Publications – Zhuanlan Sun

Lastest Update: 5 August 2025

Kang, Y., Zhang, C., Sun, Z.*, Li, Y. (2025). Investigating the effect of publication text similarity between reviewers and authors on the rigor of peer review: An intellectual proximity perspective. Journal of Informetrics, 19(3).

Sun, Z., Zhang, C., Pang, K., Tang, Y., Li, Y. (2024). Do Changes in Journal Rank Influence Publication Output? Evidence from China. Scientometrics, 129(11).
Zhang, R(Undergraduate)., Sun, Z*. (2024). The impact of being selected as a cover paper: Evidence from high-impact materials science journals. Journal of Information Science.
Sun, Z., He, D., Li, Y. (2024). How the readability of manuscript before journal submission advantages peer review process: Evidence from biomedical scientific publications. Journal of Informetrics, 18(3).
Sun, Z., Pang, K., Li, Y. (2024). The fading of status bias during the open peer review process. Journal of Informetrics, 18(3).
Sun, Z*. (2024). Textual features of peer review predict top-cited papers: An interpretable machine learning perspective. Journal of Informetrics, 18(2).
Sun, Z., Cao, C., Liu, S., Li, Y., Ma, C. (2024). The behavioral consequences of using second-person pronouns in written communications between authors and reviewers of scientific papers. Nature Communications.
Sun, Z., Han, Z., & Zhu, D. (2024). How does air pollution threaten mental health? Protocol for a machine-learning enhanced systematic map. BMJ Open.

Sun, Z., Bai,R., & Bai, Z. (2023). The Application of Simulation Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 104543.
Sun, Z., Cao,C., Ma, C., & Li, Y. (2023). The academic status of reviewers predicts their language use. Journal of Informetrics, 17(4), 101449.
Sun, Z., Liu, S., Li, Y., & Ma, C. (2023). Expedited editorial decision in COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Informetrics, 17(1), 101382.
Sun, Z., & Zhu, D. (2023). Surveillance of public risk perceptions on outdoor air pollution: Evidence from online search behaviours in China. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1–21.

Wei, W., Liu, H., & Sun, Z*. (2022). Cover papers of top journals are reliable source for emerging topics detection: A machine learning based prediction framework. Scientometrics, 127(8), 4315–4333.

Sun, Z., & Zhu, D. (2021). Investigating environmental regulation effects on technological innovation: A meta-regression analysis. Energy & Environment, 34(3), 463–492.

Sun, Z., Cang, J., Ruan, Y., & Zhu, D. (2020). Reporting gaps between news media and scientific papers on outdoor air pollution-related health outcomes: A content analysis. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 35(1), 221–232.

Sun, Z., & Zhu, D. (2019). Exposure to outdoor air pollution and its human-related health outcomes: An evidence gap map. BMJ Open, 9(12).
Sun, Z., & Zhu, D. (2019). Exposure to outdoor air pollution and its human health outcomes: A scoping review. PLoS ONE, 14(5), e0216550.