Rui Sun

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rui Sun is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Sun has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Environmental Engineering and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Rui Sun's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (10 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers). Rui Sun is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (10 papers) and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (7 papers). Rui Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Rui Sun's co-authors include Zhixiang Wu, Bangqian Chen, Guoyu Lan, Chuan Yang, Guishui Xie, Bin Zhao, Jinwei Dong, Yuanwei Qin, Xiangping Li and Ran Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Rui Sun

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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 mangrove forest map of China in 2015: Analysis of time series Landsat 7/8 and Sentinel-1A imagery in Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform

2017 344 citations Bangqian Chen, Zhixiang Wu et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Rui Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rui Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rui 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 Rui Sun. Rui 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Rubber-based agroforestry systems enhancing soil carbon sequestration through improved soil aggregate stability 2025 ·Soil and Tillage Research ·(unknown), Wenjie Liu, Bo Song, Yingying Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Cuiping Kuang, (unknown), Rui Sun, Xian Zhang, (unknown), Zhixiang Wu	0
2	A vision foundation model-based method for large-scale forest disturbance mapping using time series Sentinel-1 SAR data 2025 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·(unknown), Feng Zhao, Ran Meng, Rui Sun, Yuan Zhang, Yanyan Shen, (unknown), (unknown), Mingze Li	0
3	Contribution of high BMI to the global burden of cardiovascular disease among young adults aged 20-39 from 1990 to 2021: A systematic analysis for the Global burden of disease study 2021 2025 ·American Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Rui Sun, (unknown), Yuanlong Hu, (unknown), Zhiyuan Zhang, Xinhai Cui, (unknown), Chao Li, Chunxiao Zhang	0
4	Spatial variation of soil organic carbon under major rubber planting regions in China 2024 ·Land Degradation and Development ·(unknown), Linlin Zhao, Zhixiang Wu, Rui Sun, Chuan Yang, (unknown), Zheng-Hong Tan	0
5	Effects of Meteorological Factorsand Air Pollutants on Tuberculosis Incidence:A Distribution Lag Non-Linear Analysis 2024 ·Polish Journal of Environmental Studies ·Rui Sun, (unknown), Zhijun Chen, Xiaowei Guo, Lianhong Zou, (unknown)	0
6	Rubber-Based Agroforestry Ecosystems Enhance Soil Enzyme Activity but Exacerbate Microbial Nutrient Limitations 2024 ·Forests ·(unknown), Yingying Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Cuiping Kuang, (unknown), Rui Sun, Wenjie Liu, Zhixiang Wu, (unknown)	3
7	Improved monitoring of southern corn rust using UAV-based multi-view imagery and an attention-based deep learning method 2024 ·Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ·(unknown), (unknown), Liheng Zhong, Gengshen Chen, Zehua Huang, Rui Sun, Wei Huang, Feng Zhao, Ran Meng	8
8	Partial Organic Substitution Fertilization Improves Soil Fertility While Reducing N Mineralization in Rubber Plantations 2024 ·Forests ·(unknown), (unknown), Wenjie Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Rui Sun, Wei Luo, (unknown), Zhixiang Wu	1
9	Air Pollution and Influenza: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2024 ·Iranian Journal of Public Health ·Rui Sun, Juan Tao, Na Tang, Zhijun Chen, Xiaowei Guo, Lianhong Zou, (unknown)	7
10	Diversified land conversion deepens understanding of impacts of rapid rubber plantation expansion on plant diversity in the tropics 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Bangqian Chen, Jun Ma, Chuan Yang, Xiangming Xiao, Weili Kou, Zhixiang Wu, Ting Yun, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jikun Wang, Rui Sun, Xicai Zhang, Guishui Xie, Guoyu Lan	10
11	A spectral-temporal constrained deep learning method for tree species mapping of plantation forests using time series Sentinel-2 imagery 2023 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Zehua Huang, Liheng Zhong, Feng Zhao, Jin Wu, Hao Tang, (unknown), (unknown), Longfei Zhou, Rui Sun, Ran Meng	23
12	Improved weed mapping in corn fields by combining UAV‐based spectral, textural, structural, and thermal measurements 2023 ·Pest Management Science ·(unknown), Ran Meng, Gengshen Chen, Linlin Liang, (unknown), (unknown), Rui Sun, Feng Zhao, Wanneng Yang	24
13	Integration of deep learning algorithms with a Bayesian method for improved characterization of tropical deforestation frontiers using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery 2023 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Rui Sun, Feng Zhao, Chengquan Huang, Huabing Huang, Lu Zhong, Ping Zhao, Xiang Ni, Ran Meng	17
14	Machine Learning Prediction Model of Tuberculosis Incidence Based on Meteorological Factors and Air Pollutants 2023 ·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ·Na Tang, (unknown), Zhijun Chen, Jian Ma, Rui Sun, Yide Yang, Quanyuan He, Xiaowei Guo, Shixiong Hu, (unknown)	8
15	Streamflow Response to Climate and Land-Use Changes in a Tropical Island Basin 2023 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Rui Sun, Zhixiang Wu, Bangqian Chen, Chuan Yang, Qian Li, Klaus Fraedrich	6
16	Epidemiology of depressive disorders among youth during Gaokao to college in China: results from Hunan Normal University mental health survey 2023 ·BMC Psychiatry ·Wenhui Yang, Rui Sun, (unknown), Jie Chen, Chunguang Zhang, Jie Yu, Haihong Liu	14
17	Main drivers of plant diversity patterns of rubber plantations in the Greater Mekong Subregion 2022 ·Biogeosciences ·Guoyu Lan, Bangqian Chen, Chuan Yang, Rui Sun, Zhixiang Wu, Xicai Zhang	9
18	Network complexity of rubber plantations is lower than tropical forests for soil bacteria but not for fungi 2022 ·SOIL ·Guoyu Lan, Chuan Yang, Zhixiang Wu, Rui Sun, Bangqian Chen, Xicai Zhang	19
19	RNAm5CPred: Prediction of RNA 5-Methylcytosine Sites Based on Three Different Kinds of Nucleotide Composition 2019 ·Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·Ting Fang, Zizheng Zhang, Rui Sun, Lin Zhu, Jingjing He, Bei Huang, Yi Xiong, Xiaolei Zhu	50
20	Assessing spectral indices to estimate the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by the vegetation canopy 2018 ·International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Dailiang Peng, Helin Zhang, Le Yu, Mingquan Wu, Fumin Wang, Wenjiang Huang, Liangyun Liu, Rui Sun, Cunjun Li, Dacheng Wang, (unknown)	20

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