Yan Sun

4.1k total citations
135 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yan Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Sun has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Plant Science and 22 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yan Sun's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (25 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Yan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (25 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers). Yan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yan Sun's co-authors include Qingchuan Yang, Junmei Kang, Mingna Li, Ruicai Long, Kun Zhang, Zhenmin Bao, Tiejun Zhang, Lingling Zhang, Shi Wang and Xiaoli Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Yan Sun

129 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Sun China 32 1.2k 1.1k 372 219 210 135 2.6k
Ik‐Young Choi South Korea 30 1.4k 1.2× 2.5k 2.2× 804 2.2× 246 1.1× 159 0.8× 132 4.3k
Lin Fang China 19 1.9k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 346 0.9× 239 1.1× 244 1.2× 54 3.4k
Peng Gao China 24 787 0.7× 832 0.7× 307 0.8× 112 0.5× 162 0.8× 128 2.2k
Adi Doron‐Faigenboim Israel 31 1.8k 1.6× 1.5k 1.3× 491 1.3× 329 1.5× 216 1.0× 86 3.7k
Foo Cheung United States 25 2.3k 1.9× 2.9k 2.5× 579 1.6× 293 1.3× 233 1.1× 33 4.5k
Shengkang Li China 6 1.2k 1.0× 532 0.5× 408 1.1× 360 1.6× 136 0.6× 13 2.0k
Lin Fang China 7 1.0k 0.9× 604 0.5× 355 1.0× 245 1.1× 145 0.7× 11 1.9k
Jun Zou China 30 1.2k 1.1× 1.6k 1.4× 479 1.3× 173 0.8× 537 2.6× 115 2.8k
Ravi K. Patel United States 18 2.2k 1.9× 1.5k 1.3× 562 1.5× 371 1.7× 314 1.5× 30 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan 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 Yan Sun. Yan 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, Yaxin, Zhaoyang Jiang, Liting Chen, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific behavioral alterations and underlying molecular mechanisms of zebrafish with environmental-related zinc exposure. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 303. 119024–119024.
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Liu, Zhenzhen, Jinrong Sun, Mingna Li, et al.. (2025). Comparative physiological and transcriptomic analyses of zoysiagrass (<i>Zoysia japonica</i>) species reveal key metabolic pathways for salt tolerance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Yi, Kun, Yiwei Jiang, Hong Liu, et al.. (2023). Germination of aged oat seeds associated with changes in antioxidant enzyme activity and storage compounds mobilization. Physiologia Plantarum. 175(5). e14020–e14020. 7 indexed citations
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Cui, Huiting, et al.. (2021). Lipidomic metabolism associated with acetic acid priming-induced salt tolerance in Carex rigescens. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 167. 665–677. 20 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wen, Shiqiang Wang, Lei Yang, et al.. (2019). Reference genes for qRT-PCR normalisation in different tissues, developmental stages, and stress conditions of Hypericum perforatum. PeerJ. 7. e7133–e7133. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Kuipeng, Bin Zhou, Yan Sun, & Yu Zang. (2019). The complete plastid genome of the brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria (scytosiphonaceae, phaeophyceae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 2161–2162. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yan, Xiuge Wang, Qiang Jiang, et al.. (2018). DNA methylation rather than single nucleotide polymorphisms regulates the production of an aberrant splice variant of IL6R in mastitic cows. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 23(4). 617–628. 22 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Jinxiang Liu, Bo Wang, et al.. (2018). Klf4 could be activated by Pou5f3/Stat3 to induce the expression of Nanog in Japanese flounder. Gene. 687. 56–63. 4 indexed citations
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He, Shan, Yan Sun, Qian Yang, et al.. (2017). A Novel Imprinted Gene NUWA Controls Mitochondrial Function in Early Seed Development in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 13(1). e1006553–e1006553. 28 indexed citations
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Xu, Shanshan, Lanlan Dong, Yingying Shi, et al.. (2016). The Novel Landscape of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Response to Human Foamy Virus Infection Characterized by RNA-Seq. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 33(5). 452–464. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuai, Yan Zhang, Chunhong Yang, et al.. (2015). The g.-165 T>C Rather than Methylation Is Associated with Semen Motility in Chinese Holstein Bulls by Regulating the Transcriptional Activity of the HIBADH Gene. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0127670–e0127670. 8 indexed citations
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Dong, Lanlan, Fengfeng Zhang, Zhi Li, et al.. (2014). Short Communication: Efficiently Inhibiting HIV-1 Replication by a Prototype Foamy Virus Vector Expressing Novel H1 Promoter-Driven Short Hairpin RNAs. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31(2). 183–188. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Yi, et al.. (2012). The Antibiotic Metabolites Genes of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Zhongguo shengwu gongcheng zazhi. 32(8). 100–106. 1 indexed citations
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Qiu, Yanyan, Zhi‐Hao Wang, Yingying Zhang, et al.. (2012). Prokaryotic expression and polyclonal antibody production of transactivator Tas for potential application in detection of human foamy virus infection. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 6(7). 1497–1503. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Qi Li, Lingfeng Kong, & Xiaodong Zheng. (2011). DNA barcoding of Caenogastropoda along coast of China based on the COI gene. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12(2). 209–218. 25 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, et al.. (2009). Efficient production of transgenic chickens using self-inactive HIV-based lentiviral vectors. Current Zoology. 55(5). 383–387. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, et al.. (2007). Effective inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication by small interfering RNAs expressed from human foamy virus vectors. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 19(4). 705–11. 10 indexed citations

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