Xuezheng Sun

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Xuezheng Sun is a scholar working on Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuezheng Sun has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Oncology, 23 papers in Cancer Research and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xuezheng Sun's work include Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (17 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (13 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (7 papers). Xuezheng Sun is often cited by papers focused on Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (17 papers), Cancer Risks and Factors (13 papers) and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (7 papers). Xuezheng Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Xuezheng Sun's co-authors include Melissa A. Troester, Matthias Noack‐Rink, Linda Kalilani, Vicente Villanueva, Andrew F. Olshan, Michele Nichols, Steven M. Haffner, Ralph B. D’Agostino, Angela D. Liese and Humberto Parada and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Xuezheng Sun

53 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. The epidemiology of drug‐resistant epilepsy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
    2018 379 citations Xuezheng 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
Xuezheng Sun United States 21 569 408 356 270 207 54 1.7k
Chi‐Chen Hong United States 20 493 0.9× 203 0.5× 415 1.2× 85 0.3× 180 0.9× 69 1.4k
Mark Dodson United States 20 253 0.4× 162 0.4× 893 2.5× 65 0.2× 294 1.4× 40 2.7k
Leah Gerber United States 21 413 0.7× 428 1.0× 486 1.4× 617 2.3× 67 0.3× 43 2.1k
Malene R. Andersen Denmark 22 99 0.2× 119 0.3× 325 0.9× 260 1.0× 227 1.1× 34 1.6k
Takeo Sakurai Japan 25 369 0.6× 328 0.8× 641 1.8× 70 0.3× 36 0.2× 112 1.9k
Anthony Batzler United States 23 424 0.7× 339 0.8× 761 2.1× 62 0.2× 109 0.5× 58 1.7k
Francesco Berardinelli Italy 26 181 0.3× 204 0.5× 829 2.3× 128 0.5× 57 0.3× 88 1.9k
Qinghe Xing China 25 250 0.4× 139 0.3× 377 1.1× 323 1.2× 26 0.1× 80 1.6k
Shaik Mohammad Naushad India 23 174 0.3× 101 0.2× 595 1.7× 86 0.3× 146 0.7× 106 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Xuezheng Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xuezheng Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuezheng Sun

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

All Works

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Damrauer, Jeffrey S., Kyle R. Roell, Xuezheng Sun, et al.. (2021). Identification of a Novel Inflamed Tumor Microenvironment Signature as a Predictive Biomarker of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy in Non–Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 27(16). 4599–4609. 33 indexed citations
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Lu, Baochun, et al.. (2021). Clinical and pathological features of undifferentiated pancreatic carcinoma with osteoclastic giant cells: a rare case. Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas. 113(7). 395–399. 1 indexed citations
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Parada, Humberto, Xuezheng Sun, Chiu‐Kit Tse, et al.. (2020). Plasma levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and breast cancer mortality: The Carolina Breast Cancer Study. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 227. 113522–113522. 20 indexed citations
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Hou, Ruixue, Jingkai Wei, Yirui Hu, et al.. (2019). Healthy dietary patterns and risk and survival of breast cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Cancer Causes & Control. 30(8). 835–846. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dongyu, Chengchen Zhang, Xuezheng Sun, et al.. (2019). BMI, Physical Inactivity, and Pap Test Use in Asian Women in the U.S.. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 56(3). e85–e94. 6 indexed citations
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Nyante, Sarah J., Cherie M. Kuzmiak, Mengjie Chen, et al.. (2018). PAM50 and Risk of Recurrence Scores for Interval Breast Cancers. Cancer Prevention Research. 11(6). 327–336. 6 indexed citations
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Parada, Humberto, Xuezheng Sun, Chiu-Kit Tse, Andrew F. Olshan, & Melissa A. Troester. (2018). Lifestyle Patterns and Survival Following Breast Cancer in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. Epidemiology. 30(1). 83–92. 35 indexed citations
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Sun, Xuezheng, Delisha A. Stewart, Rupninder Sandhu, et al.. (2018). Correlated metabolomic, genomic, and histologic phenotypes in histologically normal breast tissue. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0193792–e0193792. 2 indexed citations
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Williams, Lindsay A., Eboneé N. Butler, Xuezheng Sun, et al.. (2018). TP53 protein levels, RNA-based pathway assessment, and race among invasive breast cancer cases. npj Breast Cancer. 4(1). 13–13. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Xuezheng, Yue Shan, Quefeng Li, et al.. (2018). Intra-individual Gene Expression Variability of Histologically Normal Breast Tissue. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9137–9137. 7 indexed citations
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Butler, Eboneé N., Jeannette T. Bensen, Mengjie Chen, et al.. (2017). Prediagnostic Smoking Is Associated with Binary and Quantitative Measures of ER Protein and ESR1 mRNA Expression in Breast Tumors. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 27(1). 67–74. 2 indexed citations
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Parada, Humberto, Xuezheng Sun, Chiu-Kit Tse, et al.. (2017). Active smoking and survival following breast cancer among African American and non-African American women in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. Cancer Causes & Control. 28(9). 929–938. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Xuezheng, Hazel B. Nichols, Chiu-Kit Tse, et al.. (2015). Association of Parity and Time since Last Birth with Breast Cancer Prognosis by Intrinsic Subtype. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(1). 60–67. 22 indexed citations
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Casbas-Hernández, Patricia, Xuezheng Sun, Erick Romàn-Pèrez, et al.. (2014). Tumor Intrinsic Subtype Is Reflected in Cancer-Adjacent Tissue. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 24(2). 406–414. 68 indexed citations
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Sun, Xuezheng, Rupninder Sandhu, Jonine D. Figueroa, et al.. (2014). Benign Breast Tissue Composition in Breast Cancer Patients: Association with Risk Factors, Clinical Variables, and Gene Expression. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 23(12). 2810–2818. 17 indexed citations
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Petrick, Jessica L., Annah B. Wyss, Anne M. Butler, et al.. (2014). Prevalence of human papillomavirus among oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma cases: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Cancer. 110(9). 2369–2377. 72 indexed citations
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Sun, Xuezheng, Gretchen L. Gierach, Rupninder Sandhu, et al.. (2013). Relationship of Mammographic Density and Gene Expression: Analysis of Normal Breast Tissue Surrounding Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(18). 4972–4982. 49 indexed citations
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Kao, Yeh‐Chih, et al.. (1999). Induction of aromatase expression by aminoglutethimide, an aromatase inhibitor that is used to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women.. PubMed. 19(3A). 2049–56. 21 indexed citations

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