Meng Sun

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Meng Sun is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Sun has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 10 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Meng Sun's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (38 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (15 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (12 papers). Meng Sun is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (38 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (15 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (12 papers). Meng Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Russia and United States. Meng Sun's co-authors include Ya‐Min Li, Shang‐Dong Yang, Feng Shi, Qiu‐Ping Tian, Hongli Wang, Si‐Jia Zhou, Yang Wang, Hong‐Yu Zhang, Guang‐Jian Mei and Chun Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Meng Sun

80 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Direct Annulations toward Phosphorylated Oxindoles: Silve... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. Direct Annulations toward Phosphorylated Oxindoles: Silver‐Catalyzed Carbon‐Phosphorus Functionalization of Alkenes
    2013 393 citations Ya‐Min Li, Meng Sun et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Meng Sun China 28 2.6k 336 285 260 166 82 3.0k
Eunsang Kwon Japan 27 1.9k 0.7× 418 1.2× 475 1.7× 518 2.0× 77 0.5× 166 2.7k
Om Prakash India 32 3.1k 1.2× 451 1.3× 544 1.9× 262 1.0× 80 0.5× 196 3.7k
Simon J. Garden Brazil 25 2.1k 0.8× 347 1.0× 509 1.8× 238 0.9× 73 0.4× 84 2.6k
Paolo Righi Italy 28 2.2k 0.9× 319 0.9× 473 1.7× 250 1.0× 106 0.6× 88 2.5k
Steven W. M. Crossley United States 11 1.8k 0.7× 528 1.6× 443 1.6× 154 0.6× 158 1.0× 12 2.4k
Ming Wang China 31 3.0k 1.2× 141 0.4× 237 0.8× 75 0.3× 173 1.0× 83 3.3k
Xinglong Zhang China 25 1.2k 0.5× 315 0.9× 236 0.8× 195 0.8× 125 0.8× 97 1.7k
Tao Wang China 38 3.5k 1.4× 608 1.8× 399 1.4× 498 1.9× 435 2.6× 196 4.6k
И. Бауер Germany 18 2.0k 0.8× 805 2.4× 224 0.8× 229 0.9× 61 0.4× 53 2.5k
Renato Dalpozzo Italy 33 4.3k 1.7× 765 2.3× 839 2.9× 213 0.8× 220 1.3× 128 4.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meng Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Meng Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Meng 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 Meng Sun. Meng 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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Zhang, Yanbo & Meng Sun. (2023). Rh(III)-Catalyzed C(7)—H Formylmethylation of Indoline with Vinylene Carbonate. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(8). 2905–2905. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Renwei, Meng Sun, Xin Li, et al.. (2022). Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyrrolidines via Oxetane Desymmetrization. Organic Letters. 24(12). 2359–2364. 13 indexed citations
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Wan, Xiao, Meng Sun, Jing‐Yi Wang, et al.. (2020). Regio- and enantioselective ring-opening reaction of vinylcyclopropanes with indoles under cooperative catalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(2). 212–223. 23 indexed citations
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Zhai, Lu, et al.. (2019). Spirofluorene‐Cored Difluoroboron β‐Diketonate Complexes with Terminal Carbazole: Synthesis, Self‐Assembling, and Fluorescent Sensory Properties. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2019(20). 3093–3100. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Meng, Shaowei Zhang, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2019). Crystal structure and catalytic properties of a vanadium complex cis -[VO 2 (Him-py)(im-py)] 2 ·3H 2 O. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 72(11). 1899–1909. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuekai, Gang Lü, Meng Sun, et al.. (2018). A general strategy for synthesis of cyclophane-braced peptide macrocycles via palladium-catalysed intramolecular sp3 C−H arylation. Nature Chemistry. 10(5). 540–548. 210 indexed citations
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Gao, Hongqiang, Pengchong Xue, Jiang Peng, et al.. (2018). Red-emitting dyes based on phenothiazine-modified 2-hydroxychalcone analogues: mechanofluorochromism and gelation-induced emission enhancement. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(1). 77–84. 15 indexed citations
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Sun, Meng, et al.. (2018). Effects of L-glutamine on boar sperm quality during liquid storage at 17°C. Animal Reproduction Science. 191. 76–84. 23 indexed citations
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Wu, Fangli, Zhe Xie, Sam Dupont, et al.. (2018). Short-Term Exposure of Mytilus coruscus to Decreased pH and Salinity Change Impacts Immune Parameters of Their Haemocytes. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 166–166. 37 indexed citations
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Song, Qiu‐Yan, Meng Sun, Haitao Yu, Zhibiao Nan, & Kun Gao. (2018). Phytochemical Investigation of the Culture of Epichloe bromicola N1. Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 54(1). 202–203. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Qingwen, Yuannan Chen, Lu Zhai, et al.. (2017). Mechanofluorochromism of D–π–A‐Type Difluoroboron β‐Carbonyl Cyclic Ketonate Complexes that Contain a Carbazole Unit. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 6(11). 1659–1666. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Fangli, Meng Sun, Zhe Xie, et al.. (2017). Combined effects of ZnO NPs and seawater acidification on the haemocyte parameters of thick shell mussel Mytilus coruscus. The Science of The Total Environment. 624. 820–830. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, et al.. (2014). Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of 3,3′‐Spirooxindoles Fused with Seven‐Membered Rings by Enantioselective Tandem Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(46). 15047–15052. 48 indexed citations
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Li, Ya‐Min, Meng Sun, Hongli Wang, Qiu‐Ping Tian, & Shang‐Dong Yang. (2013). Direct Annulations toward Phosphorylated Oxindoles: Silver‐Catalyzed Carbon‐Phosphorus Functionalization of Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(14). 3972–3976. 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Hong‐Yu, Meng Sun, Yan‐Na Ma, Qiu‐Ping Tian, & Shang‐Dong Yang. (2012). Nickel-catalyzed C–P cross-coupling of diphenylphosphine oxide with aryl chlorides. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(48). 9627–9627. 83 indexed citations
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Sun, Meng, et al.. (2011). Nickel‐Catalyzed CP Cross‐Coupling by CCN Bond Cleavage. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(35). 9566–9570. 103 indexed citations

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