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D-Index
63
Citations
15912
World Ranking
2879
National Ranking
76

Hao Sun publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

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

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 136 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Hao Sun D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hao Sun is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China and primarily works within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, having contributed to 127 publications in this area. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, Artificial Intelligence, and Physiology.

The main topics of Hao Sun's work include:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated extensively with Hao Sun. These include:

  • Huating Wang (36 publications)
  • Xiaona Chen (17 publications)
  • Liangqiang He (17 publications)
  • Yu Zhao (12 publications)
  • Yuying Li (10 publications)

Hao Sun's research has been published in various scientific venues, with significant contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • PubMed
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Selected recent papers exemplify the scope and focus of their work:

  • Translational control by DHX36 binding to 5'UTR G-quadruplex is essential for muscle stem-cell regenerative functions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Nuclear m6A reader YTHDC1 promotes muscle stem cell activation/proliferation by regulating mRNA splicing and nuclear export, 2023, eLife
  • Hippo-YAP signaling controls lineage differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells through modulating the formation of super-enhancers, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Concurrent binding to DNA and RNA facilitates the pluripotency reprogramming activity of Sox2, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • CRISPR/Cas9/AAV9-mediated in vivo editing identifies MYC regulation of 3D genome in skeletal muscle stem cell, 2021, Stem Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Maternal plasma DNA sequencing reveals the genome-wide genetic and mutational profile of the fetus

    Y. M. Dennis Lo;K. C. Allen Chan;Hao Sun;Eric Z. Chen

  • Non-invasive prenatal assessment of trisomy 21 by multiplexed maternal plasma DNA sequencing: Large scale validity study

    Rossa W K Chiu;Ranjit Akolekar;Yama W L Zheng;Tak Y Leung

  • NF-κB–YY1–miR-29 Regulatory Circuitry in Skeletal Myogenesis and Rhabdomyosarcoma

    Huating Wang;Ramiro Garzon;Hao Sun;Katherine J. Ladner

  • Heavy metal speciation and leaching behaviors in cement based solidified/stabilized waste materials.

    Xiangdong Li;Chi Sun Poon;H. Sun;Irene M.C. Lo

  • Cancer Genome Scanning in Plasma: Detection of Tumor-Associated Copy Number Aberrations, Single-Nucleotide Variants, and Tumoral Heterogeneity by Massively Parallel Sequencing

    K. C.Allen Chan;Peiyong Jiang;Yama W.L. Zheng;Gary J.W. Liao

  • The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery

    Hendrik G. Stunnenberg;Martin Hirst

  • AGRIS: Arabidopsis gene regulatory information server, an information resource of Arabidopsis cis-regulatory elements and transcription factors.

    Ramana V Davuluri;Hao Sun;Saranyan K Palaniswamy;Nicole Matthews

  • MicroRNA gene expression during retinoic acid-induced differentiation of human acute promyelocytic leukemia

    R. Garzon;F. Pichiorri;T. Palumbo;T. Palumbo;M. Visentini

  • Noninvasive detection of cancer-associated genome-wide hypomethylation and copy number aberrations by plasma DNA bisulfite sequencing

    K. C. Allen Chan;Peiyong Jiang;Carol W. M. Chan;Kun Sun

  • Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Fetal Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13 by Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing

    Eric Z. Chen;Rossa W. K. Chiu;Hao Sun;Ranjit Akolekar

  • Single-nucleotide polymorphisms inside microRNA target sites influence tumor susceptibility.

    Milena S. Nicoloso;Hao Sun;Hao Sun;Riccardo Spizzo;Hyunsoo Kim

  • AGRIS and AtRegNet. A Platform to Link cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors into Regulatory Networks

    Saranyan K. Palaniswamy;Stephen James;Hao Sun;Rebecca S. Lamb

  • Size-based molecular diagnostics using plasma DNA for noninvasive prenatal testing

    Stephanie C. Y. Yu;K. C. Allen Chan;Yama W. L. Zheng;Peiyong Jiang

  • Cobalt-catalysed site-selective intra- and intermolecular dehydrogenative amination of unactivated sp(3) carbons.

    Xuesong Wu;Ke Yang;Yan Zhao;Hao Sun

  • NF-κB Regulation of YY1 Inhibits Skeletal Myogenesis through Transcriptional Silencing of Myofibrillar Genes

    Huating Wang;Erin Hertlein;Nadine Bakkar;Hao Sun

  • Sequential introduction of reprogramming factors reveals a time-sensitive requirement for individual factors and a sequential EMT-MET mechanism for optimal reprogramming.

    Xiaopeng Liu;Hao Sun;Hao Sun;Jing Qi;Linli Wang

  • LncRNA Dum interacts with Dnmts to regulate Dppa2 expression during myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration.

    Lijun Wang;Yu Zhao;Xichen Bao;Xihua Zhu

  • Maternal Plasma DNA Analysis with Massively Parallel Sequencing by Ligation for Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis of Trisomy 21

    Rossa W.K. Chiu;Hao Sun;Ranjit Akolekar;Christopher Clouser

  • Orientation-aware plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation analysis in open chromatin regions informs tissue of origin

    Kun Sun;Peiyong Jiang;Suk Hang Cheng;Timothy H.T. Cheng

  • Capturing the interactome of newly transcribed RNA

    Xichen Bao;Xiangpeng Guo;Menghui Yin;Muqddas Tariq;Muqddas Tariq

Frequent Co-Authors

Rui Chen
Rui Chen Capital Medical University
Peiyong Jiang
Peiyong Jiang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Rossa W.K. Chiu
Rossa W.K. Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Y.M. Dennis Lo
Y.M. Dennis Lo Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ramana V. Davuluri
Ramana V. Davuluri Stony Brook University
Guigen Li
Guigen Li Texas Tech University
Mark H. Ginsberg
Mark H. Ginsberg University of California, San Diego
Michael Aschner
Michael Aschner Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Duanqing Pei
Duanqing Pei Westlake University
Miguel A. Esteban
Miguel A. Esteban Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health

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