Hua Sun

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Hua Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Hua Sun has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Immunology and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Hua Sun's work include Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications (10 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (6 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (5 papers). Hua Sun is often cited by papers focused on Ginseng Biological Effects and Applications (10 papers), Animal Nutrition and Physiology (6 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (5 papers). Hua Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Hua Sun's co-authors include Huajie Fan, Hong‐Qing Ling, Deok‐Chun Yang, Ba-Bie Teng, Lv‐Hui Sun, Dongju Feng, Zemin Yao, Amin Samarghandi, Ningyan Zhang and Momiao Xiong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hua Sun

77 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Gut microbiota–derived short‐chain fatty acids regulate g... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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. Gut microbiota–derived short‐chain fatty acids regulate group 3 innate lymphoid cells in HCC
    2022 131 citations Chupeng Hu, Bingqing Xu et al. Hepatology profile →

Peers

Hua Sun
Emilio Camafeita Spain
Xiaofei Xu China
Jiao Zhang China
Yunhuan Liu China
Xiao‐Ming Gao China
Vibeke Barkholt Denmark
Yuanhong Xie China
Liping Yang China
Alip Borthakur United States
Sascha Venturelli Germany
Emilio Camafeita Spain
Hua Sun
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Countries citing papers authored by Hua Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hua Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hua 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 Hua Sun. The network helps show where Hua Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hua Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hua Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hua 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 Hua Sun. Hua 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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Yuan, Jie, Liwei Wang, Shaoyin Fu, et al.. (2025). Heat Tolerance Differences Between Hu Sheep and Hu Crossbred Sheep in Microbial Community Structure and Metabolism. Metabolites. 15(1). 40–40. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhiwei, Chen Gao, Lingzhi Zhang, et al.. (2024). 20S-O-Glc-DM treats metabolic syndrome-induced heart failure through regulating gut flora. European Journal of Pharmacology. 982. 176946–176946. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Hua, John Knight, Yidong Li, et al.. (2024). Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis linked to other hyper-IgE syndromes through defective TH17 responses. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 154(5). 1169–1179. 4 indexed citations
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Feng, Yue, Yu Zhang, Junjing Wu, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Analysis of Methylome and Transcriptome to Identify Potential Genes Regulating Porcine Testis Development. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(16). 9105–9105. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ling, Meng Liu, Hua Sun, et al.. (2023). Selenium deficiency-induced multiple tissue damage with dysregulation of immune and redox homeostasis in broiler chicks under heat stress. Science China Life Sciences. 66(9). 2056–2069. 51 indexed citations
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Hu, Chupeng, Bingqing Xu, Xiaodong Wang, et al.. (2022). Gut microbiota–derived short‐chain fatty acids regulate group 3 innate lymphoid cells in HCC. Hepatology. 77(1). 48–64. 131 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Zhong, Junjing Wu, Jiawei Zhou, et al.. (2022). Integration of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq analysis identifies key genes affecting intramuscular fat content in pigs. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 1016956–1016956. 27 indexed citations
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Brickner, Joshua R., Matthew Wood, Clément Oyeniran, et al.. (2021). Aberrant RNA methylation triggers recruitment of an alkylation repair complex. Molecular Cell. 81(20). 4228–4242.e8. 25 indexed citations
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Zhao, Ling, Hua Sun, Maamer Jlali, et al.. (2021). A Multicarbohydrase and Phytase Complex Is Able to Compensate a Nutrient-Deficiency in Growing-Finishing Pigs. Animals. 11(4). 1129–1129. 5 indexed citations
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Peng, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2017). Reduction on OFF-responses of Electroretinogram in Monkeys with Long-term High Intraocular Pressure. Chinese Medical Journal. 130(22). 2713–2719. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Hua, Huajie Fan, & Hong‐Qing Ling. (2015). Genome-wide identification and characterization of the bHLH gene family in tomato. BMC Genomics. 16(1). 9–9. 195 indexed citations
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Du, Juan, Zong-an Huang, Biao Wang, et al.. (2015). SlbHLH068 interacts with FER to regulate the iron-deficiency response in tomato. Annals of Botany. 116(1). 23–34. 29 indexed citations
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Pulla, Rama Krishna, Ok Ran Lee, Jun-Gyo In, et al.. (2010). Identification and characterization of class I chitinase in Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer. Molecular Biology Reports. 38(1). 95–102. 20 indexed citations
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Kim, Myung-Kyum, et al.. (2009). Phylogenetic Analysis of Schizonepeta Spike on the Basis of DNA Sequences. Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science. 17(1). 46–53. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Hua, Myung-Kyum Kim, Rama Krishna Pulla, Yu-Jin Kim, & Deok‐Chun Yang. (2009). Isolation and expression analysis of a novel major latex-like protein (MLP151) gene from Panax ginseng. Molecular Biology Reports. 37(5). 2215–2222. 46 indexed citations
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Kim, Myung-Kyum, et al.. (2008). Phylogenetic Analysis of Ji-Mo (Anemarrhena asphodeloides) on the Basis of Chloroplast DNA Sequences. Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science. 16(1). 20–26. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Myung Kyum, Bum-Soo Lee, Jun-Gyo In, et al.. (2006). Comparative analysis of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of ginseng leaf. Plant Cell Reports. 25(6). 599–606. 54 indexed citations

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