Xin Sun

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
117 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Xin Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Sun has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 31 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Xin Sun's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (34 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (23 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers). Xin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (34 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (23 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (13 papers). Xin Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xin Sun's co-authors include Gail R. Martin, Mark Lewandoski, Jamie M. Verheyden, Spyros Artavanis‐Tsakonas, Erik N. Meyers, Francesca V. Mariani, Eric T. Domyan, Pengfei Sui, Brian D. Harfe and Michael T. McManus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xin Sun

108 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Targeted disruption of Fgf8 causes failure of cell migration in the gastrulating mouse embryo

1999 511 citations Xin Sun et al. profile →
Altered Lipid Metabolism in Recovered SARS Patients Twelve Years after Infection

2017 304 citations Xin Sun et al. profile →
Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells amplify allergic asthma responses

2018 295 citations Pengfei Sui, Yan Zhang et al. profile →
RUNX2 promotes fibrosis via an alveolar-to-pathological fibroblast transition

2025 17 citations Rongbo Li, Xin Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin Sun United States	44	4.4k	1.8k	1.5k	887	609	117	7.3k
Roberto Ravazzolo Italy	39	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	754 0.5×	936 1.1×	505 0.8×	206	6.5k
Noboru Sato Japan	34	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	451 0.5×	399 0.7×	126	6.7k
Parviz Minoo United States	45	3.2k 0.7×	3.8k 2.1×	2.3k 1.6×	564 0.6×	439 0.7×	133	6.7k
Isabella Ceccherini Italy	44	3.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	2.5k 1.7×	1.6k 1.8×	963 1.6×	232	8.1k
Yun Lu United States	37	2.7k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	694 0.5×	587 0.7×	293 0.5×	109	5.4k
Nancy D. Dalton United States	50	5.3k 1.2×	605 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	834 0.9×	351 0.6×	106	9.0k
Keisuke Sekine Japan	28	4.0k 0.9×	658 0.4×	1.8k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	307 0.5×	65	7.1k
Jason R. Rock United States	43	4.9k 1.1×	4.5k 2.5×	2.1k 1.4×	448 0.5×	676 1.1×	69	9.9k
Lin Wang China	38	2.0k 0.5×	830 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	930 1.0×	749 1.2×	284	6.0k
Erik G. Puffenberger United States	38	2.8k 0.6×	978 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	2.9k 3.2×	266 0.4×	74	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Xin Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Sun

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

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Zhang, Jingwen, Muhammad Abid Hayat, Tao Guo, et al.. (2025). Interleukin-37 modulates microglial phenotype and inhibits inflammatory response via the MyD88/NF-κB pathway in lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation. Inflammation Research. 74(1). 87–87.

Sun, Xin, Yumin Luo, Lei Jin, et al.. (2025). Elevated Apolipoprotein E Expression in Hippocampal Microglia Drives Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Progression. Advanced Science. 13(2). e05778–e05778.

Cao, Yuan, Muhammad Abid Hayat, T. Sun, et al.. (2025). Platelet membrane-based bionic nanocarrier-targeted delivery of desferrioxamine mitigates secondary neurological damage in intracerebral hemorrhage. Biomaterials Advances. 180. 214595–214595.

Sun, Xin, et al.. (2025). Lung innervating neurons in lung homeostatic and diseases. Physiology.

Li, Qiuhong, et al.. (2024). Fecal microbiota transplantation alleviates food allergy in neonatal mice via the PD-1/PD-L1 pathway and change of the microbiota composition. World Allergy Organization Journal. 17(10). 100969–100969. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yue, et al.. (2024). Mir-150-5p distinguishes acute pulmonary embolism, predicts the occurrence of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and regulates ox-LDL-induced endothelial cell injury. Hereditas. 161(1). 33–33. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xingzhi, et al.. (2024). Fecal microbiota transplantation as a new way for OVA-induced atopic dermatitis of juvenile mice. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt B). 113183–113183. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Minzhe, Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp, Joseph A. Kitzmiller, et al.. (2023). Single Cell Multiomics Identifies Cells and Genetic Networks Underlying Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 208(6). 709–725. 14 indexed citations

Li, Rongbo, Naoyuki Sone, Shimpei Gotoh, Xin Sun, & James S. Hagood. (2023). Contemporary and emerging technologies for research in children's rare and interstitial lung disease. Pediatric Pulmonology. 59(9). 2349–2359. 1 indexed citations

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Barr, Justinn, Sun‐Young Lee, Maya E. Kotas, et al.. (2022). Injury-induced pulmonary tuft cells are heterogenous, arise independent of key Type 2 cytokines, and are dispensable for dysplastic repair. eLife. 11. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Rongbo, Yan Zhang, Ankur Garg, Pengfei Sui, & Xin Sun. (2022). E3 ubiquitin ligase FBXW7 balances airway cell fates. Developmental Biology. 483. 89–97. 7 indexed citations

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Hynds, Robert E., William J. Zacharias, Marko Nikolić, et al.. (2021). National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Building Respiratory Epithelium and Tissue for Health (BREATH) Consortium Workshop Report: Moving Forward in Lung Regeneration. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 65(1). 22–29.

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Smith, Lauren C., Marsida Kallupi, Lieselot L. G. Carrette, et al.. (2020). Validation of a nicotine vapor self-administration model in rats with relevance to electronic cigarette use. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(11). 1909–1919. 39 indexed citations

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Garg, Ankur, Pengfei Sui, Jamie M. Verheyden, Lisa R. Young, & Xin Sun. (2019). Consider the lung as a sensory organ: A tip from pulmonary neuroendocrine cells. Current topics in developmental biology. 132. 67–89. 48 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2018). Using Sun's Far-Side Images Inferred by the Time-Distance Helioseismic Imaging to Improve Synoptic Maps of Magnetic Field: Importance and Methodology. 147. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Hao, et al.. (2016). Respiratory syncytial virus non-structural protein 1 facilitates virus replication through miR-29a-mediated inhibition of interferon-α receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 478(3). 1436–1441. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Rongbo, et al.. (2015). A three-dimensional study of alveologenesis in mouse lung. Developmental Biology. 409(2). 429–441. 109 indexed citations

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Du, Yarui, Bo Liu, Fan Guo, et al.. (2012). The Essential Role of Mbd5 in the Regulation of Somatic Growth and Glucose Homeostasis in Mice. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47358–e47358. 25 indexed citations

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Herriges, John, Elizabeth A Hines, Guoliang Xu, et al.. (2012). Genome‐scale study of transcription factor expression in the branching mouse lung. Developmental Dynamics. 241(9). 1432–1453. 33 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, Scott Barolo, David Bilder, Mary K. Montgomery, & Neelima Sinha. (2005). Emerging from the fog: Hypotheses and paradigms in developmental biology—The Society for Developmental Biology 2005 Annual Meeting Report. Developmental Biology. 289(2). 273–282. 3 indexed citations

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