Zhilin Sun

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Zhilin Sun is a scholar working on Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhilin Sun has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Water Science and Technology and 23 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhilin Sun's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (26 papers), Hydraulic flow and structures (17 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (14 papers). Zhilin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (26 papers), Hydraulic flow and structures (17 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (14 papers). Zhilin Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhilin Sun's co-authors include John C. Wataha, C.T. Hanks, Lin Zhang, Zhikan Yao, Dan Lu, John J. Donahue, Yue‐Ping Xu, Lei Jiao, Helena H. Ritchie and William T. Butler and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zhilin Sun

97 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Separation mechanism, selectivity enhancement strategies and advanced materials for mono-/multivalent ion-selective nanofiltration membrane

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhilin Sun China	22	362	306	245	213	193	101	1.6k
Heekyung Park South Korea	28	485 1.3×	282 0.9×	69 0.3×	540 2.5×	85 0.4×	147	2.7k
Rafay Ahmed Pakistan	22	287 0.8×	348 1.1×	40 0.2×	139 0.7×	35 0.2×	68	2.0k
M.F.C. Pereira Portugal	28	123 0.3×	478 1.6×	132 0.5×	87 0.4×	834 4.3×	125	2.7k
Kyriacos Zygourakis United States	28	229 0.6×	1.4k 4.6×	87 0.4×	496 2.3×	351 1.8×	86	3.6k
Sérgio Lima Santiago Brazil	24	135 0.4×	70 0.2×	81 0.3×	33 0.2×	75 0.4×	86	1.7k
Zhikang Wang China	22	133 0.4×	206 0.7×	114 0.5×	259 1.2×	72 0.4×	110	1.6k
Nikolaos Kantiranis Greece	22	182 0.5×	470 1.5×	20 0.1×	49 0.2×	63 0.3×	119	1.6k
Jiyan Li China	27	622 1.7×	372 1.2×	17 0.1×	102 0.5×	57 0.3×	140	2.4k
Fei Xiao China	32	207 0.6×	183 0.6×	242 1.0×	391 1.8×	65 0.3×	131	3.6k
Chen‐Chi Tsai Taiwan	18	53 0.1×	178 0.6×	87 0.4×	69 0.3×	84 0.4×	44	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhilin Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhilin Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhilin Sun

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

Poh, Leong Hien, et al.. (2025). Mechanical properties of cylindrical honeycomb buffers in the scour protection for sea-spanning bridges under impact loading. Ocean Engineering. 345. 123795–123795.

Zhu, Li, et al.. (2025). Probability of suspension for nonuniform sediment. Physics of Fluids. 37(2).

Ding, Jun, et al.. (2025). A hybrid harmonic analysis and IVMD-BiGRU model for tide level forecasting. Ocean Engineering. 343. 123569–123569.

Chen, Yongping, et al.. (2023). Impacts of tidal flat reclamation on suspended sediment dynamics in the tidal-dominated Wenzhou Coast, China. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Zhilin, et al.. (2023). Generating probability distributions on intervals and spheres: Convex decomposition. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 154. 12–23. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Zhilin, et al.. (2023). A new method for measurement and calculation of unit width suspended sediment transport rate. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 23(3). 1069–1080. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Qingbo, et al.. (2023). Micro-Nano Bubbles Conditioning Treatment of Contaminated Sediment for Efficient Reduction: Dehydration Characteristic and Mechanism. Water. 15(11). 1985–1985. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Qiao, Suqin Tang, Arif Mohammad, et al.. (2022). Gas transport in landfill cover system: A critical appraisal. Journal of Environmental Management. 321. 116020–116020. 25 indexed citations

Hu, Can, et al.. (2021). Research Status of Brackish Water Desalination Technology. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yubao, et al.. (2021). Hydraulic Characteristics of Emerged Rigid and Submerged Flexible Vegetations in the Riparian Zone. Water. 13(8). 1057–1057. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhilin, et al.. (2021). Influence of submerged vegetation on flow structure and sediment deposition. Journal of ZheJiang University (Engineering Science). 55(1). 71–80. 3 indexed citations

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Xie, Haijian, et al.. (2021). Adsorption behavior of bisphenol A on bentonite-loess mixtures. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(4). 6360–6374. 11 indexed citations

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Ma, Di, Yue‐Ping Xu, Haiting Gu, et al.. (2019). Role of satellite and reanalysis precipitation products in streamflow and sediment modeling over a typical alpine and gorge region in Southwest China. The Science of The Total Environment. 685. 934–950. 37 indexed citations

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Gao, Yangyang, et al.. (2017). Numerical Study on Flow around Four Square‐Arranged Cylinders at Low Reynolds Numbers. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2017(1). 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhiyong, Xuping Li, Lijuan Shi, et al.. (2015). Preparation, characterization and luminescence properties of a novel 1,10-phenanthroline-functionalized polyimide and its europium(III) complexes. Macromolecular Research. 23(9). 830–837. 1 indexed citations

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Qin, Yang, et al.. (2008). Hypomethylated and hypermethylated profiles of H19DMR are associated with the aberrant imprinting of IGF2 and H19 in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Genomics. 91(5). 443–450. 43 indexed citations

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Hanks, C.T., Zhilin Sun, Chris Edwards, et al.. (1998). Cloned 3T6 Cell Line from CD-1 Mouse Fetal Molar Dental Papillae. Connective Tissue Research. 37(3-4). 233–249. 145 indexed citations

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Hanks, C.T., John C. Wataha, & Zhilin Sun. (1996). In vitro models of biocompatibility: A review. Dental Materials. 12(3). 186–193. 207 indexed citations

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Wataha, John C., C.T. Hanks, & Zhilin Sun. (1995). In vitro reaction of macrophages to metal ions from dental biomaterials. Dental Materials. 11(4). 239–245. 62 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiao-kun, et al.. (1992). Hepatitis B virus DNA integration and expression of an erb B-like gene in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 188(1). 344–351. 19 indexed citations

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