Zhiyi Sun

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zhiyi Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiyi Sun has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Zhiyi Sun's work include RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Zhiyi Sun is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (16 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers). Zhiyi Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Zhiyi Sun's co-authors include Yu Zheng, Ryan T. Fuchs, G. Brett Robb, Fanglei Zhuang, Sriharsa Pradhan, Shengxi Guan, Romualdas Vaisvila, Ivan R. Corrêa, Nan Dai and Jolyon Terragni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Zhiyi Sun

39 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Enzymatic methyl sequencing detects DNA methylation at si... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. Enzymatic methyl sequencing detects DNA methylation at single-base resolution from picograms of DNA
    2021 262 citations Romualdas Vaisvila, Zhiyi Sun et al. Genome Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhiyi Sun United States 19 1.4k 289 229 228 148 41 1.8k
Wenyin He China 15 1.0k 0.8× 375 1.3× 164 0.7× 125 0.5× 267 1.8× 32 1.6k
Jing‐Woei Li Hong Kong 21 651 0.5× 370 1.3× 284 1.2× 194 0.9× 137 0.9× 39 1.5k
Hélène Holota France 17 683 0.5× 126 0.4× 126 0.6× 201 0.9× 102 0.7× 37 1.1k
Tomoko Maruyama Japan 22 1.3k 0.9× 175 0.6× 349 1.5× 117 0.5× 326 2.2× 45 2.3k
Paul Richardson United States 19 1.5k 1.1× 164 0.6× 568 2.5× 306 1.3× 149 1.0× 27 2.1k
Purnima Singh United States 29 1.4k 1.0× 152 0.5× 501 2.2× 268 1.2× 47 0.3× 76 2.1k
N. Davidson Australia 15 679 0.5× 142 0.5× 150 0.7× 300 1.3× 82 0.6× 29 1.4k
Lixue Cao China 21 702 0.5× 333 1.2× 157 0.7× 102 0.4× 172 1.2× 44 1.2k
Julia C. Engelmann Germany 25 1.1k 0.8× 314 1.1× 161 0.7× 65 0.3× 87 0.6× 48 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiyi Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiyi Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhiyi 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 Zhiyi Sun. The network helps show where Zhiyi Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiyi Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhiyi Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhiyi 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 Zhiyi Sun. Zhiyi 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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Nakano, Yuko, Howard Gamper, Jiatong Li, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide profiling of tRNA modifications by Induro-tRNAseq reveals coordinated changes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1047–1047. 2 indexed citations
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Scott, Kristin, Ryan T. Fuchs, Nan Dai, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive nucleoside analysis of archaeal RNA modification profiles reveals an m7G in the conserved P loop of 23S rRNA. Cell Reports. 44(4). 115471–115471. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Sean R., Peter Weigele, Alexey Fomenkov, et al.. (2024). Domainator, a flexible software suite for domain-based annotation and neighborhood analysis, identifies proteins involved in antiviral systems. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(2). 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Bo, et al.. (2024). Engineering GID4 for use as an N‐terminal proline binder via directed evolution. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 122(1). 179–188.
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Vaisvila, Romualdas, Sean R. Johnson, Bo Yan, et al.. (2024). Discovery of cytosine deaminases enables base-resolution methylome mapping using a single enzyme. Molecular Cell. 84(5). 854–866.e7. 13 indexed citations
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Yan, Bo, Duan Wang, Romualdas Vaisvila, Zhiyi Sun, & Laurence Ettwiller. (2022). Methyl-SNP-seq reveals dual readouts of methylome and variome at molecule resolution while enabling target enrichment. Genome Research. 32(11-12). 2079–2091. 5 indexed citations
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Fuchs, Ryan T., Jennifer L. Curcuru, Megumu Mabuchi, et al.. (2022). Characterization of Cme and Yme thermostable Cas12a orthologs. Communications Biology. 5(1). 325–325. 24 indexed citations
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Dai, Nan, Dora Posfai, Keerthana Krishnan, et al.. (2021). Chemical capping improves template switching and enhances sequencing of small RNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(1). e2–e2. 10 indexed citations
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Fang, Yi, Luo Sun, Aihua Zhang, et al.. (2021). Nanopore Whole Transcriptome Analysis and Pathogen Surveillance by a Novel Solid‐Phase Catalysis Approach. Advanced Science. 9(3). e2103373–e2103373. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Yan‐Jiun, Nan Dai, Stephanie Müller, et al.. (2021). Pathways of thymidine hypermodification. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(6). 3001–3017. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Shuang-yong, Elena V. Zemlyanskaya, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2021). Characterization of BisI Homologs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 689929–689929. 2 indexed citations
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Chin, Hang Gyeong, Zhiyi Sun, Paloma Cejas, et al.. (2020). Universal NicE-seq for high-resolution accessible chromatin profiling for formaldehyde-fixed and FFPE tissues. Clinical Epigenetics. 12(1). 15 indexed citations
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Hill, Peter W. S., Harry G. Leitch, Cristina E. Requena, et al.. (2018). Epigenetic reprogramming enables the transition from primordial germ cell to gonocyte. Nature. 555(7696). 392–396. 181 indexed citations
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Fomenkov, Alexey, Zhiyi Sun, Deborah K. Dila, et al.. (2017). EcoBLMcrX, a classical modification-dependent restriction enzyme in Escherichia coli B: Characterization in vivo and in vitro with a new approach to cleavage site determination. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0179853–e0179853. 11 indexed citations
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Terragni, Jolyon, Guoqiang Zhang, Zhiyi Sun, et al.. (2014). Notch signaling genes. Epigenetics. 9(6). 842–850. 40 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhiyi, Jolyon Terragni, Janine G. Borgaro, et al.. (2013). High-Resolution Enzymatic Mapping of Genomic 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 3(3). 968–968. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhiyi, Jolyon Terragni, Janine G. Borgaro, et al.. (2013). High-Resolution Enzymatic Mapping of Genomic 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Reports. 3(2). 567–576. 137 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jinhui, Shuqing An, Changfang Zhou, et al.. (2008). Fragment Propagation and Colonization Ability Enhanced and Varied at Node Level after Escaping from Apical Dominance in Submerged Macrophytes. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 51(3). 308–315. 19 indexed citations

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