Xiang Sun

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 963 citations indexed

About

Xiang Sun is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Sun has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 963 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 10 papers in Clinical Psychology and 9 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Xiang Sun's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (17 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (9 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (9 papers). Xiang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (17 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (9 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (9 papers). Xiang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Xiang Sun's co-authors include Carrie Allison, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Bonnie Auyeung, Carol Brayne, Fiona E. Matthews, Stephen J. Sharp, Siân Griffiths, Jie M. Zhang, Liping Wei and Zhixiang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Sun

31 papers receiving 934 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Autism prevalence in China is comparable to Western prevalence

2019 188 citations Xiang Sun, Carrie Allison et al. Molecular Autism profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiang Sun China	17	688	387	234	216	179	32	963
Lisa Heavey United Kingdom	11	790 1.1×	319 0.8×	178 0.8×	188 0.9×	278 1.6×	15	1.1k
Alison Singer United States	7	483 0.7×	246 0.6×	142 0.6×	145 0.7×	183 1.0×	8	703
Stefan Nygaard Hansen Denmark	11	466 0.7×	321 0.8×	130 0.6×	238 1.1×	147 0.8×	34	803
Kitty‐Rose Foley Australia	21	822 1.2×	879 2.3×	199 0.9×	392 1.8×	148 0.8×	42	1.5k
Jessica A. Meyer United States	15	740 1.1×	375 1.0×	164 0.7×	180 0.8×	123 0.7×	33	1.3k
Luke Tsai United States	19	772 1.1×	379 1.0×	215 0.9×	346 1.6×	341 1.9×	28	1.3k
Kate Palmer United States	6	458 0.7×	272 0.7×	119 0.5×	129 0.6×	143 0.8×	8	619
Anne‐Siri Øyen Norway	20	838 1.2×	454 1.2×	261 1.1×	598 2.8×	342 1.9×	34	1.8k
Thomas Nilsson Sweden	25	298 0.4×	941 2.4×	63 0.3×	429 2.0×	92 0.5×	73	1.4k
Devrim Akdemir Türkiye	11	165 0.2×	519 1.3×	176 0.8×	392 1.8×	245 1.4×	42	1.2k

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

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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.

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Mu, Chaofeng, et al.. (2025). MiR-146a participates in regulating the progression of periodontitis through the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. PLoS ONE. 20(8). e0330739–e0330739. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Weihong, Pei Wang, Lin Yan, et al.. (2025). Development of a matching framework for voluntary services provided to home-dwelling older adults by nursing faculty and students based on the Kano model. BMC Nursing. 24(1). 866–866.

Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). The relationship between the structure of stearic acid diamide lubricants and the lubrication properties in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resins. Polymer. 308. 127378–127378. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Influence of N,N′‐ethylene bis oleamide on the flowability of the acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene resin and lubrication mechanism. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 141(24). 3 indexed citations

Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). The Association Between the Structure of the Fatty Chain in Amides and Their Lubricating Performance in Acrylonitrile‐Butadiene‐Styrene (ABS) Resins. Journal of Polymer Science. 62(24). 5682–5692. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). The hidden costs of informal caregiving: a concept analysis. BMC Nursing. 23(1). 617–617. 3 indexed citations

Chan, Chi-Wai, Fang Fan, Kelly Y. C. Lai, et al.. (2023). Enhancing emotion recognition in young autistic children with or without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong using a Chinese App version of The Transporters. Autism. 28(4). 945–958. 5 indexed citations

Lu, Shulai, et al.. (2023). The effect of diethylene glycol distearate on the flowability of abs and its lubrication mechanism. Journal of Polymer Research. 30(6). 5 indexed citations

Liu, Hongpeng, Jing Jiao, Minglei Zhu, et al.. (2022). Nutritional Status According to the Short-Form Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) and Clinical Characteristics as Predictors of Length of Stay, Mortality, and Readmissions Among Older Inpatients in China: A National Study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 815578–815578. 36 indexed citations

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Jin, Peng, et al.. (2020). Characterization of a novel live attenuated Edwardsiella piscicida vaccine based on the overexpressed type III secretion system and systematic deletion of the associated effectors. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 106. 536–545. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Liping Wei, et al.. (2019). Autism prevalence in China is comparable to Western prevalence. Molecular Autism. 10(1). 7–7. 188 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2019). Synergistic effect of a combined live Vibrio anguillarum and Edwardsiella piscicida vaccine in turbot. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 88. 84–90. 30 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qing, David L. Neumann, Xiaoyan Cao, et al.. (2017). Validation of the Empathy Quotient in Mainland China. Journal of Personality Assessment. 100(3). 333–342. 33 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2015). Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments. Autism. 19(8). 1010–1017. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2014). Psychometric Properties of the Mandarin Version of the Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST): An Exploratory Study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 44(7). 1565–1576. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Bonnie Auyeung, Simon Baron‐Cohen, & Carol Brayne. (2014). Parental concerns, socioeconomic status, and the risk of autism spectrum conditions in a population-based study. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 35(12). 3678–3688. 40 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Fiona E. Matthews, et al.. (2013). Prevalence of autism in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Autism. 4(1). 7–7. 157 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2013). Service provision for autism in mainland China: Preliminary mapping of service pathways. Social Science & Medicine. 98. 87–94. 48 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2013). The Mandarin Chinese version of the childhood autism spectrum test (CAST): Test–retest reliability. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34(10). 3267–3275. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, Carrie Allison, Bonnie Auyeung, Simon Baron‐Cohen, & Carol Brayne. (2012). A review of healthcare service and education provision of Autism Spectrum Condition in mainland China. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 34(1). 469–479. 45 indexed citations

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