o       Jin, Q., and C. M. Bethke, 2002. Kinetics of electron transfer through the respiratory chain. Biophysical Journal. 83: 1797–1808.

o       Jin, Q., and C. M. Bethke, 2003. A new rate law describing microbial respiration. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69: 2340–2348.

o       Frias-Lopez, J., G. T. Bonheyo, Q. Jin, and B. W. Fouke, 2003. Cyanobacterial diversity associated with coral black band disease in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Reefs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69: 2409–2413.

o       Kirk, M. F., T. R. Holm, J. Park, Q. Jin, R. A. Sanford, B. W. Fouke, and C. M. Bethke, 2004. Bacterial sulfate reduction controls natural arsenic contamination of groundwater. Geology. 32:953–956.

o       Jin, Q., and C. M. Bethke, 2005. Predicting the rate of microbial respiration in geochemical environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 69:1133–1143.

o       Roadcap, G.S., R.A. Sanford, Q. Jin, J. R. Pardinas, and C. M. Bethke, 2006. Extremely alkaline (pH > 12) ground water hosts diverse microbial community. Ground Water. 44:511-517.

o       Jin, Q, 2007. Control of hydrogen partial pressures on the rates of syntrophic microbial metabolism: A kinetic model for butyrate fermentation. Geobiology. 5:35-48.

o       Jin, Q., and C. M. Bethke, 2007. The thermodynamics and kinetics of microbial metabolism. American Journal of Science. 307:643-677.