Junying Sun

17.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Junying Sun is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Junying Sun has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Atmospheric Science, 77 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 70 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Junying Sun's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (105 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (68 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (67 papers). Junying Sun is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (105 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (68 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (67 papers). Junying Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Junying Sun's co-authors include Yuhong Zhang, Y. Q. Wang, Xiaoye Zhang, X. Y. Zhang, Xiaojing Shen, Huizheng Che, Yangmei Zhang, Yaqiang Wang, Sunling Gong and X. C. Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Junying Sun

129 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Atmospheric aerosol compositions in China: spatial/temporal variability, chemical signature, regional haze distribution and comparisons with global aerosols

2012 746 citations Yuhong Zhang, Junying Sun et al. Atmospheric chemistry and physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junying Sun China	36	4.4k	2.9k	2.9k	1.0k	411	134	5.0k
Shaocai Yu United States	34	3.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	445 1.1×	106	3.8k
A. K. Srivastava India	42	3.6k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	301 0.7×	167	5.4k
George Pouliot United States	34	3.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	903 0.9×	700 1.7×	64	4.5k
Ting Yang China	20	2.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	873 0.8×	307 0.7×	88	3.2k
Nan Ma China	35	3.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	703 0.7×	203 0.5×	165	4.1k
Fang Zhang China	35	2.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	632 0.6×	193 0.5×	158	3.6k
Xuhui Cai China	29	2.3k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	979 0.9×	276 0.7×	117	3.2k
S. Suresh Babu India	48	6.6k 1.5×	5.9k 2.0×	2.3k 0.8×	580 0.6×	215 0.5×	205	7.2k
Lu Shen United States	31	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	405 1.0×	67	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junying Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shen, Xiaojing, Quan Liu, Junying Sun, et al.. (2025). Measurement report: The influence of particle number size distribution and hygroscopicity on the microphysical properties of cloud droplets at a mountain site. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(11). 5711–5725. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Quan, Xiaojing Shen, Junying Sun, et al.. (2025). Characterization of fog microphysics and their relationships with visibility at a mountain site in China. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 25(5). 3253–3267. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Lu, Michal Segal‐Rozenhaimer, Haochi Che, et al.. (2024). Aerosol hygroscopicity over the southeast Atlantic Ocean during the biomass burning season – Part 1: From the perspective of scattering enhancement. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 24(23). 13849–13864. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Linlin, Wanyun Xu, Xuyan Liu, et al.. (2024). Variation characteristics of fluorescent biological aerosol particles in Beijing under springtime clean, haze and dusty condition. Urban Climate. 56. 102040–102040. 2 indexed citations

Gui, Ke, Wenrui Yao, Xutao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Relative contributions of component-segregated aerosols to trends in aerosol optical depth over land (2007–2019): Insights from CAMS aerosol reanalysis. Atmospheric Environment. 333. 120676–120676. 2 indexed citations

Hu, X., Quan Liu, Yangmei Zhang, et al.. (2023). Significant influence of nitrate on light absorption enhancement of refractory black carbon in the winter of 2022 in Beijing. Atmospheric Environment. 319. 120311–120311. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Xiaojing, Junying Sun, Huizheng Che, et al.. (2023). Characterization of dust-related new particle formation events based on long-term measurement in the North China Plain. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(14). 8241–8257. 4 indexed citations

Shen, Xiaojing, Qianli Ma, Xinyao Hu, et al.. (2023). Size-resolved effective density of ambient aerosols measured by an AAC–SMPS tandem system in Beijing. Atmospheric Environment. 318. 120226–120226. 6 indexed citations

Gui, Ke, Huizheng Che, Wenrui Yao, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the contribution of local drivers to observed weakening of spring dust storm frequency over northern China (1982–2017). The Science of The Total Environment. 894. 164923–164923. 5 indexed citations

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Gui, Ke, Wenrui Yao, Xutao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in XCO₂ Characteristics in China as Observed by OCO‐2/3 Satellites: Effects of Land Cover and Local Meteorology. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(18). 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yangmei, Xiaoye Zhang, Junting Zhong, et al.. (2022). On the fossil and non-fossil fuel sources of carbonaceous aerosol with radiocarbon and AMS-PMF methods during winter hazy days in a rural area of North China plain. Environmental Research. 208. 112672–112672. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xinghua, Jianzhong Xu, Shichang Kang, et al.. (2021). Regional Differences in the Light Absorption Properties of Fine Particulate Matter Over the Tibetan Plateau: Insights From HR‐ToF‐AMS and Aethalometer Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(24). 8 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiaojing, Junying Sun, Fangqun Yu, et al.. (2021). Enhancement of nanoparticle formation and growth during the COVID-19 lockdown period in urban Beijing. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(9). 7039–7052. 17 indexed citations

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Zhong, Junting, Xiaoye Zhang, Ke Gui, et al.. (2020). Robust prediction of hourly PM2.5 from meteorological data using LightGBM. National Science Review. 8(10). nwaa307–nwaa307. 92 indexed citations

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Li, Weijun, Yangmei Zhang, Peter Tunved, et al.. (2019). Organic coating on sulfate and soot particles in summer Arctic atmosphere. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yangmei, Tuan V. Vu, Junying Sun, et al.. (2019). Significant Changes in Chemistry of Fine Particles in Wintertime Beijing from 2007 to 2017: Impact of Clean Air Actions. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(3). 1344–1352. 102 indexed citations

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Li, Weijun, Yangmei Zhang, Peter Tunved, et al.. (2019). Organic coating on sulfate and soot particles during late summer in the Svalbard Archipelago. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 19(15). 10433–10446. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Ying, Yafang Cheng, S. Nordmann, et al.. (2015). Evaluation of size segregation of elemental carbon emission in Europe: influence on atmospheric long-range transportation.

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Wang, Z. B., Min Hu, Junying Sun, et al.. (2013). Characteristics of regional new particle formation in urban and regional background environments in the North China Plain. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(24). 12495–12506. 97 indexed citations

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Kang, Jiancheng, et al.. (2001). Summer sea ice characteristics of the Chukchi Sea. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 109–118. 1 indexed citations

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