Tianshu Sun

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 699 citations indexed

About

Tianshu Sun is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianshu Sun has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 699 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in Infectious Diseases and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Tianshu Sun's work include Fungal Infections and Studies (20 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (16 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Tianshu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Infections and Studies (20 papers), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (16 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Tianshu Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Tianshu Sun's co-authors include Chen Ding, Hongya Gu, Zhonghua Zhang, Sanwen Huang, Yaoyao Wu, Jiayi Li, Jiaying Huang, Yuxi Ai, Xuefei Wang and Dennis J. Thiele and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Nature Communications and Clinical Microbiology Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Tianshu Sun

36 papers receiving 691 citations

Hit Papers

The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosyn... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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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.

  1. The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosynthesis
    2021 155 citations Xingyao Xiong, Junbo Gou et al. Nature Plants profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tianshu Sun China 14 311 301 178 175 69 38 699
Beatrix E. Lechner Austria 12 371 1.2× 214 0.7× 132 0.7× 249 1.4× 194 2.8× 15 758
Amandine Gastebois France 12 371 1.2× 387 1.3× 106 0.6× 183 1.0× 114 1.7× 20 780
Lina Riego‐Ruíz Mexico 15 459 1.5× 197 0.7× 126 0.7× 155 0.9× 65 0.9× 37 757
Christoph Jöchl Austria 9 365 1.2× 225 0.7× 100 0.6× 167 1.0× 108 1.6× 9 649
K. Ganesan India 18 548 1.8× 153 0.5× 139 0.8× 296 1.7× 50 0.7× 29 898
Franziska Leßing Germany 8 363 1.2× 334 1.1× 112 0.6× 232 1.3× 148 2.1× 9 700
Fabio Gsaller Austria 16 425 1.4× 259 0.9× 237 1.3× 443 2.5× 224 3.2× 34 947
Beate Abt Austria 13 492 1.6× 293 1.0× 92 0.5× 221 1.3× 233 3.4× 17 828
Xinyi Nie China 15 543 1.7× 418 1.4× 200 1.1× 270 1.5× 157 2.3× 40 924
Qusai Al Abdallah United States 15 650 2.1× 269 0.9× 142 0.8× 264 1.5× 278 4.0× 25 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tianshu Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianshu Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianshu Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Tianshu, et al.. (2025). Reproductive tract microbiome dysbiosis associated with gynecological diseases. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1519690–1519690. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yi, Yi Li, Yingchun Xu, et al.. (2025). Insight into the Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance of Antifungal Heteroresistance. Journal of Fungi. 11(2). 143–143. 2 indexed citations
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Jia, Xinmiao, Ying Zhu, Peiyao Jia, et al.. (2024). The key role of iroBCDN-lacking pLVPK-like plasmid in the evolution of the most prevalent hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant ST11-KL64 Klebsiella pneumoniae in China. Drug Resistance Updates. 77. 101137–101137. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Nan, Jieying Liu, Liangkun Ma, et al.. (2024). Prenatal exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene affects maternal–fetal outcomes via placental apoptosis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17002–17002. 1 indexed citations
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Zhai, Bing, Chen Liao, Yuanyuan Tang, et al.. (2024). Antifungal heteroresistance causes prophylaxis failure and facilitates breakthrough Candida parapsilosis infections. Nature Medicine. 30(11). 3163–3172. 24 indexed citations
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Luo, Zhengyu, Shu-Ying Yu, Meng Xiao, et al.. (2023). The first established microsatellite markers to distinguish Candida orthopsilosis isolates and detection of a nosocomial outbreak in China. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 61(11). e0080623–e0080623. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Yiru, et al.. (2023). The function and regulation of heat shock transcription factor in Cryptococcus. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1195968–1195968. 4 indexed citations
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Morrissey, Ian, Meng Xiao, Tianshu Sun, et al.. (2022). In vitro Activity of Isavuconazole and Comparators Against Clinical Isolates of Molds from a Multicenter Study in China. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 15. 2101–2113. 6 indexed citations
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Xiao, Meng, David S. Perlin, Yanan Zhao, et al.. (2022). Decreased echinocandin susceptibility in Candida parapsilosis causing candidemia and emergence of a pan-echinocandin resistant case in China. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 12(1). 37 indexed citations
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Liu, J. Y., Lu Ding, Dongmei Wang, et al.. (2022). Maternal Dietary Betaine Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders and Gut Microbiota Alterations in Mouse Dams and Offspring From Young to Adult. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 809642–809642. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Jin, et al.. (2022). Morphologic identification of clinically encountered moulds using a residual neural network. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 1021236–1021236. 2 indexed citations
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Fu, Yi, Shengyi Sun, Tianshu Sun, et al.. (2022). Cryptococcal Hsf3 controls intramitochondrial ROS homeostasis by regulating the respiratory process. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5407–5407. 20 indexed citations
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Xiong, Xingyao, Junbo Gou, Qinggang Liao, et al.. (2021). The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosynthesis. Nature Plants. 7(8). 1026–1036. 155 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Hailong, et al.. (2021). Pathogen-Host Interaction Repertoire at Proteome and Posttranslational Modification Levels During Fungal Infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 774340–774340. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Xiaojuan, Lei Han, Tianshu Sun, et al.. (2020). Silencing UHRF1 enhances cell autophagy to prevent articular chondrocytes from apoptosis in osteoarthritis through PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 529(4). 1018–1024. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Dan, Liang Yang, Jinzhe Zhang, et al.. (2020). Domestication and breeding changed tomato fruit transcriptome. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 19(1). 120–132. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Hailong, Tianshu Sun, Wei Du, et al.. (2019). Unveil the transcriptional landscape at the Cryptococcus-host axis in mice and nonhuman primates. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(7). e0007566–e0007566. 20 indexed citations
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Huang, Jiaying, et al.. (2016). The precise regulation of different COR genes by individual CBF transcription factors in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 59(2). 118–133. 69 indexed citations

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