The contingent nature of brain gain and brain circulation: their foreign context and the impact of return scientists on the scientific community in their country of origin. - Thijs A. Velema (Scientometrics, 2012)

Upward contacts in everyday life: Benefits of reaching hierarchical relations in ego-centered networks. - Yang-chih Fu; Thijs A. Velema; Jing-Shiang Hwang (Soc. Networks, 2018)

Who should we get? How employer reputation shapes network hiring in Dutch professional football. - Thijs A. Velema (Soc. Networks, 2021)