Weining Sun

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Weining Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weining Sun has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Plant Science and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Weining Sun's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (3 papers). Weining Sun is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (3 papers). Weining Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Belgium and United States. Weining Sun's co-authors include Wei-Ai Su, Nathalie Verbruggen, Marc Van Montagu, Zhangcheng Tang, Shunping Yan, Qunye Zhang, Ce Wang, Xin Yu, Guangdi Nie and Xiaofeng Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Weining Sun

43 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Small heat shock proteins and stress tolerance in plants

2002 503 citations Weining Sun, Marc Van Montagu et al. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weining Sun China	23	2.0k	1.6k	363	207	181	45	3.2k
Beijiu Cheng China	39	3.4k 1.7×	2.4k 1.5×	600 1.7×	190 0.9×	400 2.2×	139	5.1k
Harish Mangesh India	29	1.5k 0.7×	834 0.5×	546 1.5×	79 0.4×	263 1.5×	97	2.9k
Jiao Zhang China	25	852 0.4×	854 0.5×	145 0.4×	241 1.2×	208 1.1×	75	2.1k
Rong Zhang China	26	933 0.5×	540 0.3×	265 0.7×	95 0.5×	263 1.5×	174	2.2k
Min Ni China	36	3.7k 1.8×	3.3k 2.1×	213 0.6×	116 0.6×	164 0.9×	117	5.8k
Xuanming Liu China	40	3.7k 1.8×	2.6k 1.6×	151 0.4×	149 0.7×	236 1.3×	133	4.6k
Arvind K. Bharti United States	29	1.4k 0.7×	865 0.6×	291 0.8×	318 1.5×	235 1.3×	44	2.9k
Langtao Xiao China	39	4.5k 2.3×	2.5k 1.6×	262 0.7×	300 1.4×	157 0.9×	183	5.7k
Hüseyin Avni Öktem Türkiye	26	970 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	271 0.7×	135 0.7×	579 3.2×	98	2.4k
Won‐Gyu Choi United States	23	2.0k 1.0×	929 0.6×	225 0.6×	239 1.2×	107 0.6×	42	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Weining Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weining Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weining Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weining Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weining 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 Weining Sun. Weining 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

Xue, Feng, et al.. (2022). NapB Restores cytochrome c biosynthesis in bacterial dsbD-deficient mutants. Communications Biology. 5(1). 87–87. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Weining, et al.. (2021). Promoting Extracellular Electron Transfer of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 by Optimizing the Periplasmic Cytochrome c Network. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 727709–727709. 48 indexed citations

Wang, Mengli, Zhen Liu, Weining Sun, et al.. (2020). Association Between Vitamins and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Center-Based Survey in Mainland China. Frontiers in Neurology. 11. 488–488. 22 indexed citations

Li, Wanzhen, Zhen Liu, Weining Sun, et al.. (2019). Mutation analysis of GLT8D1 and ARPP21 genes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients from mainland China. Neurobiology of Aging. 85. 156.e1–156.e4. 17 indexed citations

Wan, Fen, Jianhua Yin, Weining Sun, & Haichun Gao. (2019). Oxidized OxyR Up-Regulates ahpCF Expression to Suppress Plating Defects of oxyR- and Catalase-Deficient Strains. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 439–439. 15 indexed citations

Ni, Jie, Xiaoping Yi, Zhen Liu, et al.. (2019). Clinical findings of autosomal-dominant striatal degeneration and PDE8B mutation screening in parkinsonism and related disorders. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 69. 94–98. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Weining, et al.. (2017). Sumoylation stabilizes RACK1B and enhance its interaction with RAP2.6 in the abscisic acid response. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44090–44090. 21 indexed citations

Yu, Ruisong, Ruofan Wang, Ting Bi, Weining Sun, & Zhihua Zhou. (2013). Blocking the butyrate-formation pathway impairs hydrogen production in <italic>Clostridium perfringens</italic>. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 45(5). 408–415. 14 indexed citations

Pan, Bohu, et al.. (2012). OrysPSSP: a comparative Platform for Small Secreted Proteins from rice and other plants. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(D1). D1192–D1198. 20 indexed citations

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Shi, Shanshan, Wei Chen, & Weining Sun. (2011). Comparative proteomic analysis of the Arabidopsis cbl1 mutant in response to salt stress. PROTEOMICS. 11(24). 4712–4725. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Minhua, Shouqin Lü, Guowei Li, et al.. (2010). Identification of a Residue in Helix 2 of Rice Plasma Membrane Intrinsic Proteins That Influences Water Permeability. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(53). 41982–41992. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Minhua, Guowei Li, Ting Bi, et al.. (2010). Proteomic study of Carissa spinarum in response to combined heat and drought stress. PROTEOMICS. 10(17). 3117–3129. 48 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongyan, Xin Yu, Dayong Cui, et al.. (2007). The role of water channel proteins and nitric oxide signaling in rice seed germination. Cell Research. 17(7). 638–649. 120 indexed citations

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Lian, Hongli, Xin Yu, David P. Lane, et al.. (2006). Upland rice and lowland rice exhibited different PIP expression under water deficit and ABA treatment. Cell Research. 16(7). 651–660. 125 indexed citations

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Yan, Shunping, Qunye Zhang, Zhangcheng Tang, Wei-Ai Su, & Weining Sun. (2005). Comparative Proteomic Analysis Provides New Insights into Chilling Stress Responses in Rice. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 5(3). 484–496. 425 indexed citations

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Yan, Shunping, Zhangcheng Tang, Wei-Ai Su, & Weining Sun. (2005). Proteomic analysis of salt stress‐responsive proteins in rice root. PROTEOMICS. 5(1). 235–244. 368 indexed citations

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Sun, Weining, Marc Van Montagu, & Nathalie Verbruggen. (2002). Small heat shock proteins and stress tolerance in plants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1577(1). 1–9. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Weining, Catherine Bernard, Brigitte van de Cotte, Marc Van Montagu, & Nathalie Verbruggen. (2001). At‐HSP17.6A, encoding a small heat‐shock protein in Arabidopsis, can enhance osmotolerance upon overexpression. The Plant Journal. 27(5). 407–415. 241 indexed citations

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Czernic, Pierre, Botma Visser, Weining Sun, et al.. (1999). Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana receptor‐like protein kinase gene activated by oxidative stress and pathogen attack. The Plant Journal. 18(3). 321–327. 117 indexed citations

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Bell, Walter C., Weining Sun, Stefan Hohmann, et al.. (1998). Composition and Functional Analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trehalose Synthase Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(50). 33311–33319. 181 indexed citations

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