Hongyan Sun

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Hongyan Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongyan Sun has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Plant Science and 25 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Hongyan Sun's work include Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (15 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (15 papers) and interferon and immune responses (10 papers). Hongyan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (15 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (15 papers) and interferon and immune responses (10 papers). Hongyan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Hongyan Sun's co-authors include Feibo Wu, Guoping Zhang, Huaxin Dai, Fei Chen, Jing Zhao, Fangbin Cao, Xianling Cong, Chunhua Ren, Guohui Wang and Zhong‐Hua Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Analytical Chemistry and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hongyan Sun

103 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Lactylation: the novel histone modification influence on gene expression, protein function, and disease

2024 76 citations Hongyan Sun, Xianling Cong et al. Clinical Epigenetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongyan Sun China	24	667	527	436	261	237	108	1.9k
Dan Cheng China	27	602 0.9×	861 1.6×	343 0.8×	140 0.5×	196 0.8×	97	2.2k
Yuanyuan Ren China	25	546 0.8×	604 1.1×	349 0.8×	316 1.2×	209 0.9×	80	1.8k
Bo Zhang China	25	289 0.4×	958 1.8×	301 0.7×	195 0.7×	153 0.6×	164	2.1k
Shuang Liang China	28	960 1.4×	1.0k 1.9×	137 0.3×	93 0.4×	165 0.7×	116	2.2k
Yaping Gao China	24	224 0.3×	670 1.3×	156 0.4×	129 0.5×	299 1.3×	102	1.9k
Wen Huang China	24	162 0.2×	421 0.8×	467 1.1×	485 1.9×	492 2.1×	121	1.7k
Taek‐Kyun Lee South Korea	23	602 0.9×	622 1.2×	90 0.2×	180 0.7×	427 1.8×	127	2.2k
Conceição Egas Portugal	25	716 1.1×	631 1.2×	122 0.3×	44 0.2×	506 2.1×	69	2.0k
Jeong‐Ho Lee South Korea	21	281 0.4×	350 0.7×	282 0.6×	170 0.7×	158 0.7×	143	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongyan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongyan Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongyan Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Hongyan, et al.. (2025). The effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on Dickkopf-1 methylation in colorectal cancer. Clinical Epigenetics. 17(1). 52–52. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Hongyan, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, Antibacterial Properties, and Physiological Responses of Nano-Selenium in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Seedlings Under Cadmium Stress. Agronomy. 15(12). 2750–2750.

Lu, Guoqing, Hongyan Sun, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). Salidroside ameliorates hypoxic pulmonary hypertension by regulating the two-pore domain potassium TASK-1 channel. Phytomedicine. 135. 156206–156206. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Chunhua, Peng Luo, Xiao Jiang, et al.. (2024). Pipeline for identification of genome-wide microsatellite markers and its application in assessing the genetic diversity and structure of the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota. Aquaculture Reports. 37. 102207–102207. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Hongyan, Dan Liu, Ting Meng, et al.. (2024). Indoxyl sulfate induces retinal microvascular injury via COX-2/PGE2 activation in diabetic retinopathy. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 870–870. 4 indexed citations

Fu, Xuemei, et al.. (2024). Epinephelus coioides Sec3 promotes Singapore grouper iridovirus infection by negatively regulates immune response. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 152. 109784–109784. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Wei, Cuifen Huang, Wenfeng Yang, et al.. (2023). Identification of circRNAs and circRNA-mRNA network of Epinephelus coioides during Singapore grouper iridovirus infection. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 142. 109113–109113. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Cunfang, Xipeng Wang, Zhenghao Li, et al.. (2022). Influence of ultrasound on the mechanism of conjugation between epigallocatechin gallate and β‐lactoglobulin for function improvement. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 57(12). 7763–7773. 5 indexed citations

Cong, Lele, Hongfeng Yang, Hongyan Sun, et al.. (2021). Role of Circular RNAs in the Pathogenesis of Malignant Melanoma. Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression. 32(3). 21–30. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Zonghe, et al.. (2021). The Effects of Hypoxia and Anthropogenic Disturbance on the Distribution, Abundance and Recruitment of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria leucospilota at the Mouth of a Subtropical Bay, China. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 11 indexed citations

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Ma, Yu‐Shui, Fei Yu, Xiaoming Zhong, et al.. (2018). miR-30 Family Reduction Maintains Self-Renewal and Promotes Tumorigenesis in NSCLC-Initiating Cells by Targeting Oncogene TM4SF1. Molecular Therapy. 26(12). 2751–2765. 35 indexed citations

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Mo, Ze‐Quan, Rui Han, Yuling Su, et al.. (2018). Characterization and functional analysis of grouper (Epinephelus coioides) MEK1 and MEK2. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 84. 1090–1097. 3 indexed citations

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Mo, Ze‐Quan, Rui Han, Qing Han, et al.. (2018). Identification and functional analysis of grouper (Epinephelus coioides) B-cell linker protein BLNK. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 81. 399–407. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Hongyan, Yan-Wei Li, Jiahao Huang, et al.. (2017). Two novel p38 MAPKs identified from Epinephelus coioides and their expression pattern in response to Cryptocaryon irritans infection. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 67. 459–466. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Hongyan, et al.. (2017). Peptidic β-sheets induce Congo red-derived fluorescence to improve the sensitivity of HIV-1 p24 detection. Analytical Methods. 9(7). 1185–1189. 2 indexed citations

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Ren, Chunhua, Ting Chen, Xiao Jiang, et al.. (2016). Two proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) paralogs from the tropical sea cucumber ( Stichopus monotuberculatus ): Molecular characterization and inducible expression with immune challenge. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 56. 255–262. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuping, Rong Wei, Dandan Yan, et al.. (2016). Association between APOE polymorphism and metabolic syndrome in Uyghur ethnic men. BMJ Open. 6(1). e010049–e010049. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanying, Juan Ling, Qingsong Yang, et al.. (2015). The functional gene composition and metabolic potential of coral-associated microbial communities. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 16191–16191. 55 indexed citations

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Sun, Hongyan, Xiaoyan He, Imrul Mosaddek Ahmed, et al.. (2014). N-acetyl-cysteine alleviates Cd toxicity and reduces Cd uptake in the two barley genotypes differing in Cd tolerance. Plant Growth Regulation. 74(1). 93–105. 21 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jing, Hongyan Sun, Huaxin Dai, Guoping Zhang, & Feibo Wu. (2009). Difference in response to drought stress among Tibet wild barley genotypes. Euphytica. 172(3). 395–403. 99 indexed citations

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