Quanhua Sun

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Quanhua Sun is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Quanhua Sun has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Applied Mathematics, 36 papers in Computational Mechanics and 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Quanhua Sun's work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (62 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (23 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (14 papers). Quanhua Sun is often cited by papers focused on Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (62 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (23 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (14 papers). Quanhua Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Quanhua Sun's co-authors include Iain D. Boyd, Kun Xu, Chang Liu, Qingdong Cai, Graham V. Candler, Yuan Hu, Chunpei Cai, Fernando Pirani, Cecilia Coletti and Massimiliano Bartolomei and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

Quanhua Sun

82 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows IV: Full Boltzmann and model equations

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Quanhua Sun China	16	754	654	305	178	129	85	1.1k
Aaron M. Brandis United States	23	1.2k 1.5×	567 0.9×	708 2.3×	120 0.7×	109 0.8×	92	1.3k
Graeme A. Bird United States	9	954 1.3×	679 1.0×	412 1.4×	227 1.3×	161 1.2×	19	1.4k
Matthew MacLean United States	25	1.4k 1.9×	1.2k 1.8×	786 2.6×	84 0.5×	63 0.5×	96	1.7k
Alessandro Munafò United States	15	661 0.9×	335 0.5×	245 0.8×	300 1.7×	213 1.7×	67	907
Aldo Frezzotti Italy	22	937 1.2×	487 0.7×	128 0.4×	295 1.7×	113 0.9×	84	1.4k
Eswar Josyula United States	15	842 1.1×	653 1.0×	417 1.4×	175 1.0×	110 0.9×	112	1.0k
Gérard Degrez Belgium	23	655 0.9×	690 1.1×	449 1.5×	279 1.6×	314 2.4×	115	1.4k
D. Giordano Netherlands	17	462 0.6×	302 0.5×	287 0.9×	342 1.9×	192 1.5×	63	940
Natalia Gimelshein United States	15	481 0.6×	239 0.4×	222 0.7×	121 0.7×	110 0.9×	44	688
Jay Grinstead United States	16	583 0.8×	410 0.6×	389 1.3×	134 0.8×	177 1.4×	69	949

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All Works

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Zhao, Wen‐Sheng, et al.. (2025). High-Temperature Transport Collision Integrals for O ₂ +N Collisions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 129(49). 11344–11354.

Bartolomei, Massimiliano, et al.. (2025). Quantum-classical rate coefficients for O2 + N2 inelastic collisions with very high vibrational levels. Physical review. A. 111(3). 1 indexed citations

Bartolomei, Massimiliano, et al.. (2025). The many faces of vibrational energy relaxation in N2(v) + O(1D) collisions: Dynamics on 1Π and 1Δ potential energy surfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(11). 1 indexed citations

Huang, Zilin, et al.. (2024). Kinetic investigation of discharge performance for Xe, Kr, and Ar in a miniature ion thruster using a fast converging PIC-MCC-DSMC model. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 33(9). 95006–95006. 4 indexed citations

Long, Jun, et al.. (2024). Kinetic Simulation of Nozzle Flow in a Micronewton-Class Cold Gas Thruster. AIAA Journal. 62(12). 4533–4542. 1 indexed citations

Storchi, Loriano, et al.. (2024). Quantum-classical rate coefficient datasets of vibrational energy transfer in carbon monoxide based on highly accurate potential energy surface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(8). 5 indexed citations

He, Dong, Fernando Pirani, Fei Li, et al.. (2024). Vibrational energy relaxation in shock-heated CO/N2/Ar mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(22). 4 indexed citations

He, Dong, et al.. (2023). Experimental and numerical studies on the thermal nonequilibrium behaviors of CO with Ar, He, and H2. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(23). 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Wen‐Sheng, et al.. (2023). Collision integrals of electronically excited atoms in air plasmas. I. N–N and O–O interactions. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 32(12). 125002–125002. 9 indexed citations

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Storchi, Loriano, et al.. (2023). Inelastic N$$_2$$+H$$_2$$ collisions and quantum-classical rate coefficients: large datasets and machine learning predictions. The European Physical Journal D. 77(7). 16 indexed citations

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Storchi, Loriano, et al.. (2023). Improved Quantum–Classical Treatment of N₂–N₂ Inelastic Collisions: Effect of the Potentials and Complete Rate Coefficient Data Sets. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(23). 8557–8571. 12 indexed citations

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Hu, Yuan, et al.. (2023). Stochastic simulation of hydrogen–oxygen auto-ignition at the microscale. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 159(8). 1 indexed citations

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Bartolomei, Massimiliano, et al.. (2022). Vibrational deactivation in O( ³ P) + N ₂ collisions: from an old problem towards its solution. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 31(8). 84008–84008. 15 indexed citations

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Hu, Yuan, et al.. (2021). Kinetic insights into thrust generation and electron transport in a magnetic nozzle. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(7). 75006–75006. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Quanhua, Fernando Pirani, Ramón Hernández‐Lamoneda, et al.. (2021). Energy exchange rate coefficients from vibrational inelastic O2(Σg−3) + O2(Σg−3) collisions on a new spin-averaged potential energy surface. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(6). 64304–64304. 23 indexed citations

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Bartolomei, Massimiliano, et al.. (2021). Vibrational Energy Transfer in CO+N2 Collisions: A Database for V–V and V–T/R Quantum-Classical Rate Coefficients. Molecules. 26(23). 7152–7152. 15 indexed citations

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Ye, Zhengyin, et al.. (2021). Longitudinal aerodynamic modeling and verification for air-launch-to-orbit system during stage separation. Aerospace Science and Technology. 117. 106915–106915. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Quanhua, et al.. (2020). Inelastic rate coefficients based on an improved potential energy surface for N₂ + N₂ collisions in a wide temperature range. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(17). 9375–9387. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoyong, et al.. (2020). Development of a stagnation streamline model for thermochemical nonequilibrium flow. Physics of Fluids. 32(4). 27 indexed citations

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Hu, Yuan, Joseph Wang, & Quanhua Sun. (2020). Geometrically self-similar ion acceleration in collisionless plasma beam expansion. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 29(12). 125004–125004. 9 indexed citations

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