Wei Sun

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
124 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sun has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Genetics and 23 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Wei Sun's work include Gene expression and cancer classification (32 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (17 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers). Wei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Gene expression and cancer classification (32 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (17 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (17 papers). Wei Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Africa. Wei Sun's co-authors include Scott J. Bultman, Dallas R. Donohoe, Maureen K. Bunger, Xinxin Zhang, Nikhil Garge, Thomas M. O’Connell, Leonard B. Collins, Aminah Wali, Rebecca L. Bigler and Charles M. Perou and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sun

116 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The Microbiome and Butyrate Regulate Energy Metabolism and Autophagy in the Mammalian Colon

2011 1.4k citations Dallas R. Donohoe, Wei Sun et al. profile →
The Warburg Effect Dictates the Mechanism of Butyrate-Mediated Histone Acetylation and Cell Proliferation

2012 686 citations Dallas R. Donohoe, Leonard B. Collins et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Allele-specific copy number analysis of tumors

2010 635 citations Wei Sun, Charles M. Perou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Sun United States	23	3.1k	948	943	746	446	124	4.6k
Hui Zhang China	38	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	578 0.6×	531 0.7×	342 0.8×	202	4.9k
Liang Li China	38	3.2k 1.0×	808 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	671 0.9×	445 1.0×	473	7.0k
Xiang Li China	39	2.4k 0.8×	588 0.6×	470 0.5×	557 0.7×	318 0.7×	238	5.3k
Takuji Yamada Japan	32	3.1k 1.0×	453 0.5×	426 0.5×	545 0.7×	478 1.1×	143	5.1k
Aleksandra A. Kolodziejczyk United Kingdom	18	4.4k 1.4×	418 0.4×	807 0.9×	796 1.1×	515 1.2×	25	6.0k
Chao Qi United States	45	3.6k 1.1×	666 0.7×	733 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	459 1.0×	161	6.5k
Magnus Åstrand Sweden	11	4.5k 1.4×	819 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	401 0.5×	513 1.2×	32	7.0k
Xiaofei Wang China	43	2.6k 0.8×	743 0.8×	528 0.6×	410 0.5×	475 1.1×	232	5.3k
Peng Xiao China	34	1.8k 0.6×	834 0.9×	627 0.7×	214 0.3×	470 1.1×	151	4.1k
Jie Ren China	38	3.2k 1.0×	444 0.5×	561 0.6×	457 0.6×	357 0.8×	228	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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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.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lu, Yu, et al.. (2025). Never-germinating Arabidopsis seeds with LbCas12a-induced mutations in 6 clade A type 2C protein phosphatase genes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 198(3).

Sun, Lei, Mengdong Ma, Baozhong Li, et al.. (2025). High-pressure sintering of ultrafine-grained TiCN ceramics. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 35(4). 689–695. 1 indexed citations

Li, Ziyi, et al.. (2024). Accurate identification of locally aneuploid cells by incorporating cytogenetic information in single cell data analysis. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 24152–24152.

Reiner, Alexander P., et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity-aware integrative regression for ancestry-specific association studies. Biometrics. 80(4).

Liu, Si, et al.. (2023). A computational method for cell type-specific expression quantitative trait loci mapping using bulk RNA-seq data. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3030–3030. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Ximin, Jie‐Ting Li, Xiaoqian Shi, et al.. (2023). Early and Late Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Responses of Rhododendron ‘Xiaotaohong’ Petals to Infection with Alternaria sp.. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(16). 12695–12695. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Junjun, Wei Sun, Kevin Babilonia, et al.. (2023). Arabidopsis RNA polymerase II C‐terminal domain phosphatase‐like 1 targets mitogen‐activated protein kinase cascades to suppress plant immunity. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 65(10). 2380–2394. 7 indexed citations

Motroni, Andrea, Luca Catarinucci, Gaetano Marrocco, et al.. (2023). Cutting-Edge of RFID: Guest Editorial on Augmented RFID Sensing and Robot Navigation Systems. IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification. 7. 472–474.

Hsu, Li, et al.. (2022). Associating Somatic Mutation with Clinical Outcomes Through Kernel Regression and Optimal Transport. Biometrics. 79(3). 2705–2718. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jingxian, et al.. (2021). Prognostic Value of Malignant T Cell-Amplified Sequence 1 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Biomarkers in Medicine. 15(17). 1623–1639. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Jiaqi Gao, Wei Sun, et al.. (2020). <p>Regulatory Effect of Anwulignan on the Immune Function Through Its Antioxidation and Anti-Apoptosis in D-Galactose-Induced Aging Mice</p>. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 15. 97–110. 26 indexed citations

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Lu, Yongzhi, Wei Sun, Liang Zhang, & Junyao Li. (2019). <p>Silencing Of MAGI1 Promotes The Proliferation And Inhibits Apoptosis Of Glioma Cells Via The Wnt/β-Catenin And PTEN/AKT Signaling Pathways</p>. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 12. 9639–9650. 12 indexed citations

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Silva, Grace O., Marni B. Siegel, Lisle E. Mose, et al.. (2017). SynthEx: a synthetic-normal-based DNA sequencing tool for copy number alteration detection and tumor heterogeneity profiling. Genome biology. 18(1). 66–66. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Fangyuan, et al.. (2016). Chemical Structure Characteristics and Bioactivity of Small Molecule FAK Inhibitors. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 16(8). 934–941. 8 indexed citations

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Rashid, Naim U., Wei Sun, & Joseph G. Ibrahim. (2013). Some Statistical Strategies for DAE-seq Data Analysis: Variable Selection and Modeling Dependencies Among Observations. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 109(505). 78–94. 4 indexed citations

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Donohoe, Dallas R., Leonard B. Collins, Aminah Wali, et al.. (2012). The Warburg Effect Dictates the Mechanism of Butyrate-Mediated Histone Acetylation and Cell Proliferation. Molecular Cell. 48(4). 612–626. 686 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Wei, Janeen L. Vanhooke, John Sondek, & Qisheng Zhang. (2011). High-Throughput Fluorescence Polarization Assay for the Enzymatic Activity of GTPase-Activating Protein of ADP-Ribosylation Factor (ARFGAP). SLAS DISCOVERY. 16(7). 717–723. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhengtao, et al.. (2009). The joint toxicity in juvenile Carassius auratus exposed to 2-chlorophenol and 2, 4-dichlorophenol.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 18(1). 21–25. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, Yunfei Yang, Wei Sun, & Deli Wang. (2003). Photosynthetic Physiological Response of Two Ecotypes of Leymus chinensis to the Double Concentration of CO-2. Acta Agrestia Sinica. 11(1). 52–57. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Ying, Deli Wang, Xu Wang, Lei Ba, & Wei Sun. (2002). The effect of grazing intensity on vegetation characteristics in Leymus chinensis grassland. Acta Pratacultural Science. 11(2). 22–28. 6 indexed citations

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