Yuxin Sun

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yuxin Sun is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuxin Sun has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 33 papers in Pollution and 18 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yuxin Sun's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (45 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (19 papers). Yuxin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (45 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (19 papers). Yuxin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yuxin Sun's co-authors include Xiang‐Rong Xu, Bixian Mai, Xiao‐Jun Luo, Yongxia Hu, Zaiwang Zhang, Zeng-Hui Diao, Hua‐Bin Li, Jinling Liu, She-Jun Chen and Linzi Zuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yuxin Sun

95 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Heavy metal pollution in coastal areas of South China: A review

2013 423 citations Xiang‐Rong Xu, Yuxin Sun et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Widespread Occurrence and Transport of p-Phenylenediamines and Their Quinones in Sediments across Urban Rivers, Estuaries, Coasts, and Deep-Sea Regions

2023 155 citations Lixi Zeng, Yi Li et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yuxin Sun China	31	1.6k	1.6k	526	510	465	105	3.7k
Huan Zhong China	41	2.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.6×	415 0.8×	338 0.7×	347 0.7×	156	4.7k
Yingchen Bai China	35	908 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	556 1.1×	275 0.5×	676 1.5×	96	3.4k
Li Chen China	41	652 0.4×	2.4k 1.6×	442 0.8×	310 0.6×	821 1.8×	201	5.7k
Michele Arienzo Italy	31	828 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	553 1.1×	192 0.4×	406 0.9×	90	3.5k
Changzhou Yan China	36	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.5×	504 1.0×	366 0.7×	563 1.2×	146	3.9k
Yang Yang China	40	1.0k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	632 1.2×	782 1.5×	1.2k 2.6×	219	5.2k
Wei Luo China	34	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	933 1.8×	383 0.8×	762 1.6×	78	4.7k
Fengchang Wu China	40	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 2.0×	224 0.4×	704 1.5×	115	5.0k
Brian J. Reid United Kingdom	38	2.0k 1.2×	3.3k 2.1×	818 1.6×	480 0.9×	471 1.0×	83	5.7k
Yuan Yuan China	39	825 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	488 0.9×	437 0.9×	290 0.6×	169	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuxin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuxin Sun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Yi, Yuxin Sun, Shuyang Cao, et al.. (2025). Construction of a core-shell-shell structured superparamagnetic amidoxime functionalized metal-organic framework for uranium extraction from seawater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 72. 107586–107586. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Bingxin, Yuxin Sun, Wenyu Han, et al.. (2025). Interspecies interactions promote dual-species biofilm formation by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Limosilactobacillus fermentum: Phenotypic and metabolomic insights. Food Research International. 211. 116388–116388. 4 indexed citations

Zeng, Jingjing, Ying Zhang, Shouhui Dai, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective accumulation and trophodynamics of p-phenylenediamine antioxidants and their quinones in the mangrove ecosystem. Environmental Pollution. 381. 126572–126572. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Yuxin, et al.. (2025). Construction and application of Z-scheme heterojunction MOF@COF core-shell materials: Efficient adsorption and synergistic photocatalytic removal of high-concentration organic pollutants. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 469. 116554–116554. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Yuxin, Shixiang Liu, Guobin Liu, Lei Lü, & Yong Xia. (2025). Unregulated heavy metals in Chinese rice pose greater health risks and economic costs than regulated metals. Environmental Sciences Europe. 37(1).

Jiang, Shanshan, Yi Li, Yusheng Guo, et al.. (2025). Spleen Volume Dynamics and Survival Outcomes in HCC Patients Undergoing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Volume 12. 1069–1082.

Zhang, Yuanye, Xia Wang, Yuxin Sun, et al.. (2024). Hydrolases Control Soil Carbon Sequestration in Alpine Grasslands in the Tibetan Plateau. Sustainability. 16(9). 3508–3508.

Song, Fang, Bo Wang, Mohamed Abu Anbar, et al.. (2024). From early Paleozoic subduction to end-Carboniferous post-orogenic collapse: New constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Central and South Tianshan (NW China). Gondwana Research. 129. 305–331. 4 indexed citations

Zeng, Lixi, Yi Li, Yuxin Sun, et al.. (2023). Widespread Occurrence and Transport of p-Phenylenediamines and Their Quinones in Sediments across Urban Rivers, Estuaries, Coasts, and Deep-Sea Regions. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(6). 2393–2403. 155 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zeng, Yuan, Yuxin Sun, Yuqi Huang, et al.. (2023). Organic molecular markers in PM2.5 on a tropical island in the South China Sea: Temporal variations, sources, and process implications. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 14(3). 101675–101675. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2023). Spatial and temporal change of tetrabromobisphenol A and hexabromocyclododecane in mangrove sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194(Pt A). 115399–115399. 7 indexed citations

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Gong, Wenfeng, Yuxin Sun, Genghong Wu, et al.. (2022). Assessing the impact of land use and changes in land cover related to carbon storage by linking trajectory analysis and InVEST models in the Nandu River Basin on Hainan Island in China. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. 26 indexed citations

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Xie, Yi Min, et al.. (2022). Shape–thickness–topology coupled optimization of free-form shells. Automation in Construction. 142. 104476–104476. 22 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yunfei, Xia Wang, Xiaohe Zhou, et al.. (2021). Thresholds in aridity and soil carbon-to-nitrogen ratio govern the accumulation of soil microbial residues. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 70 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuxin, Amila O. De Silva, Kyra A. St. Pierre, et al.. (2020). Glacial Melt Inputs of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants to the Largest High Arctic Lake. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(5). 2734–2743. 47 indexed citations

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Hu, Yongxia, Yuxin Sun, Nancai Pei, et al.. (2020). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and alternative halogenated flame retardants in mangrove plants from Futian National Nature Reserve of Shenzhen City, South China. Environmental Pollution. 260. 114087–114087. 30 indexed citations

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Hu, Yongxia, Yuxin Sun, Xiao Li, et al.. (2017). Organophosphorus flame retardants in mangrove sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Chemosphere. 181. 433–439. 54 indexed citations

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Hong, Bing, Ting Wu, Guang‐Chao Zhao, et al.. (2014). Occurrence of Decabromodiphenyl Ethane in Captive Chinese Alligators (Alligator sinensis) from China. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 94(1). 12–16. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuxin, et al.. (2009). [Changes of soil nutrient contents after prescribed burning of forestland in Heshan City, Guangdong Province].. PubMed. 20(3). 513–7. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuxin, H.T. Wright, & Sabina Janciauskiene. (2002). Glioma cell activation by Alzheimer's peptide Aβ 1–42, α 1-antichymotrypsin, and their mixture. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 59(10). 1734–1743. 14 indexed citations

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