Hao Sun

12.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Hao Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hao Sun has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Cancer Research and 21 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Hao Sun's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (32 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (30 papers). Hao Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (32 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (32 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (30 papers). Hao Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Hao Sun's co-authors include Huating Wang, Peiyong Jiang, Rossa W. K. Chiu, Kun Sun, Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, K.C. Allen Chan, Tak Yeung Leung, Ramana V. Davuluri, Yama W. L. Zheng and Yu Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Hao Sun

141 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing Reveals the Genome-Wide Genetic and Mutational Profile of the Fetus

2010 766 citations Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, K.C. Allen Chan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hao Sun China	48	5.5k	3.9k	1.2k	828	668	148	8.3k
Juncheng Dai China	32	2.9k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	344 0.3×	652 0.8×	606 0.9×	238	5.3k
Liang Hu China	39	2.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	565 0.5×	607 0.7×	1.5k 2.3×	201	5.8k
Mehmet Öztürk Türkiye	45	4.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	435 0.3×	635 0.8×	2.8k 4.2×	200	8.5k
Paul Van Hummelen Belgium	44	2.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	228 0.2×	800 1.0×	803 1.2×	125	6.2k
Wei Ge China	50	2.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.3×	183 0.1×	721 0.9×	839 1.3×	313	8.3k
Britt‐Marie Ljung United States	41	2.8k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	249 0.2×	2.0k 2.4×	2.2k 3.3×	84	6.7k
Qian Zhu China	34	3.7k 0.7×	601 0.2×	386 0.3×	758 0.9×	360 0.5×	187	6.0k
Rajiv Kumar Germany	52	5.3k 1.0×	2.1k 0.5×	142 0.1×	683 0.8×	3.2k 4.7×	259	9.6k
Yue Lu United States	43	4.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	113 0.1×	846 1.0×	886 1.3×	216	6.8k
Qi Chen China	36	2.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	669 0.5×	213 0.3×	338 0.5×	207	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Hao Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hao Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hao Sun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Hao, Zhihong Huang, Jiaqi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Beyond interacting with Rap1: Dissecting the roles of Rif1. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 306(Pt 3). 141560–141560. 1 indexed citations

Westhof, Éric, Hao Sun, Fan Bu, & Zhichao Miao. (2025). The RNA ‐Puzzles Assessments of RNA ‐Only Targets in CASP16. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 94(1). 218–229.

Li, Yang, Qiang Sun, Xingyuan Liu, et al.. (2025). Skeletal muscle stem cells modulate niche function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse through YY1-CCL5 axis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1324–1324. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yuwei, Jieyu Zhao, Xiaona Chen, et al.. (2024). DHX36 binding induces RNA structurome remodeling and regulates RNA abundance via m6A reader YTHDF1. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9890–9890. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Yu, Yingzhe Ding, Liangqiang He, et al.. (2023). Multiscale 3D genome reorganization during skeletal muscle stem cell lineage progression and aging. Science Advances. 9(7). eabo1360–eabo1360. 20 indexed citations

He, Zhiming, Xiaona Chen, Yuying Li, et al.. (2023). Sugt1 loss in skeletal muscle stem cells impairs muscle regeneration and causes premature muscle aging. PubMed. 2(4). lnad039–lnad039. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Hao, Shu Wang, Yunqiang Zhu, Wenmin Yuan, & Zhiqiang Zou. (2023). Question Classification for Intelligent Question Answering: A Comprehensive Survey. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12(10). 415–415. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaona, Guang Xue, Jieyu Zhao, et al.. (2022). Lockd promotes myoblast proliferation and muscle regeneration via binding with DHX36 to facilitate 5′ UTR rG4 unwinding and Anp32e translation. Cell Reports. 39(10). 110927–110927. 16 indexed citations

Hou, Linlin, Yuanjie Wei, Yingying Lin, et al.. (2020). Concurrent binding to DNA and RNA facilitates the pluripotency reprogramming activity of Sox2. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(7). 3869–3887. 36 indexed citations

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Ji, Yongjian, Hao Sun, Yong Wang, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of LncRNA ANRIL Potential in Hepatic Cancer Progression. Journal of Environmental Pathology Toxicology and Oncology. 38(2). 119–131. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Peiyong Jiang, Suk Hang Cheng, et al.. (2019). Orientation-aware plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation analysis in open chromatin regions informs tissue of origin. Genome Research. 29(3). 418–427. 153 indexed citations

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Yao, Mingze, Jiajian Zhou, Gongcheng Hu, et al.. (2018). PCGF5 is required for neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1463–1463. 53 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yu, Yihua Yang, Jone Trovik, et al.. (2014). A Novel Wnt Regulatory Axis in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(18). 5103–5117. 108 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Leina Lu, Huating Wang, & Hao Sun. (2014). Genome-wide profiling of YY1 binding sites during skeletal myogenesis. Genomics Data. 2. 89–91. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Xiaona Chen, Peiyong Jiang, et al.. (2013). iSeeRNA: identification of long intergenic non-coding RNA transcripts from transcriptome sequencing data. BMC Genomics. 14(S2). S7–S7. 134 indexed citations

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Sun, Hao. (2012). Study on the Relation of Environmental Change with Element Contents of S and Pb in Tree Rings. Science Technology and Engineering. 3 indexed citations

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Diao, Yarui, Xing Guo, Yanfeng Li, et al.. (2012). Pax3/7BP Is a Pax7- and Pax3-Binding Protein that Regulates the Proliferation of Muscle Precursor Cells by an Epigenetic Mechanism. Cell stem cell. 11(2). 231–241. 89 indexed citations

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Nicoloso, Milena S., Hao Sun, Riccardo Spizzo, et al.. (2010). Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Inside MicroRNA Target Sites Influence Tumor Susceptibility. Cancer Research. 70(7). 2789–2798. 302 indexed citations

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Sun, Hao, Jiejun Wu, Priyankara Wickramasinghe, et al.. (2010). Genome-wide mapping of RNA Pol-II promoter usage in mouse tissues by ChIP-seq. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(1). 190–201. 46 indexed citations

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Sun, Hao, et al.. (1996). Bioconcentration of rare earth-organic acid complexes by algae. Environmental Chemistry. 15(2). 107–111. 1 indexed citations

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