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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 43 17301 15641 4240 3487 142 6030

Liangliang Sun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Liangliang Sun between 2006 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Liangliang Sun published across 21 years, from 2006 to 2026, averaging 11.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2024. 31 of the 240 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2024. 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 1 publication 2009: 6 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 29 publications 2025: 25 publications 2026: 6 publications
2006 2026

240 publications in total across all disciplines

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Liangliang Sun: publications per year, 2006 to 2026
Year Publications
2006 1
2007 1
2008 1
2009 6
2010 2
2011 11
2012 12
2013 12
2014 11
2015 9
2016 14
2017 10
2018 14
2019 12
2020 6
2021 17
2022 23
2023 18
2024 29
2025 25
2026 6
Total 240
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Liangliang Sun publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–160 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 142 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218 142
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Liangliang Sun D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42–43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612 43
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Liangliang Sun is a researcher affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

Their recent publications include studies on advanced proteomics and plant science topics. Notable papers by Sun encompass:

  • Physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses reveal zinc oxide nanoparticles modulate plant growth in tomato, 2020, Environmental Science Nano

These publications contribute to areas such as advanced proteomics techniques, mass spectrometry applications, and plant stress responses. Liangliang Sun is also involved in topics related to biosensors and analytical detection, metabolomics studies, and microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sun include:

  • Qianyi Wang
  • Qianjie Wang
  • Tian Xu
  • Zhichang Yang
  • Jin Xu

The researcher often publishes in journals and conference venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Journal of Proteome Research
  • PROTEOMICS
  • Analytical Methods

Their work focuses strongly on advanced proteomics techniques and their applications, including aspects of mass spectrometry. This research plays a role in exploring biochemical processes, molecular biology, and the development of analytical methods for biological and environmental samples.

Best Publications

  • Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence of Fluorescein Derivative for Time-Resolved and Confocal Fluorescence Imaging

    Xiaoqing Xiong;Fengling Song;Jingyun Wang;Yukang Zhang

  • Third-generation electrokinetically pumped sheath-flow nanospray interface with improved stability and sensitivity for automated capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry analysis of complex proteome digests.

    Liangliang Sun;Guijie Zhu;Zhenbin Zhang;Si Mou

  • Ultrasensitive and Fast Bottom-up Analysis of Femtogram Amounts of Complex Proteome Digests

    Liangliang Sun;Guijie Zhu;Yimeng Zhao;Xiaojing Yan

  • Identification and Quantification of Proteoforms by Mass Spectrometry.

    Leah V. Schaffer;Robert J. Millikin;Rachel M. Miller;Lissa C. Anderson

  • Capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry as an alternative proteomics platform to ultraperformance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry for samples of intermediate complexity.

    Yihan Li;Matthew M. Champion;Liangliang Sun;Patricia A. DiGiuseppe Champion

  • Single-shot proteomics using capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry with production of more than 1250 Escherichia coli peptide identifications in a 50 min separation.

    Guijie Zhu;Liangliang Sun;Xiaojing Yan;Norman J. Dovichi

  • Quantitative proteomics of Xenopus laevis embryos: expression kinetics of nearly 4000 proteins during early development.

    Liangliang Sun;Michelle M. Bertke;Matthew M. Champion;Guijie Zhu

  • Deep Top-Down Proteomics Using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Identification of 5700 Proteoforms from the Escherichia coli Proteome.

    Elijah N. McCool;Rachele A. Lubeckyj;Xiaojing Shen;Daoyang Chen

  • Thermally-initiated free radical polymerization for reproducible production of stable linear polyacrylamide coated capillaries, and their application to proteomic analysis using capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry.

    Guijie Zhu;Liangliang Sun;Norman J. Dovichi

  • Over 10,000 peptide identifications from the HeLa proteome by using single-shot capillary zone electrophoresis combined with tandem mass spectrometry.

    Liangliang Sun;Alexander S. Hebert;Xiaojing Yan;Yimeng Zhao

  • Single Cell Proteomics Using Frog (Xenopus laevis) Blastomeres Isolated from Early Stage Embryos, Which Form a Geometric Progression in Protein Content.

    Liangliang Sun;Kyle M. Dubiak;Elizabeth H. Peuchen;Zhenbin Zhang

  • Rapid protein digestion and identification using monolithic enzymatic microreactor coupled with nano-liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

    Jicheng Duan;Liangliang Sun;Zhen Liang;Jie Zhang

  • Bottom-up proteomics of Escherichia coli using dynamic pH junction preconcentration and capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry.

    Guijie Zhu;Liangliang Sun;Xiaojing Yan;Norman J. Dovichi

  • Single-shot top-down proteomics with capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry for identification of nearly 600 Escherichia coli proteoforms

    Rachele A. Lubeckyj;Elijah N. McCool;Xiaojing Shen;Qiang Kou

  • Synthesis of adenosine functionalized metal immobilized magnetic nanoparticles for highly selective and sensitive enrichment of phosphopeptides

    Liyuan Zhang;Liyuan Zhang;Qun Zhao;Qun Zhao;Zhen Liang;Kaiguang Yang

  • Detachable strong cation exchange monolith, integrated with capillary zone electrophoresis and coupled with pH gradient elution, produces improved sensitivity and numbers of peptide identifications during bottom-up analysis of complex proteomes.

    Zhenbin Zhang;Xiaojing Yan;Liangliang Sun;Guijie Zhu

  • Capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for top-down proteomics.

    Xiaojing Shen;Zhichang Yang;Elijah N. McCool;Rachele A. Lubeckyj

  • Capillary zone electrophoresis–mass spectrometry with microliter-scale loading capacity, 140 min separation window and high peak capacity for bottom-up proteomics

    Daoyang Chen;Xiaojing Shen;Liangliang Sun

  • Native Proteomics in Discovery Mode Using Size-Exclusion Chromatography-Capillary Zone Electrophoresis-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.

    Xiaojing Shen;Qiang Kou;Ruiqiong Guo;Zhichang Yang

  • Integrated capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry system with an immobilized trypsin microreactor for online digestion and analysis of picogram amounts of RAW 264.7 cell lysate.

    Liangliang Sun;Guijie Zhu;Norman J. Dovichi

  • Capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry for top-down characterization of the Mycobacterium marinum secretome.

    Yimeng Zhao;Liangliang Sun;Matthew M. Champion;Michael D. Knierman

  • Hydrophilic monolith based immobilized enzyme reactors in capillary and on microchip for high-throughput proteomic analysis.

    Yu Liang;Yu Liang;Dingyin Tao;Dingyin Tao;Junfeng Ma;Liangliang Sun;Liangliang Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman J. Dovichi
Norman J. Dovichi University of Notre Dame
Lihua Zhang
Lihua Zhang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Joshua J. Coon
Joshua J. Coon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yukui Zhang
Yukui Zhang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Ying Ge
Ying Ge University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul M. Thomas
Paul M. Thomas Northwestern University
Neil L. Kelleher
Neil L. Kelleher Northwestern University
Lloyd M. Smith
Lloyd M. Smith University of Wisconsin–Madison
Xiaojun Peng
Xiaojun Peng Dalian University of Technology
Paul W. Bohn
Paul W. Bohn University of Notre Dame

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