Kang Sun

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kang Sun is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Kang Sun has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Atmospheric Science, 57 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 24 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Kang Sun's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (45 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (42 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (36 papers). Kang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (45 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (42 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (36 papers). Kang Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Kang Sun's co-authors include Mark A. Zondlo, Lei Tao, David J. Miller, Yi‐yuan Li, Jin Jin, Xiong Liu, K. Chance, M. Amir Khan, Han Chen and Dan Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Kang Sun

105 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Global Atmospheric Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from 1960 to 2008 and Future Predictions

2013 697 citations Kang Sun et al. profile →
A double-edged sword of immuno-microenvironment in cardiac homeostasis and injury repair

2021 204 citations Kang Sun et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kang Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The gut microbiota and its metabolites: novel therapeutic targets for inflammatory bowel disease 2025 ·Frontiers in Immunology ·(unknown), Yue Li, Deqiang Wang, Kang Sun	1
2	Aggravated surface O ₃ pollution primarily driven by meteorological variations in China during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period 2024 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), Jun Wang, Yi Wang, Daven K. Henze, Xi Chen, Tong Sha, Kang Sun	3
3	Level0 to Level1B processor for MethaneAIR 2024 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·E. K. Conway, Amir H. Souri, Joshua Benmergui, Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, (unknown), Christopher Chan Miller, Jonathan E. Franklin, (unknown), Jonas Wilzewski, Sébastien Roche, (unknown), Apisada Chulakadabba, Maryann Sargent, (unknown), Bruce C. Daube, Iouli E. Gordon, K. Chance, Steven C. Wofsy	5
4	Global Formaldehyde Products From the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Nadir Mappers on Suomi NPP and NOAA‐20 2023 ·Earth and Space Science ·Caroline R. Nowlan, Gonzalo González Abad, Hyeong‐Ahn Kwon, (unknown), Christopher Chan Miller, K. Chance, Heesung Chong, Xiong Liu, Ewan O’Sullivan, HUIQUN WANG, Lei Zhu, Isabelle De Smedt, Glen Jaross, C. J. Seftor, Kang Sun	14
5	B cell-related tertiary lymphoid structure may exert inhibitory effects on lung adenocarcinoma and SARS-COV-2 2023 ·Heliyon ·Kang Sun, Zhiqiang Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Jing Zhang, Chaoqun Lian	1
6	Estimates of the spatially complete, observational-data-driven planetary boundary layer height over the contiguous United States 2023 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·(unknown), Shiqi Tao, Dan Li, Amy Jo Scarino, Ralph E. Kuehn, Kang Sun	5
7	Dealing with spatial heterogeneity in pointwise-to-gridded- data comparisons 2022 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Amir H. Souri, K. Chance, Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, Matthew S. Johnson	10
8	On-Orbit Characterization of TanSat Instrument Line Shape Using Observed Solar Spectra 2022 ·Remote Sensing ·Zhaonan Cai, Kang Sun, Dongxu Yang, Yi Liu, Yao Lü, Chao Lin, Xiong Liu	4
9	An optimal estimation-based retrieval of upper atmospheric oxygen airglow and temperature from SCIAMACHY limb observations 2022 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Kang Sun, (unknown), Christopher Chan Miller, K. Chance, Gonzalo González Abad, Iouli E. Gordon, Xiong Liu, Ewan O’Sullivan, Christopher E. Sioris, Steven C. Wofsy	5
10	Dealing with Spatial Heterogeneity in Pointwise to Gridded Data Comparisons 2021 ·Amir H. Souri, K. Chance, Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, Matthew S. Johnson	1
11	Update of the HITRAN collision-induced absorption section 2019 ·Icarus ·Tijs Karman, Iouli E. Gordon, Ad van der Avoird, (unknown), C. Boulet, Brian J. Drouin, Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Magnus Gustafsson, Jean‐Michel Hartmann, Robert L. Kurucz, Laurence S. Rothman, Kang Sun, Keeyoon Sung, Ryan Thalman, H. Tran, Edward Wishnow, Robin Wordsworth, A. A. Vigasin, Rainer Volkamer, Wim J. van der Zande	124
12	Linearization of the effect of slit function changes for improving OMI ozone profile retrievals 2019 ·Juseon Bak, Xiong Liu, Kang Sun, K. Chance, Jae-Hwan Kim	1
13	Reevaluating the Use of O₂ a¹Δ_g Band in Spaceborne Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Kang Sun, Iouli E. Gordon, Christopher E. Sioris, Xiong Liu, K. Chance, Steven C. Wofsy	20
14	A physics-based approach to oversample multi-satellite, multispecies observations to a common grid 2018 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Kang Sun, Lei Zhu, Karen Cady‐Pereira, Christopher Chan Miller, K. Chance, Lieven Clarisse, Pierre‐François Coheur, Gonzalo González Abad, Guanyu Huang, Xiong Liu, Martin Van Damme, Kai Yang, Mark A. Zondlo	85
15	Characterization of the OCO-2 instrument line shape functions using on-orbit solar measurements 2017 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, Caroline R. Nowlan, Zhaonan Cai, K. Chance, Christian Frankenberg, Richard A. Lee, Randy Pollock, Robert Rosenberg, David Crisp	26
16	Deriving the slit functions from OMI solar observations and its implications for ozone-profile retrieval 2017 ·Atmospheric measurement techniques ·Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, Guanyu Huang, Gonzalo González Abad, Zhaonan Cai, K. Chance, Kai Yang	21
17	Ammonia emissions, transport, and deposition downwind of agricultural areas at local to regional scales 2016 ·EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Mark A. Zondlo, (unknown), Levi M. Golston, Kang Sun, Lei Tao	1
18	Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions 2016 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Daniel Jacob, Alexander J. Turner, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Jian‐Xiong Sheng, Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, K. Chance, Ilse Aben, Jason McKeever, Christian Frankenberg	252
19	Open-path eddy covariance measurements of ammonia fluxes from a beef cattle feedlot 2015 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Kang Sun, Lei Tao, David J. Miller, Mark A. Zondlo, (unknown), (unknown), Jay M. Ham	57
20	Translation in China as a Form of Technical Communication: Rethinking Social Roles of Technical Communication in the Current Political and Economic Contexts in China 2005 ·OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) ·Kang Sun	2

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