Samuel S. M. Sun

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Samuel S. M. Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel S. M. Sun has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Plant Science and 26 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Samuel S. M. Sun's work include Transgenic Plants and Applications (20 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (20 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers). Samuel S. M. Sun is often cited by papers focused on Transgenic Plants and Applications (20 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (20 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers). Samuel S. M. Sun collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Samuel S. M. Sun's co-authors include Hon‐Ming Lam, Qianfeng Li, XU Li-qing, Justin V. Remais, Ming-Chiu Fung, Qiaoquan Liu, Susan B. Altenbach, Junxian He, On Sun Lau and Man‐Wah Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Samuel S. M. Sun

72 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Resequencing of 31 wild and cultivated soybean genomes identifies patterns of genetic diversity and selection

2010 769 citations Hon‐Ming Lam, Man‐Wah Li et al. profile →
Food supply and food safety issues in China

2013 333 citations Hon‐Ming Lam, Samuel S. M. Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel S. M. Sun Hong Kong	33	2.3k	1.6k	476	406	244	72	3.7k
Takehiro Masumura Japan	30	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	574 1.2×	201 0.5×	241 1.0×	112	2.9k
Olof Olsson Sweden	37	2.7k 1.2×	2.9k 1.7×	418 0.9×	279 0.7×	156 0.6×	80	4.2k
Pedro Fevereiro Portugal	33	2.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	283 0.6×	182 0.4×	532 2.2×	117	3.6k
Nicola J. Patron United Kingdom	30	1.9k 0.8×	2.8k 1.7×	435 0.9×	263 0.6×	122 0.5×	68	3.9k
Arun Kumar Sharma India	33	3.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.5×	447 0.9×	382 0.9×	184 0.8×	217	4.9k
Paulo Arruda Brazil	45	3.6k 1.6×	2.9k 1.8×	288 0.6×	377 0.9×	214 0.9×	136	5.8k
Patrick F. Dowd United States	42	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	536 1.1×	224 0.6×	184 0.8×	215	5.3k
Qing Wang China	31	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	193 0.4×	286 0.7×	260 1.1×	182	3.6k
Gerard F. Barry United States	20	1.8k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	726 1.5×	571 1.4×	146 0.6×	27	3.5k
Fábio O. Pedrosa Brazil	33	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	159 0.3×	285 0.7×	104 0.4×	162	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel S. M. Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel S. M. Sun

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Yang, Qingqing, et al.. (2021). Lysine biofortification of crops to promote sustained human health in the 21st century. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73(5). 1258–1267. 26 indexed citations

Yang, Qingqing, Dongsheng Zhao, Changquan Zhang, et al.. (2018). A Connection between Lysine and Serotonin Metabolism in Rice Endosperm. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(3). 1965–1980. 56 indexed citations

Yang, Qingqing, Pui Kit Suen, Changquan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Improved growth performance, food efficiency, and lysine availability in growing rats fed with lysine-biofortified rice. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1389–1389. 30 indexed citations

Yang, Qingqing, Xiaoyun He, Hongyu Wu, et al.. (2017). Subchronic feeding study of high-free-lysine transgenic rice in Sprague-Dawley rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 105. 214–222. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Xin, Cuicui Zhang, Xiurong Wang, et al.. (2016). Development of high-lysine rice via endosperm-specific expression of a foreign LYSINE RICH PROTEIN gene. BMC Plant Biology. 16(1). 147–147. 39 indexed citations

Noble, Misty L., Christian S. Kuhr, Scott S. Graves, et al.. (2013). Ultrasound-targeted Microbubble Destruction-mediated Gene Delivery Into Canine Livers. Molecular Therapy. 21(9). 1687–1694. 33 indexed citations

Wang, Xu, Yangyang Bian, Kai Cheng, et al.. (2012). A Comprehensive Differential Proteomic Study of Nitrate Deprivation in Arabidopsis Reveals Complex Regulatory Networks of Plant Nitrogen Responses. Journal of Proteome Research. 11(4). 2301–2315. 63 indexed citations

Tian, Li & Samuel S. M. Sun. (2011). A Cost-Effective ELP-Intein Coupling System for Recombinant Protein Purification from Plant Production Platform. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e24183–e24183. 33 indexed citations

Cheung, Ming-Yan, Yan Xue, Liang Zhou, et al.. (2010). An Ancient P-Loop GTPase in Rice Is Regulated by a Higher Plant-specific Regulatory Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(48). 37359–37369. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Hao, Yu Chung Tse, Samuel S. M. Sun, et al.. (2009). Vacuolar sorting receptors (VSRs) and secretory carrier membrane proteins (SCAMPs) are essential for pollen tube growth. The Plant Journal. 61(5). 826–838. 52 indexed citations

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Xiao, Guoying, Longping Yuan, & Samuel S. M. Sun. (2007). Strategy and utilization of a herbicide resistance gene in two-line hybrid rice. Molecular Breeding. 20(3). 287–292. 15 indexed citations

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Gampala, Srinivas S. L., Ruth Finkelstein, Samuel S. M. Sun, & Christopher D. Rock. (2002). ABI5 Interacts with Abscisic Acid Signaling Effectors in Rice Protoplasts. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(3). 1689–1694. 46 indexed citations

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Li, Yubing, Sally W. Rogers, Yu Chung Tse, et al.. (2002). BP-80 and Homologs are Concentrated on Post-Golgi, Probable Lytic Prevacuolar Compartments. Plant and Cell Physiology. 43(7). 726–742. 92 indexed citations

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Tian, Shiping, et al.. (2001). Transfer of Lysine-rich Protein Gene into Rice and Production of Fertile Transgenic Plants. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 43(5). 506–511. 13 indexed citations

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Tu, Helen M., et al.. (1998). Expression of the Brazil nut methionine-rich protein and mutants with increased methionine in transgenic potato. Plant Molecular Biology. 37(5). 829–838. 25 indexed citations

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Sun, Samuel S. M., et al.. (1993). Sequence of a sugarcane ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase small subunit gene. Plant Molecular Biology. 21(5). 949–951. 3 indexed citations

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Altenbach, Susan B., et al.. (1992). Nucleotide Sequences of cDNAs Encoding Two Members of the Brazil Nut Methionine-Rich 2S Albumin Gene Family. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 98(4). 1520–1522. 14 indexed citations

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Martin, Thomas P., et al.. (1992). Structure and expression of a sugarcane gene encoding a housekeeping phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Plant Molecular Biology. 20(4). 663–671. 20 indexed citations

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Altenbach, Susan B., et al.. (1989). Enhancement of the methionine content of seed proteins by the expression of a chimeric gene encoding a methionine-rich protein in transgenic plants. Plant Molecular Biology. 13(5). 513–522. 96 indexed citations

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Altenbach, Susan B., et al.. (1987). Cloning and sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding a Brazil nut protein exceptionally rich in methionine. Plant Molecular Biology. 8(3). 239–250. 82 indexed citations

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