Jianfan Sun

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jianfan Sun is a scholar working on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jianfan Sun has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Jianfan Sun's work include Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (17 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers) and Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (9 papers). Jianfan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Allelopathy and phytotoxic interactions (17 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (10 papers) and Weed Control and Herbicide Applications (9 papers). Jianfan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Jianfan Sun's co-authors include Daolin Du, Qaiser Javed, Ahmad Azeem, Wajid Ali Khattak, Zhenjiang Liu, Guangqian Ren, Yanwen Bo, Gangbing Zhu, Mohsin Nawaz and Xiaoyan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jianfan Sun

67 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

A review of plants strategies to resist biotic and abiotic environmental stressors

2023 146 citations Mohsin Nawaz, Jianfan Sun et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jianfan Sun China	21	498	222	215	116	101	70	1.2k
Francesco Marsano Italy	19	855 1.7×	314 1.4×	175 0.8×	82 0.7×	95 0.9×	34	1.6k
Amir Khan Pakistan	19	648 1.3×	118 0.5×	134 0.6×	69 0.6×	32 0.3×	48	940
Xuebin Zhang China	16	427 0.9×	206 0.9×	100 0.5×	55 0.5×	45 0.4×	40	969
Yong Jia China	20	581 1.2×	147 0.7×	80 0.4×	46 0.4×	222 2.2×	48	1.2k
Hongfeng Chen China	18	301 0.6×	366 1.6×	136 0.6×	32 0.3×	62 0.6×	65	1.0k
Ruifang Wang China	16	575 1.2×	133 0.6×	70 0.3×	20 0.2×	98 1.0×	78	1.3k
Owias Iqbal Dar India	12	556 1.1×	257 1.2×	87 0.4×	76 0.7×	89 0.9×	21	1.7k
Urszula Świderska-Burek Poland	5	719 1.4×	298 1.3×	71 0.3×	64 0.6×	90 0.9×	17	1.2k
Luca Calamai Italy	25	596 1.2×	474 2.1×	70 0.3×	47 0.4×	94 0.9×	91	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jianfan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jianfan Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jianfan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jianfan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jianfan 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 Jianfan Sun. Jianfan 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, Jianfan, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Water and Fertilizer Management Strategy for Greenhouse Tomato Based on Morphological Characteristics. Agriculture. 15(3). 304–304. 1 indexed citations

Bo, Yanwen, Ying-Yu Liao, Mark Pawlett, et al.. (2025). Solidago canadensis modifies microbial community and soil physicochemical properties through litter leachates and root exudates. Journal of Plant Ecology. 18(2). 2 indexed citations

Nawaz, Mohsin, Jianfan Sun, Yanwen Bo, et al.. (2024). Cadmium induced defense enhance the invasive potential of Wedelia trilobata under herbivore infestation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133931–133931. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Jianfan, Justin S. H. Wan, Mohsin Nawaz, et al.. (2024). Microplastics and cadmium affect invasion success by altering complementarity and selection effects in native community. The Science of The Total Environment. 921. 171135–171135. 6 indexed citations

Akbar, Rasheed, Amjad Ali, Abid Farid, et al.. (2024). Toxicity effect of Ricinus communis methanolic extracts against Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae). Plant Protection Science. 61(1). 77–88. 3 indexed citations

Akbar, Rasheed, Jianfan Sun, Rehana Bibi, et al.. (2024). Efficacy of Various Plant Extracts and SynergismAgainst Domestic Species of Rice WeevilSitophilous Oryzae (Curculionidae: Coleoptera). Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 33(3). 3033–3044. 8 indexed citations

Khattak, Wajid Ali, Jianfan Sun, Abdul Jalal, et al.. (2024). The role of agricultural land management in modulating water-carbon interplay within dryland ecological systems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 378. 109315–109315. 7 indexed citations

Nawaz, Mohsin, Jianfan Sun, Samina Shabbir, et al.. (2023). A review of plants strategies to resist biotic and abiotic environmental stressors. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165832–165832. 146 indexed citations breakdown →

Ren, Guangqian, et al.. (2023). Increased and fluctuating phosphorus nutrient availability positively affects the growth of the invasive plant Solidago canadensis. Flora. 309. 152422–152422. 4 indexed citations

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Khattak, Wajid Ali, Jianfan Sun, Adeel Abbas, et al.. (2023). Melatonin alleviating drought stress in plants: A review. South African Journal of Botany. 161. 192–201. 15 indexed citations

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Liang, Qiuju, et al.. (2023). Allelopathic Effects of Caffeic Acid and Its Derivatives on Seed Germination and Growth Competitiveness of Native Plants (Lantana indica) and Invasive Plants (Solidago canadensis). Agriculture. 13(9). 1719–1719. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Hui, Justin S. H. Wan, Susan Rutherford, et al.. (2022). Are Iron-Rich Calcareous Mine Sites Easily Invaded by Invasive Plant Species?. Diversity. 14(11). 986–986. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianfan, Susan Rutherford, Ikram Ullah, et al.. (2021). Plant–soil feedback during biological invasions: effect of litter decomposition from an invasive plant (Sphagneticola trilobata) on its native congener (S. calendulacea). Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(3). 610–624. 21 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianfan, Susan Rutherford, Ikram Ullah, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the allelopathic effects of leachate from an invasive species (Wedelia triobata) on its own growth and performance and those of a native congener (W. chinensis). Biological Invasions. 23(10). 3135–3149. 16 indexed citations

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Javed, Qaiser, et al.. (2020). Growth prediction of Alternanthera philoxeroides under salt stress by application of artificial neural networking. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 156(1). 61–67. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhenjiang, et al.. (2016). A new residue method for the determination of flonicamid in agricultural and environmental samples using enzyme immunoassay systems. RSC Advances. 6(42). 35842–35846. 3 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhicong, et al.. (2016). Effects of leaf litter on inter‐specific competitive ability of the invasive plant Wedelia trilobata. Ecological Research. 31(3). 367–374. 27 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianfan, Xiuping Lin, Xuefeng Zhou, et al.. (2014). Pestalols A–E, new alkenyl phenol and benzaldehyde derivatives from endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis sp. AcBC2 isolated from the Chinese mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum. The Journal of Antibiotics. 67(6). 451–457. 30 indexed citations

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Shahid, Muhammad Qasim, et al.. (2010). Studies on the abnormality of embryo sac and pollen fertility in autotetraploid rice during different growing seasons.. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 42(1). 7–19. 40 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianfan, et al.. (2005). Refractive index matching and clear emulsions. International Journal of Cosmetic Science. 27(6). 355–356. 25 indexed citations

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