Yan Guang-cai (2012). The Unbalanced Relationship between Undergraduate Teaching and Research in Research Universities. The Journal of Higher Education.
Yan Guang-cai (2011). Thoughts on the Role of Government in the Development of World-Class Universities in China. Chinese Education & Society.DOI
Yan Guang-cai (2011). On the Strategy of Overseas High-end Academic Talent Introduction. Fudan jiaoyu luntan.
Yan Guang-cai (2011). The Connotation of Relationship between Academic and Politics and the Tendency of Research in a "Low-cabon" Era. The Journal of Higher Education.
Yan Guang-cai (2011). The Reflective Thinking on the "De-administrationalization" of Chinese Universities. Qinghua Daxue jiaoyu yanjiu.
Yan Guang-cai (2011). The Situation of Academic Profession in China and Its Analysis. The Journal of Higher Education.
Yan Guang-cai (2011). On Creativity,Innovation,and Institutionalized Education:Analysis of the Difference in the Design Idea of Staged Education System between China and America. Jiaoyu xuebao.