Ying Sun

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
110 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Ying Sun is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Sun has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 30 papers in Ecology and 24 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Ying Sun's work include Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (26 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (24 papers). Ying Sun is often cited by papers focused on Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (30 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (26 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (24 papers). Ying Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Ying Sun's co-authors include Lianhong Gu, Christian Frankenberg, Troy S. Magney, Philipp Köhler, C. Y. Chang, Joanna Joiner, Luis Guanter, Jeffrey D. Wood, Aiguo Dai and Susan Solomon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ying Sun

105 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

OCO-2 advances photosynthesis observation from space via solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

2017 522 citations Ying Sun, Christian Frankenberg et al. profile →
Overview of Solar-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: Retrieval, cross-mission comparison, and global monitoring for GPP

2018 366 citations Ying Sun, Christian Frankenberg et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Contrasting carbon cycle responses of the tropical continents to the 2015–2016 El Niño

2017 323 citations David Schimel, Christian Frankenberg et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ying Sun United States	36	4.0k	2.0k	1.5k	1.1k	555	110	5.3k
Grayson Badgley United States	21	3.7k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	776 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	705 1.3×	28	4.9k
Xi Yang United States	38	3.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	653 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	793 1.4×	109	4.9k
Wolfgang Knorr Germany	39	5.1k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	3.0k 2.0×	940 0.9×	573 1.0×	87	7.2k
Xiaoying Shi United States	49	3.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 1.6×	375 0.4×	632 1.1×	149	7.9k
Lianhong Gu United States	50	6.7k 1.7×	3.0k 1.5×	2.7k 1.8×	2.8k 2.7×	903 1.6×	132	9.2k
Miguel D. Mahecha Germany	42	5.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	707 0.7×	792 1.4×	131	7.7k
Kevin Schaefer United States	36	3.3k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	5.0k 3.3×	336 0.3×	608 1.1×	94	8.0k
Zhen Zhang China	34	1.7k 0.4×	833 0.4×	761 0.5×	410 0.4×	322 0.6×	194	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ying Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying 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 Ying Sun. Ying Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wen, Jiaming, Giulia Tagliabue, Micol Rossini, et al.. (2025). Detection of fast-changing intra-seasonal vegetation dynamics of drylands using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF). Biogeosciences. 22(8). 2049–2067. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Ruijuan, Ying Sun, Yaling Liu, et al.. (2025). Overexpression of MtNAC33 enhances biomass yield and drought tolerance in alfalfa. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(5). 1452–1454. 3 indexed citations

Li, Kai, Junren Wang, Kun Zhu, et al.. (2024). Micronuclear battery based on a coalescent energy transducer. Nature. 633(8031). 811–815. 20 indexed citations

Lai, Jiameng, Linda M. J. Kooijmans, Wu Sun, et al.. (2024). Terrestrial photosynthesis inferred from plant carbonyl sulfide uptake. Nature. 634(8035). 855–861. 13 indexed citations

Berry, Joseph A., Yoichi P. Shiga, Russell Doughty, et al.. (2023). Solar‐Induced Fluorescence Helps Constrain Global Patterns in Net Biosphere Exchange, as Estimated Using Atmospheric CO₂ Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(12). 3 indexed citations

Han, Jimei, C. Y. Chang, Lianhong Gu, et al.. (2022). The physiological basis for estimating photosynthesis from Chla fluorescence. New Phytologist. 234(4). 1206–1219. 48 indexed citations

Liu, Jianzhao, Fenghui Yuan, Yunjiang Zuo, et al.. (2022). Warming-induced vegetation growth cancels out soil carbon-climate feedback in the northern Asian permafrost region in the 21st century. Environmental Research Letters. 17(8). 84009–84009. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Weizhen, C. Y. Chang, Jeff Melkonian, et al.. (2021). A minimally disruptive method for measuring water potential in planta using hydrogel nanoreporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 38 indexed citations

Chang, C. Y., Luis Guanter, Christian Frankenberg, et al.. (2020). Systematic Assessment of Retrieval Methods for Canopy Far‐Red Solar‐Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Using High‐Frequency Automated Field Spectroscopy. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(7). 69 indexed citations

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He, Liyin, Jeffrey D. Wood, Ying Sun, et al.. (2020). Tracking Seasonal and Interannual Variability in Photosynthetic Downregulation in Response to Water Stress at a Temperate Deciduous Forest. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(8). 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yao, Xiangming Xiao, Yongguang Zhang, et al.. (2017). On the relationship between sub-daily instantaneous and daily total gross primary production: Implications for interpreting satellite-based SIF retrievals. Remote Sensing of Environment. 205. 276–289. 110 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying, Christian Frankenberg, Jeffrey D. Wood, et al.. (2017). OCO-2 advances photosynthesis observation from space via solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Max Planck Digital Library. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Frankenberg, Christian, J. Stutz, Katja Großmann, et al.. (2016). Solar Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence from the leaf through the global scale. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Stott, Peter A., Nikolaos Christidis, Friederike E. L. Otto, et al.. (2016). Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 189 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying, Rong Fu, Robert E. Dickinson, et al.. (2015). Satellite Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Reveals Drought Onset Mechanisms: Insights from Two Contrasting Extreme Events. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying, Lianhong Gu, & Robert E. Dickinson. (2014). Impact of Mesophyll Diffusion on Estimated Global Land CO 2 Fertilization. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 6 indexed citations

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Ding, Yihui, Ying Sun, Dong Si, et al.. (2013). Interdecadal and Interannual Variabilities of the Asian Summer Monsoon and Its Projection of Future Change. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 37(2). 253–280. 34 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying. (2010). The Fault Diagnosis of Aero-engine Main Shaft Bearings. Aircraft Design. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying, et al.. (2008). A Study on Port Cooperation in the Tianjin and Hebei Areas Using Factor Analysis. 11(2). 23. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Ying. (2004). Design and Implementation of DSS Model Based on Web and Component Technology. Jisuanji gongcheng. 2 indexed citations

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