Jun Sun

37.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
257 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Jun Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Sun has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 34 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Jun Sun's work include Gut microbiota and health (64 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (37 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (21 papers). Jun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (64 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (37 papers) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (21 papers). Jun Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Jun Sun's co-authors include Yinglin Xia, Rong Lu, Yong-guo Zhang, Erika C. Claud, Elaine O. Petrof, Yongguo Zhang, Shaoping Wu, Eugene B. Chang, Mingyang Song and Andrew T. Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Jun Sun

249 papers receiving 12.7k 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.

Novel role of the vitamin D receptor in maintaining the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier

2007 531 citations Jun Sun, Yan Chun Li et al. profile →
Influence of the Gut Microbiome, Diet, and Environment on Risk of Colorectal Cancer

2019 518 citations Jun Sun et al. profile →
16S rRNA gene-based analysis of fecal microbiota from preterm infants with and without necrotizing enterocolitis

2009 489 citations Jun Sun, Erika C. Claud et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun Sun United States	64	5.7k	2.5k	1.9k	1.5k	1.4k	257	12.9k
Jie Wang China	67	10.0k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.9k 1.0×	676 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k	23.5k
Hiroshi Fukui Japan	49	6.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	4.9k 2.6×	864 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	324	15.1k
Britta Siegmund Germany	61	5.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	2.9k 1.5×	692 0.5×	831 0.6×	428	15.1k
Akira Andoh Japan	63	5.4k 0.9×	857 0.3×	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	407	15.6k
Yuji Naito Japan	72	7.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	990 0.7×	764	23.1k
Paul L. Beck Canada	58	4.9k 0.9×	716 0.3×	2.6k 1.4×	892 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	190	15.0k
Zamir Halpern Israel	52	3.7k 0.6×	872 0.3×	3.6k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	539 0.4×	244	12.7k
Bernd Schnabl United States	70	9.0k 1.6×	2.8k 1.1×	9.0k 4.8×	790 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	217	18.0k
Haichao Wang United States	85	13.3k 2.4×	1.5k 0.6×	4.0k 2.1×	1.5k 1.0×	843 0.6×	295	33.9k
Andrew S. Neish United States	64	7.3k 1.3×	393 0.2×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	148	14.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Jun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jun Sun

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

Ma, Mo, Yuxuan Chen, Jun Sun, et al.. (2025). Janus NPs@MOFs-based nanosensors for real-time visual monitoring and enhanced therapy of colon cancer. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 161091–161091. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Mo, et al.. (2025). Advancing Tumor Microenvironment Analysis: A Fluorescence Nanosystem for Caspase-1 Monitoring and Synergistic Therapy. Analytical Chemistry. 97(11). 6240–6248.

Guan, Jingwen, Dan Xu, Chengyin Wang, et al.. (2025). Advanced electrochemical impedance immunosensor based on PS-b-PAA film architecture for sensitive alpha-fetoprotein detection. Microchemical Journal. 219. 116234–116234.

Ma, Zhengfei, Yifeng Liu, Jun Sun, et al.. (2024). IRIS, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of interleukin-6 receptor inhibition undergoing endovascular treatment in acute anterior circulation ischaemic stroke: study rationale and design. Stroke and Vascular Neurology. 10(4). 514–519. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Jun. (2024). Poking at probiotic mechanisms and microbial implications in cancer prevention and treatment. Gut. 73(9). 1408–1409. 2 indexed citations

Neves, Liomar A. A., Nisha Patel, Jingjing Zheng, et al.. (2024). Early pathological mechanisms in a mouse model of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 327(6). H1524–H1543. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Jun & Yongguo Zhang. (2024). Microbiome and micronutrient in ALS: From novel mechanisms to new treatments. Neurotherapeutics. 21(6). e00441–e00441. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Yueyue, Jing Lü, Lei Lu, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Maternal Probiotics on Intestinal Vitamin D Receptor Expression in Early Life. Biomolecules. 13(5). 847–847. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yongguo, Mackenzie E. Malo, Tanya Tschirhart, et al.. (2022). Effects of Melanized Bacteria and Soluble Melanin on the Intestinal Homeostasis and Microbiome In Vivo. Toxics. 11(1). 13–13. 4 indexed citations

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Savaryn, John P., Jun Sun, Junli Ma, Gary J. Jenkins, & David M. Stresser. (2021). Broad Application of CYP3A4 Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Protein Quantification in Hepatocyte Cytochrome P450 Induction Assays Identifies Nonuniformity in mRNA and Protein Induction Responses. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 50(2). 105–113. 14 indexed citations

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Kato, Ikuko, Jun Sun, Joseph C. Larson, Theresa A. Hastert, & Judith Abrams. (2020). History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Self-Reported Oral Health: Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Journal of Women s Health. 29(10). 1303–1311. 7 indexed citations

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Reiman, Derek, Ahmed A. Metwally, Jun Sun, & Yang Dai. (2020). PopPhy-CNN: A Phylogenetic Tree Embedded Architecture for Convolutional Neural Networks to Predict Host Phenotype From Metagenomic Data. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 24(10). 2993–3001. 57 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Di Ran, Jing Sun, et al.. (2020). The Gli1‐Snail axis contributes to Salmonella Typhimurium‐induced disruption of intercellular junctions of intestinal epithelial cells. Cellular Microbiology. 22(8). e13211–e13211. 14 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Ishita, Rong Lu, Yongguo Zhang, et al.. (2020). Vitamin D receptor promotes healthy microbial metabolites and microbiome. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7340–7340. 53 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Jing Zhuang, Yuanyuan Jiang, et al.. (2019). Toll‐like receptor signalling cross‐activates the autophagic pathway to restrictSalmonellaTyphimurium growth in macrophages. Cellular Microbiology. 21(12). e13095–e13095. 28 indexed citations

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Issa, Abdul-Raouf, Jun Sun, Ana Mesquita, et al.. (2018). The lysosomal membrane protein LAMP2A promotes autophagic flux and prevents SNCA-induced Parkinson disease-like symptoms in the Drosophila brain. Autophagy. 14(11). 1898–1910. 110 indexed citations

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Sun, Jun, et al.. (2016). Restore a 9 mm diameter osteochondral defect with gene enhanced tissue engineering followed mosaicplasty in a goat model. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 50(4). 464–469. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong-guo, Shaoping Wu, Rong Lu, et al.. (2015). HIV Infection Leads to Redistribution of Leaky Claudin-2 in the Intestine of Humanized SCID IL-2R ^−/− Hu-PBMC Mice. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31(8). 774–775. 3 indexed citations

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Lu, Rong, Shaoping Wu, Yongguo Zhang, et al.. (2014). HIV Infection Accelerates Gastrointestinal Tumor Outgrowth in NSG-HuPBL Mice. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 30(7). 677–684. 7 indexed citations

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Wu, Shaoping, Anne P. Liao, Yinglin Xia, et al.. (2010). Vitamin D Receptor Negatively Regulates Bacterial-Stimulated NF-κB Activity in Intestine. American Journal Of Pathology. 177(2). 686–697. 200 indexed citations

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