Yong Sun

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yong Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Sun has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yong Sun's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (13 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (10 papers). Yong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (13 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (10 papers). Yong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yong Sun's co-authors include Jianan Liu, Jianlin Shi, Wenbo Bu, Qingfeng Xiao, Yanyan Liu, Chao Cheng, Dalong Ni, Chen Zhang, Changjing Zuo and Jiulin Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yong Sun

81 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Hypoxia Induced by Upconv... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Hypoxia Induced by Upconversion‐Based Photodynamic Therapy: Towards Highly Effective Synergistic Bioreductive Therapy in Tumors
    2015 404 citations Yanyan Liu, Yong Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yong Sun China 26 912 807 544 388 354 83 2.3k
Hang Yin China 31 1.6k 1.7× 1.2k 1.5× 331 0.6× 888 2.3× 611 1.7× 109 3.6k
Bo Yang China 37 2.1k 2.3× 309 0.4× 340 0.6× 261 0.7× 183 0.5× 150 3.8k
Min Gao China 31 2.3k 2.5× 672 0.8× 542 1.0× 533 1.4× 190 0.5× 142 4.2k
Aurélien Deniaud France 26 1.2k 1.3× 276 0.3× 343 0.6× 214 0.6× 137 0.4× 53 2.7k
Feiyue Fan China 27 1.5k 1.7× 344 0.4× 564 1.0× 466 1.2× 250 0.7× 60 2.9k
Aidong Wang China 25 703 0.8× 295 0.4× 479 0.9× 242 0.6× 177 0.5× 128 2.0k
Lin Yang China 28 1.6k 1.7× 338 0.4× 196 0.4× 201 0.5× 168 0.5× 96 3.0k
Xiao Luo China 30 1.6k 1.8× 612 0.8× 738 1.4× 405 1.0× 178 0.5× 134 3.2k
Andrea Heinz Denmark 29 507 0.6× 211 0.3× 441 0.8× 314 0.8× 191 0.5× 65 2.3k
Lulu Han China 24 702 0.8× 303 0.4× 199 0.4× 215 0.6× 166 0.5× 79 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong 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 Yong Sun. Yong 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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Zhou, Qingli, et al.. (2025). Discovery of lactic acid bacteria with high nucleoside degradation and low purine production in tomato sour soup. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 434. 111139–111139. 2 indexed citations
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Cui, Yi, Yong Sun, Na Liang, & Chuan Tian. (2025). YY1-mediated DUXAP8 facilitates HCC progression via modulating DEPDC1 expression. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 25(1). 65–65.
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Li, Weiwei, Yong Sun, Tai Ma, et al.. (2025). Genomic Characteristics and Antibiotic Resistance Evolution of Vibrio cholerae O139 — Anhui Province, China, 2013–2024. China CDC Weekly. 7(32). 1057–1063. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jun, Changqing Du, Yumeng Hu, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic performance of computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for assessing functional severity of coronary lesions. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 13(3). 1672–1685. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Buyun, Chao Xu, Yong Sun, et al.. (2022). Fixed complex electrograms during sinus rhythm and local pacing: potential ablation targets for persistent atrial fibrillation. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10697–10697. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yong, Changling Li, Rui Jin, et al.. (2021). A randomized comparison of two paclitaxel‐coated balloons for the treatment of in‐stent restenosis: The LONGTY ISR China randomized trial (LONGTY DCB vs. SeQuent Please DCB). Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 97(S2). 988–995. 3 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jun, Lijiang Tang, Changqing Du, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic performance of AccuFFRangio in the functional assessment of coronary stenosis compared with pressure wire-derived fractional flow reserve. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 12(2). 949–958. 19 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yuan, et al.. (2019). MAT2B promotes proliferation and inhibits apoptosis in osteosarcoma by targeting epidermal growth factor receptor and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. International Journal of Oncology. 54(6). 2019–2029. 9 indexed citations
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Chang, Lili, Qian Yang, Tong Zheng, et al.. (2018). Comparative physiological and proteomic analyses of the chloroplasts in halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum under differential salt conditions. Journal of Plant Physiology. 232. 141–150. 28 indexed citations
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Xing, Yangbo, Buyun Xu, Xia Sheng, et al.. (2018). Transformation from persistent atrial fibrillation to paroxysmal type after initial ablation predicts success of repeated ablation. International Journal of Cardiology. 268. 120–124. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Yong, Min Wu, Dan Wang, et al.. (2018). Physiological and Proteomic Analyses of Molybdenum- and Ethylene-Responsive Mechanisms in Rubber Latex. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 621–621. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanyan, Yong Liu, Wenbo Bu, et al.. (2015). Hypoxia Induced by Upconversion‐Based Photodynamic Therapy: Towards Highly Effective Synergistic Bioreductive Therapy in Tumors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(28). 8105–8109. 404 indexed citations breakdown →
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Song, Wen‐Chao, Jun Jiang, Yong Sun, et al.. (2015). Fractional Flow Reserve Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Improves Clinical Outcome with Reduced Cost in Contemporary Clinical Practice. Chinese Medical Journal. 128(15). 2000–2005. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Yong, Jun Jiang, Changling Li, et al.. (2014). [Efficacy of intravascular ultrasound guided rotational atherectomy for heavily calcified coronary lesions].. PubMed. 42(7). 545–50. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Yong, Xing Xing, Qi Liu, et al.. (2014). Hypoxia-induced autophagy reduces radiosensitivity by the HIF-1α/miR-210/Bcl-2 pathway in colon cancer cells. International Journal of Oncology. 46(2). 750–756. 101 indexed citations
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Mao, Xia, Yong Sun, Jianfeng Chen, et al.. (2012). Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Smad4 Gene Is Important for Mouse Vascular Development. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 32(9). 2171–2177. 44 indexed citations
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