Ke Sun

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ke Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Sun has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Ke Sun's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (8 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (6 papers). Ke Sun is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (8 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (6 papers). Ke Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Ke Sun's co-authors include Lingling Gao, Sally Wai‐Chi Chan, Jia Geng, Yunfeng Lin, Shiyu Lin, Yuan Ju, Yuzhu Yin, Lingling Wu, Wan‐Yim Ip and Binwu Ying and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ke Sun

54 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Real-time detection of 20 amino acids and discrimination ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 20 40 60
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. Real-time detection of 20 amino acids and discrimination of pathologically relevant peptides with functionalized nanopore
    2024 67 citations Ming Zhang, Chao Tang et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ke Sun China 20 346 241 228 139 138 60 1.1k
Shujun Gao China 23 365 1.1× 431 1.8× 49 0.2× 115 0.8× 95 0.7× 62 1.5k
Bing Song China 22 907 2.6× 180 0.7× 43 0.2× 108 0.8× 97 0.7× 93 1.6k
Akiko Tsuchida Japan 18 470 1.4× 276 1.1× 38 0.2× 124 0.9× 114 0.8× 69 1.1k
Michèle Moreau United States 22 214 0.6× 175 0.7× 126 0.6× 41 0.3× 149 1.1× 49 1.8k
Huiping Zhang China 21 290 0.8× 138 0.6× 133 0.6× 82 0.6× 14 0.1× 98 1.5k
Haiyan Xie China 14 285 0.8× 116 0.5× 311 1.4× 27 0.2× 75 0.5× 32 913
Mengdie Li China 17 278 0.8× 103 0.4× 67 0.3× 80 0.6× 27 0.2× 62 877
Qianqian Zhu China 24 273 0.8× 325 1.3× 519 2.3× 30 0.2× 28 0.2× 68 1.6k
Shanshan Han China 22 388 1.1× 279 1.2× 75 0.3× 199 1.4× 73 0.5× 83 1.7k
Lu Yin China 23 220 0.6× 198 0.8× 202 0.9× 502 3.6× 18 0.1× 55 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ke Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ke Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ke Sun. The network helps show where Ke Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ke Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ke 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 Ke Sun. Ke 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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Zhu, Jingyi, Ke Sun, Wei Yu, et al.. (2025). De novo design of transmembrane fluorescence-activating proteins. Nature. 640(8057). 249–257. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ming, Chao Tang, Zichun Wang, et al.. (2024). Real-time detection of 20 amino acids and discrimination of pathologically relevant peptides with functionalized nanopore. Nature Methods. 21(4). 609–618. 67 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lv, Xinchen, et al.. (2024). De novo design of mini-protein binders broadly neutralizing Clostridioides difficile toxin B variants. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8521–8521. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Ke, et al.. (2024). Predictors of physical inactivity among pregnant women. Nursing and Health Sciences. 26(1). e13086–e13086. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jing, Cheng Hua Jin, Ke Sun, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and surgical safety of sequential surgical resection after pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for initial unresectable stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer. 184. 107326–107326. 3 indexed citations
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Tao, Hongwei, Ke Sun, Qinghua Liu, et al.. (2022). Epidemiological investigation and ultrasonic diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip in Chinese infants. Medicine. 101(2). e28320–e28320. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Ke, et al.. (2022). Psychometric Assessment of the Mandarin Version of the Decisional Conflict Scale with Pregnant Women Making Prenatal Test Decisions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Ke, et al.. (2022). Incidence and correlates of insomnia and its impact on health-related quality of life among Chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 41(4). 391–402. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Ke, et al.. (2021). Anxiety symptoms and health-related quality of life in mainland Chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 41(1). 3–14. 12 indexed citations
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Gao, Lingling, et al.. (2020). Health related quality of life in Chinese pregnant women at advanced maternal age: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 40(1). 22–33. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Xinqiong, Peng Zhang, Yu Wang, et al.. (2020). Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer Patients by Nanopore Sensing with Aptamer-Mediated Amplification. ACS Sensors. 5(8). 2359–2366. 49 indexed citations
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Chen, Piaopiao, Ke Huang, Rui Dai, et al.. (2019). Sensitive CVG-AFS/ICP-MS label-free nucleic acid and protein assays based on a selective cation exchange reaction and simple filtration separation. The Analyst. 144(8). 2797–2802. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Piaopiao, Pingyue Hu, Ke Huang, et al.. (2018). Detection of nucleic acids via G-quadruplex-controlled l-cysteine oxidation and catalyzed hairpin assembly-assisted signal amplification. RSC Advances. 8(71). 40564–40569. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tao, Jing Xie, Ke Sun, et al.. (2016). Physiological oxygen tension modulates soluble growth factor profile after crosstalk between chondrocytes and osteoblasts. Cell Proliferation. 49(1). 122–133. 20 indexed citations
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Guo, Jinsong, et al.. (2011). Evodiamine combined with radiation inhibits proliferation,adhesion and migration of human tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell line Tca-8113. Tumori. 31(5). 417–423. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Lingling, Wan‐Yim Ip, & Ke Sun. (2010). Validation of the short form of the chinese childbirth self‐efficacy inventory in Mainland China. Research in Nursing & Health. 34(1). 49–59. 32 indexed citations

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