Shangjin Sun

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 946 citations indexed

About

Shangjin Sun is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Spectroscopy and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shangjin Sun has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 946 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 8 papers in Spectroscopy and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Shangjin Sun's work include Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Shangjin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (7 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (5 papers). Shangjin Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Estonia and India. Shangjin Sun's co-authors include Richard H. Ebright, Nataliya Popovych, Charalampos G. Kalodimos, Tatyana Polenova, John C. Williams, Guangjin Hou, Jeffrey C. Hoch, Sivakumar Paramasivam, Si Yan and David Rovnyak and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shangjin Sun

13 papers receiving 942 citations

Hit Papers

Dynamically driven protein allostery 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. Dynamically driven protein allostery
    2006 518 citations Nataliya Popovych, Shangjin Sun et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shangjin Sun United States 12 631 314 228 171 159 13 946
Tatyana I. Igumenova United States 17 761 1.2× 539 1.7× 354 1.6× 191 1.1× 108 0.7× 49 1.2k
Anastasia Zhuravleva United Kingdom 16 968 1.5× 204 0.6× 323 1.4× 93 0.5× 84 0.5× 28 1.2k
Francesca Massi United States 18 1.1k 1.7× 332 1.1× 256 1.1× 138 0.8× 78 0.5× 35 1.4k
Ranajeet Ghose United States 23 1.2k 1.9× 533 1.7× 329 1.4× 169 1.0× 116 0.7× 92 1.6k
R. Bryn Fenwick United States 19 900 1.4× 255 0.8× 308 1.4× 72 0.4× 72 0.5× 44 1.2k
Anne K. Schütz Switzerland 17 790 1.3× 450 1.4× 243 1.1× 84 0.5× 105 0.7× 33 1.3k
Catherine Zwahlen Switzerland 15 1.2k 1.9× 405 1.3× 188 0.8× 117 0.7× 140 0.9× 30 1.7k
Enrico Rennella Canada 20 743 1.2× 193 0.6× 188 0.8× 105 0.6× 137 0.9× 32 955
Carine van Heijenoort France 18 586 0.9× 230 0.7× 114 0.5× 113 0.7× 121 0.8× 47 993
Donghan Lee Germany 21 936 1.5× 415 1.3× 232 1.0× 113 0.7× 103 0.6× 49 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Shangjin Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shangjin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Shangjin Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Shangjin Sun. The network helps show where Shangjin Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shangjin Sun

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Li, Yifei, Olivier Soubias, Jess Li, et al.. (2019). Functional Expression and Characterization of Human Myristoylated-Arf1 in Nanodisc Membrane Mimetics. Biochemistry. 58(10). 1423–1431. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, Michelle L. Gill, Yifei Li, Mitchell M. Huang, & R. Andrew Byrd. (2015). Efficient and generalized processing of multidimensional NUS NMR data: the NESTA algorithm and comparison of regularization terms. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 62(1). 105–117. 52 indexed citations
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Suiter, Christopher L., Sivakumar Paramasivam, Guangjin Hou, et al.. (2014). Sensitivity gains, linearity, and spectral reproducibility in nonuniformly sampled multidimensional MAS NMR spectra of high dynamic range. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 59(2). 57–73. 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, Jeffrey K. Moore, Martin Poenie, et al.. (2013). Dynein and Dynactin Leverage Their Bivalent Character to Form a High-Affinity Interaction. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e59453–e59453. 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, Si Yan, Mingyue Li, et al.. (2012). A Time-Saving Strategy for MAS NMR Spectroscopy by Combining Nonuniform Sampling and Paramagnetic Relaxation Assisted Condensed Data Collection. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116(46). 13585–13596. 33 indexed citations
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Paramasivam, Sivakumar, Christopher L. Suiter, Guangjin Hou, et al.. (2012). Enhanced Sensitivity by Nonuniform Sampling Enables Multidimensional MAS NMR Spectroscopy of Protein Assemblies. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 116(25). 7416–7427. 78 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, Yun Han, Sivakumar Paramasivam, et al.. (2011). Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Protein Complexes. Methods in molecular biology. 831. 303–331. 27 indexed citations
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Hou, Guangjin, Si Yan, Shangjin Sun, et al.. (2011). Spin Diffusion Driven by R-Symmetry Sequences: Applications to Homonuclear Correlation Spectroscopy in MAS NMR of Biological and Organic Solids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(11). 3943–3953. 50 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, et al.. (2011). Resonance assignments and secondary structure analysis of dynein light chain 8 by magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 89(7). 909–918. 11 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Shubbir, et al.. (2010). Disease-Associated Mutations in the p150Glued Subunit Destabilize the CAP-gly Domain. Biochemistry. 49(25). 5083–5085. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, et al.. (2009). Solid-State and Solution NMR Studies of the CAP-Gly Domain of Mammalian Dynactin and Its Interaction with Microtubules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(29). 10113–10126. 39 indexed citations
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Sun, Shangjin, et al.. (2008). Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Pak1-LC8 Interaction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(40). 27314–27324. 46 indexed citations
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Popovych, Nataliya, Shangjin Sun, Richard H. Ebright, & Charalampos G. Kalodimos. (2006). Dynamically driven protein allostery. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 13(9). 831–838. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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