Yangbo Sun

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yangbo Sun is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yangbo Sun has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yangbo Sun's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (21 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (7 papers). Yangbo Sun is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (21 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 papers) and Cancer Risks and Factors (7 papers). Yangbo Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Yangbo Sun's co-authors include Wei Bao, Buyun Liu, Linda Snetselaar, Yang Du, Guifeng Xu, Robert B. Wallace, Frank B. Hu, Shuang Rong, Hans‐Joachim Lehmler and Qi Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Yangbo Sun

63 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Prevalence of diagnosed type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US adults in 2016 and 2017: population based study

2018 406 citations Guifeng Xu, Buyun Liu et al. BMJ profile →
Trends in Adherence to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans for Aerobic Activity and Time Spent on Sedentary Behavior Among US Adults, 2007 to 2016

2019 267 citations Yang Du, Buyun Liu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yangbo Sun	736	730	389	357	294	70	2.6k
Yang Xia	523 0.7×	831 1.1×	473 1.2×	278 0.8×	258 0.9×	228	4.1k
Dianjianyi Sun	937 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	386 1.0×	225 0.6×	619 2.1×	178	3.6k
Tianyi Huang	644 0.9×	890 1.2×	197 0.5×	549 1.5×	248 0.8×	181	3.9k
Sylvie Dodin	948 1.3×	464 0.6×	516 1.3×	383 1.1×	117 0.4×	111	3.3k
Yanan Ma	753 1.0×	682 0.9×	302 0.8×	329 0.9×	139 0.5×	192	3.4k
Liyun Zhao	1.0k 1.4×	443 0.6×	319 0.8×	252 0.7×	253 0.9×	131	2.7k
Martha R. Singer	1.7k 2.3×	825 1.1×	248 0.6×	379 1.1×	161 0.5×	70	3.1k
Josje D. Schoufour	1.1k 1.5×	1.4k 1.9×	261 0.7×	303 0.8×	248 0.8×	94	3.4k
Changzheng Yuan	1.6k 2.2×	1.2k 1.6×	190 0.5×	200 0.6×	209 0.7×	166	3.8k
Tao Zhou	543 0.7×	463 0.6×	212 0.5×	411 1.2×	284 1.0×	80	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yangbo Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yangbo Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yangbo Sun

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Zhang, Feng, et al.. (2025). Exploration of cfDNA landscape in NIPT and clinical utilities of cfDNA based gene expression inference in prenatal diagnostics. Frontiers in Genetics. 16. 1527884–1527884. 2 indexed citations

Santtila, Pekka, et al.. (2025). Large language models' knowledge of children's memory and suggestibility: Evaluating model predictions of prior experimental results. Acta Psychologica. 258. 105270–105270.

Yan, Yuxiang, Yuxiao Wu, Yongfu Yu, et al.. (2025). Racial/ethnic disparities in the association of maternal diabetes and obesity with risk of preterm birth among 17 million mother-infant pairs in the United States: a population-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25(1). 333–333.

Yang, Qian, Yangbo Sun, & Debbie A. Lawlor. (2024). Inaccurate measures of outcomes in the two-sample Mendelian randomization of vitamin D with miscarriage. Human Reproduction Open. 2024(2). hoae025–hoae025. 1 indexed citations

Vasbinder, Alexi, Vidhushei Yogeswaran, Aladdin H. Shadyab, et al.. (2024). Life’s Essential 8 and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in U.S. Women With Breast Cancer. JACC CardioOncology. 6(5). 746–757. 5 indexed citations

Santiago‐Torres, Margarita, Lorena García, Aladdin H. Shadyab, et al.. (2024). Traditional Mexican dietary pattern and cancer risk among women of Mexican descent. Cancer Causes & Control. 35(6). 887–896. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Jianying, Buyun Liu, Wei Tan, et al.. (2024). Association between Body Iron Status and Cognitive Task Performance in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Adults. Aging and Disease. 16(2). 1141–1148. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Longgang, Su Yon Jung, Margaret S. Pichardo, et al.. (2024). Diabetes risk reduction diet and risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Internal Medicine. 296(5). 410–421. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Yangbo, Jay H. Fowke, Xiaoyu Liang, et al.. (2022). Changes in Dietary Intake of Methionine, Folate/Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 and Survival in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients. 14(22). 4747–4747. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Yangbo, Buyun Liu, Linda Snetselaar, et al.. (2022). Chocolate Consumption in Relation to All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Women: The Women’s Health Initiative. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123(6). 902–911.e3. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yangbo, Buyun Liu, Linda Snetselaar, et al.. (2021). Association of Major Dietary Protein Sources With All‐Cause and Cause‐Specific Mortality: Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(5). e015553–e015553. 55 indexed citations

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Chen, Guo‐Chong, Rhonda Arthur, Victor Kamensky, et al.. (2021). Body Fat Distribution, Cardiometabolic Traits, and Risk of Major Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease in Postmenopausal Women. Diabetes Care. 45(1). 222–231. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Buyun, Guifeng Xu, Yangbo Sun, et al.. (2020). Maternal cigarette smoking before and during pregnancy and the risk of preterm birth: A dose–response analysis of 25 million mother–infant pairs. PLoS Medicine. 17(8). e1003158–e1003158. 92 indexed citations

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Chen, Guo‐Chong, Rhonda Arthur, Neil M. Iyengar, et al.. (2019). Association between regional body fat and cardiovascular disease risk among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index. European Heart Journal. 40(34). 2849–2855. 165 indexed citations

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Rong, Shuang, Linda Snetselaar, Guifeng Xu, et al.. (2019). Association of Skipping Breakfast With Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73(16). 2025–2032. 139 indexed citations

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Liu, Buyun, Yangbo Sun, Guifeng Xu, et al.. (2019). Association between plasma concentrations of elaidic acid, a major trans fatty acid, and depression in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Journal of Affective Disorders. 249. 301–306. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Buyun, Yangbo Sun, Guifeng Xu, et al.. (2018). Association between Body Iron Status and Leukocyte Telomere Length, a Biomarker of Biological Aging, in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 119(4). 617–625. 36 indexed citations

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Xu, Guifeng, Buyun Liu, Yangbo Sun, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of diagnosed type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US adults in 2016 and 2017: population based study. BMJ. 362. k1497–k1497. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barnabé, Cheryl, Yangbo Sun, Gilles Boire, et al.. (2015). Sociodemographic and Health Status Characteristics Explain Five Clinical Outcome and Radiographic Trajectories in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Data from the CATCH Cohort. The Journal of Rheumatology. 42(7). 1277–1277. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Yangbo, Chao Qiang Jiang, Kar Keung Cheng, et al.. (2015). Nut Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0137178–e0137178. 7 indexed citations

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