Guo‐Xin Sun

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Guo‐Xin Sun is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Guo‐Xin Sun has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 77 papers in Pollution and 57 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Guo‐Xin Sun's work include Arsenic contamination and mitigation (81 papers), Heavy metals in environment (73 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (38 papers). Guo‐Xin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Arsenic contamination and mitigation (81 papers), Heavy metals in environment (73 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (38 papers). Guo‐Xin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Guo‐Xin Sun's co-authors include Yong‐Guan Zhu, Paul N. Williams, Andrew A. Meharg, Claire Deacon, Andrea Raab, Gang Li, Fang‐Jie Zhao, Song‐Can Chen, Jörg Feldmann and Ming Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Guo‐Xin Sun

145 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Geographical Variation in Total and Inorganic Arsenic Content of Polished (White) Rice

2009 627 citations Andrew A. Meharg, Paul N. Williams et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guo‐Xin Sun China	50	4.6k	4.5k	3.4k	1.3k	822	151	8.6k
Gijs Du Laing Belgium	48	2.2k 0.5×	4.5k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	971 1.2×	229	9.6k
Yong Cai United States	50	2.8k 0.6×	3.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.1×	935 0.7×	577 0.7×	232	8.9k
Claire Deacon United Kingdom	35	3.6k 0.8×	3.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	495 0.6×	53	5.9k
Irshad Bibi Pakistan	38	2.5k 0.5×	3.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	693 0.8×	82	7.9k
Albert L. Juhasz Australia	49	2.3k 0.5×	5.6k 1.2×	5.0k 1.4×	510 0.4×	280 0.3×	211	8.3k
Nabeel Khan Niazi Pakistan	66	3.9k 0.9×	7.1k 1.6×	3.4k 1.0×	3.1k 2.4×	1.4k 1.7×	190	15.3k
W. T. Frankenberger United States	54	1.8k 0.4×	3.2k 0.7×	3.7k 1.1×	2.5k 1.9×	623 0.8×	211	10.6k
Rudra Deo Tripathi India	67	4.4k 1.0×	4.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	7.3k 5.5×	1.2k 1.5×	203	12.9k
Filip Tack Belgium	70	2.1k 0.4×	8.8k 2.0×	3.0k 0.9×	3.6k 2.7×	1.9k 2.3×	309	15.6k
Catherine N. Mulligan Canada	46	2.4k 0.5×	5.4k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	577 0.4×	579 0.7×	158	9.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Guo‐Xin Sun

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Guo‐Xin Sun's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Guo‐Xin Sun with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Guo‐Xin Sun more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Guo‐Xin Sun

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Guo‐Xin Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Guo‐Xin Sun. The network helps show where Guo‐Xin Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guo‐Xin Sun

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, G., Zhenjiao Cao, Siyi Liu, et al.. (2025). Soil Fungal Diversity, Community Structure, and Network Stability in the Southwestern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Fungi. 11(5). 389–389. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Congcong, Michael K. Borregaard, Marcell K. Peters, et al.. (2025). Climate and microbial community composition drive shifts in ecosystem function along three parallel elevational gradients. Ecography. 2025(12).

Sun, Guo‐Xin, et al.. (2025). Soil Organic Carbon Responses to Different Land Use Change: A Meta‐Analysis. Land Degradation and Development. 36(16). 5681–5696. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Dongli, Guo‐Xin Sun, Yang Chen, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of norfloxacin on fermentative hydrogen production: Performance evaluation and metagenomic analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 486. 150167–150167. 5 indexed citations

Shen, Congcong, Zhiming Zhang, Jichen Wang, et al.. (2023). Interactions between soil bacterial communities, assembly processes and microbial functions along the elevational gradient. CATENA. 235. 107698–107698. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Dongli, et al.. (2023). Climate and soil properties regulate the vertical heterogeneity of minor and trace elements in the alpine topsoil of the Hengduan Mountains. The Science of The Total Environment. 899. 165653–165653. 11 indexed citations

Han, Ruixia, Zhe Wang, Shuqing Wang, et al.. (2023). A combined strategy to mitigate the accumulation of arsenic and cadmium in rice (Oryza sativa L.). The Science of The Total Environment. 896. 165226–165226. 24 indexed citations

Wang, Hongyan, Amit Kumar, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, et al.. (2023). Temperature and organic carbon quality control the anaerobic carbon mineralization in peat profiles via modulating microbes: A case study of Changbai Mountain. Environmental Research. 237(Pt 1). 116904–116904. 5 indexed citations

Shen, Congcong, Lin Zhang, Jichen Wang, et al.. (2022). Dispersal limitation and host selection drive geo-specific and plant-specific differentiation of soil bacterial communities in the Tibetan alpine ecosystem. The Science of The Total Environment. 863. 160944–160944. 9 indexed citations

10.

Zama, Eric Fru, Gang Li, Yu-Ting Tang, et al.. (2021). The removal of arsenic from solution through biochar-enhanced precipitation of calcium-arsenic derivatives. Environmental Pollution. 292(Pt A). 118241–118241. 60 indexed citations

11.

Zhang, Zhaoyang, Gang Li, Lei Yang, Xinjun Wang, & Guo‐Xin Sun. (2020). Mercury distribution in the surface soil of China is potentially driven by precipitation, vegetation cover and organic matter. Environmental Sciences Europe. 32(1). 12 indexed citations

12.

Yin, Naiyi, Yan Li, Huili Du, et al.. (2019). Arsenic in Rice Bran Products: In Vitro Oral Bioaccessibility, Arsenic Transformation by Human Gut Microbiota, and Human Health Risk Assessment. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 67(17). 4987–4994. 33 indexed citations

13.

Chen, Peng, et al.. (2019). Bioavailable arsenic and amorphous iron oxides provide reliable predictions for arsenic transfer in soil-wheat system. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 383. 121160–121160. 45 indexed citations

14.

Tang, Ying Zhong, Meiyi Zhang, Guo‐Xin Sun, & Gang Pan. (2018). Impact of eutrophication on arsenic cycling in freshwaters. Water Research. 150. 191–199. 53 indexed citations

15.

Ding, Long‐Jun, Jian‐Qiang Su, Guo‐Xin Sun, Jinshui Wu, & Wenxue Wei. (2017). Increased microbial functional diversity under long-term organic and integrated fertilization in a paddy soil. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(4). 1969–1982. 76 indexed citations

16.

Cai, Xiaolin, Xiaochen Chen, Naiyi Yin, et al.. (2017). Estimation of the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of Fe, Mn, Cu, and Zn in Chinese vegetables using thein vitrodigestion/Caco-2 cell model: the influence of gut microbiota. Food & Function. 8(12). 4592–4600. 39 indexed citations

17.

Zheng, Ruilun, Guo‐Xin Sun, Cui Li, et al.. (2017). Mitigating cadmium accumulation in greenhouse lettuce production using biochar. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(7). 6532–6542. 30 indexed citations

18.

Liang, Jianhong, Panpan Liu, Zheng Chen, Guo‐Xin Sun, & Hong Li. (2017). Rapid evaluation of arsenic contamination in paddy soils using field portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 64. 345–351. 12 indexed citations

19.

Yin, Xixiang, Jian Chen, Jie Qin, et al.. (2011). Biotransformation and Volatilization of Arsenic by Three Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(3). 1631–1638. 151 indexed citations

20.

Meharg, Andrew A., Guo‐Xin Sun, Paul N. Williams, et al.. (2008). Inorganic arsenic levels in baby rice are of concern. Environmental Pollution. 152(3). 746–749. 152 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact