San Pun

969 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 801 citations indexed

About

San Pun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, San Pun has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 801 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in San Pun's work include Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers). San Pun is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (3 papers). San Pun collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Switzerland and United States. San Pun's co-authors include Pico Caroni, Alexandre Ferrão Santos, Smita Saxena, Lan Xu, Karl Wah Keung Tsim, Joshua R. Sanes, Alexandre F. Santos, Markus W. Sigrist, Silvia Arber and Markus A. Rüegg and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, The EMBO Journal and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

San Pun

10 papers receiving 790 citations

Hit Papers

Selective vulnerability and pruning of phasic motoneuron ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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. Selective vulnerability and pruning of phasic motoneuron axons in motoneuron disease alleviated by CNTF
    2006 515 citations San Pun, Alexandre Ferrão Santos et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
San Pun Hong Kong 9 418 369 317 285 89 10 801
Mito Shiote Japan 14 412 1.0× 216 0.6× 276 0.9× 198 0.7× 59 0.7× 21 643
Birgit Schwalenstöcker Germany 13 436 1.0× 327 0.9× 289 0.9× 248 0.9× 89 1.0× 16 745
Janet Laganière Canada 15 386 0.9× 458 1.2× 235 0.7× 293 1.0× 96 1.1× 19 894
Elizabeth C. Lopes Australia 13 432 1.0× 251 0.7× 247 0.8× 211 0.7× 78 0.9× 17 680
Wendy Scheveneels Belgium 11 591 1.4× 456 1.2× 358 1.1× 221 0.8× 131 1.5× 13 915
Anissa Fergani France 10 635 1.5× 271 0.7× 373 1.2× 157 0.6× 141 1.6× 10 843
Jackson Sandoe United States 6 388 0.9× 572 1.6× 259 0.8× 221 0.8× 101 1.1× 6 933
Catherine A. Blizzard Australia 19 562 1.3× 310 0.8× 232 0.7× 335 1.2× 170 1.9× 39 959
Tsuyoshi Yoshihara Japan 12 609 1.5× 391 1.1× 259 0.8× 439 1.5× 99 1.1× 15 996
Arnaud Jacquier France 12 271 0.6× 329 0.9× 184 0.6× 275 1.0× 67 0.8× 28 703

Countries citing papers authored by San Pun

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Fields of papers citing papers by San Pun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of San Pun

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Lee, Jae Young, Younggeun Park, San Pun, et al.. (2015). Real-time investigation of cytochrome c release profiles in living neuronal cells undergoing amyloid beta oligomer-induced apoptosis. Nanoscale. 7(23). 10340–10343. 16 indexed citations
2.
Willmann, Raffaella, et al.. (2006). Cholesterol and lipid microdomains stabilize the postsynapse at the neuromuscular junction. The EMBO Journal. 25(17). 4050–4060. 85 indexed citations
3.
Pun, San, Alexandre Ferrão Santos, Smita Saxena, Lan Xu, & Pico Caroni. (2006). Selective vulnerability and pruning of phasic motoneuron axons in motoneuron disease alleviated by CNTF. Nature Neuroscience. 9(3). 408–419. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Pun, San, Markus W. Sigrist, Alexandre F. Santos, et al.. (2002). An Intrinsic Distinction in Neuromuscular Junction Assembly and Maintenance in Different Skeletal Muscles. Neuron. 34(3). 357–370. 104 indexed citations
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Yang, Jie, Hong Zhou, San Pun, et al.. (1998). Cloning of cDNAs encoding Xenopus neuregulin: expression in myotomal muscle during embryo development. Molecular Brain Research. 58(1-2). 59–73. 16 indexed citations
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Pun, San, Yu Pong Ng, Jie Yang, Nancy Y. Ip, & Karl Wah Keung Tsim. (1997). Agrin‐Deficient Myotube Retains Its Acetylcholine Receptor Aggregation Ability when Challenged with Agrin. Journal of Neurochemistry. 69(6). 2555–2563. 6 indexed citations
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Choi, Roy C.Y., San Pun, Tina T. X. Dong, David Chi‐Cheong Wan, & Karl Wah Keung Tsim. (1997). NG108-15 cells induce the expression of muscular acetylcholinesterase when co-cultured with myotubes. Neuroscience Letters. 236(3). 167–170. 14 indexed citations
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Pun, San & Karl Wah Keung Tsim. (1997). Antisense Agrin cDNA Transfection Blocks Neuroblastoma Cell-Induced Acetylcholine Receptor Aggregation When Co-cultured with Myotubes. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 10(1-2). 87–99. 22 indexed citations
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Pun, San, Jie Yang, Yu Pong Ng, & Karl Wah Keung Tsim. (1997). NG108‐15 cells express neuregulin that induces AChR α‐subunit synthesis in cultured myotubes. FEBS Letters. 418(3). 275–281. 10 indexed citations
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Pun, San & Karl Wah Keung Tsim. (1995). Truncated form of pro-acetycholine receptor-inducing activity (ARIA) induces AChR α-subunit but not AChE transcripts in cultured chick myotubes. Neuroscience Letters. 198(2). 107–110. 13 indexed citations

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