Xin Sun

2.2k total citations
68 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Xin Sun is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Sun has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Oceanography and 19 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Xin Sun's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (23 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (18 papers). Xin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (23 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (18 papers). Xin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Xin Sun's co-authors include Bess B. Ward, Amal Jayakumar, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Jizhong Zhou, Yunfeng Yang, Shaohui Zhang, Claudia Frey, Ling Yang and Tong Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xin Sun

61 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin Sun China	22	593	399	345	293	269	68	1.3k
Annette Bérard France	24	440 0.7×	224 0.6×	129 0.4×	239 0.8×	525 2.0×	45	1.5k
Wendy C. Quayle Australia	18	426 0.7×	234 0.6×	125 0.4×	255 0.9×	139 0.5×	35	1.2k
Hongli Li China	21	416 0.7×	187 0.5×	83 0.2×	487 1.7×	150 0.6×	89	1.3k
Xiaobo Li China	20	300 0.5×	452 1.1×	89 0.3×	269 0.9×	171 0.6×	50	1.2k
Chunhua Liu China	24	610 1.0×	162 0.4×	158 0.5×	585 2.0×	194 0.7×	109	1.8k
Kazuo Isobe Japan	29	1.1k 1.9×	850 2.1×	110 0.3×	459 1.6×	828 3.1×	56	2.2k
Qiaoping Li China	19	418 0.7×	276 0.7×	192 0.6×	269 0.9×	83 0.3×	48	1.7k
Linda Hink United Kingdom	13	902 1.5×	536 1.3×	98 0.3×	218 0.7×	984 3.7×	14	1.7k
Robert Lensi France	25	546 0.9×	649 1.6×	57 0.2×	421 1.4×	271 1.0×	49	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xin Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Sun

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Buchanan, Pearse, et al.. (2025). Oxygen intrusions sustain aerobic nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in anoxic marine zones. Science. 388(6751). 1069–1074. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Yuqi, Xin Sun, Zaozao Qiu, et al.. (2025). Performance and mechanism of phytic acid-doped porous carbon sphere flow electrode in treating uranium-containing wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal. 527. 171266–171266.

Zhu, Ying, et al.. (2025). Breaking the HCl/SO2 selectivity barrier: Intrinsic basic properties of MDEA/SBA-15 for HCl removal. Fuel. 406. 136923–136923.

Yang, Jie, Peng Gao, Lina Sun, et al.. (2024). Metal oxide modified MCM-41 on simultaneous removal of HF and HCl: Experimental and theoretical studies. Separation and Purification Technology. 348. 127765–127765. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Mass transfer characteristics of multi-pollutants in nano-pores of CeO2-TiO2 based SCR catalyst: A molecular dynamics study. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 191. 1591–1599. 2 indexed citations

Baya, Pascale A., et al.. (2024). Isotopomer labeling and oxygen dependence of hybrid nitrous oxide production. Biogeosciences. 21(14). 3215–3238. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Ying, Haiyan Zhu, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Manipulation of artificial light environment improves plant biomass and fruit nutritional quality in tomato. Journal of Advanced Research. 75. 79–93. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Xin, et al.. (2024). Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria adapted to low-oxygen conditions dominate nitrite oxidation in marine oxygen minimum zones. The ISME Journal. 18(1). 2 indexed citations

Sun, Xin, et al.. (2024). Ecological dynamics explain modular denitrification in the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(52). e2417421121–e2417421121. 5 indexed citations

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Tang, Weiyi, Bess B. Ward, Laura A. Bristow, et al.. (2023). Database of nitrification and nitrifiers in the global ocean. Earth system science data. 15(11). 5039–5077. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Chunxue, Junjun Qiu, Yixing Ma, et al.. (2023). Advances in selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia (NH3-SCO): A review of catalyst structure-activity relationship and design principles. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(1). 108432–108432. 29 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, Nona R. Chiariello, Kathryn M. Docherty, et al.. (2023). Long‐term elevated precipitation induces grassland soil carbon loss via microbe‐plant–soil interplay. Global Change Biology. 29(18). 5429–5444. 27 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, et al.. (2022). Controls on nitrite oxidation in the upper Southern Ocean: insights from winter kinetics experiments in the Indian sector. Biogeosciences. 19(14). 3425–3444. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, Shantelle Smith, Alakendra N. Roychoudhury, et al.. (2022). The kinetics of ammonium uptake and oxidation across the Southern Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(4). 973–991. 11 indexed citations

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Tang, Weiyi, Amal Jayakumar, Xin Sun, et al.. (2022). Nitrous Oxide Consumption in Oxygenated and Anoxic Estuarine Waters. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(21). 15 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, Claudia Frey, Emilio García‐Robledo, Amal Jayakumar, & Bess B. Ward. (2021). Microbial niche differentiation explains nitrite oxidation in marine oxygen minimum zones. The ISME Journal. 15(5). 1317–1329. 39 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, Claudia Frey, Emilio García‐Robledo, Amal Jayakumar, & Bess B. Ward. (2021). Correction: Microbial niche differentiation explains nitrite oxidation in marine oxygen minimum zones. The ISME Journal. 15(8). 2492–2492. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin, et al.. (2021). Controls on nitrite oxidation in the upper Southern Ocean: insights from winter kinetics experiments in the Indian sector. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Kai, et al.. (2016). New Progress in Selective Catalytic Oxidation of NH3by Catalysts. 30. 89. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Xin. (2011). Concept and Evaluation Methodology of Watershed Management and Recovery Degree in Red Soil Region. Soils. 2 indexed citations

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