Zhongren Sun

1.2k total citations
90 papers, 834 citations indexed

About

Zhongren Sun is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Pharmacology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhongren Sun has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 834 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 19 papers in Pharmacology and 15 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Zhongren Sun's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (42 papers), Healthcare and Venom Research (15 papers) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies (10 papers). Zhongren Sun is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (42 papers), Healthcare and Venom Research (15 papers) and Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies (10 papers). Zhongren Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Zhongren Sun's co-authors include Qinhong Zhang, Jinhuan Yue, Tiansong Yang, Yuanyuan Qu, Brenda Golianu, Yan Yang, Ying Lü, Tetsuya Asakawa, Delong Wang and Tianyu Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Zhongren Sun

84 papers receiving 791 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhongren Sun China 17 317 122 122 109 107 90 834
Yongming Guo China 14 325 1.0× 166 1.4× 167 1.4× 94 0.9× 90 0.8× 45 757
Songhe Jiang China 19 310 1.0× 215 1.8× 136 1.1× 64 0.6× 205 1.9× 54 978
Shifen Xu China 17 507 1.6× 115 0.9× 135 1.1× 115 1.1× 62 0.6× 65 1.0k
Ji-Yeun Park South Korea 18 429 1.4× 131 1.1× 181 1.5× 61 0.6× 86 0.8× 54 875
Seung‐Yeon Cho South Korea 16 442 1.4× 99 0.8× 270 2.2× 124 1.1× 122 1.1× 126 1.1k
Zelin Chen China 13 250 0.8× 72 0.6× 71 0.6× 51 0.5× 76 0.7× 43 484
Woo Sang Jung South Korea 17 183 0.6× 52 0.4× 72 0.6× 66 0.6× 62 0.6× 45 687
Priya Mishra United States 8 250 0.8× 158 1.3× 52 0.4× 63 0.6× 197 1.8× 12 678
Seung‐Nam Kim South Korea 21 464 1.5× 279 2.3× 263 2.2× 115 1.1× 95 0.9× 60 1.4k
Xuan Yin China 14 296 0.9× 105 0.9× 58 0.5× 75 0.7× 52 0.5× 46 753

Countries citing papers authored by Zhongren Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhongren Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhongren Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhongren Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhongren 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 Zhongren Sun. Zhongren 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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Qi, Pengfei, et al.. (2025). The analgesic mechanism of electroacupuncture at the central level for neuropathic pain: a review of studies based on animal experiments. Frontiers in Neurology. 16. 1587471–1587471. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Lei, et al.. (2023). Trends and hotspots of acupuncture for allergic rhinitis: A bibliometric analysis from 2002 to 2022. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 78. 102984–102984. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Xinyu, Ling Jiang, Liying Song, et al.. (2023). Active components and molecular mechanisms of Sagacious Confucius’ Pillow Elixir to treat cognitive impairment based on systems pharmacology. Aging. 15(14). 7278–7307. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaowei, et al.. (2022). Poststroke Cognitive Impairment Research Progress on Application of Brain‐Computer Interface. BioMed Research International. 2022(1). 9935192–9935192. 12 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren, et al.. (2021). The Effect of 3D Printing Metal Materials on Osteoporosis Treatment. BioMed Research International. 2021(1). 9972867–9972867. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaowei, Hao Liu, Zhongren Sun, et al.. (2020). Acupuncture protects against cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury via suppressing endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated autophagy and apoptosis. Molecular Medicine. 26(1). 105–105. 46 indexed citations
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Qiu, Ruijin, et al.. (2020). Electroacupuncture Improves Cognitive Function in Senescence-Accelerated P8 (SAMP8) Mice via the NLRP3/Caspase-1 Pathway. Neural Plasticity. 2020. 1–14. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qinhong, Jinhuan Yue, Zhongren Sun, & Brenda Golianu. (2019). Effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of postoperative pain. Medicine. 98(49). e17606–e17606. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, You, et al.. (2018). Voxel-based morphology analysis of STZ-induced type 1 diabetes mellitus rats with and without cognitive impairment. Neuroscience Letters. 684. 210–217. 4 indexed citations
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Lü, Xiaolin, et al.. (2017). Treatment of cerebral palsy with Chinese scalp acupuncture. World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion. 27(2). 62–73. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren, et al.. (2014). Acupuncture at Houxi ( SI 3 ) acupoint for acute neck pain caused by stiff neck: study protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 4(12). e006236–e006236. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qinhong, Jinhuan Yue, Chaoran Li, & Zhongren Sun. (2014). Moxibustion for the treatment of pressure ulcers: study protocol for a pilot, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 4(12). e006423–e006423. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren. (2012). Research on the Original Plants of Stellera Chamaejasme. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren. (2012). Changes of Organizational Structure of Myocardium and SOD,MDA content in Model Rats with Ischemic Reperfusion Injury and Hyperlipemia by Acupuncture Preconditioning. Journal of Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren. (2011). Jiaji electric acupuncture on cervical nerve root morphology and spinal levels of COX-2mRNA of the nerve root type cervical spondylosis mouse model. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuyan, et al.. (2011). Cortical GABAergic neurons and cerebellar Purkinje cells respond to ischemia-pathogenic factors differently. Brain Research. 1382. 291–297. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren. (2010). Influence of Jiaji electro-acupuncture on nerve root type cervical spondylosis pain District FOS protein in rat hypothalamus and spinal cord dorsal horn of COX-2 protein content. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Long, et al.. (2007). Influence of acupuncture on HPA axis in a rat model of chronic stress-induced depression. Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science. 5(4). 205–208. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhongren. (2006). Clinically controlled study on phased needling method for treatment of cerebral infarction. Journal of Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
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Sun, Zhongren. (2004). A study on establishing a new preterm animal model with cerebral palsy and identifying the animal model. Zhongguo kangfu yixue zazhi. 3 indexed citations

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