Yankun Sun

6.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
25 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Yankun Sun is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Yankun Sun has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Clinical Psychology, 6 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Yankun Sun's work include COVID-19 and Mental Health (9 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (4 papers). Yankun Sun is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 and Mental Health (9 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (4 papers). Yankun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yankun Sun's co-authors include Yanping Bao, Jie Shi, Shiqiu Meng, Lin Lü, Lin Lü, Le Shi, Mao‐Sheng Ran, Kai Yuan, Yan Sun and Wei Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Yankun Sun

22 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

2019-nCoV epidemic: address mental health care to empower... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 400 800 1.2k
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. 2019-nCoV epidemic: address mental health care to empower society
    2020 1.5k citations Yanping Bao, Yankun Sun et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms Among the General Population in China During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
    2020 573 citations Le Shi, Lin Liu et al. JAMA Network Open profile →
  3. Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China
    2020 363 citations Jianyu Que, Le Shi et al. General Psychiatry profile →
  4. Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in China
    2020 361 citations Yan Sun, Yangyang Li et al. American Journal on Addictions profile →
  5. The impact of quarantine on mental health status among general population in China during the COVID-19 pandemic
    2021 202 citations Yunhe Wang, Le Shi et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
  6. Internet Addiction Increases in the General Population During COVID‐19: Evidence From China
    2021 144 citations Yan Sun, Shiqiu Meng et al. American Journal on Addictions profile →

Peers

Yankun Sun
Behnam Khaledi‐Paveh Iran
Wenjun Cao China
Lee Phan Canada
Jiaqi Xiong China
David Chen‐Li Canada
Cristina Mazza Italy
Junming Dai China
Mao‐Sheng Ran China
Behnam Khaledi‐Paveh Iran
Yankun Sun
Citations per year, relative to Yankun Sun Yankun Sun (= 1×) peers Behnam Khaledi‐Paveh

Countries citing papers authored by Yankun Sun

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yankun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yankun Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yankun Sun. The network helps show where Yankun Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yankun Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yankun Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yankun 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 Yankun Sun. Yankun 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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Xu, Xiaojuan, et al.. (2025). Analysis of the impact force and key technique of backward straight punch in different combat sports. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10958–10958.
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Wang, Yunhe, Le Shi, Jianyu Que, et al.. (2021). The impact of quarantine on mental health status among general population in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(9). 4813–4822. 202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Le, Zheng-An Lu, Jianyu Que, et al.. (2021). Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health among the General Public: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(16). 8790–8790. 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Yangyang Li, Yanping Bao, et al.. (2020). Brief Report: Increased Addictive Internet and Substance Use Behavior During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in China. American Journal on Addictions. 29(4). 268–270. 361 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bao, Yanping, Yankun Sun, Shiqiu Meng, Jie Shi, & Lin Lü. (2020). 2019-nCoV epidemic: address mental health care to empower society. The Lancet. 395(10224). e37–e38. 1451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Gordon G., Yankun Sun, Danan Gu, et al.. (2020). Association between household fuel use and sleep quality in the oldest-old: Evidence from a propensity-score matched case-control study in Hainan, China. Environmental Research. 191. 110229–110229. 27 indexed citations
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Lu, Qing-Dong, Lin Liu, Yunhe Wang, et al.. (2020). Online Survey on Accessing Psychological Knowledge and Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic — China, 2020. China CDC Weekly. 2(41). 797–803.
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Que, Jianyu, Le Shi, Jiahui Deng, et al.. (2020). Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China. General Psychiatry. 33(3). e100259–e100259. 363 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shi, Le, Lin Liu, Mao‐Sheng Ran, et al.. (2020). Prevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms Among the General Population in China During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. 3(7). e2014053–e2014053. 573 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Yankun, Yanping Bao, Arun Ravindran, et al.. (2020). Mental Health Challenges Raised by Rapid Socioeconomic Transformations in China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 59–66. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Yankun, Yanping Bao, & Lin Lü. (2020). Addressing mental health care for the bereaved during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 74(7). 406–407. 30 indexed citations
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Que, Jianyu, Le Shi, Jiajia Liu, et al.. (2019). The development of mental hospitals in China from 2002 to 2016. Chin J Psychiatry. 52(2). 139–144. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yankun, Yanping Bao, Arun Ravindran, et al.. (2019). Mental health challenges raised by rapid economic and social transformations in China: a systematic review. The Lancet. 394. S52–S52. 4 indexed citations
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Que, Jianyu, Le Shi, Jiajia Liu, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviours among medical professionals: a meta-analysis and systematic review. The Lancet. 394. S11–S11. 10 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Yang Zhang, Dai Zhang, et al.. (2018). GABRA2 rs279858-linked variants are associated with disrupted structural connectome of reward circuits in heroin abusers. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 138–138. 13 indexed citations
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Sun, Yankun, Yan Sun, Xiao Lin, Lin Lü, & Jie Shi. (2017). Similarities and Differences in Neuroimaging. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1010. 73–89. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qin, Gordon G. Liu, Yankun Sun, & Samantha A. Vortherms. (2016). The impact of health insurance cost-sharing method on healthcare utilisation in China. China Journal of Social Work. 9(1). 38–61. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, et al.. (2015). From genetic studies to precision medicine in alcohol dependence. Behavioural Pharmacology. 27(2 and 3 - Special Issue). 87–99. 5 indexed citations

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