Zhiling Sun

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

Zhiling Sun is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiling Sun has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 12 papers in Plant Science and 11 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Zhiling Sun's work include Fungal Plant Pathogen Control (12 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (10 papers). Zhiling Sun is often cited by papers focused on Fungal Plant Pathogen Control (12 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (11 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (10 papers). Zhiling Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Finland and Czechia. Zhiling Sun's co-authors include Danwen Wang, Yu-fei Leng, Bin Chen, Cheng Li, Wei Zeng, Hui Wang, Haixia Gao, Heng Zhang, Hua Zhang and Qiuling Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Zhiling Sun

37 papers receiving 717 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.

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Nursing Education: Meta-Analysis

2020 323 citations Yu-fei Leng, Danwen Wang et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhiling Sun China	12	214	107	102	92	80	42	743
Jane Kellett Australia	15	178 0.8×	123 1.1×	66 0.6×	30 0.3×	5 0.1×	47	918
Ye‐Seul Lee South Korea	18	54 0.3×	174 1.6×	6 0.1×	66 0.7×	23 0.3×	132	1.1k
Rafael A. Casuso Spain	16	281 1.3×	277 2.6×	32 0.3×	14 0.2×	10 0.1×	45	815
Ildikó Papp Hungary	16	103 0.5×	147 1.4×	3 0.0×	110 1.2×	26 0.3×	49	741
Mi‐Young Kim South Korea	17	56 0.3×	120 1.1×	58 0.6×	17 0.2×	48 0.6×	70	987
Seung Wan Kang South Korea	19	151 0.7×	193 1.8×	34 0.3×	17 0.2×	2 0.0×	61	1.1k
Vincenzo De Luca Italy	18	148 0.7×	310 2.9×	4 0.0×	94 1.0×	6 0.1×	61	986
Jieun Kim South Korea	15	96 0.4×	155 1.4×	5 0.0×	50 0.5×	17 0.2×	76	819
Chan Hyung Kim South Korea	15	107 0.5×	115 1.1×	21 0.2×	12 0.1×	6 0.1×	33	650
Naohiko INOUE Japan	18	406 1.9×	135 1.3×	3 0.0×	86 0.9×	19 0.2×	43	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiling Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiling Sun

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

Liu, Tingting, et al.. (2025). Comparing moxibustion strategies in rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 76. 102449–102449.

Sun, Zhiling, et al.. (2025). Anti-TMV activity based flavonol derivatives containing piperazine sulfonyl: Design, synthesis and mechanism study. Molecular Diversity. 29(6). 5757–5772.

Sun, Zhiling, et al.. (2025). Coumarin derivatives containing the 1,3,4 oxadiazole/thiadiazole moiety discovered as potential anti-tobacco mosaic virus agents. Molecular Diversity. 29(6). 5679–5692. 1 indexed citations

Qiu, Ying, Yuling Wang, Tingting Liu, et al.. (2025). The role of artificial intelligence in shaping nursing education: A comprehensive systematic review. Nurse Education in Practice. 84. 104345–104345. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Rui, et al.. (2025). Integrated plasma and synovial membrane lipidomic profiling revealing the therapeutic effects of moxibustion in collagen-induced arthritis rat models. Digital Chinese Medicine. 8(2). 254–266.

Zeng, Wei, et al.. (2024). New chalcone derivatives containing morpholine-thiadiazole: Design, synthesis and evaluation of against tobacco mosaic virus. Fitoterapia. 179. 106272–106272.

Cai, Shanshan, Wei Wang, Lei Sun, et al.. (2024). Bacteria Affect the Distribution of Soil-Dissolved Organic Matter on the Slope: A Long-Term Experiment in Black Soil Erosion. Agriculture. 14(3). 352–352. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Xiao, Shuyun Wang, Min Yan, et al.. (2024). Investigating causal associations among gut microbiota, metabolites, and psoriatic arthritis: a Mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Microbiology. 15. 1287637–1287637. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Zhiling, et al.. (2024). Flavonol Derivatives Containing a Quinazolinone Moiety: Design, Synthesis, and Antiviral Activity. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 21(2). e202301737–e202301737. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiao, Shuyun Wang, Rong Wang, et al.. (2024). Association of antihypertensive drugs with psoriasis: A trans-ancestry and drug-target Mendelian randomization study. Vascular Pharmacology. 154. 107284–107284. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qing, Yu Zhang, Zhiling Sun, et al.. (2024). Design of a delivery vehicle chitosan-based self-assembling: controlled release, high hydrophobicity, and safe treatment of plant fungal diseases. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 121–121. 20 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nian, et al.. (2023). Design, synthesis, and bioactivity studies of chalcone derivatives containing [1,2,4]-triazole-[4,3-a]-pyridine. Fitoterapia. 172. 105739–105739. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Fang, Xiao Cao, Tao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and Biological Activity of Myricetin Derivatives Containing Pyrazole Piperazine Amide. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 10442–10442. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Qing K., Heng Weng, Yue Xu, et al.. (2023). Anti-osteoporosis mechanism of resistance exercise in ovariectomized rats based on transcriptome analysis: a pilot study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1162415–1162415. 5 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ran, et al.. (2023). Design, Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of Novel 1,4-Pentadiene-3-one Containing Quinazolinone. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2599–2599. 17 indexed citations

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Leng, Yu-fei, et al.. (2022). The Effect and Safety of Thunder-Fire Moxibustion for Low Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2022. 1–17. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiao, Yanan Shi, Rong Wang, et al.. (2020). Metabolomic analysis of biochemical changes in the tissue and urine of proteoglycan-induced spondylitis in mice after treatment with moxibustion. Integrative Medicine Research. 10(1). 100428–100428. 6 indexed citations

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Leng, Yu-fei, et al.. (2020). Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Nursing Education: Meta-Analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(9). e18290–e18290. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Danwen, Hui Wang, Haixia Gao, et al.. (2020). P2X7 receptor mediates NLRP3 inflammasome activation in depression and diabetes. Cell & Bioscience. 10(1). 28–28. 112 indexed citations

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Dong, Yinfeng, Xuyang Wang, Yan Zhou, et al.. (2020). Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis imbalance and inflammation contribute to sex differences in separation- and restraint-induced depression. Hormones and Behavior. 122. 104741–104741. 28 indexed citations

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