2018．Yam, Paton Pak Chun, Gary Ting Tat Ng, Wing Tung Au, Lin Tao, Su Lu, Hildie Leung, and Jane M. Y. Fung. “The Effect of Subgroup Homogeneity of Efficacy on Contribution in Public Good Dilemmas.” PLOS ONE 13, no. 7: e0201473.

2015．Weijun Lai, Jiangang Zhu, Lin Tao, and Anthony J. Spires. "Bounded by the State: Government Priorities and the Development of Private Philanthropic Foundations in China". The China Quarterly 224: 1083-1092; 

2014．Lin Tao and Wing-tung Au. "Values, Self and Other-Regarding Behavior in the Dictator Game" . Rationality and Society 26(1): 46-72; 

2014．Anthony J. Spires, Lin Tao, and Kin-man Chan. "Societal Support for China's Grassroots NGOs: Evidence from Yunnan, Guangdong, and Beijing". The China Journal 71: 65-90; 

2011．Xiaoqin Mai, Yue Ge, Lin Tao, Honghong Tang, Chao Liu, and Yue-Jia Luo. "Eyes Are Windows to the Chinese Soul: Evidence from the Detection of Real and Fake Smiles". PLoS ONE 6(5): e19903. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019903; 

2009．Freda Lynn, Joe Poldony, and Lin Tao. "A Sociological (De)Construction of the Relationship between Status and Quality". American Journal of Sociology 115(3): 755-804;

2001．Lin Tao and Christopher Winship. "Modeling Social Interdependence: Is It in the Structure or in Our Hearts? Comments on Durlauf". Sociological Methodology 31: 97-106.