On the relationship between download and citation counts: An introduction of Granger-causality inference. - Beibei Hu; Yang Ding 001; Xianlei Dong; Yi Bu 001; Ying Ding 001 (J. Informetrics, 2021)

Revisiting the relationship between downloads and citations: a perspective from papers with different citation patterns in the case of the Lancet. - Yang Ding 001; Xianlei Dong; Yi Bu 001; Bin Zhang; Kexin Lin; Beibei Hu (Scientometrics, 2021)

Beyond correlation: Towards matching strategy for causal inference in Information Science. - Xianlei Dong; Jiahui Xu; Yi Bu 001; Chenwei Zhang; Ying Ding 001; Beibei Hu; Yang Ding 001 (J. Inf. Sci., 2022)

Political Hegemony, Imitation Isomorphism, and Project Familiarity: Instrumental Variables to Understand Funding Impact on Scholar Performance. - Yang Ding 001; Yi Bu 001 (CoRR, 2024)

Funding and productivity: Does winning grants affect the scientific productivity of recipients? Evidence from the social sciences and economics. - Yang Ding 001; Fernando Moreira (Scientometrics, 2025)