| The South China Sea: the struggle for power in Asia B Hayton Yale University Press, 2014 | 592 | 2014 |
| Vietnam: rising dragon B Hayton Yale University Press, 2020 | 280 | 2020 |
| The Invention of China B Hayton | 66 | 2020 |
| The modern origins of China’s South China Sea claims: Maps, misunderstandings, and the maritime geobody B Hayton Modern China 45 (2), 127-170, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| When good lawyers write bad history B Hayton Ocean Development and International Law 48 (1), 17-34, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| THE MODERN CREATION OF CHINA’S ‘HISTORIC RIGHTS’CLAIM IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA B Hayton Asian Affairs 49 (3), 370-382, 2018 | 26 | 2018 |
| The Week Donald Trump Lost the South China Sea B Hayton Foreign Policy 31, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
| South China Sea: Vietnam halts drilling after ‘China threats’ B Hayton BBC News 24, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |
| Vietnam’s coronavirus success is built on repression B Hayton, TL Ngheo Foreign Policy 12, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| China’s pressure costs Vietnam $1 billion in the South China Sea B Hayton The Diplomat 22, 2020 | 17 | 2020 |
| Vietnam and the United States: an emerging security partnership B Hayton United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| China’s ‘Historic Rights’ in the South China Sea: Made in America? B Hayton The Diplomat 21, 2016 | 16 | 2016 |
| South China Sea: Vietnam ‘Scraps New Oil Project,’ B Hayton BBC News 23, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
| Denounce but Comply: China's Response to South China Sea Arbitration Ruling B Hayton Geo. J. Int'l Aff. 18, 104, 2017 | 14 | 2017 |
| Two years on, South China sea ruling remains a battleground for the rules-based order B Hayton Chatham House 11, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| After 25 Years, There’s Still No South China Sea Code of Conduct B Hayton Foreign Policy 21, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Vietnam's New Money B Hayton Foreign Affairs, 12, 2010 | 11 | 2010 |
| Writing the History of the South China Sea Disputes B Hayton Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea: Beneath …, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| ASEAN's Regional Role and Relations with Japan: The Challenges of Deeper Integration M Kawai, B Hayton, M Thuzar Chatham House for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| Beijing Shifts Strategy in South China Sea B Hayton Nikkei Asian Review, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
