Ye Sun

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 908 citations indexed

About

Ye Sun is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Computer Networks and Communications and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ye Sun has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 908 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 5 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 5 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Ye Sun's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (7 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (5 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (3 papers). Ye Sun is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (7 papers), Complex Network Analysis Techniques (5 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (3 papers). Ye Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Ye Sun's co-authors include Kazumi Maki, Lee Fleming, Amy Yu, Vetle I. Torvik, David M. Doolin, Alexander D’Amour, Ronald Lai, Guancheng Li, Vito Latora and Chuxu Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ye Sun

22 papers receiving 876 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. Disambiguation and co-authorship networks of the U.S. patent inventor database (1975–2010)
    2014 385 citations Guancheng Li, Ronald Lai et al. Research Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ye Sun United States 10 255 232 138 137 130 23 908
Anil Khurana India 15 356 1.4× 95 0.4× 431 3.1× 246 1.8× 129 1.0× 51 1.2k
Stavros Stavroyiannis Greece 21 77 0.3× 615 2.7× 20 0.1× 17 0.1× 154 1.2× 75 1.4k
Silvia Bacci Italy 22 656 2.6× 65 0.3× 22 0.2× 20 0.1× 224 1.7× 86 1.5k
Reto Steiner United States 20 65 0.3× 76 0.3× 52 0.4× 16 0.1× 27 0.2× 81 1.2k
Kohei Suzuki Japan 16 97 0.4× 105 0.5× 75 0.5× 21 0.2× 24 0.2× 57 1.2k
Roland W. Schmitt United States 12 136 0.5× 108 0.5× 128 0.9× 140 1.0× 117 0.9× 39 745
Nan Feng China 19 42 0.2× 66 0.3× 153 1.1× 19 0.1× 85 0.7× 86 1.3k
Abhijit Sengupta United States 17 12 0.0× 161 0.7× 159 1.2× 114 0.8× 101 0.8× 91 1.3k
M. H. R. Stanley United States 9 124 0.5× 1.1k 4.7× 63 0.5× 78 0.6× 4 0.0× 11 1.4k
Xiaoming Liu China 10 27 0.1× 29 0.1× 55 0.4× 22 0.2× 38 0.3× 72 897

Countries citing papers authored by Ye Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ye Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ye 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 Ye Sun. The network helps show where Ye Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ye Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ye Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ye 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 Ye Sun. Ye 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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Sun, Ye, et al.. (2024). The academic Great Gatsby Curve. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 21(217). 20240173–20240173. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye, Fabio Caccioli, & Giacomo Livan. (2023). Ranking mobility and impact inequality in early academic careers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(34). e2305196120–e2305196120. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaohang, Ye Sun, Letian Huang, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Publications, Subjects, and Co-Authorships in Network-on-Chip Research From a Complex Network Perspective. IEEE Access. 9. 149399–149422. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye & Vito Latora. (2020). The evolution of knowledge within and across fields in modern physics. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 12097–12097. 26 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye, Long Ma, An Zeng, & Wen-Xu Wang. (2016). Spreading to localized targets in complex networks. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 38865–38865. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye, Chuang Liu, Chuxu Zhang, & Zi‐Ke Zhang. (2014). Epidemic spreading on weighted complex networks. Physics Letters A. 378(7-8). 635–640. 61 indexed citations
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Li, Guancheng, Ronald Lai, Alexander D’Amour, et al.. (2014). Disambiguation and co-authorship networks of the U.S. patent inventor database (1975–2010). Research Policy. 43(6). 941–955. 385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yan, Jessica Li, & Ye Sun. (2013). Young faculty job perceptions in the midst of Chinese higher education reform: the case of Zhejiang University. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 33(3). 273–294. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zi‐Ke, et al.. (2013). Diagnosing and Predicting the Earth’s Health via Ecological Network Analysis. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2013. 1–10. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye. (2012). Application and Development of Permutation Entropy Algorithm. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Fangming, et al.. (2010). FS2You: Peer-Assisted Semipersistent Online Hosting at a Large Scale. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 21(10). 1442–1457. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Weifeng & Ye Sun. (2009). On the security cost of interval multicast. 8. 101–105. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, Gabriel Y. Keung, Susu Xie, et al.. (2008). An Empirical Study of Flash Crowd Dynamics in a P2P-Based Live Video Streaming System. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1–5. 48 indexed citations
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Maki, Kazumi, Ye Sun, & Hyekyung Won. (1996). Aspect of d-Wave Superconductivity. Chinese Journal of Physics. 34. 212–214. 1 indexed citations
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Maki, Kazumi, Ye Sun, & Hyekyung Won. (1996). D-wave superconductors in a magnetic field. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 46(S6). 3151–3158. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye & Kazumi Maki. (1995). Impurity effects ind-wave superconductors. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 51(9). 6059–6063. 165 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye & Kazumi Maki. (1995). Impurity effects in D-wave superconductors. Journal of Superconductivity. 8(5). 645–646. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye & Kazumi Maki. (1994). Lebed’s resonance and field-induced spin-density waves. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(21). 15356–15359. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Ye & Kazumi Maki. (1993). Upper critical field of unconventional superconductors. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 47(14). 9108–9111. 5 indexed citations

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