Kai Sun

7.3k total citations
240 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Sun is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sun has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Kai Sun's work include Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis (26 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (15 papers). Kai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis (26 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (15 papers). Kai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kai Sun's co-authors include Rutai Hui, Jing‐Yan Han, Jing‐Yu Fan, Yuying Liu, Chun‐Shui Pan, Chuan‐She Wang, Jingzhou Chen, Yibo Wang, Weili Zhang and Yongyi Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sun

231 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Sun China	42	1.8k	1.5k	699	625	605	240	5.3k
Wei Deng China	40	3.0k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	314 0.4×	507 0.8×	794 1.3×	151	5.8k
Verena Stangl Germany	42	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	230 0.3×	649 1.0×	314 0.5×	158	5.5k
Kenichi Watanabe Japan	45	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	237 0.3×	523 0.8×	294 0.5×	202	6.0k
Ana M. Briones Spain	45	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	210 0.3×	785 1.3×	518 0.9×	132	6.0k
Tzong‐Shyuan Lee Taiwan	48	3.3k 1.8×	486 0.3×	259 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	434 0.7×	150	7.4k
Raghvendra K. Dubey United States	48	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	153 0.2×	475 0.8×	406 0.7×	148	7.0k
Li Chu China	33	1.4k 0.8×	475 0.3×	439 0.6×	236 0.4×	556 0.9×	189	3.5k
George W. Booz United States	41	2.5k 1.4×	2.6k 1.8×	130 0.2×	597 1.0×	368 0.6×	148	6.1k
Takanori Matsui Japan	54	2.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	151 0.2×	951 1.5×	367 0.6×	252	9.2k
Weixun Duan China	32	1.4k 0.8×	645 0.4×	159 0.2×	394 0.6×	534 0.9×	106	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sun

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zhiyu, Kai Sun, Yi Liu‐Chittenden, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial Regulation of Ferroptosis in Cancer Cells. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 21(5). 2179–2200. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Anyi, Yue Cui, Chao Liu, et al.. (2025). Growth Differentiation Factor-15 Improves Prognostic Accuracy of Risk Stratification in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. CHEST Journal. 169(3). 758–768.

Sun, Kai, et al.. (2024). Outcomes of patients with infective endocarditis–associated acute kidney injury: a retrospective cohort study. Clinical Kidney Journal. 18(1). sfae382–sfae382.

Zhang, Yu, Ce Zhang, Lin Jiang, et al.. (2023). An elevated triglyceride-glucose index predicts adverse outcomes and interacts with the treatment strategy in patients with three-vessel disease. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 22(1). 333–333. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Guo, et al.. (2023). Chanling Gao suppresses colorectal cancer via PI3K /Akt/ mTOR pathway modulation and enhances quality of survival. Environmental Toxicology. 39(3). 1107–1118. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Shang-Quan, Ming Chen, Kai Sun, et al.. (2023). [Salvianolic acid A contributes to cartilage endplate cell restoration by regulating miR-940 and miR-576-5p].. PubMed. 36(10). 982–9. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zejian, Hui‐Fang Wang, Tian‐Yu Lian, et al.. (2023). Human Plasma IgG N -Glycome Profiles Reveal a Proinflammatory Phenotype in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 80(9). 1929–1939. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Kai, Jing Yang, Kai Sun, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide association study reveals novel genetic loci involved in anaerobic germination tolerance in Indica rice. Molecular Breeding. 43(2). 4 indexed citations

Sun, Si, et al.. (2023). Breast cancer cell-derived exosome-delivered microRNA-155 targets UBQLN1 in adipocytes and facilitates cancer cachexia-related fat loss. Human Molecular Genetics. 32(13). 2219–2228. 15 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ying, Yidong Zhou, Yali Xu, et al.. (2023). A nomogram for individually predicting overall survival for elderly patients with early breast cancer: a consecutive cohort study. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1189551–1189551.

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Wang, Dawei, Aina Liu, Tianqi Wang, et al.. (2022). Efficacy and Adverse Events of PD-1 Inhibitors in Patients With Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma From a Real-World Experience. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 837499–837499. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xueyan, Lianjun Xu, Lin Jiang, et al.. (2021). Real-world outcomes of different treatment strategies in patients with diabetes and three-vessel coronary disease: a mean follow-up 6.3 years study from China. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 20(1). 16–16. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xueyan, Jiawen Li, Xiaofang Tang, et al.. (2020). Association of NPC1L1 and HMGCR Gene Polymorphisms with Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Three-Vessel Disease. Human Gene Therapy. 32(11-12). 581–588. 5 indexed citations

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He, Yangyang, Yi Yan, Xin Jiang, et al.. (2020). Spermine promotes pulmonary vascular remodelling and its synthase is a therapeutic target for pulmonary arterial hypertension. European Respiratory Journal. 56(5). 2000522–2000522. 47 indexed citations

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Feng, Xinxing, Ce Zhang, Lin Jiang, et al.. (2020). Body mass index and mortality in patients with severe coronary artery diseases: A cohort study from China. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 31(2). 448–454. 8 indexed citations

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Jiang, Lin, Lianjun Xu, Jian Tian, et al.. (2019). Impact of Lipoprotein(a) on Long-Term (Mean 6.2 Years) Outcomes in Patients With Three-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 125(4). 528–533. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Jizheng, Yilu Wang, Yubao Zou, et al.. (2014). Malignant Effects of Multiple Rare Variants in Sarcomere Genes on the Prognosis of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. European Journal of Heart Failure. 16(9). 950–957. 52 indexed citations

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Song, Weihua, Hui Yu, Ya-Hui Lin, et al.. (2014). A functional variant in the exon 5 of PLIN1 reduces risk of central obesity by possible regulation of lipid storage. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 456(4). 896–900. 9 indexed citations

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Chen, Weixing, Fang Wang, Yuying Liu, et al.. (2008). Effect of notoginsenoside R1 on hepatic microcirculation disturbance induced by gut ischemia and reperfusion. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 14(1). 29–29. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Hu, Chen Chen, Xiaodong Song, et al.. (2007). Mef2c is an essential regulatory element required for unique expression of the cardiac‐specific CARK gene. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 12(1). 304–315. 19 indexed citations

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