Mei Sun

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Mei Sun is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Economics and Econometrics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Mei Sun has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 34 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Mei Sun's work include Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (26 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (25 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (20 papers). Mei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (26 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (25 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (20 papers). Mei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United States. Mei Sun's co-authors include Cuixia Gao, Lixin Tian, Dun Han, Benjamin Chris Ampimah, Isaac Adjei Mensah, Min Fu, Guochang Fang, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu, Bo Shen and Qiang Jia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Scientific Reports and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Mei Sun

136 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Analysis on the nexus of economic growth, fossil fuel energy consumption, CO2 emissions and oil price in Africa based on a PMG panel ARDL approach

2019 362 citations Mei Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mei Sun China	29	1.2k	698	594	528	458	146	2.9k
Laijun Zhao China	34	648 0.5×	179 0.3×	1.5k 2.5×	443 0.8×	216 0.5×	155	4.0k
Francisco G. Montoya Spain	27	116 0.1×	609 0.9×	130 0.2×	432 0.8×	138 0.3×	110	3.8k
Hongxing Yao China	21	622 0.5×	178 0.3×	223 0.4×	117 0.2×	204 0.4×	113	1.5k
Vangelis Marinakis Greece	27	144 0.1×	399 0.6×	145 0.2×	237 0.4×	128 0.3×	131	2.2k
Ruijin Du China	20	461 0.4×	128 0.2×	756 1.3×	168 0.3×	206 0.4×	63	1.5k
Alfredo Alcayde Spain	19	84 0.1×	510 0.7×	119 0.2×	214 0.4×	68 0.1×	105	2.9k
Minggang Wang China	20	774 0.6×	223 0.3×	222 0.4×	142 0.3×	39 0.1×	66	1.4k
José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga Spain	37	414 0.3×	612 0.9×	120 0.2×	175 0.3×	42 0.1×	133	4.7k
Sheng Li China	15	431 0.4×	206 0.3×	40 0.1×	166 0.3×	151 0.3×	120	1.3k
Fei Ma China	26	436 0.4×	113 0.2×	283 0.5×	131 0.2×	130 0.3×	103	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Mei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mei Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Mei 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 Mei Sun. The network helps show where Mei Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mei Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mei Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mei 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 Mei Sun. Mei 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

Li, Yibo, et al.. (2025). Analysis of low carbon transformation strategy and CO ₂ emission metabolism in the steel industry. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29(6). 2294–2308.

Ali, Aatif, et al.. (2025). An artificial neural network implementation on novel tetra hybrid nanofluid model: Case study of solar wind turbines. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 158. 111459–111459.

Sun, Mei, et al.. (2025). Transitioning From Decentralized Facilities to Intelligent Integration: A Review of Distributed Wind and Solar Energy Research. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. 14(1). 2 indexed citations

Li, Dandan, et al.. (2024). The impact of relationship stickiness and memory on the evolution of individual behavior. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 183. 114942–114942. 1 indexed citations

Ali, Aatif, Zeeshan Khan, Mei Sun, Taseer Muhammad, & Khalid Abdulkhaliq M. Alharbi. (2024). Numerical investigation of heat and mass transfer in micropolar nanofluid flows over an inclined surface with stochastic numerical approach. The European Physical Journal Plus. 139(10). 9 indexed citations

Ali, Aatif, Zeeshan Khan, Muhammad Bilal Riaz, et al.. (2024). Neural network analysis of bioconvection effects on heat and mass transfer in Non-Newtonian chemically reactive nanofluids. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 64. 105534–105534. 19 indexed citations

Xu, Wei, et al.. (2023). How to realize the power demand side actively matching the supply side? ——A virtual real-time electricity prices optimization model based on credit mechanism. Applied Energy. 343. 121223–121223. 16 indexed citations

Li, Dandan, et al.. (2023). A multi-information epidemic spreading model on a two-layer network. Information Sciences. 651. 119723–119723. 20 indexed citations

Li, Dandan, et al.. (2023). Rumor spreading in a dual-relationship network with diverse propagation abilities. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 458. 128233–128233. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Mei, et al.. (2022). Numerical investigation of a squeezing flow between concentric cylinders under the variable magnetic field of intensity. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 9148–9148. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Fuzhang, et al.. (2021). Simulation of linear and nonlinear advection-diffusion problems by the direct radial basis function collocation method. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 130. 105775–105775. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Yifan & Mei Sun. (2020). Application of duopoly multi-periodical game with bounded rationality in power supply market based on information asymmetry. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 87. 300–316. 13 indexed citations

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Abid, Muhammad, Mei Sun, Hafiz Zafar Nazir, et al.. (2020). A mixed cumulative sum homogeneously weighted moving average control chart for monitoring process mean. Quality and Reliability Engineering International. 37(5). 1758–1771. 12 indexed citations

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Jia, Qiang, Mei Sun, & K.S. Tang. (2019). Consensus of Multiagent Systems With Delayed Node Dynamics and Time-Varying Coupling. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(6). 3320–3329. 25 indexed citations

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Sun, Mei, et al.. (2019). Cultivating College Students' Critical Thinking Ability in China. Higher education of social science. 17(2). 21–24. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Huayan, et al.. (2014). [A brief review of research on chronic disease management based on collaborative care model in China].. PubMed. 39(11). 1196–203. 2 indexed citations

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Haug, Kristine, et al.. (2013). Geological and Geomechanical Characterization of In situ Oil Sands Caprock in the Athabasca Oil Sands Area, Alberta, Canada. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Mei. (2009). The Design of Database Examination System on Computer. Computer Knowledge and Technology.

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Sun, Mei. (2008). Energy resources structural system for Jiangsu Province and its dynamical analysis. Journal of Jiangsu University. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Mei. (2007). Adaptive synchronization of energy resource system with uncertain parameters. Journal of Jiangsu University. 2 indexed citations

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