Science and Engineering R Reports. 145. 100626–100626. 7 indexed citations
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Tang, Peixin, et al.. (2020). Daylight-Induced Antibacterial and Antiviral Cotton Cloth for Offensive Personal Protection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(44). 49442–49451. 74 indexed citations
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Tang, Peixin, et al.. (2019). Design and Synthesis of Core–Shell Carbon Polymer Dots with Highly Stable Fluorescence in Polymeric Materials. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2(10). 6503–6512. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Gang, et al.. (2018). Controlled surface functionalization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) fibers with varied vinyl monomers via radical graft copolymerization. Materials Today Communications. 17. 124–132. 6 indexed citations
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Poh, Leong Hien & Gang Sun. (2016). Localizing gradient damage model with decreasing interactions. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 110(6). 503–522. 180 indexed citations
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Tang, Peixin, Bolin Ji, & Gang Sun. (2016). Whiteness improvement of citric acid crosslinked cotton fabrics: H 2 O 2 bleaching under alkaline condition. Carbohydrate Polymers. 147. 139–145. 62 indexed citations

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