Jianwei Sun

14.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
337 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Jianwei Sun is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jianwei Sun has authored 337 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 231 papers in Organic Chemistry, 70 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jianwei Sun's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (80 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (73 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (53 papers). Jianwei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (80 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (73 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (53 papers). Jianwei Sun collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Jianwei Sun's co-authors include Zhaobin Wang, Sergey A. Kozmin, Wanxiang Zhao, Liming Zhang, Gregory C. Fu, Zhenyang Lin, Shengtao Ding, Zhilong Chen, Wen Yang and Deyun Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jianwei Sun

314 papers receiving 11.5k citations

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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.

Gold and Platinum Catalysis of Enyne Cycloisomerization

2006 798 citations Jianwei Sun et al. profile →
Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging

2022 214 citations Hanchen Shen, Feiyi Sun et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Integration of AIEgens into covalent organic frameworks for pyroptosis and ferroptosis primed cancer immunotherapy

2023 143 citations Jianwei Sun, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. profile →
Integration of Motion and Stillness: A Paradigm Shift in Constructing Nearly Planar NIR-II AIEgen with Ultrahigh Molar Absorptivity and Photothermal Effect for Multimodal Phototheranostics

2025 26 citations Xinwen Ou, Ryan T. K. Kwok et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jianwei Sun Hong Kong	61	9.5k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	896	337	11.7k
Yanguang Wang China	54	8.4k 0.9×	806 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	344 0.4×	331	10.1k
Choong Eui Song South Korea	48	5.2k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	779 0.9×	178	7.8k
Yixin Lü Singapore	69	12.0k 1.3×	3.9k 2.5×	1.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	582 0.6×	292	14.7k
Rafael Chinchílla Spain	28	6.9k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	999 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	335 0.4×	118	8.1k
Yu Lan China	70	14.7k 1.5×	3.8k 2.5×	824 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	696 0.8×	553	17.5k
Yi Pan China	61	8.1k 0.9×	3.4k 2.2×	3.1k 2.2×	1.1k 0.8×	461 0.5×	324	12.0k
José A. Mayoral Spain	47	4.8k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	263	7.6k
Jón T. Njardarson United States	39	11.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	618 0.4×	2.2k 1.6×	614 0.7×	114	13.1k
Nicholas E. Leadbeater United States	45	6.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	205	7.9k
Edon Vitaku United States	16	6.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	955 0.7×	290 0.3×	23	8.4k

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Wang, Jingyi, Jie Lin, Chaoshen Zhang, & Jianwei Sun. (2025). Rapid Access to an Enantioenriched Spiro Bisindole Directly from Indole and Acetone. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202507798–e202507798. 1 indexed citations

Tu, Youshao, Xiangfeng Lin, Jie Lin, Chaoshen Zhang, & Jianwei Sun. (2025). Iridium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Allenylic Substitution via Kinetic Resolution Enabled by New Monodentate Ligands. Angewandte Chemie. 137(23). 1 indexed citations

Wu, Bo, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jianwei Sun, et al.. (2025). Stereoisomeric synergy of AIEgens: Homology-driven camouflage and divergent responsiveness for dynamic multistate anti-counterfeiting. Matter. 8(11). 102332–102332.

Liu, Qingqing, Yue Sui, Jacky W. Y. Lam, et al.. (2025). Strategic Design of Aptamer‐Guided Aggregation‐Induced Emission Nanoparticles for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Breast Cancer. Advanced Science. 12(43). e03358–e03358.

Zhang, Yaojia, Feiyi Sun, Jacky W. Y. Lam, et al.. (2025). A Nitroreductase-Responsive Type I Photosensitizer with Aggregation-Induced Emission Characteristics for Precise Hypoxic Cancer Theranostics. ACS Nano. 19(27). 24701–24712. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Xinmeng, Meng Lyu, Jialin Liu, et al.. (2025). Upconversion boosts visible-light-absorbing photothermal agent for 1064-nm-driven photothermal/NO therapy. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 100247–100247. 1 indexed citations

Dong, Rui, Chang Dong, Yingru Zhang, et al.. (2024). Screening for metastasis-related genes in mouse melanoma cells through sequential tail vein injection. Biophysics Reports. 10(1). 15–15. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Hai, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Lactones via Electrochemical Sequential Oxidative Process. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(34). 1 indexed citations

Yang, Mingwang, Xinwen Ou, Jianwei Li, et al.. (2024). BF₂‐Bridged Azafulvene Dimer‐Based 1064 nm Laser‐Driven Superior Photothermal Agent for Deep‐Seated Tumor Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 136(34). 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Hanchen, Changhuo Xu, Bingzhe Wang, et al.. (2024). A Near-Infrared-II Excitable Pyridinium Probe with 1000-Fold ON/OFF Ratio for γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase and Cancer Detection. ACS Nano. 18(31). 20268–20282. 15 indexed citations

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Yu, Runsheng, Zhengyu Han, Yang Bai, et al.. (2024). Trifluoroethanol promoted formal nucleophilic substitution of indol-2-yl diaryl methanol for the synthesis of tetraarylmethanes. Chemical Communications. 60(72). 9797–9800. 2 indexed citations

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Chau, Joe H. C., Michelle M. S. Lee, Eric Y. Yu, et al.. (2024). Advances in biomimetic AIE nanoparticles for diagnosis and phototherapy. Nanoscale. 16(31). 14707–14715. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Shuxuan, Chaoshen Zhang, Zhengyu Han, Hai Huang, & Jianwei Sun. (2024). Organocatalytic enantio- and diastereoselective assembly of cyclopropane-incorporated polycyclic molecules via isobenzopyrylium ions. Chemical Science. 15(37). 15274–15279. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Tingting, et al.. (2024). Organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of C _{sp ₂} –N atropisomers via formal C _{sp ₂} –O bond amination. Chemical Science. 15(11). 3893–3900. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, et al.. (2023). Palladium‐Catalyzed [4+2] and [6+2] Dipolar Cycloadditions for the Construction of Benzo[d]isothiazole 1,1‐Dioxide Fused 1,3‐Oxazinanes and 1,3‐Oxazocanes^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(8). 829–834. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Jianwei Sun, & Pengfei Li. (2023). Chiral Phosphine Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Benzylidene Succinimides with Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates. Molecules. 28(6). 2825–2825. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Feiyi, Hanchen Shen, Qinghu Yang, et al.. (2023). Dual Behavior Regulation: Tether‐Free Deep‐Brain Stimulation by Photothermal and Upconversion Hybrid Nanoparticles. Advanced Materials. 35(21). e2210018–e2210018. 27 indexed citations

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Tan, Yue, Jiahao Tang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, et al.. (2023). In Vivo Aggregation of Clearable Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Interlocked Surface Motifs for Cancer Therapeutics Amplification. Nano Letters. 23(16). 7683–7690. 14 indexed citations

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Shen, Hanchen, Feiyi Sun, Xinyan Zhu, et al.. (2022). Rational Design of NIR-II AIEgens with Ultrahigh Quantum Yields for Photo- and Chemiluminescence Imaging. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(33). 15391–15402. 214 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liang, Kun, Manish Kothakonda, Xiaodong Zhang, et al.. (2021). Two-dimensional titanium carbonitride MXene as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 100075–100075. 52 indexed citations

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