Zairen Sun

791 total citations
12 papers, 641 citations indexed

About

Zairen Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Zairen Sun has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 641 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Biochemistry and 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Zairen Sun's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (3 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (3 papers). Zairen Sun is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (5 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (3 papers) and Algal biology and biofuel production (3 papers). Zairen Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Zairen Sun's co-authors include Francis X. Cunningham, Elisabeth Gantt, Olli Kallioniemi, Teemu Kivioja, Sami Kilpinen, Hendrik G. Stunnenberg, Päivi M. Ojala, Jussi Taipale, Wei-Wu He and Markku Varjosalo and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zairen Sun

10 papers receiving 622 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zairen Sun United States 9 524 239 170 58 53 12 641
Min Ouyang China 15 584 1.1× 12 0.1× 79 0.5× 19 0.3× 219 4.1× 36 742
Qingxiang Su Switzerland 10 482 0.9× 10 0.0× 48 0.3× 62 1.1× 158 3.0× 12 626
Junling Shen China 11 385 0.7× 44 0.2× 7 0.0× 67 1.2× 110 2.1× 26 590
Yafei Qi China 19 581 1.1× 10 0.0× 64 0.4× 45 0.8× 403 7.6× 44 827
Mari Björkman Finland 7 563 1.1× 8 0.0× 36 0.2× 86 1.5× 127 2.4× 19 754
Takehito Inaba Japan 23 1.2k 2.2× 27 0.1× 136 0.8× 8 0.1× 946 17.8× 50 1.5k
Tamao Endo Japan 11 571 1.1× 14 0.1× 39 0.2× 13 0.2× 19 0.4× 17 660
Keiko Kobayashi Japan 13 687 1.3× 27 0.1× 9 0.1× 29 0.5× 217 4.1× 24 835
Alexander Raskind United States 8 267 0.5× 12 0.1× 39 0.2× 27 0.5× 81 1.5× 15 355

Countries citing papers authored by Zairen Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zairen Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zairen Sun

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Sun, Zairen, et al.. (2025). Self-Supervised Traversability Learning With Online Prototype Adaptation for Off-Road Autonomous Driving. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(11). 11259–11266.
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Ma, Donghui, Dror I. Baruch, Youmin Shu, et al.. (2012). Using protein microarray technology to screen anti-ERCC1 monoclonal antibodies for specificity and applications in pathology. BMC Biotechnology. 12(1). 88–88. 37 indexed citations
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Varjosalo, Markku, Mikael Björklund, Fang Cheng, et al.. (2008). Application of Active and Kinase-Deficient Kinome Collection for Identification of Kinases Regulating Hedgehog Signaling. Cell. 133(3). 537–548. 142 indexed citations
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Ketteler, Robin, et al.. (2008). A pathway sensor for genome-wide screens of intracellular proteolytic cleavage. Genome biology. 9(4). R64–R64. 29 indexed citations
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Lin, Hsingchi, Kara M. Shaffer, Zairen Sun, et al.. (2005). Glial‐derived nexin, a differentially expressed gene during neuronal differentiation, transforms HEK cells into neuron‐like cells. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 23(1). 9–14. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Hsingchi, Kara M. Shaffer, Zairen Sun, et al.. (2004). AF1q, a differentially expressed gene during neuronal differentiation, transforms HEK cells into neuron-like cells. Molecular Brain Research. 131(1-2). 126–130. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Zairen, Francis X. Cunningham, & Elisabeth Gantt. (1998). Differential expression of two isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerases and enhanced carotenoid accumulation in a unicellular chlorophyte. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(19). 11482–11488. 126 indexed citations
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Sun, Zairen, Elisabeth Gantt, & Francis X. Cunningham. (1996). Cloning and Functional Analysis of the β-Carotene Hydroxylase of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(40). 24349–24352. 188 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Francis X., et al.. (1996). Functional Analysis of the b and e Lycopene Cyclase Enzymes of Arabidopsis Reveals a Mechanism for Control of Cyclic Carotenoid Formation. The Plant Cell. 8(9). 1613–1613. 19 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Francis X., Zairen Sun, Daniel Chamovitz, Joseph Hirschberg, & Elisabeth Gantt. (1994). Molecular Structure and Enzymatic Function of Lycopene Cyclase from the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp Strain PCC7942. The Plant Cell. 6(8). 1107–1107. 33 indexed citations

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