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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 62 2629 2507 262 258 237 12877

Xiaomin Sun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xiaomin Sun between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xiaomin Sun published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 5.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 31 publications in 2006. 12 of the 264 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 31. Peak 31 publications in 2006. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 8 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 31 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications
1979 2025

264 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xiaomin Sun: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 1
2000 8
2001 4
2002 6
2003 3
2004 9
2005 8
2006 31
2007 3
2008 13
2009 10
2010 16
2011 14
2012 17
2013 19
2014 19
2015 13
2016 16
2017 8
2018 9
2019 6
2020 6
2021 4
2022 6
2023 1
2024 6
2025 6
Total 264
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Xiaomin Sun publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 231–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 237 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220 237
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Xiaomin Sun D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143 62
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Xiaomin Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Their scholarly work includes a focus on Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's research topics are centered on various aspects of cancer and molecular mechanisms, including:

  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Lymphatic System and Diseases
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Xiaomin Sun has contributed to recent publications in reputable journals. Selected papers include:

  • Plasma THBS1 as a predictive biomarker for poor prognosis and brain metastasis in patients with HER2-enriched breast cancer (2024), published in International Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Association of the m6A reader IGF2BP3 with tumor progression and brain-specific metastasis in breast cancer (2023), published in Cancer
  • MIR4435-2HG: A Novel Biomarker for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis, Driving Tumor Progression through EMT by JNK/c-Jun and p38 MAPK Signaling Pathway Activation (2024), published in Research Square (Research Square)

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with Yang Li, Weidong Wu, Jun Qin, Guiming Chen, and Jun Cao. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications across different subfields of cancer biology and molecular research.

Publication venues where Xiaomin Sun has appeared include:

  • International Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Overview of ChinaFLUX and evaluation of its eddy covariance measurement

    Gui-Rui Yu;Xue-Fa Wen;Xiao-Min Sun;Bertrand D. Tanner

  • Effects of vegetation control on ecosystem water use efficiency within and among four grassland ecosystems in China

    Zhongmin Hu;Guirui Yu;Yuling Fu;Xiaomin Sun

  • Water-use efficiency of forest ecosystems in eastern China and its relations to climatic variables.

    Guirui Yu;Xia Song;Qiufeng Wang;Yunfen Liu

  • Spatial patterns and climate drivers of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems of China

    Gui-Rui Yu;Xian-Jin Zhu;Yu-Ling Fu;Hong-Lin He

  • Partitioning of evapotranspiration and its controls in four grassland ecosystems: Application of a two-source model

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  • Seasonal variations in depth of water uptake for a subtropical coniferous plantation subjected to drought in an East Asian monsoon region

    Bin Yang;Xuefa Wen;Xiaomin Sun

  • Evaluation of a crop water stress index for detecting water stress in winter wheat in the North China Plain

    Guofu Yuan;Yi Luo;Xiaomin Sun;Dengyin Tang

  • Changes in soil microbial community composition in response to fertilization of paddy soils in subtropical China

    Wen-Yi Dong;Xin-Yu Zhang;Xiao-Qin Dai;Xiao-Li Fu

  • Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration is affected by prevailing climatic conditions and soil organic carbon content: A trans-China based case study

    Ze-Mei Zheng;Gui-Rui Yu;Yu-Ling Fu;Yue-Si Wang

  • Effect of Different Fertilizer Application on the Soil Fertility of Paddy Soils in Red Soil Region of Southern China

    Wenyi Dong;Xinyu Zhang;Huimin Wang;Xiaoqin Dai

  • Stable isotopic compositions of precipitation in China

    Jianrong Liu;Xianfang Song;Guofu Yuan;Xiaomin Sun

  • Spatial variations in aboveground net primary productivity along a climate gradient in Eurasian temperate grassland: effects of mean annual precipitation and its seasonal distribution

    Qun Guo;Zhongmin Hu;Shenggong Li;Xuanran Li;Xuanran Li

  • Soil moisture effect on the temperature dependence of ecosystem respiration in a subtropical Pinus plantation of southeastern China

    Xue-Fa Wen;Gui-Rui Yu;Xiao-Min Sun;Qing-Kang Li

  • Impacts of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on the abundance and community structure of ammonia oxidizers and denitrifying bacteria in Chinese fir plantations

    Yuqian Tang;Xinyu Zhang;Dandan Li;Huimin Wang

  • Spatiotemporal variation in alpine grassland phenology in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau from 1999 to 2009

    MingJun Ding;MingJun Ding;YiLi Zhang;XiaoMin Sun;LinShan Liu

  • Environmental controls over carbon exchange of three forest ecosystems in eastern China

    Gui-Rui Yu;Lei-Ming Zhang;Xiao-Min Sun;Yu-Ling Fu

  • Responses of absolute and specific soil enzyme activities to long term additions of organic and mineral fertilizer.

    Xinyu Zhang;Wenyi Dong;Xiaoqin Dai;Sean Schaeffer

  • Rubber plantations act as water pumps in tropical China

    Zheng-Hong Tan;Zheng-Hong Tan;Yi-Ping Zhang;Yi-Ping Zhang;Qing-Hai Song;Qing-Hai Song;Wen-Jie Liu

  • Characteristics of δ18O in precipitation over Eastern Monsoon China and the water vapor sources

    JianRong Liu;XianFang Song;GuoFu Yuan;XiaoMin Sun

  • Recent progress and future directions of ChinaFLUX

    Guirui Yu;Yuling Fu;Xiaomin Sun;Xuefa Wen

  • Depression of net ecosystem CO2 exchange in semi-arid Leymus chinensis steppe and alpine shrub

    Yu-Ling Fu;Gui-Rui Yu;Xiao-Min Sun;Ying-Nian Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Guirui Yu
Guirui Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuefa Wen
Xuefa Wen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huimin Wang
Huimin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yiping Zhang
Yiping Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shijie Han
Shijie Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shenggong Li
Shenggong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junhua Yan
Junhua Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yingnian Li
Yingnian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhongmin Hu
Zhongmin Hu South China Normal University
Xuhui Lee
Xuhui Lee Yale University

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