| Dragon’s underbelly: An analysis of China’s soft power Y Huang, S Ding East Asia 23 (4), 22-44, 2006 | 273 | 2006 |
| Talking up China: An analysis of China’s rising cultural power and global promotion of the Chinese language S Ding, RA Saunders East Asia 23 (2), 3-33, 2006 | 273 | 2006 |
| The dragon's hidden wings: how China rises with its soft power S Ding Lexington Books, 2008 | 228 | 2008 |
| To build a “harmonious world”: China’s soft power wielding in the global south S Ding Journal of Chinese Political Science 13, 193-213, 2008 | 216 | 2008 |
| Analyzing Rising Power from the Perspective of Soft Power: a new look at China's rise to the status quo power S Ding Journal of Contemporary China 19 (64), 255-272, 2010 | 212 | 2010 |
| Digital diaspora and national image building: A new perspective on Chinese diaspora study in the age of China's rise S Ding Pacific Affairs, 627-648, 2007 | 136 | 2007 |
| Branding a rising China: An analysis of Beijing’s national image management in the age of China’s rise S Ding Journal of Asian and African Studies 46 (3), 293-306, 2011 | 81 | 2011 |
| Engaging diaspora via charm offensive and indigenised communication: an analysis of China's diaspora engagement policies in the Xi era S Ding Politics 35 (3-4), 230-244, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
| Chinese soft power and immigration reform: can Beijing’s approach to pursuing global talent and maintaining domestic stability succeed? S Ding, R Koslowski Journal of Chinese Political Science 22, 97-116, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
| Informing the masses and heeding public opinion: China's new Internet-related policy initiatives to deal with its governance crisis S Ding Journal of Information Technology & Politics 6 (1), 31-42, 2009 | 26 | 2009 |
| Digital dragons and cybernetic bears: Comparing the overseas Chinese and near abroad Russian web communities RA Saunders, S Ding Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 12 (2), 255-290, 2006 | 24 | 2006 |
| Soft power and the rise of China: an assessment of China's soft power in its modernization process S Ding Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Graduate School-Newark, 2006 | 23 | 2006 |
| Chinese soft power and public diplomacy: An analysis of China’s new diaspora engagement policies in the Xi era S Ding The East Asia Institute, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| Is human rights the Achilles' heel of Chinese soft power? A new perspective on its appeal S Ding Asian Perspective 36 (4), 641-665, 2012 | 21 | 2012 |
| Modernization without Democratization in the Digital Age: China's Micromanagement of Its Contentious State–Society Relations S Ding Asian Journal of Political Science 23 (1), 1-22, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
| China's dilemma in the Ukraine crisis S Ding Washington, DC: East-West Center, 2014 | 7 | 2014 |
| Chinese Diaspora's New Roles in China's Diplomacy S Ding Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy, 61-72, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
| Sons of the Yellow Emperor go online: The state of the Chinese digital diaspora S Ding Global Migration and Transnational Politics, 2010 | 4 | 2010 |
| Chinese Soft Power and Public Diplomacy S Ding EAI Fellows Program Working Paper Series, 2014 | 3 | 2014 |
| The Political Rationale of China’s Deliberately Limited Role in the Libyan Civil War S Ding Political Rationale and International Consequences of the War in Libya, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
