Zhiwei Sun

12.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
268 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Zhiwei Sun is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiwei Sun has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 68 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhiwei Sun's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (96 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (42 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (27 papers). Zhiwei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (96 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (42 papers) and Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (27 papers). Zhiwei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhiwei Sun's co-authors include Junchao Duan, Xianqing Zhou, Yanbo Li, Zhixiong Shi, Caixia Guo, Yongbo Yu, Xiaozhe Yang, Mengqi Sun, Shuang Liang and Yang Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biomaterials and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zhiwei Sun

261 papers receiving 9.7k citations

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Systematic review of Chinese studies of short-term exposure to air pollution and daily mortality

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Air Pollution and Stroke: An Emerging Challenge From Cardio‐Cerebrovascular Multimorbidity 2025 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Ruiyang Ding, Xiaoke Ren, Qinglin Sun, Mo Yang, Yilong Wang, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	0
2	Enhanced photocatalytic H2O2 production via a facile atomic diffusion strategy near tammann temperature for single atom photocatalysts 2025 ·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ·Tao Zhang, Zhijia Song, Zhiwei Sun, (unknown), Zhaoxiong Xie, Qin Kuang	6
3	The Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Fine Particulate Matter-Induced Phenotype Switching of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells 2025 ·Chemical Research in Toxicology ·(unknown), Ruiyang Ding, (unknown), Junchao Duan, Zhiwei Sun	0
4	Long-term SiNPs exposure induced genetic instability and malignant transformation via SQSTM1/p62-mediated autophagy dysfunction in lungs 2025 ·Materials Today Bio ·(unknown), Yuexiao Ma, (unknown), Liang Chen, Ruiyang Ding, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	0
5	Global and regional burden of congenital birth defects, 1990–2021: persistent healthcare disparities and emerging challenges from non-fatal health burden 2025 ·BMJ Public Health ·Junchao Duan, Ruiyang Ding, Yongbo Yu, Menglong Li, Yanping Ruan, Yifei Hu, Yihua He, Zhiwei Sun	0
6	An Overview of Adverse Outcome Pathway Links between PM_2.5 Exposure and Cardiac Developmental Toxicity 2024 ·Environment & Health ·(unknown), Ruiyang Ding, Qinglin Sun, Shiqian Liu, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	11
7	PM2.5-induced iron homeostasis imbalance triggers cardiac hypertrophy through ferroptosis in a selective autophagy crosstalk manner 2024 ·Redox Biology ·Tianyu Li, Mengqi Sun, Qinglin Sun, Xiaoke Ren, Qing Xu, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	24
8	The size-dependent in vivo toxicity of amorphous silica nanoparticles: A systematic review 2024 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Miao Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Junchao Duan, Yang Li, Zhiwei Sun	24
9	Size-dependent toxicity of polystyrene microplastics on the gastrointestinal tract: Oxidative stress related-DNA damage and potential carcinogenicity 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Ruiyang Ding, Yueyue Chen, Xuemin Shi, Yang Li, Yang Yu, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	57
10	Silica nanoparticles promoted pro-inflammatory macrophage and foam cell transformation via ROS/PPARγ/NF-κB signaling 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Caixia Guo, Xinying Zhao, Ru Ma, (unknown), Yueyue Chen, Yang Zhu, Zongwei Cai, Zhiwei Sun, Yanbo Li	16
11	MitoQ ameliorates PM2.5-induced pulmonary fibrosis through regulating the mitochondria DNA homeostasis 2023 ·Chemosphere ·Yang Li, Zhou Du, Tianyu Li, Xiaoke Ren, (unknown), Junchao Duan, Zhiwei Sun	11
12	The critical role of epigenetic mechanisms involved in nanotoxicology 2022 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology ·Qinglin Sun, Tianyu Li, Yang Yu, Yang Li, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	2
13	Combined exposure to PM2.5 and high-fat diet facilitates the hepatic lipid metabolism disorders via ROS/miR-155/PPARγ pathway 2022 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Zhou Du, (unknown), Yang Li, Mengqi Sun, Qingqing Liang, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	17
14	Silica nanoparticles induce hepatocyte ferroptosis and liver injury via ferritinophagy 2022 ·Environmental Science Nano ·Qingqing Liang, Yuexiao Ma, Fenghong Wang, Mengqi Sun, Lisen Lin, Tianyu Li, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	8
15	Melatonin Alleviates PM_2.5‐Induced Hepatic Steatosis and Metabolic‐Associated Fatty Liver Disease in ApoE^-/- Mice 2022 ·Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity ·Zhou Du, Shuang Liang, Yang Li, Jingyi Zhang, Yang Yu, Qing Xu, Zhiwei Sun, Junchao Duan	14
16	Amorphous silica nanoparticles caused lung injury through the induction of epithelial apoptosis via ROS/Ca ²⁺ /DRP1-mediated mitochondrial fission signaling 2022 ·Nanotoxicology ·Yan Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hailin Xu, Songqing Lv, Ji Wang, Zhiwei Sun, Yanbo Li, Caixia Guo	19
17	Association between long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide pollution and incidence of coronary heart disease in northern China: A 12-year retrospective cohort study 2021 ·Atmospheric Pollution Research ·Zhao Ma, (unknown), Xue Cao, Liwen Zhang, Xi Chen, Anqi Shan, Mengfan Yan, Guang‐Hui Dong, Yamin Liu, Jie Chen, Tong Wang, Baoxin Zhao, Yan Liu, Zhiwei Sun, Naijun Tang	1
18	<p>Comprehensive Analysis of SiNPs on the Genome-Wide Transcriptional Changes in Caenorhabditis elegans</p> 2020 ·International Journal of Nanomedicine ·Shuang Liang, Junchao Duan, Hejing Hu, Jingyi Zhang, Shan Gao, Haiming Jing, Guojun Li, Zhiwei Sun	10
19	Maternal exposure to fine particle matters cause autophagy via UPR-mediated PI3K-mTOR pathway in testicular tissue of adult male mice in offspring 2019 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Lihua Ren, Jing Huang, Jialiu Wei, Yu Zang, Yang Zhao, Shaowei Wu, (unknown), Xianqing Zhou, Zhiwei Sun, Hong Lu	11
20	Inflammation–coagulation response and thrombotic effects induced by silica nanoparticles in zebrafish embryos 2018 ·Nanotoxicology ·Junchao Duan, Shuang Liang, Yang Yu, Yang Li, Lijing Wang, (unknown), Yueyue Chen, Mark R. Miller, Zhiwei Sun	35

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