Ning-Chen Sun

932 total citations
34 papers, 469 citations indexed

About

Ning-Chen Sun is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning-Chen Sun has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 469 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Instrumentation and 3 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Ning-Chen Sun's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (25 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers). Ning-Chen Sun is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (25 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (17 papers) and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (17 papers). Ning-Chen Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Ning-Chen Sun's co-authors include Justyn R. Maund, P. A. Crowther, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, V. Ripepi, Richard de Grijs, Smitha Subramanian, V. D. Ivanov, Kenji Bekki, J. Th. van Loon and Haibo Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of Cleaner Production and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ning-Chen Sun

31 papers receiving 391 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ning-Chen Sun China 16 436 175 55 16 8 34 469
J. S. Schimoia Brazil 12 256 0.6× 86 0.5× 52 0.9× 18 1.1× 17 270
Nícolas D Mallmann Brazil 8 210 0.5× 102 0.6× 19 0.3× 18 1.1× 12 221
Catherine Buchanan United States 11 429 1.0× 106 0.6× 95 1.7× 6 0.4× 13 434
Andrea Weibel Switzerland 8 245 0.6× 121 0.7× 26 0.5× 9 0.6× 14 285
Sam E. Cutler United States 9 185 0.4× 99 0.6× 25 0.5× 7 0.4× 12 211
Edoardo Iani Netherlands 7 207 0.5× 99 0.6× 36 0.7× 7 0.4× 14 230
J. Y. Hu China 9 270 0.6× 44 0.3× 50 0.9× 23 1.4× 28 279
J. Ge United States 9 300 0.7× 47 0.3× 52 0.9× 8 0.5× 16 325
Mojtaba Raouf Iran 10 177 0.4× 84 0.5× 38 0.7× 4 0.3× 20 193
S. Duffau Chile 12 414 0.9× 192 1.1× 22 0.4× 19 1.2× 22 417

Countries citing papers authored by Ning-Chen Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ning-Chen Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning-Chen Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ning-Chen Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ning-Chen 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-Chen Sun. Ning-Chen 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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Kumar, Amit, et al.. (2025). Signatures of the shock interaction as an additional power source in the nebular spectra of SN 2023ixf. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 538(2). 659–670. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Jian‐Bo Zhou, Simon A. Wilde, et al.. (2025). Substantiating the Paleozoic sedimentary record of the tectonic transition from a passive to an active continental margin along the eastern margin of Eurasia. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 137(7-8). 2948–2964.
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Sun, Ning-Chen, J. F. Wu, Ying‐Zu Huang, et al.. (2025). Exclusion of a Direct Progenitor Detection for the Type Ic SN 2017ein Based on Late-time Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 980(1). L6–L6. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Yang, Junjie Jin, Ning-Chen Sun, et al.. (2025). The Mini-SiTian Array: White Paper. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 25(4). 44009–44009. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Justyn R. Maund, Zhen Guo, et al.. (2025). Discovery of a Variable Yellow Supergiant Progenitor for the Type IIb SN 2024abfo. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 987(1). L10–L10.
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Sun, Ning-Chen, et al.. (2024). Discovery of a Dusty Yellow Supergiant Progenitor for the Type IIb SN 2017gkk. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 970(1). L9–L9. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Justyn R. Maund, & P. A. Crowther. (2023). A UV census of the environments of stripped-envelope supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(2). 2860–2873. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, et al.. (2023). The Dusty Red Supergiant Progenitor and the Local Environment of the Type II SN 2023ixf in M101. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(1). L15–L15. 34 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, et al.. (2023). An environmental analysis of the fast transient AT2018cow and implications for its progenitor and late-time brightness. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(3). 3785–3797. 17 indexed citations
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Youssoufi, Dalal El, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Cameron P. M. Bell, et al.. (2021). Stellar substructures in the periphery of the Magellanic Clouds with the VISTA hemisphere survey from the red clump and other tracers. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(2). 2020–2038. 25 indexed citations
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Niederhofer, Florian, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Stefano Rubele, et al.. (2021). The VMC survey – XLI. Stellar proper motions within the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(2). 2859–2878. 21 indexed citations
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Grijs, Richard de, Kenji Bekki, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, et al.. (2021). The VMC survey – XLIV: mapping metallicity trends in the large magellanic cloud using near-infrared passbands. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 507(4). 4752–4763. 25 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Justyn R. Maund, P. A. Crowther, Xuan Fang, & Emmanouil Zapartas. (2021). Towards a better understanding of supernova environments: a study of SNe 2004dg and 2012P in NGC 5806 with HST and MUSE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(2). 2253–2272. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen & Tomohiro Tabata. (2021). Environmental impact assessment of China's waste import ban policies: An empirical analysis of waste plastics importation from Japan. Journal of Cleaner Production. 329. 129606–129606. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Richard de Grijs, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, et al.. (2018). The VMC Survey. XXIX. Turbulence-controlled Hierarchical Star Formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal. 858(1). 31–31. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Richard de Grijs, Smitha Subramanian, et al.. (2017). The VMC Survey. XXII. Hierarchical Star Formation in the 30 Doradus-N158–N159–N160 Star-forming Complex. The Astrophysical Journal. 835(2). 171–171. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning-Chen, Richard de Grijs, Smitha Subramanian, et al.. (2017). The VMC Survey. XXVII. Young Stellar Structures in the LMC’s Bar Star-forming Complex. The Astrophysical Journal. 849(2). 149–149. 9 indexed citations
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Subramanian, Smitha, Stefano Rubele, Ning-Chen Sun, et al.. (2017). The VMC Survey - XXIV. Signatures of tidally stripped stellar populations from the inner Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. stx205–stx205. 34 indexed citations
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Huang, Yang, Xiaowei Liu, Huawei Zhang, et al.. (2015). On the metallicity gradients of the Galactic disk as revealed by LSS-GAC red clump stars. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 15(8). 1240–1263. 31 indexed citations

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