Zhirong Sun

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zhirong Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhirong Sun has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Zhirong Sun's work include Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response (15 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (5 papers). Zhirong Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response (15 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (6 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (5 papers). Zhirong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Zhirong Sun's co-authors include Wankun Chen, Changhong Miao, Juan P. Cata, Minmin Zhu, Mengdi Qu, Jiawei Chen, Yanghanzhao Wang, Kefang Guo, Changhong Miao and Jinlong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Bioinformatics and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhirong Sun

48 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Neutrophil extracellular traps mediate m6A modification and regulates sepsis-associated acute lung injury by activating ferroptosis in alveolar epithelial cells
    2022 223 citations Mengdi Qu, Yanghanzhao Wang et al. International Journal of Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhirong Sun China 20 445 274 228 202 170 48 1.2k
Julio C. Morote–Garcia Germany 12 526 1.2× 323 1.2× 114 0.5× 120 0.6× 199 1.2× 17 1.7k
Fei Ren China 17 399 0.9× 140 0.5× 70 0.3× 382 1.9× 123 0.7× 40 1.0k
Doris Kloor Germany 19 476 1.1× 158 0.6× 105 0.5× 104 0.5× 73 0.4× 35 1.2k
Anna Morelli Italy 16 599 1.3× 595 2.2× 193 0.8× 139 0.7× 72 0.4× 18 2.0k
Pierre Bouchelouche Denmark 23 416 0.9× 153 0.6× 108 0.5× 153 0.8× 137 0.8× 61 1.9k
Shu Han China 20 461 1.0× 141 0.5× 62 0.3× 64 0.3× 62 0.4× 58 1.2k
Yingting Zhu China 15 689 1.5× 191 0.7× 68 0.3× 78 0.4× 50 0.3× 67 1.4k
Kyu Youn Ahn South Korea 25 948 2.1× 120 0.4× 50 0.2× 201 1.0× 232 1.4× 58 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhirong Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhirong Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhirong Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhirong Sun. The network helps show where Zhirong Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhirong Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Heng, et al.. (2024). DNA methylation plays important roles in lifestyle transition of Arthrobotrys oligospora. IET Systems Biology. 18(3). 92–102. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhirong, Changming Zhou, Wenjun Wei, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of the enhanced neuromuscular blockade recovery protocol with selective use of sugammadex in thyroid surgery with intraoperative neuromonitoring. Head & Neck. 46(12). 2917–2925. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Mengdi Qu, Kefang Guo, et al.. (2022). Intraoperative lidocaine infusion in patients undergoing pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer: a mechanistic, multicentre randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 129(2). 244–253. 32 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Mengdi Qu, Yanghanzhao Wang, et al.. (2022). Association of Mu-Opioid Receptor Expression With Long-Term Survival and Perineural Nerve Invasion in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Ovarian Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 927262–927262. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Huihui, Hao Zhang, Zhirong Sun, Wankun Chen, & Changhong Miao. (2021). GABAB receptor inhibits tumor progression and epithelial-mesenchymal transition via the regulation of Hippo/YAP1 pathway in colorectal cancer. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 17(8). 1953–1962. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Yang Li, Minmin Zhu, et al.. (2020). Association between intraoperative intravenous lidocaine infusion and survival in patients undergoing pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer: a retrospective study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125(2). 141–148. 56 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hao, Minli Sun, Di Zhou, et al.. (2020). Increased mu-opioid receptor expression is associated with reduced disease-free and overall survival in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125(5). 722–729. 34 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhangming, Yue Zhang, Jianhong Wang, et al.. (2017). Axon guidance pathways served as common targets for human speech/language evolution and related disorders. Brain and Language. 174. 1–8. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhirong, et al.. (2017). Treatment with anti-programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) antibody restored postoperative CD8+ T cell dysfunction by surgical stress. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 89. 1235–1241. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Qichao, Xiangyuan Chen, Jiaqiang Wang, et al.. (2017). Nalmefene attenuates malignant potential in colorectal cancer cell via inhibition of opioid receptor. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 50(2). 156–163. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Wankun, Yajun Xu, Jing Zhong, et al.. (2016). MFHAS1 promotes colorectal cancer progress by regulating polarization of tumor-associated macrophages via STAT6 signaling pathway. Oncotarget. 7(48). 78726–78735. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ping, et al.. (2015). Surgical trauma induces postoperative T-cell dysfunction in lung cancer patients through the programmed death-1 pathway. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 64(11). 1383–1392. 41 indexed citations
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Gao, Xue, Jian Jia, Wenjie Li, et al.. (2013). Genomic study of polyhydroxyalkanoates producing Aeromonas hydrophila 4AK4. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(20). 9099–9109. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Shiyao, Zhirong Sun, Qing Miao, et al.. (2012). FoxP3 inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of gastric cancer cells by activating the apoptotic signaling pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 430(2). 804–809. 46 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ting, et al.. (2010). Investigation into the regulation mechanisms of TRAIL apoptosis pathway by mathematical modeling. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 42(2). 98–108. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhirong, Xiaofeng Xia, Qing Guo, & Dong Xu. (1999). Protein Structure Prediction in a 210-Type Lattice Model: Parameter Optimization in the Genetic Algorithm Using Orthogonal Array. Journal of Protein Chemistry. 18(1). 39–46. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhirong, et al.. (1996). A vector projection method for predicting supersecondary motifs. Journal of Protein Chemistry. 15(8). 721–729. 2 indexed citations

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