Yanni Sun

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
151 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Yanni Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanni Sun has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Plant Science and 43 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yanni Sun's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (67 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (31 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers). Yanni Sun is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (67 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (31 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (26 papers). Yanni Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yanni Sun's co-authors include James R. Cole, James M. Tiedje, Jordan Fish, C. Titus Brown, Benli Chai, Qiong Wang, Cheryl R. Kuske, Andrea Porras‐Alfaro, Jiayu Shang and Jeremy Buhler and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Nucleic Acids Research and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Yanni Sun

142 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throu... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2013 2022 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Ribosomal Database Project: data and tools for high throughput rRNA analysis
    2013 3.3k citations James R. Cole, Yanni Sun et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. FunGene: the functional gene pipeline and repository
    2013 515 citations Yanni Sun, James R. Cole et al. profile →
  3. PhaTYP: predicting the lifestyle for bacteriophages using BERT
    2022 123 citations Jiayu Shang, Xubo Tang et al. Briefings in Bioinformatics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanni Sun China 34 3.3k 2.4k 1.5k 852 673 151 7.2k
Markus Bauer Austria 6 3.2k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 924 0.6× 526 0.6× 776 1.2× 9 6.9k
Karoline Faust Belgium 31 4.5k 1.3× 3.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 834 1.0× 689 1.0× 65 8.3k
Louise Fraser United Kingdom 6 3.4k 1.0× 2.4k 1.0× 942 0.6× 526 0.6× 788 1.2× 10 7.5k
Todd Z. DeSantis United States 25 3.0k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 2.3k 1.6× 727 0.9× 601 0.9× 29 8.1k
Jason Betley United Kingdom 12 3.6k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 982 0.7× 580 0.7× 804 1.2× 16 7.9k
Ulaş Karaöz United States 29 4.7k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 791 0.9× 453 0.7× 54 9.8k
Erick Cardenas United States 18 3.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 817 0.6× 379 0.4× 901 1.3× 28 6.4k
Torsten Thomas Australia 61 4.1k 1.2× 5.4k 2.2× 1.2k 0.8× 738 0.9× 696 1.0× 204 12.0k
Chi-Man Liu Hong Kong 8 3.6k 1.1× 2.8k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 310 0.4× 1.1k 1.7× 13 7.4k
Frédéric Mahé France 25 5.0k 1.5× 4.7k 2.0× 1.8k 1.2× 448 0.5× 656 1.0× 59 10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanni Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanni Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanni Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanni Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanni 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 Yanni Sun. Yanni 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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Shi, Kai, Yanni Sun, De‐Hui Zeng, et al.. (2025). Oxidative enzymes underlie tree species effects on soil organic carbon stocks: A common garden test with eight tree species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 202. 109715–109715. 2 indexed citations
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Peng, Meixi, Zhenyu Wang, Yongxiu Huang, et al.. (2024). A novel LGALS1-depended and immune-associated fatty acid metabolism risk model in acute myeloid leukemia stem cells. Cell Death and Disease. 15(7). 482–482. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanni, et al.. (2024). Utilizing profile hidden Markov model databases for discovering viruses from metagenomic data: a comprehensive review. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 25(4). 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Xubo, Jiayu Shang, Guowei Chen, et al.. (2024). SegVir: Reconstruction of Complete Segmented RNA Viral Genomes from Metatranscriptomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(8). 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Yong, et al.. (2024). Rice Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency: Different Responses to Soil Organic Matter between Early and Late Rice. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xue, Guowei Chen, Yuanfei Pan, et al.. (2024). VirID: Beyond Virus Discovery—An Integrated Platform for Comprehensive RNA Virus Characterization. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(10). 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhixin, Yifeng Liu, Yanni Sun, et al.. (2023). Metabolic changes in bile acids with pregnancy progression and their correlation with perinatal complications in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnant patients. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1608–1608. 15 indexed citations
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Liao, Ping, Lei Liu, Jin Chen, et al.. (2023). Liming reduces nitrogen uptake from chemical fertilizer but increases that from straw in a double rice cropping system. Soil and Tillage Research. 235. 105873–105873. 8 indexed citations
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Tang, Xubo, et al.. (2023). PLASMe: a tool to identify PLASMid contigs from short-read assemblies using transformer. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(15). e83–e83. 38 indexed citations
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Liao, Ping, Lei Liu, Stephen M. Bell, et al.. (2022). Interaction of lime application and straw retention on ammonia emissions from a double-cropped rice field. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 344. 108309–108309. 11 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jing‐Zhe, Jiayu Shang, Liling Yang, et al.. (2022). Virus classification for viral genomic fragments using PhaGCN2. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 24(1). 66 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanmei, et al.. (2021). A new way to produce odd‐allotetraploid lily (Lilium) through 2n gametes. Plant Breeding. 140(4). 711–718. 4 indexed citations
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Ma, Haiying, et al.. (2021). Characterizing the Host Coral Proteome of Platygyra carnosa Using Suspension Trapping (S-Trap). Journal of Proteome Research. 20(3). 1783–1791. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanmei, Lu Zhang, Yanni Sun, & Shujun Zhou. (2021). The common occurrence of 2n eggs by lily F1 distant hybrids and its significance on lily breeding: a case of analyzing OT hybrids. Euphytica. 217(11). 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiao, Yingchao Zhao, & Yanni Sun. (2018). De novo haplotype reconstruction in viral quasispecies using paired-end read guided path finding. Bioinformatics. 34(17). 2927–2935. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuan, Yanni Sun, & James R. Cole. (2014). A Scalable and Accurate Targeted Gene Assembly Tool (SAT-Assembler) for Next-Generation Sequencing Data. PLoS Computational Biology. 10(8). e1003737–e1003737. 25 indexed citations

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