- Jian Zhang， Kavinda Isuru Nanayakkara， Linwei He， Helen Fairclough， Andrew Liew， Colin Smith， Matthew Gilbert，Digital design optimization and off-site modularization for modern stone masonry construction，Engineering Structures，2026（中科院1区TOP）.
- Jian Zhang, Sanne J. van den Boom, Fred van Keulen, Alejandro M. Aragón, A stable discontinuity-enriched finite element method for 3-D problems containing weak and strong discontinuities, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2019, 355: 1097-1123（中科院1区TOP）.
- Jian Zhang, Alejandro M. Aragón, An improved stress recovery technique for the unfitted finite element analysis of discontinuous gradient fields, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2021, 123(3): 639-663（JCR Q1）.
- Jian Zhang, Elena Zhebel, Sanne J. van den Boom, Dongyu Liu, Alejandro M. Aragón, An object‐oriented geometric engine design for discontinuities in unfitted/immersed/enriched finite element methods, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2022, 123: 5126-5154（JCR Q1）.
- Jian Zhang, Fred van Keulen, Alejandro M. Aragón, On tailoring fracture resistance of brittle structures: A level set interface-enriched topology optimization approach, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2022, 388: 114189（中科院1区TOP）.
- Jian Zhang, Francesco Aiello, Mauro Salazar, Diletta Giuntini，Double-tough ceramics: Optimization-supported multiscale computational design，Acta Materialia，2025，121162（中科院1区TOP）.
- Weisheng Zhang*, Qi Lai, Jian Zhang*，Explicit topology optimization for piezoelectric energy harvester with ensured connectivity of polarization profile，Computers and Structures，2025 (JCR Q1).
- Sanne J. van den Boom, Jian Zhang, Fred van Keulen; Alejandro M. Aragón, An interface-enriched generalized finite element method for level set-based topology optimization, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2020, 63(1): 1-20 （JCR Q1）.
- André Souto, Jian Zhang, Alejandro M. Aragón, Krassimir P. Velikov, Corentin Coulais, Edible mechanical metamaterials with designed fracture for mouthfeel control, Soft Matter, 2022,18(15): 2910-2919.
- Weisheng Zhang, Yuan Liu, Jian Zhang, Jialun Li, Xu Guo, Sung-Kie Youn, Topology optimization of structures guarding against brittle fracture via peridynamics-based SIMP approach, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2024, 432（中科院1区TOP）.