1. G. Zhiyong Lan, Lera Riley, N. Joseph Cayer.How Can Local Government Become an Employer of Choice for Technical Professionals: lessons and experiences from the city of Phoenix.Review of Public Personnel Administration. Vol. 25, No. 3, 225-242 (2005).
2. Lan, Zhiyong.“Symposium Introduction.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management. Vol. 15, No. 3.,2003, pp. 438-465.
3. Lan, Zhiyong. “Disciplinary Rationale and Public Administration Field Development.”Chinese Public Administration Review. (Rutgers Univ.)Vol. 2, (1/2),2003. Pp. 1-16.
4. Lan,Zhiyong.“Local Government Reform in the People’s Republic of China:Stipulations, Impact, Cases and Assessment.”Chinese Public Administration Review(Rutgers Univ.).Vol. 1, (3/4), 2002, pp. 209-220.
5. Lan, Zhiyong, "Understanding China's Administrative Reform." Public Administration Quarterly . Vol. 24 (4), 2001, pp. 435-467.
6. Lan, Zhiyong, and Anders, Kathy. "A Paradigmatic View of Public Administration Research:An Empirical Test."Administration and Society. Vo. 32, No. 2., 2000,pp. 138-165.
7. Lan, Zhiyong, Weixing Hu, and Ken, Wang."The Growing China and Its Prospective Role in World Affairs."Brown Journal ofWorld AffairsVol. VI (2),1999, pp. 1-29 .
8. Lan, Zhiyong. "The 1998 Administrative Reform in China."Asian Journal of Public Administration .Vol. 21, (1) June, 1999,pp. 29-54.
9. Lan, Zhiyong. "A Conflict Resolution Approach to Public Administration." Public Administration Review . Vol. 57, No. 1 (Jan/Feb), 1997, pp. 27 35.
10. Lan, Zhiyong and Falcone, Santa. "Factors Influencing Internet Use--A Policy Model for Electronic Government Information Provision." Journal of Government Information. Vol. 24. No. 4., 1997, pp. 251-257.
11. Lan, Zhiyong and Craig, Scott. "The Relative Importance of Computer mediated Information versus Conventional Non Computer mediated Information in Public Sector Managerial Decision making." Information Resources Management Journal Vol. 9, No. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 27 37.
12. Lan, Zhiyong and Cayer, N. Joseph. "The Challenge of Teaching Information Technology Use and Management in a Time of Information Revolution." American Review of Public Administration . Vol. 24, No. 2, June, 1994, pp. 207 222.
13. Lan, Zhiyong. "Reagan and Public Choice: an assessment of the implicit Reagan administrative theory." The Journal of Political Science and International Relations. Vol 8, No. 1. July, 1993, pp. 36 44.
14. David."Public Administration in Transition." Public Administration Review. Vol. 52, No. 6. November/December, 1992, pp. 5 7.
15. Lan, Zhiyong and Rainey, Hal. "Goals, Rules, and Effectiveness in Public, Private and Hybrid Organizations". Journal of Public Administration: Research and Theory. 1992, Jan.Vol. 2, No. 1.pp. 5 28.
16.Yang, Lihua and Lan, G. Zhiyong. (2010). “Internet's impact on expert–citizen interactions in public policymaking—A meta analysis.” Government Information Quarterly.”27 (2010) 431–441 .
17.Yang, Lihua, G. Zhiyong Lan, and Wu, Jiangguo. (2010). “Roles of Scholars in the Practice of Combating-Desertification: A Case Study in Northwest China.”“Environmental Management” 46:154–166..
18.Yang, Lihua, G. Zhiyong Lan. "Roles of Scholars in Environmental Community Conflict Resolution: A Case Study in Contemporary China" (IJCMA-Feb-2012-0019.R2)Accepted and forthcoming in International Journal of Conflict Management in 2012.