Kun Sun

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kun Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Sun has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Cancer Research and 19 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Kun Sun's work include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (21 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (18 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). Kun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (21 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (18 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers). Kun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Kun Sun's co-authors include Hao Sun, Peiyong Jiang, Huating Wang, Rossa W. K. Chiu, K.C. Allen Chan, Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Tak Yeung Leung, Yu Zhao, Suk Hang Cheng and Xiaona Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kun Sun

95 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plasma DNA tissue mapping by genome-wide methylation sequencing for noninvasive prenatal, cancer, and transplantation assessments

2015 505 citations Kun Sun, Peiyong Jiang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Sun China	32	2.7k	2.4k	561	518	440	101	4.2k
Renée X. de Menezes Netherlands	31	2.4k 0.9×	982 0.4×	426 0.8×	464 0.9×	135 0.3×	84	4.1k
Judith M. Boer Netherlands	36	2.7k 1.0×	713 0.3×	650 1.2×	243 0.5×	221 0.5×	94	4.7k
Ji‐Fan Hu United States	44	4.6k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	546 1.0×	513 1.0×	228 0.5×	145	6.3k
Yaoting Gui China	33	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	280 0.5×	102 0.2×	330 0.8×	164	4.6k
Damjan Glavač Slovenia	39	3.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	599 1.1×	65 0.1×	569 1.3×	143	5.0k
Brenda L. Coomber Canada	31	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	765 1.4×	78 0.2×	472 1.1×	87	3.6k
Jacob A. O’Brien Canada	12	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	219 0.4×	93 0.2×	173 0.4×	14	4.2k
Pål Sætrom Norway	36	3.7k 1.4×	2.5k 1.0×	257 0.5×	78 0.2×	145 0.3×	101	4.6k
Anamaria A. Camargo Brazil	30	2.4k 0.9×	759 0.3×	906 1.6×	72 0.1×	501 1.1×	128	3.8k
Barbara Valentinis United States	31	2.8k 1.0×	957 0.4×	1.0k 1.8×	90 0.2×	303 0.7×	54	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun 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 Kun Sun. Kun Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ye, Guojun, Yi-de He, Fuhai Liu, et al.. (2025). Mitotic DNA repair by TMEJ suppresses replication stress-induced nuclear envelope reassembly defect. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8836–8836.

Zhao, Xin, Xiaoyi Liu, Mengqi Yang, et al.. (2025). Expression pattern of glutaminase informs the dynamics of glutamine metabolism. 3(2). 100128–100128.

Liu, Xiaoyi, et al.. (2024). Systematic biases in reference-based plasma cell-free DNA fragmentomic profiling. Cell Reports Methods. 4(6). 100793–100793. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yu, Mengqi Yang, Minghui Hu, et al.. (2024). Accelerating 3D genomics data analysis with Microcket. Communications Biology. 7(1). 675–675. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Transcriptomic and physiological analyses of Trichoderma citrinoviride HT-1 assisted phytoremediation of Cd contaminated water by Phragmites australis. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 93–93. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Xin, Ziteng Zhang, Xiaoyi Liu, et al.. (2024). Cell-free DNA end characteristics enable accurate and sensitive cancer diagnosis. Cell Reports Methods. 4(10). 100877–100877. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Xin, Ziteng Zhang, Zhaohua Xia, et al.. (2023). DNA methylation analysis explores the molecular basis of plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 287–287. 52 indexed citations

Sun, Hui, et al.. (2023). The involvement of collagen family genes in tumor enlargement of gastric cancer. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 100–100. 12 indexed citations

Qin, Peng, Ziliang Huang, Kun Sun, et al.. (2022). Engineering inducible biomolecular assemblies for genome imaging and manipulation in living cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7933–7933. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Weijie, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of NADPH oxidase 2 (NOX2) reverses cognitive deficits by modulating excitability and excitatory transmission in the hippocampus after traumatic brain injury. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 617(Pt 1). 1–7. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Luyao Wang, Kun Sun, et al.. (2021). Silica nanoparticle induces pulmonary fibroblast transdifferentiation via macrophage route: Potential mechanism revealed by proteomic analysis. Toxicology in Vitro. 76. 105220–105220. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Peiyong Jiang, Suk Hang Cheng, et al.. (2019). Orientation-aware plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation analysis in open chromatin regions informs tissue of origin. Genome Research. 29(3). 418–427. 153 indexed citations

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Fu, Xin, Jun Xiao, Yuning Wei, et al.. (2015). Combination of inflammation-related cytokines promotes long-term muscle stem cell expansion. Cell Research. 25(6). 655–673. 134 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yu, Yihua Yang, Jone Trovik, et al.. (2014). A Novel Wnt Regulatory Axis in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(18). 5103–5117. 108 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Leina Lu, Huating Wang, & Hao Sun. (2014). Genome-wide profiling of YY1 binding sites during skeletal myogenesis. Genomics Data. 2. 89–91. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Kun, Xiaona Chen, Peiyong Jiang, et al.. (2013). iSeeRNA: identification of long intergenic non-coding RNA transcripts from transcriptome sequencing data. BMC Genomics. 14(S2). S7–S7. 134 indexed citations

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Diao, Yarui, Xing Guo, Yanfeng Li, et al.. (2012). Pax3/7BP Is a Pax7- and Pax3-Binding Protein that Regulates the Proliferation of Muscle Precursor Cells by an Epigenetic Mechanism. Cell stem cell. 11(2). 231–241. 89 indexed citations

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Lu, Leina, Liang Zhou, Eric Z. Chen, et al.. (2012). A Novel YY1-miR-1 Regulatory Circuit in Skeletal Myogenesis Revealed by Genome-Wide Prediction of YY1-miRNA Network. PLoS ONE. 7(2). e27596–e27596. 89 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuqi, et al.. (2009). Persistent truncus arteriosus with intact ventricular septum diagnosed by echocardiography. Chinese Medical Journal. 122(22). 2798–2800. 2 indexed citations

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Mak, C. H., Kun Sun, & R. C. Ko. (2001). Identification of some heat-induced genes ofTrichinella spiralis. Parasitology. 123(3). 293–300. 42 indexed citations

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