| The contemporary theory of metaphor: A perspective from Chinese N Yu John Benjamins Publishing 1, pp. x + 278, 1998 | 979* | 1998 |
| Metaphorical expressions of anger and happiness in English and Chinese N Yu Metaphor and Figurative Language 3, 328–359, 2012 | 518* | 2012 |
| Metaphor from body and culture N Yu The Cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought, 247-261, 2008 | 424 | 2008 |
| The Chinese heart in a cognitive perspective: Culture, body, and language N Yu The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective, pp. ix + 444, 2009 | 302 | 2009 |
| Culture, body, and language: Conceptualizations of internal body organs across cultures and languages. F Sharifian, R Dirven, N Yu, S Niemeier Mouton de Gruyter, 2008 | 301 | 2008 |
| The eyes for sight and mind N Yu Journal of pragmatics 36 (4), 663-686, 2004 | 209 | 2004 |
| Metaphor, Body, and Culture: The Chinese Understanding of Gallbladder and Courage N Yu Metaphor and symbol 18 (1), 13-31, 2003 | 207 | 2003 |
| Body and emotion: Body parts in Chinese expression of emotion N Yu Pragmatics & cognition 10 (1-2), 341-367, 2002 | 185 | 2002 |
| Synesthetic metaphor: A cognitive perspective N Yu Journal of Literary Semantics 32 (1), 19-34, 2003 | 183 | 2003 |
| What does our face mean to us? N Yu Pragmatics & Cognition 9 (1), 1-36, 2001 | 172 | 2001 |
| From body to meaning in culture: Papers on cognitive semantic studies of Chinese N Yu (No Title), pp. xvi + 310, 2009 | 166 | 2009 |
| Chinese metaphors of thinking N Yu Cognitive Linguistics 14 (2-3), 141-165, 2003 | 160 | 2003 |
| Embodiment via body parts: Studies from various languages and cultures ZA Maalej, N Yu John Benjamins Publishing 31, pp. x + 258, 2011 | 149 | 2011 |
| Nonverbal and multimodal manifestations of metaphors and metonymies: A case study N Yu Multimodal metaphor 11, 119-143, 2009 | 133 | 2009 |
| The metaphorical orientation of time in Chinese N Yu Journal of Pragmatics 44 (10), 1335-1354, 2012 | 111 | 2012 |
| Figurative uses of finger and palm in Chinese and English N Yu Metaphor and symbol 15 (3), 159-175, 2000 | 107 | 2000 |
| Heart and cognition in ancient Chinese philosophy N Yu Journal of Cognition and Culture 7 (1-2), 27-47, 2007 | 105 | 2007 |
| The Chinese heart as the central faculty of cognition N Yu Culture, body, and language: Conceptualizations of internal body organs …, 2008 | 104 | 2008 |
| Embodiment, culture, and language N Yu The Routledge Handbook of Language and Culture, 227–239, 2015 | 84* | 2015 |
| The relationship between metaphor, body and culture N Yu Body, language and mind 2, 387-407, 2008 | 81 | 2008 |
