Xiang Sun

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Xiang Sun is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Sun has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xiang Sun's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (7 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (5 papers). Xiang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Coastal and Marine Management (7 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (5 papers). Xiang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Xiang Sun's co-authors include Xiaodong Zhu, Yangfan Li, Xingyu Tan, Feng Lan, Yuan Yuan, Feng Wang, Huhua Cao, Keliang Chen, Xiangmeng Ma and Yankui Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Sun

39 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Comparison of cooling effect between green space and wate... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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.

  1. Comparison of cooling effect between green space and water body
    2021 185 citations Xingyu Tan, Xiang Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiang Sun China 20 705 478 409 312 216 40 1.5k
Zhifeng Wu China 23 1.1k 1.6× 365 0.8× 293 0.7× 468 1.5× 252 1.2× 67 1.9k
Peter Roebeling Portugal 26 740 1.0× 493 1.0× 303 0.7× 225 0.7× 115 0.5× 82 1.7k
Hui Zeng China 28 702 1.0× 1.1k 2.4× 295 0.7× 276 0.9× 277 1.3× 99 2.6k
Da Zhang China 17 1.2k 1.8× 547 1.1× 289 0.7× 313 1.0× 184 0.9× 46 1.8k
Rabia Shabbir Pakistan 10 623 0.9× 201 0.4× 335 0.8× 306 1.0× 144 0.7× 22 1.3k
Haiyan Chen China 23 479 0.7× 316 0.7× 273 0.7× 185 0.6× 188 0.9× 78 2.2k
Ahmad Makmom Abdullah Malaysia 21 399 0.6× 618 1.3× 545 1.3× 91 0.3× 254 1.2× 104 1.7k
Zulfa Hanan Ash’aari Malaysia 15 600 0.9× 196 0.4× 242 0.6× 201 0.6× 156 0.7× 59 1.0k
Fengyun Sun China 21 833 1.2× 602 1.3× 494 1.2× 77 0.2× 136 0.6× 48 1.5k
Xuxiang Li China 17 498 0.7× 364 0.8× 192 0.5× 148 0.5× 349 1.6× 48 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiang Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiang 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 Xiang Sun. Xiang 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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Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2025). Reforestation potential for integrated mangrove aquaculture target at realizing a synergy of ecological and economic benefits. Journal of Environmental Management. 386. 125741–125741.
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Gao, Jie, Xiang Sun, Yanning Ma, et al.. (2024). Myotube formation on micropatterns guiding by centripetal cellular motility and crowding. Materials Today Bio. 28. 101195–101195. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, Hao Jiang, & Huiming Bao. (2023). Triple oxygen isotope composition of combustion sulfate. Atmospheric Environment. 314. 120095–120095. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, Qingping Wu, Jiping Jiang, & Kairong Lin. (2023). Historical Trends and Driving Forces of River Water Quality Improvement in the Megacity Shenzhen, China. Water. 15(12). 2283–2283. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xueshi, Limin Hu, Xiang Sun, et al.. (2023). Mercury Burial in Modern Sedimentary Systems of the East China Marginal Seas: The Role of Coastal Oceans in Global Mercury Cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(9). 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, Limin Hu, Bangqi Hu, et al.. (2021). Remarkable signals of the ancient Chinese civilization since the Early Bronze Age in the marine environment. The Science of The Total Environment. 804. 150209–150209. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, Shuai Zhang, Kuai Li, et al.. (2021). New indices system for quantifying the nexus between economic-social development, natural resources consumption, and environmental pollution in China during 1978–2018. The Science of The Total Environment. 804. 150180–150180. 62 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, Runsheng Yin, Limin Hu, et al.. (2020). Isotopic tracing of mercury sources in estuarine-inner shelf sediments of the East China Sea. Environmental Pollution. 262. 114356–114356. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, Xingyu Tan, Biao Han, et al.. (2020). Decision-making analysis on collection and transportation distance of rural domestic waste: case study of Guangxi Province, China. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 22(6). 2081–2091. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Yankui, Weiwei Yang, Huilan Li, et al.. (2019). Emerging pollutants in water environment: Occurrence, monitoring, fate, and risk assessment. Water Environment Research. 91(10). 984–991. 156 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaodong, et al.. (2018). Identifying external nutrient reduction requirements and potential in the hypereutrophic Lake Taihu Basin, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(10). 10014–10028. 10 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xiaodong, et al.. (2015). Water quality changes in response to urban expansion: spatially varying relations and determinants. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(21). 16997–17011. 33 indexed citations
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Lan, Feng, et al.. (2015). Evaluation for coastal reclamation feasibility using a comprehensive hydrodynamic framework: A case study in Haizhou Bay. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 100(1). 182–190. 23 indexed citations
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Lan, Feng, Xiaodong Zhu, & Xiang Sun. (2014). Assessing coastal reclamation suitability based on a fuzzy-AHP comprehensive evaluation framework: A case study of Lianyungang, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 89(1-2). 102–111. 83 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang. (2012). Analysis of 8 fire resistance tree species of fire-preventing forest belts in Xuyi county,China. Nanjing Linye Daxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yangfan, et al.. (2011). Integrating Climate Change Factors into Environmental Planning Innovation of the National 12thFive Year Development Plan towards Climate Change in China. Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment. 9(4). 42–48. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2008). Ecological Planning Based on Landscape Ecology:A Case Study of Lianyungang City. Journal of Chongqing Jianzhu University. 1 indexed citations

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