Kai Sun

3.8k total citations
131 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Sun is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sun has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Sun's work include Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (11 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (10 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers). Kai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods (11 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (10 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers). Kai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Kai Sun's co-authors include Zheyu Li, Hiroaki Misawa, Shigeki Matsuo, Nicholas A. Kotov, Nanqi Ren, С. В. Холодкевич, James P. Wicksted, A. A. Rakhnyanskaya, Alexander A. Yaroslavov and Arif A. Mamedov and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sun

123 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Sun China 28 927 683 494 470 439 131 3.1k
Qin Qin China 32 743 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 426 0.9× 937 2.0× 277 0.6× 167 3.0k
Xu Liu China 26 593 0.6× 431 0.6× 706 1.4× 474 1.0× 348 0.8× 86 5.5k
Bret J. Chisholm United States 36 927 1.0× 935 1.4× 388 0.8× 268 0.6× 465 1.1× 115 3.9k
Shuting Zhang China 30 568 0.6× 991 1.5× 1.1k 2.2× 307 0.7× 372 0.8× 150 3.2k
Bogdan C. Donose Australia 31 725 0.8× 397 0.6× 955 1.9× 262 0.6× 376 0.9× 80 3.1k
Caiyun Yang China 25 559 0.6× 419 0.6× 235 0.5× 270 0.6× 229 0.5× 69 2.3k
Limin Ma China 37 584 0.6× 1.1k 1.6× 825 1.7× 684 1.5× 564 1.3× 159 4.3k
P. Quintana Mexico 35 570 0.6× 1.8k 2.6× 748 1.5× 354 0.8× 249 0.6× 238 4.5k
Xiaoli Zhang China 35 653 0.7× 685 1.0× 428 0.9× 166 0.4× 574 1.3× 168 3.9k
Ting Ma China 35 582 0.6× 534 0.8× 996 2.0× 196 0.4× 875 2.0× 171 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai 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 Kai Sun. Kai 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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Zhang, Yin, et al.. (2025). Characteristics and tunable luminescence of a phosphate glass doped with Terbium and Europium for W-LEDs. Ceramics International. 51(17). 24080–24088. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yin, et al.. (2025). Preparation and characteristics of Mn-doped zinc titanate high near-infrared reflective brown pigment. Ceramics International. 51(17). 23203–23213. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Lizhi, Bei Gao, Kai Sun, et al.. (2025). Berries: Health Effects via Modulation of the Gut Microbiota. Food Frontiers. 6(3). 1173–1204. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Lihua, et al.. (2025). Study on the dynamic performance of heavy-load railway reinforced subgrade under flood condition. Geotextiles and Geomembranes. 53(4). 985–998.
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Cai, Cheng, et al.. (2025). High near-infrared reflection characteristics and energy-saving applications of Bi-doped LaAlO3 perovskite yellow pigment. Chemical Engineering Journal. 511. 162195–162195. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingsheng, et al.. (2025). All-inorganic Sb3 +-Ln3 + co-doped lead-free perovskites with dual-matrix advantage for efficient single-source white light emission. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1032. 181212–181212. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Guina, Lutong Shan, Kai Sun, et al.. (2025). In-situ mechanism and kinetic loss investigation of Ce doped RuO 2 in the membrane electrode assembly. 5(2). e9120208–e9120208.
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Li, Yuqing, Wenqing Jiang, Yuhan Hou, et al.. (2024). Texture evolution of Ti3V2Hf2.5Ta2.5 refractory multicomponent alloys during cold rolling and annealing. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 178204–178204. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2023). Acute toxic effects of microcystin-LR on crayfish (Procambarus clarkii): Insights from antioxidant system, histopathology and intestinal flora. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(19). 56608–56619. 12 indexed citations
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Zhao, Shuo, Zheyu Li, Denver P. Linklater, et al.. (2022). Programmed Death of Injured Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Mechano-Bactericidal Surfaces. Nano Letters. 22(3). 1129–1137. 43 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, Ping Zhu, Pinliang Zhang, et al.. (2022). Dispersion and Preparation of Nano-AlN/AA6061 Composites by Pressure Infiltration Method. Nanomaterials. 12(13). 2258–2258. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, Qiang Zhang, Chang Zhou, et al.. (2021). Enhanced ductility of Ti3AlC2 particles reinforced pure aluminum composites by interface control. Materials Science and Engineering A. 832. 142393–142393. 23 indexed citations
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Yu, Min, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the durability of lignin-reinforced composites based on wheat straw/recycled polypropylene blends. BioResources. 14(3). 5683–5697. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yu, Zheyu Li, С. В. Холодкевич, et al.. (2019). Microcystin-LR-induced changes of hepatopancreatic transcriptome, intestinal microbiota, and histopathology of freshwater crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). The Science of The Total Environment. 711. 134549–134549. 64 indexed citations
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Li, Jianzheng, Jia Meng, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2016). The effect and biological mechanism of COD/TN ratio on nitrogen removal in a novel upflow microaerobic sludge reactor treating manure-free piggery wastewater. Bioresource Technology. 209. 360–368. 38 indexed citations
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Meng, Jia, Jiuling Li, Jianzheng Li, et al.. (2015). Efficiency and bacterial populations related to pollutant removal in an upflow microaerobic sludge reactor treating manure-free piggery wastewater with low COD/TN ratio. Bioresource Technology. 201. 166–173. 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, Nobuko Suzuki, Zheyu Li, et al.. (2008). Electrophoretic chip for fractionation of selective DNA fragment. Electrophoresis. 29(19). 3959–3963. 4 indexed citations

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