Xiaomin Sun

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaomin Sun is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaomin Sun has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Physiology, 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xiaomin Sun's work include Vitamin D Research Studies (16 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (13 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers). Xiaomin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Vitamin D Research Studies (16 papers), Diet and metabolism studies (13 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers). Xiaomin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Xiaomin Sun's co-authors include Mitsuru Higuchi, Kumpei Tanisawa, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Zumin Shi, Wen Peng, Zhen‐Bo Cao, Youfa Wang, Jing Wu, Chun Li and Zhenping Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xiaomin Sun

98 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes in China, 2013-2018 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Prevalence and Treatment of Diabetes in China, 2013-2018
    2021 566 citations Wen Peng, Xiaomin 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
Xiaomin Sun China 26 575 473 340 337 319 104 2.2k
Sylvain Sebért United Kingdom 28 617 1.1× 452 1.0× 257 0.8× 481 1.4× 386 1.2× 105 2.5k
Yuqian Li China 24 319 0.6× 235 0.5× 355 1.0× 492 1.5× 282 0.9× 145 2.2k
Randi Chen United States 30 715 1.2× 668 1.4× 295 0.9× 253 0.8× 302 0.9× 76 2.8k
Lazaros Belbasis Greece 21 397 0.7× 286 0.6× 190 0.6× 381 1.1× 376 1.2× 32 2.9k
Aladdin H. Shadyab United States 29 787 1.4× 427 0.9× 405 1.2× 729 2.2× 293 0.9× 283 3.2k
Yuhong Zhao China 31 486 0.8× 751 1.6× 241 0.7× 695 2.1× 417 1.3× 147 3.4k
Yanjun Guo China 24 613 1.1× 284 0.6× 257 0.8× 404 1.2× 231 0.7× 89 2.6k
Tianyi Huang United States 33 890 1.5× 729 1.5× 197 0.6× 644 1.9× 270 0.8× 181 3.9k
Yeong Sook Yoon South Korea 23 510 0.9× 218 0.5× 510 1.5× 560 1.7× 654 2.1× 58 2.3k
Hao Ma United States 28 376 0.7× 400 0.8× 187 0.6× 451 1.3× 253 0.8× 96 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaomin Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaomin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaomin Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaomin Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaomin 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 Xiaomin Sun. Xiaomin Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Dingkang, Sha Liu, Hairui Bai, et al.. (2025). Transcriptomic combined physiological analysis illuminated the gastrointestinal stress mechanism of Saccharomyces boulardii. Food & Function. 16(16). 6391–6400.
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Zhan, Jiamian, Qian Li, Shaofeng Hua, et al.. (2025). Diselenide Nanogels Modulate Mitochondrial Function and Mitigate Oxidative Stress in Cardiomyocytes for Enhanced Cardiac Repair. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(10). 15121–15144. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xingying, Kaige Xu, Yi Li, et al.. (2024). E-cardiac patch to sense and repair infarcted myocardium. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4133–4133. 32 indexed citations
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Cai, Run, Xin Liu, Jixian Zhai, et al.. (2024). 118P Comparative analysis of DNA and RNA-based NGS for detecting MET exon 14 skipping mutation in pan-solid tumor samples. Annals of Oncology. 35. S261–S261. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomin, Tao Yan, Sirui Zhou, et al.. (2023). Effects of Endurance Exercise and Vitamin D Supplementation on Insulin Resistance and Plasma Lipidome in Middle-Aged Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrients. 15(13). 3027–3027. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomin, Dong Keon Yon, Tuan T. Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Dietary and other lifestyle factors and their influence on non-communicable diseases in the Western Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 43. 100842–100842. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing‐Hua, Joo‐Hyun Shin, Dokyung Lee, et al.. (2023). Pharmaceutical efficacy of novel human-origin Faecalibacterium prausnitzii strains on high-fat-diet-induced obesity and associated metabolic disorders in mice. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1220044–1220044. 20 indexed citations
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Ma, Lu, Richard Webb, Ying Li, et al.. (2023). Psychological Stress and Gut Microbiota Composition: A Systematic Review of Human Studies. Neuropsychobiology. 82(5). 247–262. 24 indexed citations
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Zhong, Fei, Cheng Li, Chunchun Wu, et al.. (2020). <p>Association Between Parental Socioeconomic Status and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Chinese College Students: Fitness Improvement Tactics in Youths (FITYou) Project</p>. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Volume 13. 2457–2467. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomin, et al.. (2020). Contribution of glutaredoxin-1 to Fas s-glutathionylation and inflammation in ethanol-induced liver injury. Life Sciences. 264. 118678–118678. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaomin, Yixuan Li, Li Cai, & Youfa Wang. (2020). Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive performance of overweight or obese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatric Research. 89(1). 46–53. 42 indexed citations
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Wei, Junxiang, et al.. (2019). Changes in patterns of the double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition in Nepal over time. Obesity Reviews. 20(9). 1321–1334. 10 indexed citations
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Bi, Jianlu, Jing Chen, Xiaomin Sun, et al.. (2019). The development and evaluation of a sub-health self-rating scale for university students in China. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 330–330. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Youfa, Zhongliang Zhou, Yaling Zhao, et al.. (2017). Disparities in health burden, health-care facilities, and resources among countries in China's Belt and Road Initiative: a mixed methods study. The Lancet. 390. S85–S85. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chunyan, Xiaomin Sun, Qingshan Geng, et al.. (2015). Self-rated chronic conditions and 2-week prevalence in adults in Zhongshan, China: an epidemiological survey. BMJ Open. 5(11). e008441–e008441. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Jieyu, Jing-Ru C. Cheng, Yanyan Liu, et al.. (2014). Associations between breakfast eating habits and health-promoting lifestyle, suboptimal health status in Southern China: a population based, cross sectional study. Journal of Translational Medicine. 12(1). 348–348. 59 indexed citations

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