| Social capital: A theory of social structure and action N Lin Cambridge university press, 2002 | 15265 | 2002 |
| Building a network theory of social capital N Lin Social capital, 3-28, 2017 | 8754 | 2017 |
| Social networks and status attainment N Lin Annual review of sociology 25 (1), 467-487, 1999 | 4062 | 1999 |
| Social capital: Theory and research N Lin, KS Cook, RS Burt Transaction Publishers, 2001 | 3477 | 2001 |
| Social resources and strength of ties: Structural factors in occupational status attainment N Lin, WM Ensel, JC Vaughn American sociological review, 393-405, 1981 | 3258 | 1981 |
| Inequality in social capital N Lin Contemporary sociology 29 (6), 785-795, 2000 | 1993 | 2000 |
| Social support, stressful life events, and illness: A model and an empirical test N Lin, WM Ensel, RS Simeone, W Kuo Journal of health and Social Behavior, 108-119, 1979 | 1863 | 1979 |
| Access to occupations through social ties N Lin, M Dumin Social networks 8 (4), 365-385, 1986 | 1862 | 1986 |
| The stress-buffering role of social support: Problems and prospects for systematic investigation A Dean, N Lin The Journal of nervous and mental disease 165 (6), 403-417, 1977 | 1749 | 1977 |
| A network theory of social capital N Lin The handbook of social capital 50 (1), 69, 2008 | 1376 | 2008 |
| Social support, life events, and depression N Lin, A Dean, WM Ensel Academic Press, 2013 | 1310 | 2013 |
| Conceptualizing social support N Lin Social support, life events, and depression, 17-30, 1986 | 1097 | 1986 |
| Foundations of social research N Lin (No Title), 1976 | 936 | 1976 |
| Social support and depressed mood: A structural analysis N Lin, X Ye, WM Ensel Journal of Health and Social behavior, 344-359, 1999 | 910 | 1999 |
| The life stress paradigm and psychological distress WM Ensel, N Lin Journal of Health and Social behavior, 321-341, 1991 | 900 | 1991 |
| Life stress and health: Stressors and resources N Lin, WM Ensel American sociological review, 382-399, 1989 | 894 | 1989 |
| The position generator: Measurement techniques for investigations of social capital N Lin, Y Fu, RM Hsung Social capital, 57-81, 2017 | 797 | 2017 |
| Social resources and occupational status attainment N Lin, JC Vaughn, WM Ensel Social forces 59 (4), 1163-1181, 1981 | 736 | 1981 |
| A handbook for the study of mental health TL Scheid, ER Wright Cambridge University Press, 2017 | 615* | 2017 |
| Getting ahead in urban China N Lin, Y Bian American journal of sociology 97 (3), 657-688, 1991 | 588 | 1991 |
