Wei Sun

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Wei Sun is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sun has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Materials Chemistry, 41 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Sun's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (25 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (19 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (16 papers). Wei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (25 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (19 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (16 papers). Wei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Sun's co-authors include Fu‐Gen Wu, Karen Scrivener, Yunsheng Zhang, Xu Luo, Ge Gao, Daniel T. Chiu, Hao‐Ran Jia, Cheng Yu, Zongjin Li and Jiangbo Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sun

135 papers receiving 5.8k 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 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.

Enzyme‐Mediated Tumor Starvation and Phototherapy Enhance Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Therapy

2020 281 citations Ge Gao, Yao‐Wen Jiang et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Sun China	46	2.6k	2.3k	1.7k	824	681	137	5.9k
Jing Zhong China	43	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	263 0.3×	425 0.6×	168	5.1k
Yanyu Yang China	38	1.7k 0.7×	575 0.3×	2.7k 1.6×	355 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	122	6.1k
Fang Xu China	35	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	706 0.4×	164 0.2×	234 0.3×	135	4.1k
Kang Sun China	47	2.6k 1.0×	633 0.3×	2.2k 1.3×	773 0.9×	1.6k 2.3×	283	7.2k
Tiantian Li China	40	1.7k 0.7×	792 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	109 0.1×	609 0.9×	156	6.2k
Shouhu Xuan China	63	2.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.5×	4.6k 2.7×	518 0.6×	1.3k 1.9×	283	11.5k
T.E. Tay Singapore	45	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	607 0.4×	121 0.1×	379 0.6×	210	7.2k
Jiang Yuan China	39	639 0.2×	510 0.2×	1.3k 0.8×	429 0.5×	1.9k 2.8×	148	4.5k
Zhenqing Wang China	32	1.3k 0.5×	744 0.3×	386 0.2×	152 0.2×	223 0.3×	284	4.1k
Norbert Willenbacher Germany	46	2.0k 0.8×	206 0.1×	1.5k 0.9×	582 0.7×	606 0.9×	192	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Sun

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Sun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dong, Lu, Hu Chen, Xiaoli Tan, et al.. (2025). Bifunctional Copper Metal–Organic Framework Catalyst for Late-Stage Functionalization of Alkenes. ACS Catalysis. 15(5). 4198–4207. 3 indexed citations

Ma, Lin, Hao Wu, Wei Sun, et al.. (2025). One-dimensional Co/C composite with ultra-wide bandwidth for boosting electromagnetic wave attenuation performance. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1035. 181487–181487. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, Bin Wu, Hongliang Ming, et al.. (2024). Stress corrosion cracking behavior at fusion boundary of cold worked 316LN stainless steel/Inconel 52 M weld joint in simulated primary water environment. Corrosion Science. 242. 112581–112581. 3 indexed citations

Li, Hui, et al.. (2024). Predictions of the full-life pressurised water stress corrosion cracking behaviour of 690 weld joints. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 605. 155560–155560. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2024). Iodine/soluble starch cryogel: An iodine-based antiseptic with instant water-solubility, improved stability, and potent bactericidal activity. Carbohydrate Polymers. 340. 122217–122217. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, Bin Wu, Hongliang Ming, Jianqiu Wang, & En‐Hou Han. (2024). Effect of cold work level on the crack propagation behaviour of 316LN stainless steel in high-temperature pressurized water. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 603. 155403–155403. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2024). Research on the performance of porous ZIF materials in lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2771(1). 12016–12016. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xingfei, Yufeng Wang, Jia Tian, et al.. (2023). Selective separation of metals from wastewater using sulfide precipitation: A critical review in agents, operational factors and particle aggregation. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118462–118462. 43 indexed citations

Gao, Ge, Yao‐Wen Jiang, Yuxin Guo, et al.. (2020). Enzyme‐Mediated Tumor Starvation and Phototherapy Enhance Mild‐Temperature Photothermal Therapy. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(16). 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2016). High squint helicopter-borne terahertz ViSAR vibration compensation imaging algorithm. Beijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue xuebao. 42(12). 2755. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2016). The Possible Analysis for Breeding Banana Varieties with High Resistance to Typhoon. 14(12). 3515. 2 indexed citations

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Gallina, Maria Elena, Fangmao Ye, Wei Sun, et al.. (2016). Optical painting and fluorescence activated sorting of single adherent cells labelled with photoswitchable Pdots. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11468–11468. 82 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, Jiangbo Yu, Maria Elena Gallina, et al.. (2013). Highly luminescent, fluorinated semiconducting polymer dots for cellular imaging and analysis. Chemical Communications. 49(74). 8256–8256. 43 indexed citations

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Kim, Yong Jin, Seung‐Yup Ku, Wei Sun, et al.. (2013). MicroRNAs transfected into granulosa cells may regulate oocyte meiotic competence during in vitro maturation of mouse follicles. Human Reproduction. 28(11). 3050–3061. 57 indexed citations

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Hassanzadeh, Pegah, Mahshid Kharaziha, Mehdi Nikkhah, et al.. (2013). Chitin nanofiber micropatterned flexible substrates for tissue engineering. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 1(34). 4217–4217. 65 indexed citations

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Ye, Fangmao, Changfeng Wu, Yuhui Jin, et al.. (2011). A compact and highly fluorescent orange-emitting polymer dot for specific subcellular imaging. Chemical Communications. 48(12). 1778–1778. 103 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei. (2010). INFLUENCE OF MIXED FERRITES AS ABSORBERS ON MICROWAVE ABSORBING PROPERTIES OF CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES. Guisuanyan xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei. (2010). RECENT RESEARCH ON STEEL CORROSION IN CONCRETE. Guisuanyan xuebao. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei. (2009). Influences of coarse aggregate on dynamic mechanical behaviors of ultrahigh-performance cementitious composites. Baozha yu chongji. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei. (2008). REVIEW ON APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS OF PHASE CHANGE BUILDING MATERIALS. Guisuanyan xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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