| Unveiling the contested digital feminism: Advocacy, self-promotion, and state oversight among Chinese beauty influencers on Weibo Q Sun, R Ding Social Media+ Society 10 (3), 20563051241283301, 2024 | 19 | 2024 |
| “Female empowerment is being commercialized”: online reception of girl crush trend among feminist K-pop fans Q Sun, D Paje’, H Lee Feminist Media Studies 23 (8), 4156-4169, 2023 | 18 | 2023 |
| New femininities and self-making in contemporary Chinese beauty influencing Q Sun Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty 14 (1), 35-55, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
| Marginalisation in the name of empowerment: unpacking rural women’s standpoints on female empowerment in Chinese consumer culture Q Sun Gender, Place & Culture 32 (5), 664-684, 2025 | 4 | 2025 |
| Digital labor in the state-led/capitalist complex: State labor and playful workaholics in the Chinese digital space Q Sun International Journal of Cultural Studies 27 (3), 387-404, 2024 | 3 | 2024 |
| “Sisters, are you running out of menstrual supplies??”: exploring# SistersFightPandemicWithEase and tactical hashtag feminism in the COVID-19 crisis Q Sun Feminist Media Studies, 1-18, 2025 | 1 | 2025 |
| A Revealing “Confession” or Another Publicity Stunt? Reflections on Social Media Entrepreneurship on Weibo Q Sun International Journal of Communication 17, 19, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| SYNK Dive into “KWANGYA”: Transmedia Storytelling and Emerging Technologies in K-Pop Q Sun Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, 215, 2026 | | 2026 |
| Pawns in the power struggle: Navigating creative labor precarity across MCNs, platforms, and state regulation in China Q Sun International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13678779251383012, 2025 | | 2025 |
| Unmasking feminist resistance and queer media activism in China: A review of Digital Masquerade Q Sun Dialogues on Digital Society 1 (2), 229-231, 2025 | | 2025 |
| Tweeting about the COVID-19 vaccine: A content analysis MK Hauer, A Jenkins, J MacPherson, Q Sun, M Swain Atlantic Journal of Communication 32 (4), 545-557, 2024 | | 2024 |