Qihua Sun

5.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
10 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Qihua Sun is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Qihua Sun has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Epidemiology, 2 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Qihua Sun's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Vascular Anomalies and Treatments (2 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (2 papers). Qihua Sun is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Vascular Anomalies and Treatments (2 papers) and Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (2 papers). Qihua Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Qihua Sun's co-authors include Beth Levine, Christopher J. Gilpin, Zhongju Zou, Yongjie Wei, Anthony Orvedahl, Katherine Luby‐Phelps, Wei Zhang, David A. Leib, Dennis K. Burns and Diane Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Qihua Sun

8 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Exercise-induced BCL2-regulated autophagy is required for muscle glucose homeostasis

2012 907 citations Congcong He, Michael C. Bassik et al. Nature profile →
HSV-1 ICP34.5 Confers Neurovirulence by Targeting the Beclin 1 Autophagy Protein

2007 682 citations Anthony Orvedahl, Diane Alexander et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
Autophagy Gene-Dependent Clearance of Apoptotic Cells during Embryonic Development

2007 515 citations Xueping Qu, Zhongju Zou et al. Cell profile →
Image-based genome-wide siRNA screen identifies selective autophagy factors

2011 385 citations Anthony Orvedahl, Rhea Sumpter et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qihua Sun United States	8	1.9k	1.1k	420	355	335	10	2.7k
Shanya Jiang United States	19	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	704 1.7×	479 1.3×	689 2.1×	26	3.3k
Edward F. C. Blommaart Netherlands	11	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	451 1.1×	785 2.2×	473 1.4×	14	3.5k
Bernadette Carroll United Kingdom	28	839 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	647 1.5×	368 1.0×	199 0.6×	44	2.4k
Zhongju Zou United States	22	3.3k 1.7×	2.5k 2.3×	610 1.5×	827 2.3×	489 1.5×	30	5.1k
Yoshitaka Tanaka Japan	27	1.1k 0.6×	961 0.9×	592 1.4×	590 1.7×	753 2.2×	80	3.3k
Joy Loh United States	11	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	392 0.9×	261 0.7×	562 1.7×	12	2.7k
Isabelle Beau France	32	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	188 0.4×	379 1.1×	310 0.9×	60	3.9k
R. Andres Floto United Kingdom	19	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	353 0.8×	472 1.3×	278 0.8×	42	2.5k
Usha Nair United States	18	2.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	315 0.8×	1.7k 4.9×	124 0.4×	23	3.6k
Annie Laplante Canada	7	685 0.4×	765 0.7×	205 0.5×	162 0.5×	669 2.0×	10	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Qihua Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qihua Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qihua Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Qihua Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Qihua 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 Qihua Sun. Qihua Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Zhang, Mengdi, Hanxi Zhang, Jing Wang, et al.. (2024). CT Imaging Findings of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis: A Pictorial Review. Diagnostics. 14(16). 1762–1762.

Zhang, Mengdi, Qihua Sun, Hanxi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Pulmonary artery aneurysm: computed tomography (CT) imaging findings and diagnosis. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 14(8). 6147–6160.

Tang, Yingxue, et al.. (2022). Psychological distress and its influencing factors among psychiatric nurses in China: A cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 948786–948786. 13 indexed citations

Zhong, Xue, Jin Huk Choi, Sara Hildebrand, et al.. (2022). RNPS1 inhibits excessive tumor necrosis factor/tumor necrosis factor receptor signaling to support hematopoiesis in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(18). e2200128119–e2200128119. 9 indexed citations

Sun, Qihua, et al.. (2020). Distance Learning Strategy in Covid-19 Pandemic for Primary Schools. 107–116. 13 indexed citations

He, Congcong, Michael C. Bassik, Viviana Moresi, et al.. (2012). Exercise-induced BCL2-regulated autophagy is required for muscle glucose homeostasis. Nature. 481(7382). 511–515. 907 indexed citations breakdown →

Orvedahl, Anthony, Rhea Sumpter, Guanghua Xiao, et al.. (2011). Image-based genome-wide siRNA screen identifies selective autophagy factors. Nature. 480(7375). 113–117. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

Jia, Kailiang, C. George Thomas, M. Ali Akbar, et al.. (2009). Autophagy genes protect against Salmonella typhimurium infection and mediate insulin signaling-regulated pathogen resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(34). 14564–14569. 179 indexed citations

Qu, Xueping, Zhongju Zou, Qihua Sun, et al.. (2007). Autophagy Gene-Dependent Clearance of Apoptotic Cells during Embryonic Development. Cell. 128(5). 931–946. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

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Orvedahl, Anthony, Diane Alexander, Zsolt Tallóczy, et al.. (2007). HSV-1 ICP34.5 Confers Neurovirulence by Targeting the Beclin 1 Autophagy Protein. Cell Host & Microbe. 1(1). 23–35. 682 indexed citations breakdown →

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