| The Olympics and elite sport policy: Where will it all end? B Houlihan, J Zheng The international journal of the history of sport 30 (4), 338-355, 2013 | 154 | 2013 |
| Small states: sport and politics at the margin B Houlihan, J Zheng Sport Policy in Small States, 21-36, 2018 | 90 | 2018 |
| Sport policy in China (mainland) J Zheng, S Chen, TC Tan, PWC Lau International journal of sport policy and politics 10 (3), 469-491, 2018 | 83 | 2018 |
| Exploring China's success at the Olympic Games: a competitive advantage approach J Zheng, S Chen European sport management quarterly 16 (2), 148-171, 2016 | 63 | 2016 |
| Interorganisational conflict between national and provincial sport organisations within China’s elite sport system: Perspectives from national organisations J Zheng, PWC Lau, S Chen, G Dickson, V De Bosscher, Q Peng Sport management review 22 (5), 667-681, 2019 | 40 | 2019 |
| Football and supporter activism in Europe: whose game is it? B García, J Zheng Springer, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Policy transfer in elite sport development: the case of elite swimming in China TC Tan, J Zheng, G Dickson European sport management quarterly 19 (5), 645-665, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Sport policy in China S Chen, TC Tan, B Houlihan | 31 | 2019 |
| Responding to globalisation: The case of elite artistic gymnastics in China J Zheng, TC Tan, A Bairner International review for the sociology of sport 54 (5), 536-556, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| Competitive balance trends in elite table tennis: the Olympic Games and World Championships 1988-2016 J Zheng, T Oh, S Kim, G Dickson, V De Bosscher Journal of sports sciences 36 (23), 2675-2683, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| A policy analysis of the development of elite swimming in China between 2000 and 2012: A national team perspective J Zheng The international journal of the history of sport 34 (12), 1247-1274, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| A comparative analysis of the policy process of elite sport development in China and the UK (in relation to three Olympic sports of artistic gymnastics, swimming and cycling) J Zheng Loughborough University, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
| Competitive balance and medal distributions at the Summer Olympic Games 1992–2016: Overall and gender-specific analyses J Zheng, G Dickson, T Oh, V De Bosscher Managing Sport and Leisure 24 (1-3), 45-58, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| Conclusions: The rising importance of supporter activism in European football J Zheng, B García Football and supporter activism in Europe: Whose game is it?, 277-285, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| An organizational life cycle approach to exploring the elite sport legacy of summer Olympic host nations: The cases of China (Beijing 2008) and Australia (Sydney 2000) S Chen, J Zheng, G Dickson The International Journal of the History of Sport 35 (12-13), 1276-1305, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
| The development of elite cycling in China: 1992–2012 J Zheng The international journal of the history of sport 33 (5), 586-606, 2016 | 12 | 2016 |
| Volunteering for sports mega events: A non-host region perspective S Chen, J Zheng, G Dickson Managing Sport and Leisure 23 (3), 189-203, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| The ‘30-gold’ambition and Japan’s momentum for elite sport success: feasibility and policy changes J Zheng, D Liu Sport in Society 23 (12), 1964-1985, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| Governance of Chinese professional football during Xi’s authoritarian era: what is changing and what remains unchanged Y Ma, J Zheng Soccer & Society 23 (2), 224-235, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| China’s strategies to host the sports mega events S Chen, J Zheng Sport policy in China, 130-149, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
