Nan Sun

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 957 citations indexed

About

Nan Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Sun has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 957 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nan Sun's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (14 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Nan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (14 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers). Nan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Nan Sun's co-authors include Yuejun Luo, Xiaohui Zi, Yuxin Yao, Peng Wu, Jié He, Jie He, Zhaoli Chen, Fengwei Tan, Yuxiang Liu and Xiaogang Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nan Sun

32 papers receiving 953 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.

The potential role of N7-methylguanosine (m7G) in cancer

2022 167 citations Yuejun Luo, Yuxin Yao et al. Journal of Hematology & Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nan Sun China	16	782	593	120	78	66	32	957
Pasqualino De Antonellis Italy	10	632 0.8×	471 0.8×	181 1.5×	50 0.6×	56 0.8×	16	889
Tommaso Colangelo Italy	14	376 0.5×	300 0.5×	115 1.0×	82 1.1×	74 1.1×	27	637
Hongming Song China	20	750 1.0×	617 1.0×	141 1.2×	59 0.8×	63 1.0×	38	1.0k
Fengming Lan China	14	828 1.1×	747 1.3×	52 0.4×	53 0.7×	63 1.0×	19	999
Hechun Lin China	14	856 1.1×	591 1.0×	178 1.5×	122 1.6×	67 1.0×	21	1.1k
Ramesh Singh United States	8	715 0.9×	528 0.9×	92 0.8×	43 0.6×	46 0.7×	12	819
Emily A. Dennstedt United States	4	509 0.7×	341 0.6×	141 1.2×	53 0.7×	131 2.0×	4	769
Aránzazu García‐Grande Spain	9	409 0.5×	337 0.6×	175 1.5×	94 1.2×	67 1.0×	14	679
Hai Yu China	16	565 0.7×	446 0.8×	162 1.4×	105 1.3×	82 1.2×	31	792
Lili Zhu China	19	996 1.3×	504 0.8×	104 0.9×	84 1.1×	97 1.5×	37	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Nan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Sun

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

Liu, Zheyu, et al.. (2025). Safety of PD-L1 inhibitors versus PD-1 inhibitors in the treatment of lung cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 25(3). 259–267. 1 indexed citations

Li, Dongyu, Peng Wu, Chaoqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the CXCL13/CXCR5 axis in the tumor microenvironment in the era of single-cell omics: Implications for immunotherapy. Cancer Letters. 605. 217278–217278. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Peng, Dongyu Li, Chaoqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). A unique circulating microRNA pairs signature serves as a superior tool for early diagnosis of pan-cancer. Cancer Letters. 588. 216655–216655. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenxi, et al.. (2023). Identification of lncRNA, miRNA and mRNA expression profiles and ceRNA Networks in small cell lung cancer. BMC Genomics. 24(1). 217–217. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Nan, et al.. (2023). Fusion gene 4CL-CCR promotes lignification in tobacco suspension cells. Plant Cell Reports. 42(5). 939–952. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Xinyu, Hao Chen, Dan Song, et al.. (2023). Using integrated analysis from multicentre studies to identify RNA methylation-related lncRNA risk stratification systems for glioma. Cancer Cell International. 23(1). 6 indexed citations

Sun, Nan, Can Li, Xiangning Jiang, & Ying Gai. (2023). Transcriptomic Insights into Functions of LkABCG36 and LkABCG40 in Nicotiana tabacum. Plants. 12(2). 227–227. 4 indexed citations

Li, Lulu, Ziwei Li, Xiangqi Meng, et al.. (2023). Histone lactylation-derived LINC01127 promotes the self-renewal of glioblastoma stem cells via the cis-regulating the MAP4K4 to activate JNK pathway. Cancer Letters. 579. 216467–216467. 51 indexed citations

Luo, Yuejun, Yuxin Yao, Peng Wu, et al.. (2022). The potential role of N7-methylguanosine (m7G) in cancer. Journal of Hematology & Oncology. 15(1). 63–63. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Nan, et al.. (2021). Hsa-miR-330-5p Aggravates Thyroid Carcinoma via Targeting FOXE1. Journal of Oncology. 2021. 1–9. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Mingjie, et al.. (2021). RNA m6A Modification in Immunocytes and DNA Repair: The Biological Functions and Prospects in Clinical Application. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 794754–794754. 11 indexed citations

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Sun, Nan, Xiangqi Meng, Yuxiang Liu, et al.. (2021). Applications of brain organoids in neurodevelopment and neurological diseases. Journal of Biomedical Science. 28(1). 30–30. 68 indexed citations

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Xu, Jun, Shoufang Qu, Nan Sun, et al.. (2020). Construction of a reference material panel for detecting KRAS / NRAS / EGFR / BRAF / MET mutations in plasma ctDNA. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 74(5). 314–320. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chenxi, Bin Zhang, Caiping Chen, et al.. (2020). RNA-Seq profiling of circular RNAs in human small cell lung cancer. Epigenomics. 12(8). 685–700. 19 indexed citations

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Fan, Tao, Nan Sun, & Jie He. (2020). Exosome-Derived LncRNAs in Lung Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 1728–1728. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Nan, Shouguo Sun, Zhiliang Lu, & Jie He. (2018). [Diagnostic value of protein markers in plasma exosomes of lung squamous cell carcinoma].. PubMed. 40(6). 418–421. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Ling, Fubiao Kang, Nan Sun, et al.. (2016). The tumor suppressor miR-124 inhibits cell proliferation and invasion by targeting B7-H3 in osteosarcoma. Tumor Biology. 37(11). 14939–14947. 50 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chengcheng, Zhaoli Chen, Jingsi Dong, et al.. (2015). Combination of serum miRNAs with Cyfra21-1 for the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Letters. 367(2). 138–146. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhen, Zhaoli Chen, Yushun Gao, et al.. (2011). DNA hypermethylation of microRNA-34b/c has prognostic value for stage Ⅰ non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 11(5). 490–496. 105 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenfa, Jianqun Ma, Ni Li, Nan Sun, & Changli Wang. (2006). Expression of Nuclear Factor-κB and Its Clinical Significance in Nonsmall-Cell Lung Cancer. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 82(1). 243–248. 44 indexed citations

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