Yixian Sun

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

Yixian Sun is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Yixian Sun has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Strategy and Management, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Yixian Sun's work include International Development and Aid (8 papers), Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (7 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (6 papers). Yixian Sun is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (8 papers), Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (7 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (6 papers). Yixian Sun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Netherlands. Yixian Sun's co-authors include Philip Schleifer, Lukas Fesenfeld, Michael Wicki, Thomas Bernauer, Hamish van der Ven, Prajal Pradhan, Frank Biermann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, Pamela S. Chasek and Thomas Hickmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Yixian Sun

39 papers receiving 808 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.

Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals

2022 247 citations Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers

Yixian Sun

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Clara Brandi Germany

Mairon G. Bastos Lima Sweden

Arnt Fløysand Norway

Kate Wellard United Kingdom

Jonathan R. Barton Chile

David A. Sonnenfeld United States

Stephen Morse United Kingdom

Elisa Arond United States

Agni Kalfagianni Netherlands

Thomas Bauler Belgium

Clara Brandi Germany

Yixian Sun

249 ×1.5

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189 ×1.1

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95 ×0.6

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332 ×2.1

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68 ×0.5

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Citations per year, relative to Yixian Sun Yixian Sun (= 1×) peers Clara Brandi

Countries citing papers authored by Yixian Sun

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yixian Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yixian Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yixian Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yixian 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 Yixian Sun. Yixian 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

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Harlan, Tyler, Yixian Sun, Juliet Lu, et al.. (2025). China Aspires to be an Environmental Leader: How Should the Rest of the World Engage?. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs.

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Li, Xiaoran, et al.. (2025). Unpacking China’s climate policy mixes shows a disconnect between policy density and intensity in the post-Paris era. npj Climate Action. 4(1). 1 indexed citations

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Whitmarsh, Lorraine, et al.. (2025). Zero-car households – constraint or lifestyle choice? A systematic literature review of the factors affecting non-car ownership. Transport Reviews. 45(3). 390–412. 2 indexed citations

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Allan, Jen Iris, Anwesha Borthakur, D. A. Barry, et al.. (2025). Rethinking the science-policy interface for chemicals, waste, and pollution: Challenging core assumptions. Global Environmental Change. 92. 102995–102995. 1 indexed citations

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Hickmann, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Fesenfeld, Lukas, Liam F. Beiser‐McGrath, Yixian Sun, Michael Wicki, & Thomas Bernauer. (2024). Systematic mapping of climate and environmental framing experiments and re-analysis with computational methods points to omitted interaction bias. PLOS Climate. 3(2). e0000297–e0000297. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Yixian, et al.. (2024). Unraveling Forest Practice Policies in China: Subnational Comparisons through Policy Prescriptiveness Framework. Forests. 15(6). 927–927.

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Sun, Yixian, et al.. (2023). Global research trends in palliative care for breast cancer from 2012 to 2022: A scientometric analysis. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1104531–1104531. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Yixian, et al.. (2023). Mask Diplomacy? Understanding China's Goals in Delivering Medical Aid in the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 52(3). 381–412. 5 indexed citations

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Biermann, Frank, Thomas Hickmann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, et al.. (2022). Author Correction: Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. 6(3). 344–344. 3 indexed citations

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Biermann, Frank, Thomas Hickmann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, et al.. (2022). Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. 5(9). 795–800. 247 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Yixian. (2022). Book review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100145–100145. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Junling, et al.. (2021). [Source investigation on a familiar cluster of coronavirus disease 2019 in Dandong city of Liaoning Province].. PubMed. 55(1). 120–122. 1 indexed citations

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Ven, Hamish van der, Yixian Sun, & Benjamin Cashore. (2021). Sustainable commodity governance and the global south. Ecological Economics. 186. 107062–107062. 22 indexed citations

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Allan, Jen Iris, et al.. (2021). Glasgow Climate Change Conference:31 October – 13 November 2021. 12 indexed citations

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Fesenfeld, Lukas, Michael Wicki, Yixian Sun, & Thomas Bernauer. (2020). Policy packaging can make food system transformation feasible. Nature Food. 1(3). 173–182. 83 indexed citations

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Ven, Hamish van der & Yixian Sun. (2020). Varieties of Crises: Comparing the Politics of COVID-19 and Climate Change. Global Environmental Politics. 21(1). 13–22. 22 indexed citations

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Schleifer, Philip & Yixian Sun. (2018). Emerging markets and private governance: the political economy of sustainable palm oil in China and India. Review of International Political Economy. 25(2). 190–214. 65 indexed citations

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Sun, Yixian. (2016). The Changing Role of China in Global Environmental Governance. 1(1). 43–53. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Yixian, et al.. (2015). Microblogging-Based Civic Participation on Environment in China: A Case Study of the PM 2.5 Campaign. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 27(5). 2077–2105. 52 indexed citations

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