Ning Sun

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Ning Sun is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Sun has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Ning Sun's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (28 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (21 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (9 papers). Ning Sun is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (28 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (21 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (9 papers). Ning Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ning Sun's co-authors include Kerang Zhang, Chunxia Yang, Zhifen Liu, Yong Xu, Penghong Liu, Ai‐Xia Zhang, Xinrong Li, Yanfang Wang, Gaizhi Li and Lei Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ning Sun

87 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Immunoregulatory role of the gut microbiota in inflammatory depression

2024 110 citations Penghong Liu, Zhifen Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Sun China	25	731	543	436	343	269	93	2.0k
Wu Hong China	30	546 0.7×	196 0.4×	634 1.5×	219 0.6×	201 0.7×	107	2.3k
Zhiguang Huo United States	23	1.0k 1.4×	199 0.4×	272 0.6×	196 0.6×	101 0.4×	105	2.2k
Hongjun Tian China	22	347 0.5×	435 0.8×	241 0.6×	95 0.3×	178 0.7×	117	1.7k
Xingguang Luο United States	32	1.1k 1.5×	593 1.1×	231 0.5×	198 0.6×	219 0.8×	170	3.6k
Koichi Kaneko Japan	22	269 0.4×	392 0.7×	411 0.9×	67 0.2×	128 0.5×	70	1.7k
Alessio Squassina Italy	28	605 0.8×	205 0.4×	287 0.7×	125 0.4×	84 0.3×	105	2.0k
María Luisa Soto‐Montenegro Spain	24	205 0.3×	383 0.7×	173 0.4×	72 0.2×	140 0.5×	78	1.6k
Daniel Felsky Canada	22	582 0.8×	458 0.8×	139 0.3×	100 0.3×	115 0.4×	79	1.9k
Rona J. Strawbridge Sweden	24	495 0.7×	195 0.4×	107 0.2×	84 0.2×	261 1.0×	83	2.0k
Earle Bain United States	22	319 0.4×	736 1.4×	288 0.7×	43 0.1×	349 1.3×	44	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ning Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ning 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 Ning Sun. Ning 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, Penghong, Zhifen Liu, Jizhi Wang, et al.. (2024). Immunoregulatory role of the gut microbiota in inflammatory depression. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3003–3003. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Jinrong, et al.. (2024). Peripheral mitochondrial DNA as a neuroinflammatory biomarker for major depressive disorder. Neural Regeneration Research. 20(6). 1541–1554. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Kun, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota and inflammatory factor characteristics in major depressive disorder patients with anorexia. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 334–334. 11 indexed citations

Sun, Ning, et al.. (2023). Renormalization group method for solving initial value problem of slow‐fast system. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 46(12). 13074–13089.

Zhang, Ai‐Xia, Dan Qiao, Yuchen Wang, et al.. (2023). Distinguishing between bipolar depression and unipolar depression based on the reward circuit activities and clinical characteristics: A machine learning analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 327. 46–53. 12 indexed citations

Lei, Lei, Zhifen Liu, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2022). EEG microstates as markers of major depressive disorder and predictors of response to SSRIs therapy. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 116. 110514–110514. 55 indexed citations

Liu, Penghong, Ai‐Xia Zhang, Zhifen Liu, et al.. (2020). <p>Similar and Different Regional Homogeneity Changes Between Bipolar Disorder and Unipolar Depression: A Resting-State fMRI Study</p>. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 16. 1087–1093. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Yuchen, Ai‐Xia Zhang, Chunxia Yang, et al.. (2020). Altered dynamic functional connectivity across mood states in bipolar disorder. Brain Research. 1750. 147143–147143. 24 indexed citations

Liu, Penghong, Gaizhi Li, Ai‐Xia Zhang, et al.. (2020). Brain structural and functional alterations in MDD patient with gastrointestinal symptoms: A resting-state MRI study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 273. 95–105. 23 indexed citations

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Sun, Ning, Ai‐Xia Zhang, Chunxia Yang, et al.. (2020). Fractional amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations and gray matter volume alterations in patients with bipolar depression. Neuroscience Letters. 730. 135030–135030. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Penghong, Gaizhi Li, Ai‐Xia Zhang, et al.. (2019). <p>The prognosis and changes of regional brain gray matter volume in MDD with gastrointestinal symptoms</p>. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 15. 1181–1191. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Ning, et al.. (2018). Analysis of maternal and infant perinatal period outcomes of pregnant women with premature birth caused by hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy. 14(5). 558–565. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhifen, Yifan Xu, Xiao Hu, et al.. (2018). The Association Study of Clock Gene Polymorphisms with Antidepressant Effect in Chinese with Major Depressive Disorder. Personalized Medicine. 16(2). 115–122. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Ning, et al.. (2016). Effects of neuroticism on memory in patients with first-episode depression and the mediating role of depression. Zhonghua xingwei yixue yu naokexue zazhi. 25(11). 977–980. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Chunxia, Ning Sun, Zhifen Liu, et al.. (2016). The interaction of combined effects of the BDNF and PRKCG genes and negative life events in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research. 237. 72–77. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhifen, Hao Guo, Xiaohua Cao, et al.. (2014). A combined study of GSK3β polymorphisms and brain network topological metrics in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 223(3). 210–217. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuan, Yan Sun, Ning Sun, et al.. (2010). [Association study between Protein Kinase C gamma gene polymorphism and major depressive disorder].. PubMed. 90(11). 738–42. 3 indexed citations

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Diao, Youxiang, et al.. (2009). Establishment and application of detecting the residues of florfenicol in chicken muscle by indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 42(5). 1813–1819. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanfang, Yong Xu, & Ning Sun. (2008). Association of norepinephrine transporter T182C gene polymorphism and major depressive disorder in control society psychological factors. Zhonghua xingwei yixue yu naokexue zazhi. 17(6). 514–516. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kerang, et al.. (2006). Investigation by comparison on the posttraumatic stress response among SARS patients, hospital staffs and the public exposed to SARS. Zhonghua xingwei yixue yu naokexue zazhi. 15(4). 358–360. 5 indexed citations

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