Ke Sun

10.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
149 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Ke Sun is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Sun has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Pollution, 41 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 27 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ke Sun's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers), Heavy metals in environment (23 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (21 papers). Ke Sun is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 papers), Heavy metals in environment (23 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (21 papers). Ke Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Ke Sun's co-authors include Baoshan Xing, Lanfang Han, Bo Gao, Xitao Liu, Jie Jin, Ziying Wang, Yan Yang, Kyoung S. Ro, Zezhen Pan and Dongyu Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Ke Sun

139 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for organic-contaminated soil remediation: A review

2019 509 citations Ke Sun et al. profile →
Biochar’s stability and effect on the content, composition and turnover of soil organic carbon

2020 243 citations Lanfang Han, Ke Sun et al. profile →
Biochar stability and impact on soil organic carbon mineralization depend on biochar processing, aging and soil clay content

2022 172 citations Yan Yang, Ke Sun et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Microplastics alter soil structure and microbial community composition

2024 91 citations Lanfang Han, Liying Chen et al. profile →
Formation of soil organic carbon pool is regulated by the structure of dissolved organic matter and microbial carbon pump efficacy: A decadal study comparing different carbon management strategies

2023 89 citations Yalan Chen, Zhangliu Du et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ke Sun China	53	3.4k	2.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	149	8.3k
Mahtab Ahmad South Korea	38	4.1k 1.2×	4.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	47	9.3k
Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha Sri Lanka	40	3.7k 1.1×	4.7k 1.8×	1.2k 0.8×	931 0.7×	2.0k 1.5×	90	10.0k
Minori Uchimiya United States	40	2.8k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	766 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	100	8.2k
Ling Zhao China	51	2.7k 0.8×	3.2k 1.2×	653 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.6×	147	8.8k
Guanghui Yu China	51	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	731 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	792 0.6×	169	7.9k
Xingmei Liu China	42	3.1k 0.9×	1.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	894 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	87	6.5k
Weihua Zhang China	39	2.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.0×	831 0.5×	614 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	139	7.0k
Adel R. A. Usman Egypt	48	3.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	687 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	103	6.8k
Willie G. Harris United States	48	3.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	156	10.6k
Daniel S. Alessi Canada	56	2.8k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	458 0.3×	1.7k 1.3×	222	10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ke Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Sun

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Chen, Yalan, Zhibo Wang, Anqi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Polyethylene microplastics hamper aged biochar’s potential in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon Research. 4(1). 1 indexed citations

Cao, Manman, Yuxin Liu, Fei Wang, et al.. (2025). Interfacial antagonism between goethite and ZnO nanoparticles modulates organic phosphorus fate in aquatic systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 499. 140129–140129.

Liu, Jie, Yalan Chen, Zhangliu Du, et al.. (2025). Biochar and straw application reshape organic carbon pool via altering soil carbon pump function based on a decadal field experiment. Soil and Tillage Research. 253. 106662–106662. 1 indexed citations

Li, Junhong, Fei Wang, Safdar Bashir, et al.. (2025). ZnO Nanofertilizer Reduced Organic Phosphorus Transformation and Altered Microbial Function in Soil for Sustainable Agriculture. ACS Nano. 19(7). 6942–6954. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yalan, Yakov Kuzyakov, Zhangliu Du, et al.. (2025). Aggregate size mediates the stability and temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon in response to decadal biochar and straw amendments. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 211. 109969–109969. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yalan, Yue Wang, Chunhua Feng, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Photochemistry of Dissolved Black Carbon Mediated by Iron: A Critical Pathway for Enhancing Hydroxyl Radical Generation. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(45). 24430–24440.

Qiao, Yue, Linji Yang, Zhou Yang, et al.. (2025). Adsorptive photocatalytic removal of heavy metal Mn by organic photovoltaic materials. Separation and Purification Technology. 368. 133066–133066. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jiayin, et al.. (2024). Tailoring the interior structure of Cu2O Shell-in-Shell nanospheres for high-performance electrocatalytic nitrate-to-ammonia conversion. Electrochimica Acta. 477. 143789–143789. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Jie, Yalan Chen, Zezhen Pan, et al.. (2024). Microbially Driven Iron Cycling Facilitates Organic Carbon Accrual in Decadal Biochar-Amended Soil. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(28). 12430–12440. 27 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuai, Zezhen Pan, Ming Nie, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Flooding Mitigates the Linkage between Paddy Soil Organic Carbon Sink and Climate Factors. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 8(7). 1495–1504. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Liying, Lanfang Han, Fayuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Polylactic acid microplastics induced negative priming and improved carbon sequestration via microbial processes in different paddy soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 201. 109653–109653. 29 indexed citations

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Chen, Taotao, Erping Cui, Ke Sun, et al.. (2024). Multiple Nitrogen Sources Application Inhibits Increasing Ammonia Volatilization Under Reducing Irrigation. Agronomy. 14(12). 2927–2927. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Linji, Shangfei Yao, Xiao Huang, et al.. (2024). An innovative eco-friendly organic semiconductor-biochar photocatalytic adsorbent for efficient and stable removal mechanism of oxytetracycline hydrochloride under light illumination. Separation and Purification Technology. 357. 130054–130054. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Manman, Fei Wang, Shuai Ma, et al.. (2024). Foliar Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Alleviates Phenanthrene and Cadmium-Induced Phytotoxicity in Lettuce: Regulation of Plant–Rhizosphere–Microbial Long Distance. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(1). 730–743. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenrui, et al.. (2023). Differences in structure and composition of soil humic substances and their binding for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in different climatic zones. Environmental Pollution. 322. 121121–121121. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Yalan, Zhangliu Du, Zhe Weng, et al.. (2023). Formation of soil organic carbon pool is regulated by the structure of dissolved organic matter and microbial carbon pump efficacy: A decadal study comparing different carbon management strategies. Global Change Biology. 29(18). 5445–5459. 89 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Xinyu, et al.. (2022). Chip-Based MEMS Platform for Thermogravimetric/Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA) Joint Characterization of Materials. Micromachines. 13(3). 445–445. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Yalan, Bo Gao, Yan Yang, et al.. (2022). Tracking microplastics biodegradation through CO2 emission: Role of photoaging and mineral addition. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 439. 129615–129615. 52 indexed citations

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Han, Lanfang, Liying Chen, Sen Chen, et al.. (2022). Polyester Microplastic Mitigated NH₃ Volatilization from a Rice–Wheat Rotation System: Does Particle Size or Natural Aging Effect Matter?. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(6). 2180–2191. 34 indexed citations

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Ouzounov, Dimitar, С. А. Пулинец, Xuhui Shen, Ke Sun, & M. Kafatos. (2015). Space-borne observations of pre-earthquake atmospheric signals associated with major seismicity in Xinjiang, China. Japan Geoscience Union. 1 indexed citations

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