Mei Sun

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Mei Sun is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mei Sun has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 11 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 11 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Mei Sun's work include Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (11 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (11 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers). Mei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (11 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (11 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (10 papers). Mei Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Mei Sun's co-authors include Detlef R.U. Knappe, Yen-Ling Liu, Andrew B. Lindstrom, Adam Pickett, Benjamin Kearns, Chris Smith, Mark J. Strynar, Michael Richardson, Jamie C. DeWitt and Zachary R. Hopkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Mei Sun

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Legacy and Emerging Perfluoroalkyl Substances Are Importa... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2020 100 200 300 400 500
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. Legacy and Emerging Perfluoroalkyl Substances Are Important Drinking Water Contaminants in the Cape Fear River Watershed of North Carolina
    2016 550 citations Mei Sun, Detlef R.U. Knappe et al. profile →
  2. PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding
    2020 546 citations Amila O. De Silva, James M. Armitage et al. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mei Sun United States 19 1.6k 1.3k 789 212 212 33 2.3k
Gretta Goldenman United States 14 2.6k 1.6× 2.0k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 138 0.7× 102 0.5× 21 3.3k
Christophe Rosin France 21 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 714 0.9× 260 1.2× 121 0.6× 28 2.4k
Yanna Liang United States 23 1.4k 0.9× 894 0.7× 524 0.7× 232 1.1× 132 0.6× 49 1.8k
Jinyong Liu United States 30 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 819 1.0× 556 2.6× 343 1.6× 75 2.9k
Juliane Glüge Switzerland 18 2.3k 1.4× 2.3k 1.8× 914 1.2× 133 0.6× 134 0.6× 32 3.5k
Brad Acrey United States 10 985 0.6× 711 0.5× 372 0.5× 124 0.6× 126 0.6× 17 1.5k
Xenia Trier Denmark 26 3.1k 1.9× 2.7k 2.1× 1.2k 1.6× 149 0.7× 198 0.9× 41 4.2k
Brian T. Mader United States 24 1.5k 0.9× 2.0k 1.5× 1.8k 2.3× 346 1.6× 195 0.9× 31 3.4k
Jean-François Munoz France 19 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 615 0.8× 183 0.9× 94 0.4× 23 1.9k
Thomas A. Bruton United States 13 2.5k 1.6× 2.0k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 750 3.5× 327 1.5× 18 3.5k

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

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Mei, et al.. (2024). Cadmium immobilization in soil using phosphate modified biochar derived from wheat straw. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171614–171614. 18 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, et al.. (2024). Atmospheric fate and impacts of HFO-1234yf from mobile air conditioners in East Asia. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170137–170137. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Mei, Ke Chen, Hanmei Hu, et al.. (2024). A novel self-powered SERS platform PVDF-HFP/BZT-BCT@PDA/Ag based on piezoelectricity for sensitive detection of food contaminants. Microchemical Journal. 207. 112225–112225. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifei, et al.. (2024). Real-world emission characteristics of carbonyl compounds from on-road vehicles in Beijing and Zhengzhou, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 916. 170135–170135. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Zekun, Michael J. Bentel, Yaochun Yu, et al.. (2021). Near-Quantitative Defluorination of Perfluorinated and Fluorotelomer Carboxylates and Sulfonates with Integrated Oxidation and Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(10). 7052–7062. 128 indexed citations
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Liu, Yen-Ling & Mei Sun. (2021). Ion exchange removal and resin regeneration to treat per- and polyfluoroalkyl ether acids and other emerging PFAS in drinking water. Water Research. 207. 117781–117781. 116 indexed citations
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Sun, Mei, Ying Zhou, Yifei Wang, et al.. (2021). Seasonal discrepancies in peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) and its correlation with ozone and PM2.5: Effects of regional transport from circumjacent industrial cities. The Science of The Total Environment. 785. 147303–147303. 21 indexed citations
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Baumann, Karsten, Ralph N. Mead, Stephen A. Skrabal, et al.. (2021). PFOS dominates PFAS composition in ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) collected across North Carolina nearly 20 years after the end of its US production. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 23(4). 580–587. 35 indexed citations
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Sun, Mei, et al.. (2020). Fluorochemicals biodegradation as a potential source of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) to the environment. Chemosphere. 254. 126894–126894. 66 indexed citations
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Silva, Amila O. De, James M. Armitage, Thomas A. Bruton, et al.. (2020). PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 40(3). 631–657. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Hongping, Mei Sun, Deli Wu, Guanglan Di, & Xunchang Fei. (2020). Cu(III) generation and air sparging extend catalytic effectiveness of Cu2S/H2O2 from neutral to acidic condition: performance and mechanism in comparison with CuS/H2O2. Journal of Cleaner Production. 278. 123572–123572. 34 indexed citations
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Lou, Zimo, Mei Sun, Jiang Xu, et al.. (2018). MnO2 enhances electrocatalytic hydrodechlorination by Pd/Ni foam electrodes and reduces Pd needs. Chemical Engineering Journal. 352. 549–557. 103 indexed citations
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Sun, Wenjie, Mei Sun, & Morton A. Barlaz. (2016). Characterizing the biotransformation of sulfur-containing wastes in simulated landfill reactors. Waste Management. 53. 82–91. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Mei, Wenjie Sun, & Morton A. Barlaz. (2016). A batch assay to measure microbial hydrogen sulfide production from sulfur-containing solid wastes. The Science of The Total Environment. 551-552. 23–31. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Mei, et al.. (2016). Determination of 1,4-Dioxane in the Cape Fear River Watershed by Heated Purge-and-Trap Preconcentration and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(5). 2246–2254. 41 indexed citations
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Sun, Mei, Rongjuan Liu, Bingying Cheng, et al.. (2006). The influence of hole shape on enhancing transmission through subwavelength hole arrays. Chinese Physics. 15(7). 1591–1594. 12 indexed citations
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Wickersheim, K. A. & Mei Sun. (1987). Fiberoptic Thermometry and its Applications. Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy. 22(2). 85–94. 54 indexed citations

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