Xiaoli Sun

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
215 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Xiaoli Sun is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoli Sun has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Instrumentation, 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Xiaoli Sun's work include Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (75 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (55 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (52 papers). Xiaoli Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (75 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (55 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (52 papers). Xiaoli Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Xiaoli Sun's co-authors include James B. Abshire, G. A. Neumann, Jan F. McGarry, M. T. Zuber, Frederic M. Davidson, Haris Riris, David E. Smith, John F. Cavanaugh, Donghui Yi and Michael A. Krainak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoli Sun

204 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoli Sun United States	30	1.1k	963	796	789	672	215	3.8k
James B. Abshire United States	27	1.3k 1.2×	616 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	1.7k 2.2×	475 0.7×	199	4.3k
Hiroshi Murakami Japan	33	1.4k 1.2×	493 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	165 0.2×	351	4.7k
A. T. Young United States	33	1.5k 1.3×	332 0.3×	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	160 0.2×	149	4.2k
H. Dothe United States	14	606 0.5×	190 0.2×	636 0.8×	965 1.2×	102 0.2×	35	2.4k
R. J. Hill United States	32	312 0.3×	739 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 1.5×	71 0.1×	110	3.1k
Chester S. Gardner United States	53	5.6k 4.9×	761 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	4.3k 5.4×	185 0.3×	237	7.4k
John J. Degnan United States	23	720 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	130 0.2×	101 0.1×	408 0.6×	96	3.1k
Xiankang Dou China	36	3.3k 2.9×	230 0.2×	924 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	461 0.7×	264	4.5k
Gorden Videen United States	47	2.1k 1.8×	555 0.6×	2.6k 3.2×	2.1k 2.6×	37 0.1×	359	7.4k
J. W. Hovenier Netherlands	42	1.7k 1.5×	120 0.1×	3.7k 4.7×	3.4k 4.3×	91 0.1×	152	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoli Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barker, M. K., E. Mazarico, G. A. Neumann, et al.. (2025). Large-scale Roughness Properties of the Lunar North and South Polar Regions as Measured by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA). The Planetary Science Journal. 6(4). 83–83. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoli, et al.. (2025). Integrated multi-omics profiling develops a prognostic model based on endoplasmic reticulum stress in acute myeloid leukemia. Discover Medicine. 2(1).

Cao, Rong, et al.. (2024). Size distribution and source-specific risks of atmospheric elements in Dalian, a coastal city in north China. Atmospheric Environment. 326. 120456–120456. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoli, Daniel R. Cremons, E. Mazarico, et al.. (2024). A small all-range LIDAR for topographic mapping from orbit and navigation guidance during descent and touchdown. 4–4.

Sun, Xiaoli, et al.. (2023). Advancements in linear-mode photon-counting HgCdTe e-APDs for space and defense applications. 15–15. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoli, et al.. (2022). Attenuated atmospheric backscatter profiles measured by the CO ₂ Sounder lidar in the 2017 ASCENDS/ABoVE airborne campaign. Earth system science data. 14(8). 3821–3833. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoli, James B. Abshire, Anand Ramanathan, S. R. Kawa, & Jianping Mao. (2021). Retrieval algorithm for the column CO ₂ mixing ratio from pulsed multi-wavelength lidar measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(5). 3909–3922. 13 indexed citations

Harding, David J., Guanglin Yang, Mark Stephen, et al.. (2020). CASALS: a Lidar and Spectrometry SmallSat for a Future Polar Altimeter Mission. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations

Cremons, Daniel R., et al.. (2020). Optical characterization of laser retroreflector arrays for lunarlanders. Applied Optics. 59(16). 5020–5020. 4 indexed citations

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Barker, M. K., E. Mazarico, T. P. McClanahan, et al.. (2019). Searching for Lunar Horizon Glow With the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 124(11). 2728–2744. 5 indexed citations

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Abshire, James B., Anand Ramanathan, Haris Riris, et al.. (2018). Airborne measurements of CO ₂ column concentrations made with a pulsed IPDA lidar using a multiple-wavelength-locked laser and HgCdTe APD detector. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(4). 2001–2025. 49 indexed citations

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Mao, Jianping, Anand Ramanathan, James B. Abshire, et al.. (2018). Measurement of atmospheric CO ₂ column concentrations to cloud tops with a pulsed multi-wavelength airborne lidar. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(1). 127–140. 34 indexed citations

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Yu, Anthony W., Michael A. Krainak, David J. Harding, et al.. (2010). Efficient Swath Mapping Laser Altimetry Demonstration Instrument Incubator Program. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Anthony W., Michael A. Krainak, David J. Harding, et al.. (2009). Efficient Swath Mapping Laser Altimetry Demonstration. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, D. E., M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, et al.. (2007). Ranging to the Venus Atmosphere With the Mercury Laser Altimeter. AGUFM. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, David E., M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, et al.. (2006). The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoli, James B. Abshire, Michael A. Krainak, et al.. (2004). Cloud and aerosol lidar channel design and performance of the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System on the ICESat mission. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2. 4 indexed citations

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Abshire, James B., et al.. (2002). Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) for the ICESat Mission.

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Neumann, G. A., James B. Abshire, David E. Smith, Xiaoli Sun, & M. T. Zuber. (2002). MOLA 1064nm Radiometry Measurements: Status and Prospects in Extended Mission. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1889. 2 indexed citations

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Abshire, James B., G. J. Collatz, Xiaoli Sun, et al.. (2001). Laser Sounder Technique for Remotely Measuring Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 9 indexed citations

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