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D-Index
62
Citations
12017
World Ranking
2099
National Ranking
45

Hang Sun publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hang Sun sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 346 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Hang Sun D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hang Sun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hang Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several important subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Genetics.

Their research covers a broad array of scientific topics such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Hang Sun has published frequently in several scientific journals, with the highest numbers of publications appearing in:

  • Plant Diversity (23 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science (8 publications)
  • PhytoKeys (8 publications)
  • New Phytologist (7 publications)

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions: interplay between geology and contemporary environments," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Challenges and solutions to biodiversity conservation in arid lands," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Natural Berberine-derived Azolyl Ethanols as New Structural Antibacterial Agents against Drug-Resistant Escherichia coli," 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Climate-change threats to distribution, habitats, sustainability and conservation of highly traded medicinal and aromatic plants in Nepal," 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • "Spatial phylogenetics of two topographic extremes of the Hengduan Mountains in southwestern China and its implications for biodiversity conservation," 2020, Plant Diversity

Researchers who frequently collaborate with Hang Sun include:

  • Tao Deng
  • Jacob B. Landis
  • Hengchang Wang
  • Jianguo Chen
  • Yanxia Sun

Best Publications

  • Evolutionary diversifications of plants on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Jun Wen;Jian-Qiang Zhang;Ze-Long Nie;Yang Zhong

  • Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land

    Jipei Yue;Xiangyang Hu;Hang Sun;Yongping Yang

  • Out‐of‐Tibet: the spatio‐temporal evolution of Gentiana (Gentianaceae)

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  • Is the East Asian flora ancient or not

    Yong-Sheng Chen;Yong-Sheng Chen;Tao Deng;Zhuo Zhou;Hang Sun

  • Evolutionary history and underlying adaptation of alpine plants on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

    Jian‐Quan Liu;Yuan‐Wen Duan;Gang Hao;Xue‐Jun Ge

  • Phylogenetic and biogeographic complexity of Magnoliaceae in the Northern Hemisphere inferred from three nuclear data sets

    Ze-Long Nie;Jun Wen;Jun Wen;Hiroshi Azuma;Yin-Long Qiu

  • Evolutionary history of the subnival flora of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains: first insights from comparative phylogeography of four perennial herbs

    Dong Luo;Ji-Pei Yue;Wen-Guang Sun;Bo Xu

  • Phylogeography of Sophora davidii (Leguminosae) across the ‘Tanaka‐Kaiyong Line’, an important phytogeographic boundary in Southwest China

    Deng Mei Fan;Deng Mei Fan;Ji Pei Yue;Ze Long Nie;Zhi Min Li

  • In and out of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: divergence time estimation and historical biogeography of the large arctic-alpine genus Saxifraga L.

    J. Ebersbach;A. N. Muellner-Riehl;I. Michalak;N. Tkach

  • Phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion for alpine plants along elevational gradient in the Hengduan Mountains Region, southwest China

    Xin-Hui Li;Xin-Xin Zhu;Yang Niu;Hang Sun

  • Mountain biodiversity and ecosystem functions: interplay between geology and contemporary environments

    Ang Hu;Ang Hu;Jianjun Wang;Hang Sun;Bin Niu

  • Genome-wide analysis of Cushion willow provides insights into alpine plant divergence in a biodiversity hotspot.

    Jia-hui Chen;Yuan Huang;Benjamin Brachi;Quan-zheng Yun

  • Chloroplast phylogeography of Terminalia franchetii (Combretaceae) from the eastern Sino-Himalayan region and its correlation with historical river capture events.

    Ti-Cao Zhang;Hans Peter Comes;Hang Sun

  • Molecular phylogeny of Salix L. (Salicaceae) inferred from three chloroplast datasets and its systematic implications

    Jia-Hui Chen;Hang Sun;Jun Wen;Jun Wen;Yong-Ping Yang

  • Evolution of the intercontinental disjunctions in six continents in the Ampelopsis clade of the grape family (Vitaceae)

    Ze-Long Nie;Ze-Long Nie;Hang Sun;Steven R Manchester;Ying Meng

  • Positive associations between the cushion plant Arenaria polytrichoides (Caryophyllaceae) and other alpine plant species increase with altitude in the Sino-Himalayas

    Yang Yang;Yang Niu;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Hang Sun

  • Asymmetric hybridization in Rhododendron agastum: a hybrid taxon comprising mainly F1s in Yunnan, China.

    Hong-Guang Zha;Richard I. Milne;Hang Sun

  • Quantitative approaches to identify floristic units and centres of species endemism in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, south-western China

    Da-Cai Zhang;Da-Cai Zhang;Jiang-Xia Ye;Hang Sun

  • Chloroplast phylogeny and phylogeography of Stellera chamaejasme on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in adjacent regions.

    Yong-Hong Zhang;Sergei Volis;Hang Sun

  • Molecular phylogeny of Helleborus (Ranunculaceae), with an emphasis on the East Asian-Mediterranean disjunction

    Hang Sun;Will McLewin;Michael F. Fay

  • Polyploidy in the flora of the Hengduan Mountains hotspot, southwestern China

    Ze-Long Nie;Jun Wen;Zhi-Jian Gu;David E. Boufford

  • Flavan-3-ols Having a γ-Lactam from the Roots of Actinidia arguta Inhibit the Formation of Advanced Glycation End Products in Vitro

    Dae Sik Jang;Ga Young Lee;Yun Mi Lee;Young Sook Kim

  • Monophyly of Kelloggia Torrey ex Benth. (Rubiaceae) and evolution of its intercontinental disjunction between western North America and eastern Asia

    Ze-Long Nie;Jun Wen;Hang Sun;Bruce Bartholomew

  • Survival and reproduction of plant species in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

    Hang Sun;Yang Niu;Yong-Sheng Chen;Bo Song

  • Elevational patterns of species richness and endemism for some important taxa in the Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China.

    Da-Cai Zhang;Yong-Hong Zhang;David E. Boufford;Hang Sun

  • Evolution of biogeographic disjunction between eastern Asia and eastern North America in Phryma (Phrymaceae).

    Ze-Long Nie;Hang Sun;Paul M. Beardsley;Richard G. Olmstead

  • Dispersals of Hyoscyameae and Mandragoreae (Solanaceae) from the New World to Eurasia in the early Miocene and their biogeographic diversification within Eurasia.

    Tieyao Tu;Sergei Volis;Michael O. Dillon;Hang Sun

  • Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of three closely related genera, Soroseris, Stebbinsia, and Syncalathium (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, SW China

    Jian-Wen Zhang;Ze-Long Nie;Jun Wen;Hang Sun

  • Plastid phylogenomics resolves infrafamilial relationships of the Styracaceae and sheds light on the backbone relationships of the Ericales

    Minghui Yan;Peter W. Fritsch;Michael J. Moore;Tao Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Wen
Jun Wen National Museum of Natural History
Tao Deng
Tao Deng Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Jürg Stöcklin
Jürg Stöcklin University of Basel
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz Missouri Botanical Garden
Zhe-Kun Zhou
Zhe-Kun Zhou Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Richard I. Milne
Richard I. Milne University of Edinburgh
Martin Stevens
Martin Stevens University of Exeter
Christian Körner
Christian Körner University of Basel
Hong Qian
Hong Qian Illinois State Museum

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