John Sun

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

John Sun is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Gastroenterology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Sun has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 6 papers in Gastroenterology. Recurrent topics in John Sun's work include Esophageal and GI Pathology (6 papers), Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (5 papers). John Sun is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal and GI Pathology (6 papers), Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment (5 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (5 papers). John Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. John Sun's co-authors include Greg V. Stiegmann, John S. Goff, R. Matthew Reveille, Jacob Korula, David A. Lieberman, Zahid A. Saeed, Steven R. Lowenstein, Edward J. Bartle, William S. Hammond and Deborah Davis and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Gastroenterology and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

John Sun

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Endoscopic Sclerotherapy as Compared with Endoscopic Liga... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400
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. Endoscopic Sclerotherapy as Compared with Endoscopic Ligation for Bleeding Esophageal Varices
    1992 482 citations Greg V. Stiegmann, John S. Goff et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Sun United States 11 766 733 474 457 167 22 1.1k
Antonio Echenagusía Spain 18 1.1k 1.4× 857 1.2× 773 1.6× 183 0.4× 349 2.1× 33 1.5k
P C Bornman South Africa 22 1.1k 1.4× 714 1.0× 435 0.9× 470 1.0× 302 1.8× 62 1.6k
Alexandre Rodrígues Ferreira Brazil 15 500 0.7× 322 0.4× 269 0.6× 94 0.2× 148 0.9× 69 745
Arshad Kamal Butt Pakistan 18 391 0.5× 251 0.3× 264 0.6× 241 0.5× 76 0.5× 52 726
Disaya Chavalitdhamrong United States 15 426 0.6× 190 0.3× 199 0.4× 99 0.2× 225 1.3× 36 729
Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago Spain 19 769 1.0× 157 0.2× 241 0.5× 436 1.0× 347 2.1× 82 1.1k
P L Fagniez France 19 804 1.0× 287 0.4× 173 0.4× 154 0.3× 458 2.7× 45 1.2k
Ernest J. Ring United States 11 761 1.0× 694 0.9× 514 1.1× 25 0.1× 138 0.8× 12 912
Ronald H. Wachsberg United States 19 658 0.9× 339 0.5× 248 0.5× 26 0.1× 221 1.3× 65 1.0k
V. Siegerstetter Germany 15 1.3k 1.7× 1.6k 2.2× 1.4k 2.9× 32 0.1× 171 1.0× 27 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John 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 John Sun. John Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Maini, Atul, et al.. (2022). S513 GERD Symptoms Often Improve After Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation (MSA) Device Removal. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 117(10S). e364–e364.
2.
Merkow, Ryan P. & John Sun. (2011). Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Arising within a Diverticulum: Endoscopist's Nightmare. The American Surgeon. 77(1). 109–110. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, John, Koushik K. Das, Peter S. Amenta, et al.. (2005). Preferential Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Colonic-Phenotype of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 40(2). 122–128. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, John & Kiron M. Das. (2005). Low-Dose Oral Methotrexate for Maintaining Crohn??s Disease Remission. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 39(9). 751–756. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, John, et al.. (2005). Clinical Utility of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 40(2). 140–144. 30 indexed citations
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Soong, Wen‐Jue, et al.. (2003). Flexible endoscopy of aerodigestive tract in small infants. Pediatrics International. 45(5). 530–533. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, John, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of the etiologic agents for acute suppurative tonsillitis in children.. PubMed. 65(5). 212–7. 7 indexed citations
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Jeng, Mei‐Jy, et al.. (2002). Nasopharyngeal tract length measurement in infants.. PubMed. 43(2). 82–5. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Yu‐Sheng, et al.. (2002). Endotracheal tube position in pediatrics and neonates: comparison between flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy and chest radiograph.. PubMed. 65(7). 341–4. 3 indexed citations
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Stiegmann, Greg V., John S. Goff, Jacob Korula, et al.. (1992). Endoscopic Sclerotherapy as Compared with Endoscopic Ligation for Bleeding Esophageal Varices. New England Journal of Medicine. 326(23). 1527–1532. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stiegmann, Greg V., et al.. (1990). Endoscopic ligation of esophageal varices. The American Journal of Surgery. 159(1). 21–26. 57 indexed citations
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Bartle, Edward J., et al.. (1990). Cancers Arising From Burn Scars. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 11(1). 46–49. 36 indexed citations
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Stiegmann, Greg V., et al.. (1989). Technique and early clinical results of endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL). Surgical Endoscopy. 3(2). 73–78. 32 indexed citations
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Stiegmann, Gregory V., et al.. (1989). Endoscopic variceal ligation: an alternative to sclerotherapy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 35(5). 431–434. 66 indexed citations
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Stiegmann, Greg V., John Sun, Nathan W. Pearlman, & William S. Hammond. (1988). Laser probe coagulation of bleeding canine ulcers. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 8(4). 409–412. 1 indexed citations
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Bartle, Edward J., John Sun, & Xuewei Wang. (1988). Burns in Pregnancy. Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation. 9(5). 485–487. 10 indexed citations
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Bartle, Edward J., William H. Pearce, John Sun, & Robert B. Rutherford. (1987). Infrarenal venous anomalies and aortic surgery: Avoiding vascular injury. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 6(6). 590–593. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, John, et al.. (1987). Carbicarb: an effective substitute for NaHCO3 for the treatment of acidosis.. PubMed. 102(5). 835–9. 37 indexed citations
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Bartle, Edward J., William H. Pearce, John Sun, & Robert B. Rutherford. (1987). Infrarenal venous anomalies and aortic surgery: Avoiding vascular injury. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 6(6). 590–593. 61 indexed citations
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Stiegmann, Greg V., et al.. (1986). A new endoscopic elastic band ligating device. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 32(3). 230–233. 191 indexed citations

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