| Monks in Motion: Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea JMT Chia New York: Oxford University Press, 2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| Teaching dharma, grooming sangha: The Buddhist college of Singapore JMT Chia SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 122-138, 2009 | 25 | 2009 |
| Toward a Modern Buddhist Hagiography: Telling the Life of Hsing Yun in Popular Media JMT Chia Asian Ethnology 74 (1), 141-165, 2015 | 23 | 2015 |
| Living with Myths in Singapore LK Seng, TP Tjin, JMT Chia Singapore: Ethos Books, 2017 | 18 | 2017 |
| Neither Mahāyāna Nor Theravāda: Ashin Jinarakkhita and the Indonesian Buddhayāna Movement JMT Chia History of Religions 58 (1), 24-63, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Buddhism in Singapore: A State of the Field Review JMT Chia Asian Culture 33, 81-93, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| Buddhism in Singapore–China Relations: Venerable Hong Choon and His Visits, 1982–1990 JMT Chia The China Quarterly 196, 864-883, 2008 | 15 | 2008 |
| Rebranding the Buddhist Faith: Reformist Buddhism and Piety in Contemporary Singapore MTJ Chia, MFR Chee Explorations: A Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 8 (1), 1-9, 2008 | 14 | 2008 |
| A Recent Quest for Religious Roots: The Revival of the Guangze Zunwang Cult and its Sino-Southeast Asian Networks, 1978–2009 JMT Chia Journal of Chinese Religions 41 (2), 91-123, 2013 | 9 | 2013 |
| Managing The Tortoise Island: Tua Pek Kong Temple, Pilgrimage, and Social Change in Pulau Kusu, 1965–2007 JMT Chia New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 11 (2), 72-95, 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
| Who is Tua Pek Kong? The Cult of Grand Uncle in Malaysia and Singapore JMT Chia Archív Orientalní 85 (3), 439-460, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| Diaspora’s Dharma: Buddhist Connections across the South China Sea, 1900–1949 JMT Chia Contemporary Buddhism 21 (1-2), 33–50, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
| Where Are My Country (wo) men? The Lack of Singaporean Academics in Singapore’s Universities J Chia, C Kang Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, 2014 | 6 | 2014 |
| Sacred Ties across the Seas: The Cult of Guangze Zunwang and its Religious Network in the Chinese Diaspora, 19th Century–2009. JMTAT CHIA M.A. thesis, National University of Singapore, 2009 | 6 | 2009 |
| Defending the Dharma: Buddhist Activism in a Global City-State JMT Chia Singapore: Negotiating State and Society, 1965-2015, 143-158, 2016 | 5* | 2016 |
| Ah Ma and her Beliefs: The Migrant Experience and Religious Practices of a Chinese Immigrant Woman in Twentieth Century Singapore JMT Chia Marburg Journal of Religion 12 (1), 2007 | 5 | 2007 |
| Sound of the Tide across the Sea: Taixu’s Mission to Singapore JMT Chia Nanyang Buddhist 448, 2006 | 4 | 2006 |
| Cyber Dharma: Celebrating E-Vesak in Singapore JMT Chia CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age, 106-109, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Road Less Travelled: From Landways to Seaways in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism JMT Chia Journal of Global Buddhism 22 (1), 211-218, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Museum and Hagiography: The Ashin Jinarakkhita Memorial Hall in Jakarta JMT Chia Material Religion 13 (2), 272-274, 2017 | 3 | 2017 |
