第一作者/通讯作者发表论文40余篇，其中SCI检索13篇，EI检索9篇，参与编写专著4 部，授权发明专利4项，软件著作权3项。近年来主要的代表性论文有：
(1) Yang Z*, Wang L, Qiao J, Uchimura T, Wang L. Application and verification of a multivariate real-time early warning method for rainfall-induced landslides: implication for evolution of landslide-generated debris flows. Landslides，2020，10.1007/s10346-020-01402-w.
(2) Yang Z*, Qiao J, Uchimura T, et al. Unsaturated hydro-mechanical behaviour of rainfall-induced mass remobilization in post-earthquake landslides. Engineering Geology, 2017, 222: 102-110.
(3) Yang Z*, Cai H, Shao W, et al. Clarifying the hydrological mechanisms and thresholds for rainfall-induced landslide: in situ monitoring of big data to unsaturated slope stability analysis. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2018, 78(4): 2139-2150.
(4) Yang Z*, Shao W, Qiao J, et al. A Multi-Source Early Warning System of MEMS Based Wireless Monitoring for Rainfall-Induced Landslides. Applied Sciences, 2017, 7(12):1234.
(5) Liu, W., Z. Yang* and S. He. "Modeling the landslide-generated debris flow from formation to propagation and run-out by considering the effect of vegetation." Landslides，2020，: 1-16. 10.1007/s10346-020-01478-4.
(6) Cai H, Yang Z-J*, Wang L-Y, Lei X-Q, Fu X-L, Liu S-H, Qiao J-P (2019) An Experimental Study on the Hydromechanical Behaviours of the Evolution of Postearthquake Landslide Deposits. Geofluids，2019:18
(7) Wei Shao, Zongji Yang*, Junjun Ni et al. Comparison of single- and dual-permeability models in simulating the unsaturated hydro-mechanical behavior in a rainfall-triggered landslide. Landslides, 2018, 1-16.
(8) Lei Xiaoqin,Yang Zongji*,He Siming,et al. Numerical investigation of rainfall-induced fines migration and its influences on slope stability. Acta Geotechnica, 2017,12(6):1431-1446.
(9) 杨宗佶*，王礼勇，石莉莉等.降雨滑坡多指标监测预警方法研究，岩石力学与工程学报，2020， 39:272-285
(10) 杨宗佶*, 蔡焕, 雷小芹等. 非饱和地震滑坡堆积体降雨破坏水-力耦合行为的试验研究. 岩土力学, 2019, 40(5):1-12.
(11) 杨宗佶*, 丁朋朋, 王栋等. 川藏铁路（康定至林芝段）沿线滑坡风险分析. 铁道学报, 2018, 40(9):97-103.
