Lihua Sun

1.2k total citations
40 papers, 693 citations indexed

About

Lihua Sun is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lihua Sun has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 693 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lihua Sun's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (5 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (3 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (3 papers). Lihua Sun is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (5 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (3 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (3 papers). Lihua Sun collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and United Kingdom. Lihua Sun's co-authors include Kaisa M. Hartikainen, Jari Peräkylä, Keith H. Ogawa, Joonas Haapasalo, Juha Öhman, Kai Lehtimäki, Jukka Peltola, Lauri Nummenmaa, Jussi Hirvonen and Jukka Peltola and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Lihua Sun

38 papers receiving 682 citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lihua Sun 292 131 126 125 115 40 693
Serge Bakchine 246 0.8× 207 1.6× 113 0.9× 118 0.9× 153 1.3× 45 969
Doaa H. Hewedi 288 1.0× 92 0.7× 91 0.7× 92 0.7× 114 1.0× 23 782
Toshio Higashi 231 0.8× 243 1.9× 134 1.1× 73 0.6× 45 0.4× 45 799
Linh C. Dang 460 1.6× 76 0.6× 43 0.3× 205 1.6× 85 0.7× 30 861
Markus Beu 253 0.9× 139 1.1× 113 0.9× 365 2.9× 202 1.8× 46 857
Štefan Holiga 313 1.1× 68 0.5× 119 0.9× 125 1.0× 227 2.0× 23 719
Ling Guo 348 1.2× 253 1.9× 153 1.2× 411 3.3× 117 1.0× 26 960
Sun-Hong Kim 237 0.8× 119 0.9× 46 0.4× 90 0.7× 31 0.3× 7 492
Maria Gabriella Vita 383 1.3× 96 0.7× 87 0.7× 134 1.1× 148 1.3× 34 751
Shuken Boku 144 0.5× 215 1.6× 95 0.8× 275 2.2× 121 1.1× 19 943

Countries citing papers authored by Lihua Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lihua Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lihua Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lihua Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lihua 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 Lihua Sun. Lihua 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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Pak, Kyoungjune, Jouni Tuisku, Henry K. Karlsson, et al.. (2025). Anorexia nervosa is associated with higher brain mu-opioid receptor availability. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(7). 2840–2847. 2 indexed citations
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Tuisku, Jouni, Lihua Sun, Semi Helin, et al.. (2024). Aberrant type 2 dopamine receptor availability in violent offenders with psychopathy. NeuroImage. 297. 120724–120724. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua, Jouni Tuisku, Valtteri Kaasinen, et al.. (2024). Seasonal variation in D2/3 dopamine receptor availability in the human brain. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 51(11). 3284–3291. 2 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, Tomi Karjalainen, Matthew Hudson, et al.. (2023). Pattern recognition reveals sex‐dependent neural substrates of sexual perception. Human Brain Mapping. 44(6). 2543–2556. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua, Sanna Laurila, Minna Lahesmaa, et al.. (2023). Secretin modulates appetite via brown adipose tissue-brain axis. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 50(6). 1597–1606. 9 indexed citations
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Hudson, Matthew, Vesa Putkinen, Kerttu Seppälä, et al.. (2023). Neural responses to biological motion distinguish autistic and schizotypal traits. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 18(1). 3 indexed citations
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Karjalainen, Tomi, Matthew Hudson, Vesa Putkinen, et al.. (2023). Functional organization of social perception networks in the human brain. NeuroImage. 272. 120025–120025. 8 indexed citations
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Nummenmaa, Lauri, Kerttu Seppälä, Lihua Sun, et al.. (2023). Decoding brain basis of laughter and crying in natural scenes. NeuroImage. 273. 120082–120082. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua, Vesa Putkinen, Kerttu Seppälä, et al.. (2022). Aberrant motor contagion of emotions in psychopathy and high-functioning autism. Cerebral Cortex. 33(2). 374–384. 9 indexed citations
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Laurila, Sanna, Eleni Rebelos, Minna Lahesmaa, et al.. (2021). Novel effects of the gastrointestinal hormone secretin on cardiac metabolism and renal function. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 322(1). E54–E62. 5 indexed citations
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Nummenmaa, Lauri, Patrick Jern, Tatu Kantonen, et al.. (2021). μ-opioid receptor availability is associated with sex drive in human males. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 22(2). 281–290. 3 indexed citations
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Putkinen, Vesa, Kerttu Seppälä, Tomi Karjalainen, et al.. (2020). Decoding Music-Evoked Emotions in the Auditory and Motor Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 31(5). 2549–2560. 41 indexed citations
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Hudson, Matthew, Kerttu Seppälä, Vesa Putkinen, et al.. (2020). Dissociable neural systems for unconditioned acute and sustained fear. NeuroImage. 216. 116522–116522. 20 indexed citations
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Lü, Cong, Zhe Shi, Rui‐Le Pan, et al.. (2016). Kai Xin San aqueous extract improves Aβ 1-40 -induced cognitive deficits on adaptive behavior learning by enhancing memory-related molecules expression in the hippocampus. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 201. 73–81. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua, Jari Peräkylä, Juha Öhman, et al.. (2015). Human anterior thalamic nuclei are involved in emotion–attention interaction. Neuropsychologia. 78. 88–94. 37 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua. (2012). Screening of Active Constituents from Huanglian Jiedu Decoction for Protective Effect on Neurocytes. Zhongguo shiyan fangjixue zazhi. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Yan, Lihua Sun, & Yun Liu. (2011). Relationship between vibration response imaging and lung function test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chinese Journal of Asthma. 31(5). 339–342. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Guan, Yingyi Wang, Lihua Sun, et al.. (2010). Clinical significance of Hiwi gene expression in gliomas. Brain Research. 1373. 183–188. 59 indexed citations
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Sun, Lihua. (2007). Methylation of antioncogen at 3p in non-small cell lung cancer. Zhonghua zhongliu fangzhi zazhi. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Chun‐Lei, et al.. (2000). Analgesic effect of interferon-alpha via mu opioid receptor in the rat. Neurochemistry International. 36(3). 193–196. 36 indexed citations

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