Wei Sun

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Sun is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sun has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 26 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wei Sun's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (14 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (13 papers). Wei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology (14 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (13 papers). Wei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wei Sun's co-authors include Jun Yang, Mingyue Li, Linlin Meng, Jiangsu Li, Jie Fan, Jianhong Xia, Rucong Yu, Xiangming Xiao, Xueming Li and Gang Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sun

126 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Coupling coordination degree of production, living and ecological spaces and its influencing factors in the Yellow River Basin

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Sun China	30	1.2k	864	601	490	458	135	3.0k
Xiao Wang China	28	1.8k 1.5×	545 0.6×	437 0.7×	302 0.6×	292 0.6×	189	3.4k
Shenghui Cui China	40	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	349 0.6×	500 1.0×	516 1.1×	143	4.2k
Bo Wu China	25	1.2k 1.0×	591 0.7×	629 1.0×	778 1.6×	325 0.7×	160	3.4k
Yaoqi Zhang United States	34	1.9k 1.5×	295 0.3×	263 0.4×	487 1.0×	542 1.2×	110	3.4k
Dongsheng Yu China	29	2.3k 1.9×	1.2k 1.4×	786 1.3×	307 0.6×	418 0.9×	107	5.2k
Adriana Bruggeman Cyprus	30	1.0k 0.8×	620 0.7×	405 0.7×	528 1.1×	155 0.3×	95	3.5k
Xianjin Huang China	39	2.1k 1.7×	626 0.7×	274 0.5×	1.2k 2.5×	459 1.0×	86	3.9k
Wei Wei China	30	1.9k 1.6×	763 0.9×	586 1.0×	205 0.4×	352 0.8×	208	3.5k
John E. Wagner United States	17	1.2k 1.0×	601 0.7×	140 0.2×	582 1.2×	991 2.2×	57	2.6k
E. Koomen Netherlands	29	2.1k 1.7×	378 0.4×	300 0.5×	527 1.1×	461 1.0×	116	3.1k

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

Yuan, Weihua, Rucong Yu, & Wei Sun. (2025). Unique climate features of the rainfall center along the northern coast of the Beibu Gulf. Climate Dynamics. 63(3).

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2024). Effects of economic growth target on the urban–rural income gap in China: An empirical study based on the urban bias theory. Cities. 156. 105518–105518. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Xu, et al.. (2024). The Urban–Rural Transformation and Its Influencing Mechanisms on Air Pollution in the Yellow River Basin. Sustainability. 16(16). 6978–6978.

Wang, Naiyu, et al.. (2024). Economic Growth Targets, Innovation Transformation, and Urban Carbon Emissions: An Empirical Study of the Yangtze River Delta. Land. 13(11). 1792–1792.

Guo, Hui & Wei Sun. (2024). Carbon Balance Zoning and Spatially Synergistic Carbon Reduction Pathways—A Case Study in the Yangtze River Delta in China. Land. 13(7). 943–943. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Jiawei, et al.. (2024). Examining intra-city carbon budget and carbon balance zoning based on firm-level big data: A case study of Nanjing, China. Ecological Indicators. 166. 112304–112304. 5 indexed citations

Li, Jiangye, et al.. (2023). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Soil Elemental Stoichiometry Coupled with Alterations in Agricultural Land Use Types in the Taihu Lake Basin. Agriculture. 13(2). 484–484. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Jiawei & Wei Sun. (2023). Regional Integration and Sustainable Development in the Yangtze River Delta, China: Towards a Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda. Land. 12(2). 470–470. 25 indexed citations

Wang, Yi, et al.. (2023). Improvement of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool Model and Its Application in a Typical Glacial Runoff Watershed: A Case Study of the Qarqan River Basin, China. Sustainability. 15(22). 16046–16046. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xinyue, et al.. (2023). Multi-Dimensional Evaluation of Land Comprehensive Carrying Capacity Based on a Normal Cloud Model and Its Interactions: A Case Study of Liaoning Province. Applied Sciences. 13(5). 3336–3336. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2022). Study on the Evolution, Driving Factors, and Regional Comparison of Innovation Patterns in the Yangtze River Delta. Land. 11(6). 876–876. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, et al.. (2022). Evolution Analysis of the Coupling Coordination of Microclimate and Landscape Ecological Risk Degree in the Xiahuayuan District in Recent 20 Years. Sustainability. 14(3). 1893–1893. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2021). Impact of Artificial Elements on Mountain Landscape Perception: An Eye-Tracking Study. Land. 10(10). 1102–1102. 30 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen, et al.. (2021). State-guided city regionalism: the development of metro transit in the city region of Nanjing. Territory Politics Governance. 11(7). 1459–1479. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2021). High-Speed Rail Network Expansion and Its Impact on Regional Economic Sustainability in the Yangtze River Delta, China, 2009–2018. Sustainability. 14(1). 155–155. 18 indexed citations

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Jin, Cui, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal Evolution of Population in Northeast China during 2012–2017: A Nighttime Light Approach. Complexity. 2020. 1–12. 14 indexed citations

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Qiao, Zhi, Chen Wu, Luo Liu, et al.. (2020). Scale Effects of the Relationships between 3D Building Morphology and Urban Heat Island: A Case Study of Provincial Capital Cities of Mainland China. Complexity. 2020. 1–12. 19 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yuying, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal Relationships between Air Quality and Multiple Meteorological Parameters in 221 Chinese Cities. Complexity. 2020. 1–25. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, Jie Shan, Zhiming Wang, et al.. (2020). Geospatial Analysis of Urban Expansion Using Remote Sensing Methods and Data: A Case Study of Yangtze River Delta, China. Complexity. 2020. 1–12. 26 indexed citations

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Jin, Haitao, et al.. (2019). Competition and Cooperation between Shared Bicycles and Public Transit: A Case Study of Beijing. Sustainability. 11(5). 1323–1323. 28 indexed citations

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