Yitian Sun

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 674 citations indexed

About

Yitian Sun is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yitian Sun has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 674 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yitian Sun's work include Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers), Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (2 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (2 papers). Yitian Sun is often cited by papers focused on Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers), Plant Surface Properties and Treatments (2 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (2 papers). Yitian Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and Netherlands. Yitian Sun's co-authors include Xinbing Sui, Peng Chen, Guoxiong Li, Yufei Gao, Sinan Xu, Mingming Zhang, Xin Chen, Xiang Yu, Bingtao Zhai and Jiaheng Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecules, Sensors and Journal of Cellular Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Yitian Sun

12 papers receiving 670 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.

The emerging role of ferroptosis in inflammation

2020 568 citations Yitian Sun, Peng Chen et al. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yitian Sun China	7	383	352	268	77	46	14	674
Zhiyuan Song China	12	213 0.6×	396 1.1×	203 0.8×	40 0.5×	50 1.1×	23	643
Monica Cipollini Italy	14	205 0.5×	291 0.8×	166 0.6×	73 0.9×	113 2.5×	28	709
Ren Zhao China	11	225 0.6×	296 0.8×	181 0.7×	30 0.4×	54 1.2×	26	528
Panpan Xia China	11	156 0.4×	231 0.7×	123 0.5×	51 0.7×	35 0.8×	36	510
Swati Dabral Germany	9	309 0.8×	259 0.7×	102 0.4×	33 0.4×	43 0.9×	15	619
Qinghai Li China	16	139 0.4×	253 0.7×	114 0.4×	73 0.9×	119 2.6×	35	615
Zuoqing Song China	12	171 0.4×	181 0.5×	125 0.5×	46 0.6×	120 2.6×	58	546
Tianyu Li China	13	151 0.4×	398 1.1×	158 0.6×	72 0.9×	113 2.5×	40	660
Wanda Fields United States	14	97 0.3×	266 0.8×	194 0.7×	56 0.7×	43 0.9×	22	563

Countries citing papers authored by Yitian Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yitian Sun

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

Ramirez, Edward, Yitian Sun, Matthew R. Buckley, Siddharth Mishra-Sharma, & Tracy R. Slatyer. (2025). Inferring the morphology of the Galactic Center excess with Gaussian processes. Physical review. D. 111(6). 1 indexed citations

Wei, Zhiming, et al.. (2024). Exploring Resistance Reduction of Subsoiling Through Sandfish (Scincus scincus) Inspired Sinusoidal Locomotion. Journal of the ASABE. 67(2). 289–303.

Sun, Yitian, Qinyi Li, Guohua Li, et al.. (2024). Natural products for enhancing the sensitivity or decreasing the adverse effects of anticancer drugs through regulating the redox balance. Chinese Medicine. 19(1). 110–110. 6 indexed citations

Li, Jie, Yitian Sun, Guohua Li, et al.. (2024). The Extraction, Determination, and Bioactivity of Curcumenol: A Comprehensive Review. Molecules. 29(3). 656–656. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Yitian, Hui Guo, Siyuan Zhu, et al.. (2024). Combination of p-coumaric acid and lactoferrin ameliorates cognitive deficits through suppressing C/EBPβ/AEP pathway and modulating intestinal flora in APP/PS1 mice. Food Science and Human Wellness. 14(7). 9250164–9250164.

Guo, Bingnan, Wenwen Liu, Yitian Sun, et al.. (2024). CSF3 aggravates acute exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis by disrupting alveolar epithelial barrier integrity. International Immunopharmacology. 135. 112322–112322. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Yitian, Zhiyu Zhu, Ting Duan, & Guoxiong Li. (2023). Expression of Ferroptosis-Related Proteins Glutathione Peroxidase 4, Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2, and Solute Carrier Family 7 Member 11 in Gastric Cancer Patients. The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology. 34(12). 1186–1196. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Baodong, et al.. (2023). Privacy-Preserving Decision-Tree Evaluation with Low Complexity for Communication. Sensors. 23(5). 2624–2624. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Zhiming, Rui Li, Yitian Sun, et al.. (2023). Research Status, Methods and Prospects of Air-Assisted Spray Technology. Agronomy. 13(5). 1407–1407. 9 indexed citations

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Wei, Zhiming, Ramón Salcedo, Zhi Hong Zhang, et al.. (2022). Key Technologies for an Orchard Variable-Rate Sprayer: Current Status and Future Prospects. Agronomy. 13(1). 59–59. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Guoxiong, et al.. (2021). Advances in understanding of relationship between Hhip and Lpar2 gene expression and gastric cancer. World Chinese Journal of Digestology. 29(18). 1049–1054. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Yitian, Peng Chen, Bingtao Zhai, et al.. (2020). The emerging role of ferroptosis in inflammation. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 127. 110108–110108. 568 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Na, et al.. (2017). Eucalyptol protects lungs against bacterial invasion through attenuating ciliated cell damage and suppressing MUC5AC expression. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 234(5). 5842–5850. 21 indexed citations

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Yu, Na, Yitian Sun, Xinming Su, et al.. (2016). Melatonin attenuates TGFβ1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in lung alveolar epithelial cells. Molecular Medicine Reports. 14(6). 5567–5572. 23 indexed citations

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