Tianran Sun

37 total papers · 2.2k total citations
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Tianran Sun is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianran Sun has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Environmental Engineering, 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Tianran Sun's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (9 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (3 papers). Tianran Sun is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (9 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (4 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (3 papers). Tianran Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Tianran Sun's co-authors include Largus T. Angenent, Akio Enders, Johannes Lehmann, Juan J. L. Guzman, Barnaby D.A. Levin, David A. Muller, Andreas Kappler, Dongmei Zhou, Long Cang and Stefan B. Haderlein and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Tianran Sun

26 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Rapid electron transfer by the carbon matrix in natural pyrogenic carbon
    2017 507 citations Tianran Sun, Barnaby D.A. Levin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Carbon Sequestration Strategies in Soil Using Biochar: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities
    2023 146 citations Lei Luo, Jitao Lv et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Tianran Sun 454 387 356 312 269 29 1.7k
Qiuzhuo Zhang 384 0.8× 418 1.1× 269 0.8× 494 1.6× 159 0.6× 69 1.9k
R. D. Rhue 537 1.2× 343 0.9× 500 1.4× 212 0.7× 145 0.5× 65 2.1k
Bhabananda Biswas 490 1.1× 135 0.3× 297 0.8× 219 0.7× 162 0.6× 50 1.9k
Bin Wu 582 1.3× 206 0.5× 847 2.4× 512 1.6× 197 0.7× 73 2.0k
Jia Tang 495 1.1× 416 1.1× 259 0.7× 224 0.7× 134 0.5× 31 1.4k
Radha Rani 552 1.2× 305 0.8× 284 0.8× 192 0.6× 348 1.3× 42 1.6k
Eduarda B.H. Santos 615 1.4× 138 0.4× 340 1.0× 170 0.5× 131 0.5× 55 2.0k
Hong Xiao 322 0.7× 245 0.6× 543 1.5× 252 0.8× 97 0.4× 56 1.8k
Piyush Malaviya 326 0.7× 233 0.6× 431 1.2× 275 0.9× 170 0.6× 47 1.6k
Qian Lu 585 1.3× 140 0.4× 304 0.9× 448 1.4× 96 0.4× 51 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Tianran Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianran Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tianran 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 Tianran Sun. The network helps show where Tianran Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianran Sun

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

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