Hu Sun

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Hu Sun is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hu Sun has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 35 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hu Sun's work include Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (41 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (35 papers) and Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (22 papers). Hu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (41 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (35 papers) and Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (22 papers). Hu Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Russia. Hu Sun's co-authors include Xinlin Qing, Yishou Wang, Wenzhuo Li, Xiaofeng Yang, Weilin Liao, Junyan Yi, Aijia Zhang, Tao Wang, Zhou Li and Jiajia Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Small and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Hu Sun

55 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Piezoelectric Transducer-Based Structural Health Monitoring for Aircraft Applications

2019 352 citations Xinlin Qing, Yishou Wang et al. Sensors profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hu Sun China	17	648	498	466	279	179	61	1.1k
Jeong‐Beom Ihn United States	13	1.1k 1.6×	790 1.6×	616 1.3×	321 1.2×	158 0.9×	28	1.4k
Asif Khan South Korea	16	368 0.6×	355 0.7×	301 0.6×	230 0.8×	118 0.7×	27	845
M. J. Schulz United States	17	461 0.7×	631 1.3×	287 0.6×	328 1.2×	136 0.8×	39	1.1k
Kevin Farinholt United States	21	347 0.5×	496 1.0×	594 1.3×	632 2.3×	395 2.2×	84	1.4k
Irina Trendafilova United Kingdom	21	671 1.0×	678 1.4×	391 0.8×	342 1.2×	156 0.9×	73	1.4k
Gian Piero Malfense Fierro United Kingdom	15	454 0.7×	239 0.5×	245 0.5×	203 0.7×	57 0.3×	39	694
K. S. C. Kuang Singapore	20	269 0.4×	458 0.9×	202 0.4×	159 0.6×	809 4.5×	58	1.3k
Scott Gohery Australia	20	348 0.5×	346 0.7×	345 0.7×	149 0.5×	86 0.5×	65	947
Saeid Hedayatrasa Belgium	20	742 1.1×	351 0.7×	211 0.5×	328 1.2×	57 0.3×	52	932
Yang Zhong China	22	821 1.3×	668 1.3×	314 0.7×	235 0.8×	136 0.8×	78	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hu Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hu Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hu Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hu Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hu 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 Hu Sun. Hu 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

Zhu, Yuan, Yan Hu, Jun Huang, et al.. (2025). High‐Performance Vertical‐Structure Photodetector Based on Large Lateral‐Size Lead‐Free Cs ₃ Bi ₂ I ₉ Perovskite Nanoplatelets. Small. 21(46). e2500761–e2500761. 2 indexed citations

Pan, Lei, et al.. (2025). Endothelial LRRC8A delays vascular ageing in natural and accelerated ageing mouse models. Cardiovascular Research. 121(16). 2549–2564.

Chen, Gang, et al.. (2025). Multilayer Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimizer for Feature Selection in Structural Health Monitoring. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(7). 12525–12537. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Hu, et al.. (2025). Damage Presence, Localization, and Quantification of Aircraft Structure Based on End-to-End Deep Learning Framework. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–15. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Hu, et al.. (2025). An interpretable evolutionary broad learning system for damage identification in aircraft structures using Lamb waves. Applied Soft Computing. 182. 113577–113577. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Bingbing, Chunyu Han, Yizhuang David Wang, et al.. (2024). Extraction and separation of strategic precious Ag from low-grade Mn-Ag ores in China: A short review of co-leaching and selective leaching processes. Hydrometallurgy. 227. 106316–106316. 4 indexed citations

Liao, Weilin, et al.. (2024). A combined RF–GRNN algorithm for monitoring complex damage of bolted joints with high-level robustness. Structural Health Monitoring. 24(6). 3503–3522. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Hu, et al.. (2024). Damage Quantification Method for Aircraft Structures Based on Multitask CNN-LSTM and Transfer Learning. IEEE Sensors Journal. 24(6). 9217–9228. 11 indexed citations

Sun, Hu, et al.. (2023). An improved probabilistic diagnosis imaging algorithm for quantifying Hole-edge crack growth. Measurement. 215. 112881–112881. 4 indexed citations

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Liao, Weilin, Hu Sun, Xin Huang, et al.. (2023). Numerical investigation of cylinder vortex-induced vibration with downstream plate for vibration suppression and energy harvesting. Energy. 281. 128264–128264. 27 indexed citations

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Huang, Chenhui, Weilin Liao, Hu Sun, Yishou Wang, & Xinlin Qing. (2023). A hybrid FCN-BiGRU with transfer learning for low-velocity impact identification on aircraft structure. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(5). 55012–55012. 6 indexed citations

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Liao, Weilin, Hu Sun, Yishou Wang, & Xinlin Qing. (2022). An island-bridge packaging piezoelectric sensor for structural health monitoring in high-strain environments. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 34(8). 891–908. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yishou, et al.. (2022). Identification and imaging of multi-defects on a complicated composite structure by ultrasonic guided wave. Polymer Testing. 106. 107466–107466. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Hu, et al.. (2022). A Novel Pentagonal EC Sensing Array Film for Quantifying Hole-Edge Crack of Bolted Joints. IEEE Sensors Journal. 22(23). 22464–22472. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Hu, et al.. (2022). Lamb wavefield-based monogenic signal processing for quantifying delamination in composite laminates. Smart Materials and Structures. 31(10). 105030–105030. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Aijia, et al.. (2021). A Local TR-MUSIC Algorithm for Damage Imaging of Aircraft Structures. Sensors. 21(10). 3334–3334. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Hu, et al.. (2021). A new interleaving eddy current array-based sensing film for fatigue crack quantification of bolted joints. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 32(16). 1867–1877. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Yishou, Geng Wang, Di Wu, et al.. (2020). An Improved Matching Pursuit-Based Temperature and Load Compensation Method for Ultrasonic Guided Wave Signals. IEEE Access. 8. 67530–67541. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Hu, et al.. (2018). A novel eddy current array sensing film for quantitatively monitoring hole-edge crack growth in bolted joints. Smart Materials and Structures. 28(1). 15018–15018. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Zhou, Hu Sun, & Zhiquan He. (2013). Fractal Dimension-Based Damage Imaging for Composites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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