1.   Jiang, C., Y.-R. Wang, X. Jiao, J.-X. Liu* and Z. Chen* (2024). "Offspring nursing extends mother’s longevity in a long-term maternal cared spider." iScience 27(6): 110098.

2.   Zhao, X., J.-X. Liu, T. Charles-Dominique, A. Campos-Arceiz, B. Dong, L. Yan, J. C. O’Hanlon, Y. Zeng* and Z. Chen* (2024) Petal-shaped femoral lobes facilitate gliding in orchid mantises. Current Biology 34(1):183-189.

3.   Zhao X, J.-X. Liu, Z. Chen* (2023) The orchid mantis exhibits high ontogenetic colouration variety and intersexual life history differences. Evolutionary Ecology 37(3):569-582.

4.   Dong, B., J.-X. Liu, R.-C. Quan and Z. Chen* (2022). "Mirror image stimulation could reverse social-isolation-induced aggressiveness in the high-level subsocial lactating spider." Animal Cognition 25(5): 1345-1355.

5.   Deng, Z., I. Agnarsson, Z. Chen* and J. Liu* (2022). "Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from China." ZooKeys 1082: 153-178.

6.   Dong, B., Y. Wang, Q. Li and Z. Chen* (2022). "Fleshy scoli removed without detriment: structure and potential anti-predation function in a slug caterpillar (Limacodidae)." Behaviour 159: 187-192.

7.   Li, Q., J.-X. Liu, B. Dong, R. Xiao* and Z. Chen* (2021). "Two sexes respond equally to food restriction in a sexually dimorphic but not body mass dimorphic jumping spider." Ecology and Evolution 11(20): 14033-14041.

8.   Dong, B., R.-C. Quan and Z. Chen* (2019). "Prolonged milk provisioning and extended maternal care in the milking spider Toxeus magnus: biological implications and questions unresolved." Zoological Research 40(4): 241-243.

9.   Chen, Z., R. T. Corlett, X. G. Jiao, S. J. Liu, T. Charles-Dominique, S. C. Zhang, H. Li, R. Lai, C. B. Long and R. C. Quan* (2018). "Prolonged milk provisioning in a jumping spider." Science 362(6418): 1052-1055.

10.  Chen, Z., E. L. Preisser, R. Xiao, J. Chen, D. Q. Li and X. G. Jiao* (2017). "Inbreeding produces trade-offs between maternal fecundity and offspring survival in a monandrous spider." Animal Behaviour 132: 253-259.

11.  Painting, C. J., G. Rajamohan, Z. Chen, H. Zeng and D. Q. Li* (2016). "It takes two peaks to tango: the importance of UVB and UVA in sexual signalling in jumping spiders." Animal Behaviour 113: 137-146.

12.  Hu, Z. Y., X. Xu, Z. Chen, H. Z. Li, X. Y. Wang, L. B. Wu, F. X. Liu, J. Chen and D. Q. Li* (2014). "The spectral transmission of non-salticid spider corneas." Journal of Experimental Biology 217(15): 2698-2703.

13.  肖榕, 陈占起, 彭宇, 陈建, 焦晓国*. 拟环纹豹蛛交配和同类相食行为影响因子分析. 华中昆虫研究. 2012, 86-89.

14.  Jiao, X. G.*, Z. Chen, H. Y. Du, J. A. Chen and F. X. Liu (2011). "Chemoreceptors distribution and relative importance of male forelegs and palps in intersexual chemical communication of the wolf spider Pardosa astrigera." Chemoecology 21(1): 45-49.

15.  Jiao, X. G.*, L. Guo, Z. Chen, J. Wu, J. Chen, F. X. Liu and D. Q. Li (2011). "Experimental evidence for female-driven monandry in the wolf spider, Pardosa astrigera." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(11): 2117-2123.

16.  Jiao, X. G.*, Z. Chen, J. Wu, H. Y. Du, F. X. Liu, J. A. Chen and D. Q. Li (2011). "Male remating and female fitness in the wolf spider Pardosa astrigera: the role of male mating history." Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65(2): 325-332.

17.  Chen, Z., X. G. Jiao*, J. Wu, J. Chen and F. X. Liu (2010). "Effects of copulation temperature on female reproductive output and longevity in the wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae)." Journal of Thermal Biology 35(3): 125-128.

18.  陈占起, 焦晓国*, 陈建, 彭宇, 刘凤想. 拟环纹豹蛛求偶和交配行为的初步研究. 湖北大学学报：自然科学版. 2009, 31(2): 176-179

19.  Jiao, X. G.*, J. Wu, Z. Chen, J. Chen and F. X. Liu (2009). "Effects of temperature on courtship and copulatory behaviours of a wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae)." Journal of Thermal Biology 34(7): 348-352.