1. H.H. Cheng, T.Y. Chao, ‘A new approach of urban regeneration- Tainan Confucius Temple Area’, Asian Pacific Planning Review, 2010.04
2. 趙子元，2011.03.31，「棕地再發展之挑戰:美國經驗與台灣省思」，第四十九期，都市更新簡訊，財團法人都市更新研究發展基金會。
3. Janet Askew, T.Y. Chao, ‘Regulatory regimes in Taiwan and England and their contribution to positive place making: a comparison’, Project 2012, Journal of the Department of Planning and Architecture, UWE, 2012.05
4. 趙子元，2012.10，「國有非公用土地以設定地上權處分模式之探討」，台灣環境與土地法學 (Taiwan Environmental and Land Law Journal)，Vol.1 No.4，pp72-82。
5. 趙子元，黃彙雯，2014.12，「高齡友善理念下公共空間規劃設計之初探」，建築學報 (TSSCI)
6. 趙子元，黃彙雯，2015.02，「台灣老人福利與照護機構分佈災害風險初探-以宜蘭縣為例」，福祉科技與服務管理學刊，Vol.3 No.1， Open Access http://journal.gerontechnology.org.tw/
7. 趙子元，黃彙雯，2016.03，「高齡友善理念下公共空間規劃設計之初探」，建築學報 (TSSCI)
8. Chao, T.Y., Huang, H.W., 2016.03, The East Asian age-friendly cities promotion – Taiwan’s experience and the need for an oriental paradigm, Global Health Promotion, Vol.23, Supplement 1, pp85-89 (SSCI, 2014 impact factor 1.011)
9. Sun, Y., Chao, T-Y., Woo, J., & Au, D.W.H., 2017. An institutional perspective of “Glocalization” in two Asian tigers: The “Structure−Agent−Strategy” of building an age-friendly city. Habitat International, 59, pp101-109. (SSCI, 2015 Impact Factor, 2.029) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197397516305720
10. Hao-Teng Cheng, Tzuyuan Stessa Chao, Tzu-Ling Chen, Dec. 2019. Exploring the structural effect of age on the intention of accepting mitigation policy: a case study of residential seismic strengthening policy in an area with high seismic risk, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol.41, pp101331 (SCI, 2018 Impact Factor: 2.568)(Corresponding author)
11. Zheng Tan, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Adam Charles Roberts, Stessa Tzu-Yuan Chao, Edward Ng, 2019. Designing urban green spaces for older adults in Asian cities, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.16(22), pp 4423 (SSCI, 2019 Impact Factor: 2.849)
12. 林漢良、古淑薰、趙子元、洪于婷、林思玲、陳坤宏，2019.12，「尖峰都市在地理空間發展上的體現：台灣22縣市個案與理論意義」，中國地理學會會刊，Vol.64，pp1-32 (TSSCI 第二等級)
13. 鄭皓騰、趙子元、周芸，2019.12，「地震高風險地區不同年齡族群下對災害知覺與個人社經屬性變數關係以臺南市永康區為例」，規劃學報，Vol37，pp27-41
14. 趙子元、李佳諭，2020.03，「從人與環境契合(P-E fit)角度探討高齡社會下的社區防災策略之研究」，科技部人文與社會科學簡訊，Vol. 21，No.2，pp91-99（3月號）
15. Sun, Y., MeeKam Ng, Tzuyuan Stessa Chao., 2020. Age-friendly Urbanism: Twining “Ageing in Place” and “Place in Ageing”, Town Planning Review Vol.91(6), pp601-620 (SSCI, 2018 Impact Factor, 1.26)
16. Hsin-I Shih, Tzu-Yuan Chao, Yi-Ting Huang, Yi-Fang Tu, Jung-Der Wang, Chia-Ming Chang, 2020. Increased Incidence of Stress-associated Illnesses among Elderly after Typhoon Morakot, Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (SCI, 2018 Impact Factor, 2.844)
17. Sun, Y., Yang Fang, Esther Yung, Tzuyuan Stessa Chao., Edwin Chan, 2020.11. Investigating the Links Between Environment and Older People’s Place Attachment in Densely Populated Urban Areas, Landscape and Urban Planning Vol.203, pp.103897 (SSCI, 2018 Impact Factor, 5.144)
18. Tzu-Ling Chen, Tzuyuan Stessa Chao, Hao-Teng Cheng, 2020.Exploring the subjective resilience to earthquake disaster of various vulnerable social groups: A comparative study on pre- and post-earthquake disaster Perception, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol.20, pp.2433-2446 (SCI, 2019 Impact Factor:2.88)
19. Hsin-I Shih, Tzu-Yuan Chao, Yi-Ting Huang, Yi-Fang Tu, Jung-Der Wang, Chia-Ming Chang, 2020. Health Inequity after Typhoon Morakot: Increased Mortality among Adults with Cardiovascular Diseases in Severely Affected Areas, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.17, pp.6531 (SSCI, 2018 Impact Factor: 2.468)
20.趙子元，2021.05，「因地制宜．適地適用-國土功能分區及管制」，建築師，Vol 557, pp.102-109，http://www.twarchitect.org.tw/
21.Tzuyuan Stessa Chao., Jiang, X.Q., Sun, Y., Yu, C.Z, 2021, A Space-Time Analysis of Rural Older People’s Outdoor Mobility and Its Impact on Self-Rated Health: Evidence from a Taiwanese rural village, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 18(11), pp.5902 (SSCI, 2019 Impact Factor, 2.849) https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18115902