Nuo Sun

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Nuo Sun is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nuo Sun has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nuo Sun's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (14 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers). Nuo Sun is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (14 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers). Nuo Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Norway. Nuo Sun's co-authors include Toren Finkel, Richard J. Youle, Ilsa I. Rovira, Daniela Malide, Christian A. Combs, Kira M. Holmström, Young Hyun Yoo, Jeanho Yun, Jie Liu and Chengyu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Nuo Sun

30 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Mitochondrial Basis of Aging 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2015 250 500 750 1000
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. The Mitochondrial Basis of Aging
    2016 1.0k citations Nuo Sun, Richard J. Youle et al. Molecular Cell profile →
  2. Measuring In Vivo Mitophagy
    2015 519 citations Nuo Sun, Daniela Malide et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nuo Sun United States 18 1.4k 1.0k 607 242 218 34 2.6k
Moshi Song China 34 3.3k 2.3× 1.0k 1.0× 885 1.5× 146 0.6× 325 1.5× 69 4.6k
Changmeng Cui China 8 1.6k 1.1× 2.1k 2.1× 534 0.9× 423 1.7× 44 0.2× 8 3.6k
Brad E. Morrison United States 21 970 0.7× 475 0.5× 480 0.8× 314 1.3× 33 0.2× 36 2.4k
Yanxia Tian China 15 1.7k 1.2× 2.2k 2.2× 576 0.9× 523 2.2× 41 0.2× 23 3.9k
Juha M. T. Hyttinen Finland 29 1.8k 1.3× 823 0.8× 351 0.6× 99 0.4× 41 0.2× 62 3.4k
Carla F. Bento United Kingdom 21 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.6× 563 0.9× 285 1.2× 30 0.1× 28 3.0k
Masayuki Kaneko Japan 33 1.6k 1.1× 930 0.9× 623 1.0× 312 1.3× 45 0.2× 98 3.6k
Maurizio Renna United Kingdom 30 2.4k 1.7× 3.5k 3.5× 794 1.3× 566 2.3× 84 0.4× 55 5.7k
Feng Wu China 34 1.4k 1.0× 331 0.3× 367 0.6× 237 1.0× 33 0.2× 67 3.0k
Manabu Taniguchi Japan 26 2.3k 1.6× 1.6k 1.6× 452 0.7× 173 0.7× 57 0.3× 61 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Nuo Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nuo Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nuo Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nuo Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nuo 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 Nuo Sun. Nuo 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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Wang, Yue, et al.. (2025). Mx of Sebastes schlegelii: expression pattern, antibacterial activity and antiviral mechanism. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 167. 105374–105374.
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Gao, Fengxia, Jianying Li, Jiacheng Jin, et al.. (2025). USP30 inhibition augments mitophagy to prevent T cell exhaustion. Science Advances. 11(33). eadv6902–eadv6902. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Nuo, Jie Wu, Liting Huang, et al.. (2025). Fully printable integrated multifunctional sensor arrays for intelligent lithium-ion batteries. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7361–7361. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Guanghua, Kai Yang, Yue Wang, et al.. (2025). Immunometabolic interplay and molecular characterization of hepcidins reveal ferroptosis mechanisms to Edwardsiella piscicida infection in black rockfish Sebastes schlegeli. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 318(Pt 3). 145037–145037.
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Sun, Nuo, Kaoshan Chen, Jiacheng Jin, et al.. (2025). Mitophagy mitigates mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation deficient cardiomyopathy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5465–5465. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Mengdi, Jing Liu, Nuo Sun, et al.. (2025). Borophene–Confined Ru Clusters Accelerate Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction Kinetics Through d–p Orbital Hybridization. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(14). 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jing, Chenyang Wang, Xu Hou, et al.. (2024). An interweaving 3D ion-conductive network binder for high-loading and lean-electrolyte lithium–sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(18). 11038–11048. 10 indexed citations
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Ma, Anjun, Ruohan Zhang, Chen Yao, et al.. (2024). Targeting metabolic sensing switch GPR84 on macrophages for cancer immunotherapy. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 73(3). 52–52. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Linyu, Chunlong Dai, Xu Hou, et al.. (2024). Fully exploited imidazolium bromide for simultaneous resolution of cathode and anode challenges in zinc–bromine batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 17(15). 5552–5562. 38 indexed citations
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Chen, Yiyi, et al.. (2023). A Biomimetic Nanogenerator to Enhance Bone Regeneration by Restoring Electric Microenvironments. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 10(1). 525–536. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Mingchong, Ji‐Dong Fu, Jizhong Zou, et al.. (2022). Assessment of mitophagy in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes. Autophagy. 18(10). 2481–2494. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ruohan, et al.. (2020). Mitophagy in cardiovascular homeostasis. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 188. 111245–111245. 20 indexed citations
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Yang, Shu, Kirill Gorshkov, Emily M. Lee, et al.. (2020). Zika Virus-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis via Increased Mitochondrial Fragmentation. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 598203–598203. 45 indexed citations
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Lynch, Matthew, Mei Tran, Kenneth M. Ralto, et al.. (2019). TFEB-driven lysosomal biogenesis is pivotal for PGC1α-dependent renal stress resistance. JCI Insight. 4(8). 45 indexed citations
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Onishi, Mashun, et al.. (2019). Detection of mitophagy in mammalian cells, mice, and yeast. Methods in cell biology. 155. 557–579. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Nuo, Rebecca Parrish, Richard Calderone, & William A. Fonzi. (2019). Unique, Diverged, and Conserved Mitochondrial Functions Influencing Candida albicans Respiration. mBio. 10(3). 34 indexed citations
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Sun, Nuo, Daniela Malide, Jie Liu, et al.. (2017). A fluorescence-based imaging method to measure in vitro and in vivo mitophagy using mt-Keima. Nature Protocols. 12(8). 1576–1587. 229 indexed citations
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Sun, Nuo, Richard J. Youle, & Toren Finkel. (2016). The Mitochondrial Basis of Aging. Molecular Cell. 61(5). 654–666. 1014 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Nuo & Toren Finkel. (2015). Cardiac mitochondria: A surprise about size. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 82. 213–215. 25 indexed citations
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Calderone, Richard, Nuo Sun, Françoise Gay‐Andrieu, et al.. (2014). Antifungal Drug Discovery: The Process and Outcomes. Future Microbiology. 9(6). 791–805. 78 indexed citations

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