Liang Sun

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Liang Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Sun has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Liang Sun's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (25 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers). Liang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (25 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers). Liang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Liang Sun's co-authors include Yi Zhao, Dechao Bu, Runsheng Chen, Haitao Luo, Guoguang Zhao, Yuanning Liu, Changhai Zhang, Shuangsang Fang, Yang Wu and Hui Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Liang Sun

93 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

2 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.

Utilizing sequence intrinsic composition to classify protein-coding and long non-coding transcripts

2013 1.5k citations Liang Sun, Runsheng Chen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
SymMap: an integrative database of traditional Chinese medicine enhanced by symptom mapping

2018 380 citations Yang Wu, Shuangsang Fang et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Sun China	26	2.6k	1.8k	491	409	391	101	4.3k
You Zhou China	25	3.8k 1.5×	743 0.4×	361 0.7×	366 0.9×	253 0.6×	110	6.2k
Dechao Bu China	21	3.8k 1.5×	2.8k 1.5×	863 1.8×	247 0.6×	113 0.3×	41	5.7k
Pengliang Wang China	18	4.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	683 1.4×	298 0.7×	242 0.6×	67	6.4k
Hongmei Zhu China	23	2.4k 1.0×	586 0.3×	743 1.5×	220 0.5×	392 1.0×	115	4.3k
Michael A. Watson United States	29	2.5k 1.0×	490 0.3×	208 0.4×	731 1.8×	286 0.7×	66	5.7k
Marc Legeay France	3	3.3k 1.3×	876 0.5×	404 0.8×	344 0.8×	300 0.8×	6	5.3k
Qing Zhang China	35	2.5k 1.0×	380 0.2×	1.5k 3.1×	584 1.4×	356 0.9×	240	5.5k
Jianguo Chen China	41	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	316 0.6×	1.2k 2.9×	195 0.5×	179	5.9k
Hao Zhou China	33	2.8k 1.1×	819 0.4×	163 0.3×	147 0.4×	227 0.6×	130	4.3k
Gordon C. Hard United States	37	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	483 1.0×	205 0.5×	176 0.5×	134	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Sun

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Liang, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Enhancement Mechanism of Electric Double Layer Structure and Interfacial Tribochemical Reactions Regulated by pH in Water-Based Lubrication Systems. Langmuir. 42(1). 1008–1019.

Wang, Xiaotong, Liang Sun, Xinyue Chen, et al.. (2025). The molecular mechanisms underlying retinal ganglion cell apoptosis and optic nerve regeneration in glaucoma (Review). International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 55(4). 5 indexed citations

Xie, Huihui, Han Xia, Zihan Qin, et al.. (2024). Role of the side chain configuration on the effective recovery of phenolic compounds using polymer inclusion membranes based on tertiary amine. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 204. 106030–106030.

Gong, Pengfei, Li Zhang, Ganglin Wang, et al.. (2024). Targeting <italic>LINC070974</italic> inhibits lung adenocarcinoma cell proliferation and progression by interacting with Y-box binding protein 1. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 57(2). 182–194.

Zhou, Xinyuan, Mian Li, Haojie Yu, et al.. (2024). CICADA: a circRNA effort toward the ghost proteome. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(1). 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Xinyuan, Yanxia Qin, Jiangxue Li, et al.. (2024). LncPepAtlas: a comprehensive resource for exploring the translational landscape of long non-coding RNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(D1). D468–D476. 3 indexed citations

Geng, Chong, Junjun Liu, Kailin Liu, et al.. (2024). High lymphocyte signature genes expression in parathyroid endocrine cells and its downregulation linked to tumorigenesis. EBioMedicine. 102. 105053–105053. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Huihui Xie, Ling Yun Wang, et al.. (2024). Synergism induced intensification for the recovery of phenolic compounds using polymer inclusion membranes containing binary mixed carriers. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(3). 112981–112981. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Liang, Rui Wang, Yian Gu, et al.. (2023). A strategy for nitrogen conversion in aquaculture water based on poly-γ-glutamic acid synthesis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 229. 1036–1043. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Liang, et al.. (2023). BarH-Like Homeobox 2 Suppresses Cell Proliferation, Invasion, and Angiogenesis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Activating N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 4. Molecular Biotechnology. 66(11). 3226–3237. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Chao, Wenqiang Cui, Shuguang Yuan, et al.. (2023). Inhibitor screening for volume-sensitive LRRC8A chloride channel. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 42(23). 12993–13001.

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Sun, Liang, Hexiang Zhang, Jiang Chen, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Caused by Nontyphoidal Salmonella in Zhejiang Province, China, 2010–2019. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 18(12). 880–886. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Di, Liang Sun, Xiaoran Liu, et al.. (2020). Replacing white rice bars with peanuts as snacks in the habitual diet improves metabolic syndrome risk among Chinese adults: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 113(1). 28–35. 13 indexed citations

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Yao, Pang, et al.. (2018). Cholecalciferol Supplementation Promotes Bone Turnover in Chinese Adults with Vitamin D Deficiency. Journal of Nutrition. 148(5). 746–751. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Yiwei, Liang Sun, Jun Li, et al.. (2018). Erythrocyte PUFAs, circulating acylcarnitines, and metabolic syndrome risk: a prospective study in Chinese. Journal of Lipid Research. 60(2). 421–429. 12 indexed citations

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Fang, Shuangsang, Lili Zhang, Jincheng Guo, et al.. (2017). NONCODEV5: a comprehensive annotation database for long non-coding RNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(D1). D308–D314. 373 indexed citations

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Sun, Liang, Qibin Qi, Geng Zong, et al.. (2014). Elevated Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Is Associated with Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Adults. Journal of Nutrition. 144(5). 722–728. 44 indexed citations

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Tang, Jin, Cheng Zhang, Pei Guang Wang, et al.. (2013). The association between a single nucleotide polymorphism rs11966200 in MHC region and clinical features of generalized vitiligo in Chinese Han population. Molecular Biology Reports. 40(6). 4097–4100. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Ke, Zhiyang Ling, Liang Sun, et al.. (2011). Broad Humoral and Cellular Immunity Elicited by a Bivalent DNA Vaccine Encoding HA and NP Genes from an H5N1 Virus. Viral Immunology. 24(1). 45–56. 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Chen, Zhijie Yu, Huaixing Li, et al.. (2010). Associations of alcohol consumption with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glycemia among middle-aged and elderly Chinese. BMC Public Health. 10(1). 713–713. 33 indexed citations

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