Kailun Sun

928 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 694 citations indexed

About

Kailun Sun is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Kailun Sun has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 694 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Kailun Sun's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (6 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (4 papers). Kailun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (6 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (4 papers). Kailun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and United States. Kailun Sun's co-authors include Rutao Liu, Jingchun Tang, Yan Song, Mingyang Jing, Falin He, Ji Zhang, Jiasi Zhang, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Hao Qiu and Erkai He and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, ACS Nano and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kailun Sun

27 papers receiving 686 citations

Hit Papers

A review of human and animals exposure to polycyclic arom... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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. A review of human and animals exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Health risk and adverse effects, photo-induced toxicity and regulating effect of microplastics
    2021 304 citations Kailun Sun, Yan Song et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kailun Sun China 13 244 188 127 62 55 29 694
Han Gao China 18 315 1.3× 335 1.8× 186 1.5× 22 0.4× 51 0.9× 50 1.0k
Yaqi Li China 18 272 1.1× 133 0.7× 152 1.2× 30 0.5× 101 1.8× 75 912
Zhihao Wen China 14 259 1.1× 172 0.9× 69 0.5× 71 1.1× 28 0.5× 25 648
Xiangang Zeng China 15 364 1.5× 175 0.9× 163 1.3× 36 0.6× 31 0.6× 31 1.4k
Rongrong Lei China 17 403 1.7× 146 0.8× 129 1.0× 82 1.3× 54 1.0× 40 890
Zhihui Yang China 18 130 0.5× 148 0.8× 132 1.0× 79 1.3× 36 0.7× 58 895
Thi Hue Nguyen Vietnam 19 457 1.9× 363 1.9× 386 3.0× 125 2.0× 72 1.3× 90 1.8k
Jingwen Zhang China 20 482 2.0× 362 1.9× 77 0.6× 50 0.8× 36 0.7× 48 1.1k
Yingying Kou China 18 86 0.4× 231 1.2× 178 1.4× 105 1.7× 29 0.5× 60 932

Countries citing papers authored by Kailun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kailun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kailun Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kailun Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kailun 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 Kailun Sun. Kailun 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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Sun, Kailun, Erkai He, Xinde Cao, et al.. (2025). Diverse Perspectives Illuminate the Intestinal Toxicity of Traditional and Biodegradable Agricultural Film Microplastics to Eisenia fetida under Varying Exposure Sequences. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(20). 9943–9954. 2 indexed citations
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Tao, Hui, et al.. (2024). The distribution and fate of pesticides in full-scale drinking water treatment plants. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 64. 105659–105659. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Xiangde Min, Yu Wang, et al.. (2023). Magnetic resonance imaging based deep-learning model: a rapid, high-performance, automated tool for testicular volume measurements. Frontiers in Medicine. 10. 1277535–1277535.
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Song, Yan, et al.. (2023). Molecular interaction mechanisms and cellular response of superoxide dismutase and catalase to fluoranthene. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(47). 104233–104245. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanna, Kailun Sun, Ji Zhang, et al.. (2023). XBP1 modulates endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria crosstalk via regulating NLRP3 in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 69–69. 32 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Jason C. White, Hao Qiu, et al.. (2023). Coupled Lipidomics and Digital Pathology as an Effective Strategy to Identify Novel Adverse Outcome Pathways in Eisenia fetida Exposed to MoS2 Nanosheets and Ionic Mo. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(30). 11009–11021. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Erkai He, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, et al.. (2023). Biosafety of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide nanomaterials: Natural and engineered transformation pathways and their role in the toxicity profile. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 54(10). 840–863. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengmeng, Tianyu Song, Kailun Sun, et al.. (2023). Efflux transport proteins of Tetrahymena thermophila play important roles in resistance to perfluorooctane sulfonate exposure. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 459. 132287–132287. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Ji Zhang, Mengqin Wang, et al.. (2022). Prevention of alloimmune rejection using XBP1-deleted bone marrow-derived dendritic cells in heart transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(12). 1660–1671. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiheng, et al.. (2022). Methyl eugenol protects the kidney from oxidative damage in mice by blocking the Nrf2 nuclear export signal through activation of the AMPK/GSK3β axis. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 44(2). 367–380. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Yan Song, Falin He, et al.. (2021). A review of human and animals exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Health risk and adverse effects, photo-induced toxicity and regulating effect of microplastics. The Science of The Total Environment. 773. 145403–145403. 304 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Kailun, et al.. (2021). Toxic effects of acetone, 2-pentanone, and 2-hexanone on physiological indices of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germination and seedlings. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(45). 64552–64560. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengqin, et al.. (2021). Methyl eugenol attenuates liver ischemia reperfusion injury via activating PI3K/Akt signaling. International Immunopharmacology. 99. 108023–108023. 33 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ji, Jiasi Zhang, Yanfeng Wang, et al.. (2021). Downregulation of XBP1 protects kidney against ischemia-reperfusion injury via suppressing HRD1-mediated NRF2 ubiquitylation. Cell Death Discovery. 7(1). 44–44. 42 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, et al.. (2021). Organism and molecular-level responses of superoxide dismutase interaction with 2-pentanone. Chemosphere. 286(Pt 2). 131707–131707. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Yan Song, Zhi Liu, et al.. (2020). Toxicity assessment of Fluoranthene, Benz(a)anthracene and its mixed pollution in soil: Studies at the molecular and animal levels. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 202. 110864–110864. 35 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, Yan Song, Wansong Zong, Jingchun Tang, & Rutao Liu. (2020). Anthracene-induced DNA damage and oxidative stress: a combined study at molecular and cellular levels. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(33). 41458–41474. 22 indexed citations
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Sun, Kailun, et al.. (2019). Study on the efficiency and mechanism of Direct Red 80 dye by conventional ozonation and peroxone (O 3 /H 2 O 2 ) treatment. Separation Science and Technology. 55(17). 3175–3183. 19 indexed citations

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