Xiaoyan Sun

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
141 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Xiaoyan Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoyan Sun has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 26 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Xiaoyan Sun's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (8 papers). Xiaoyan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (14 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (8 papers). Xiaoyan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Ethiopia. Xiaoyan Sun's co-authors include Joseph C. LaManna, Xueting Cai, Per‐Olof Hasselgren, Chunping Hu, Janusz B. Suszkiw, Kui Xu, Per-Olof Hasselgren, Curtis J. Wray, Wuguang Lu and Juan Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoyan Sun

132 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Ginseng-derived nanoparticles alter macrophage polarization to inhibit melanoma growth

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoyan Sun China	32	1.4k	460	422	405	390	141	3.1k
Mohammed Al‐Qahtani Saudi Arabia	31	1.3k 0.9×	551 1.2×	248 0.6×	238 0.6×	421 1.1×	150	3.2k
Tingting Liu China	31	1.8k 1.3×	632 1.4×	401 1.0×	324 0.8×	436 1.1×	257	3.5k
Fang Xia China	32	1.7k 1.2×	385 0.8×	410 1.0×	380 0.9×	350 0.9×	124	3.2k
Junling Liu China	35	1.6k 1.1×	446 1.0×	423 1.0×	615 1.5×	243 0.6×	181	4.1k
Jin Zhang China	33	1.9k 1.4×	627 1.4×	348 0.8×	428 1.1×	481 1.2×	131	3.6k
Yong Wang China	35	1.8k 1.3×	729 1.6×	887 2.1×	360 0.9×	492 1.3×	205	3.9k
Afsane Bahrami Iran	32	1.7k 1.2×	867 1.9×	322 0.8×	432 1.1×	320 0.8×	144	3.9k
Michael Holinstat United States	39	1.6k 1.1×	461 1.0×	279 0.7×	456 1.1×	324 0.8×	116	4.5k
Ireneusz Majsterek Poland	37	2.3k 1.7×	619 1.3×	241 0.6×	309 0.8×	519 1.3×	238	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoyan Sun

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2025). Fluorescence imaging-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lesion resection in treating congenital lung malformation. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 755–755. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongli, Xiaoyan Sun, Zhengyang Chen, et al.. (2025). Integrated stress response-mediated metabolic reprogramming drives hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis via the noncanonical EIF3d-ATF4-S100P signaling pathway. Redox Biology. 88. 103905–103905.

Liu, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). Housing demolition and entrepreneurship: Evidence from China. Cities. 152. 105201–105201. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Bo, Qingyu Liu, Yan Yang, et al.. (2024). Soufeng sanjie formula alleviates osteoarthritis by inhibiting macrophage M1 polarization and modulating intestinal metabolites. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 339. 119147–119147. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoyan & Xuanli Xie. (2024). How does digital finance promote entrepreneurship? The roles of traditional financial institutions and BigTech firms. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 85. 102316–102316. 26 indexed citations

Yang, Yufan, et al.. (2024). Zwitterionic hyaluronic acid derivatives for co-delivery of both chemotherapeutic and nucleic acid drugs in breast cancer treatment. Nano Research. 18(1). 94907076–94907076. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yaping, Xiaopeng Ma, Huimin Li, et al.. (2024). CD312 Promotes Paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Through GNA15‐Mediated Non‐Classical GPCR Signalling Pathway. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 28(23). e70283–e70283.

Liu, Wenting, Hua Yang, Qiang Xu, et al.. (2024). Role of MYO1F in neutrophil and macrophage recruitment and pro-inflammatory cytokine production in Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt A). 113094–113094. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaoyan, Waverly W. Ding, & Xuanli Xie. (2024). The Internet and the gender gap in entrepreneurship: Evidence from China. Journal of Business Venturing. 39(5). 106417–106417. 7 indexed citations

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Hu, Chen-Yu, Chunfeng Zhang, Ming Liu, et al.. (2024). LncRNA-HMG incites colorectal cancer cells to chemoresistance via repressing p53-mediated ferroptosis. Redox Biology. 77. 103362–103362. 12 indexed citations

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Lu, Danli, et al.. (2023). Schaftoside reduces inflammation in Aspergillus fumigatus keratitis through the inhibition of the TLR4/MyD88 pathway. Cytokine. 175. 156483–156483. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Jingjing, Lu Liang, Yueying Liu, et al.. (2023). BDH1‐mediated LRRC31 regulation dependent on histone lysine β‐hydroxybutyrylation to promote lung adenocarcinoma progression. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). e449–e449. 9 indexed citations

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Hu, Chen-Yu, Xiaoyan Sun, Yang Hu, et al.. (2023). Activation of ACLY by SEC63 deploys metabolic reprogramming to facilitate hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis upon endoplasmic reticulum stress. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 42(1). 108–108. 35 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoyan, Tianxiang Chen, Chun Xie, et al.. (2022). Relationships between SUVmax of lung adenocarcinoma and different T stages, histological grades and pathological subtypes: a retrospective cohort study in China. BMJ Open. 12(5). e056804–e056804. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoyan, Rui Zhang, Lirong Wang, et al.. (2020). Association Between Parity and the Age at Menopause and Menopausal Syndrome in Northwest China. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 33(1). 60–66. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoyan, Chang Liu, Hua Zhang, Bin Zhang, & Changli Wang. (2019). Clinical significance of GCNT3 expression in non-small cell lung cancer. Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research. 46(3). 111–116. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoyan, Rui Zhang, Lirong Wang, et al.. (2018). A cross-sectional study on the effects of age at menarche on age at menopause and perimenopausal syndrome. 38(4). 299–304.

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Jin, Ran, Shivani Patel, Xiaoyan Sun, et al.. (2014). Fructose Induced Endotoxemia in Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. International Journal of Hepatology. 2014. 1–8. 84 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2013). [Influence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms on antidepressant response].. PubMed. 30(1). 26–30. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaoyan, et al.. (2013). Increased HIF-1α and HIF-2α Accumulation, but Decreased Microvascular Density, in Chronic Hyperoxia and Hypercapnia in the Mouse Cerebral Cortex. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 789. 29–35. 13 indexed citations

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