Zekun Sun

462 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 379 citations indexed

About

Zekun Sun is a scholar working on Surgery, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zekun Sun has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 379 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Surgery, 4 papers in Immunology and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zekun Sun's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (4 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (4 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (2 papers). Zekun Sun is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (4 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (4 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (2 papers). Zekun Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Zekun Sun's co-authors include Lu Shao, Xiquan Cheng, Yingjie Zhang, Xiaobin Yang, Kai Wang, Yang Jiao, Zhongjun Cheng, Qingshun Bai, Jun Ma and Peng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, ACS Catalysis and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

In The Last Decade

Zekun Sun

11 papers receiving 376 citations

Hit Papers

Constructing Scalable Superhydrophobic Membranes for Ultr... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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. Constructing Scalable Superhydrophobic Membranes for Ultrafast Water–Oil Separation
    2021 228 citations Xiquan Cheng, Yang Jiao et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zekun Sun China 5 254 154 119 104 81 12 379
Weiwei Zheng China 6 313 1.2× 152 1.0× 138 1.2× 118 1.1× 92 1.1× 7 430
Elmira Velayi Iran 13 274 1.1× 160 1.0× 58 0.5× 56 0.5× 105 1.3× 23 425
Wenying Cui China 6 286 1.1× 155 1.0× 144 1.2× 153 1.5× 149 1.8× 11 456
Shengqiang Ji China 6 424 1.7× 300 1.9× 315 2.6× 147 1.4× 99 1.2× 7 625
Caiqin Wu China 12 145 0.6× 151 1.0× 57 0.5× 54 0.5× 223 2.8× 23 478
Nengwen Gao China 11 179 0.7× 162 1.1× 252 2.1× 64 0.6× 81 1.0× 19 422
Huajun Zhai China 10 188 0.7× 101 0.7× 105 0.9× 33 0.3× 74 0.9× 18 353
Zihan An China 8 166 0.7× 216 1.4× 213 1.8× 63 0.6× 107 1.3× 10 449
G. Q. Chen China 3 381 1.5× 236 1.5× 32 0.3× 137 1.3× 97 1.2× 6 495

Countries citing papers authored by Zekun Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zekun Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zekun Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zekun Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zekun 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 Zekun Sun. Zekun 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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Zhao, Huilin, Shuzhen Liu, Jianhui Zhang, et al.. (2025). Augmented recruitment of host Grb2 by Helicobacter pylori tyrosine phosphorylated CagA EPIYA-D motif promotes cellular oncogenic transformation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1871(8). 168018–168018. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Shuzhen, Juan Zhang, Shuqing Chen, et al.. (2025). Helicobacter pylori induced miR-362-5p upregulation drives gastric cancer progression and links hepatocellular carcinoma through an exosome-dependent pathway. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1582131–1582131. 2 indexed citations
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Ji, Xiaofei, Shuzhen Liu, Zekun Sun, et al.. (2024). Helicobacter pylori infection promotes liver injury through an exosome-mediated mechanism. Microbial Pathogenesis. 195. 106898–106898. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Haiqian, Zhonghua Wang, Mingqi He, et al.. (2024). The selective adsorption mechanism of benzene over water on nitrogen-doped activated carbon regulated by methyl functional groups. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113667–113667. 4 indexed citations
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Ji, Xiaofei, Zekun Sun, Hao Wu, et al.. (2024). More powerful dysregulation of Helicobacter pylori East Asian-type CagA on intracellular signalings. BMC Microbiology. 24(1). 467–467. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Huilin, Si Chen, Xinfeng Bai, et al.. (2024). GRB7-mediated enhancement of cell malignant characteristics induced by Helicobacter pylori infection. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1469953–1469953. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhonghua, Haiqian Zhao, Erlin Meng, et al.. (2024). Effect of nitrogen-doped activated carbon on formaldehyde adsorption behaviour in different scale pores. Applied Surface Science. 670. 160686–160686. 16 indexed citations
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Sun, Zekun, Zhonghua Wang, Xue Yang, et al.. (2023). Synergistic mechanism of formaldehyde adsorption by intrinsic defects and carboxyl groups on the surface of carbon materials. Chemosphere. 337. 139351–139351. 25 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiquan, Yang Jiao, Zekun Sun, et al.. (2021). Constructing Scalable Superhydrophobic Membranes for Ultrafast Water–Oil Separation. ACS Nano. 15(2). 3500–3508. 228 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Xiquan, Zekun Sun, Xiaobin Yang, et al.. (2020). Construction of superhydrophilic hierarchical polyacrylonitrile nanofiber membranes by in situ asymmetry engineering for unprecedently ultrafast oil–water emulsion separation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(33). 16933–16942. 93 indexed citations

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