出生于江苏省、江都市。现为中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所研究员。曾短暂从事中生代鱼类工作，目前主要从事中生代鸟类与热河生物群的研究，内容涉及鸟类的起源、鸟类飞行的起源和进化、羽毛的演化、鸟类早期演化和辐射等。此外，参与一些带毛恐龙、翼龙，生物地层学以及热河生物群演化与环境关系的研究。
《National Science Review》副主编；《科普创作》主编；《中国科学》、《古脊椎动物学报》、《Current Biology》、《地质论评》、《地质学报》等杂志编委；中国科普作家协会理事长。
鸟类的起源、鸟类飞行的起源和进化、羽毛的演化、鸟类早期演化和辐射,以及带毛恐龙、翼龙，生物地层学和中生代陆相生物群演化与环境关系的研究。
中国科学院战略性先导技专项（B类）：关键地史时期生物与环境演变过程及其机制（在研）
国家自然科学基金委基础科学中心项目：克拉通破坏与陆相生物群演化（在研）
创新研究群体基金：“热河脊椎动物群的研究”
科技部国家重点基础研究发展计划（第5课题）：“热河生物群与白垩纪陆地生物多样性的形成”
中瑞合作项目：“热河生物群与现代生态系统的出现”
中国科学院知识创新工程重要方向项目：“热河生物群的起源、辐射和地质环境背景”
美国国家自然科学基金：“反鸟类的系统发育”（co-PI）
科技部国家重点基础研究发展计划（第6课题）：“鸟类的起源与热河生物群的辐射”
国家自然科学基金委杰出青年基金：“中国中生代鸟类化石与鸟类起源和早期演化的综合研究”
973项目——“四亿年以来中国陆地生物群演变及其与环境的关系”(2012-2017)
2020
Zhou Z. 2020. Future scientific publishing: what should be inherited and changed? NSR. 7(1): 1.
Yang, S., H. He, F. Jin, F. Zhang, Y. Wu, Z. Yu, Q. Li, M. Wang, J. K. O'Connor, C. Deng, R. Zhu, and Z. hou. 2020. The appearance and duration of the Jehol Biota: Constraint from SIMS U-Pb zircon dating for the Huajiying Formation in northern China. PNAS. 117(25): 14299-14305.
Li Z., Chun-Chieh Wang , Min Wang , Cheng-Cheng Chiang , Yan Wang, Xiaoting Zheng , E-Wen Huang, Kiko Hsiao , Zhonghe Zhou. 2020. Ultramicrostructural reductions in teeth: implications for dietary transition from non-avian dinosaurs to birds. BMC Evol Biol. 20(46): 1-8.
Li Z., Stidham, T. A., Deng T. and Zhou Z. 2020. Evidence of Late Miocene Peri-Tibetan Aridification From the Oldest Asian Species of Sandgrouse (Aves: Pteroclidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 59(8): 1-10.
O’Connor JK, Zheng X-T, Pan Y-H, Wang X-L, Wang Y, Zhang X-M, Zhou Z-H. 2020. New information on the plumage of Protopteryx (Aves: Enantiornithes) from a new specimen. Cretaceous Research. 116: 1-17.
Zheng X-T, O’Connor JK, Wang Y, Wang X-L, Yin X-W, Zhang, X-M, Zhou Z-H. 2020. New information on the keratinous beak of Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia) from two new specimens. Frontiers in Earth Science. 8(367): 1-14.
Zheng X-T, Sullivan C, O’Connor JK, Wang X-L, Wang Y, Zhang X-M, Zhou Z-H. 2020. Structure and possible ventilatory function of unusual, expanded sternal ribs in the Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis. 116 (104597): 1-10.
Wang M and Zhou Z. 2020. Anatomy of a new specimen of Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40(3): e1783278.
Wang M, Li Z., Liu Q. and Zhou Z. 2020. Two new Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph birds provide insights into the taxonomy and divergence of the Yanornithidae (Aves: Ornithothoraces). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 10.1080/14772019.2020.1836050.
朱日祥, 周忠和, 孟庆任. 2020. 华北克拉通破坏对地表地质与陆地生物的影响. 科学通报. 65: 1-11.
邹贞，陈玲，周忠和. 2020. 科研人员不能缺席应急科普. 中国应急管理. 6:15-16.
2019
Zhou, Z. 2019. Dinosaurs: what discoveries are truly revolutionary? Current Biology, 29(15): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.065.
Zhou, Z. 2019. Chinese Science Education in Schools and Beyond. National Science Review, 6(2): 183.
Zhou, Z., Zhao, W. 2019. Funding system reform for excellence in science: an interview with Jinghai Li, President of NSFC. National Science Review, 6(1): 177-181.
Bailleul A. M., O’Connor, J., Zhang, S., Li, Z., Wang, Q., Lamanna, M C., Zhu X., Zhou. Z. 2019. An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) preserving an unlaid egg and probable medullary bone. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09259-x.
O’Connor, J., Zheng, X, Dong L, Wang X, Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhou Z. 2019. Microraptor with Ingested Lizard Suggests Non-specialized Digestive Function. Current Biology, 29(14):2423-2429.
O’Connor, J. Zhou Z. 2019. The evolution of the modern avian digestive system: insights from paravian fossils from the Yanliao and Jehol biotas. Paleontology. 10.1111/pala.12453.
Falk A., O’Connor, J. Wang M., Zhou Z. 2019. On the Preservation of the Beak in Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia). Diversity. 2019, 11, 212; doi:10.3390/d11110212.
Pan, Y., Zheng, W., Sawyer, R. H., Pennington, M. W., Zheng, X., Wang, X., Wang, M., Hu, L., O’Connor, J., Zhao, T., Li, Z., Schroeter, E. R., Wu, F., Xu, X., Zhou, Z. and Schweitzer, M. H. 2019. The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(8):3018–3023.
Wang M, O’Connor, J K., Xu X, Zhou Z. 2019. A new Jurassic scansoriopterygid and the loss of membranous wings in theropod dinosaurs. Nature. 569(7755):256-259.
Wang M, Zhou Z. 2019. A new enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) with completely fused premaxillae from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17(15): 1299-1312.
Wang M, O’Connor, J K., Zhou S., Zhou Z. 2019. New toothed Early Cretaceous ornithuromorph bird reveals intraclade diversity in pattern of tooth loss. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2019.1682696.
Hu, H., Sansalone G, Wroe S, McDonald P G, O'Connor JK, Li Z, Xu X, Zhou, Z. 2019. Evolution of the vomer and its implications for cranial kinesis in Paraves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(39):19571–19578.
Takuya Imai, Yoichi Azuma, Soichiro Kawabe, Masateru Shibata, Kazunori Miyata, Min Wang, Zhonghe Zhou. 2019. An unusual bird (Theropoda, Avialae) from the Early Cretaceous of Japan suggests complex evolutionary history of basal birds. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY | (2019) 2:399 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0639-4 |www.nature.com/commsbio.
Falk A., O’Connor J., Wang M., Zhou Z. 2019. On the Preservation of the Beak in Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia). Diversity, 11(11), 212; https://doi.org/10.3390/d11110212.
Bailleul A M, Li Z, O’Connor J., Zhou Z. 2019. Origin of the avian predentary and evidence of a unique form of cranial kinesis in Cretaceous ornithuromorphs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911820116.
Xu X, Zhou Z, Wang Y, Wang M. 2019. Study on Jehol Biota: Recent advances and future prospects. Science China: Earth Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-019-9509-3 (徐星, 周忠和, 王原, 王敏. 2019. 热河生物群研究的回顾与展望. 中国科学: 地球科学 49(10): 1491 ~ 1511.)
Yu Z, He H., Li G, Deng C, Wang H, Zhang X, Yang Q, Xia X, Zhou Z, Zhu R.2019. SIMS U-Pb geochronology for the Jurassic Yanliao Biota from Bawanggou section, Qinglong (northern Hebei Province, China). International Geology Review, DOI: 10.1080/00206814.2019.1707127.
徐星，周忠和，王原，王敏. 2019. 热河生物群研究的回顾与展望. 中国科学: 地球科学，49(10): 1491-1511.
2018
Zhou Zhonghe and Poo Mu-ming. 2018. Ethics in pace with scientific progress. National Science Review. 5: 299. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwy036.
Zhiheng Li, Zhonghe Zhou, Julia A. Clarke. 2018. Convergent evolution of a mobile bony tongue in flighted dinosaurs and pterosaurs. PLOS.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198078.
Wang Min, Zhou Zhonghe. 2018. A new confuciusornithid (Aves: Pygostylia) from the Early Cretaceous increases the morphological disparity of the Confuciusornithidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly045/5066665.
Wang Min, Stidham Thomas, Zhou Zhonghe. 2018. A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle. PNAS. 115(42): 10708–10713.
Wang Min, Zhou Zhonghe、Jingmai K. O’Connor. 2018. A taxonomical revision of the Confuciusornithiformes (Aves: Pygostylia). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. DOI: 10.19615/ j.cnki.1000-3118.180530
Maria E. McNamara, Fucheng Zhang, Stuart L. Kearns, Patrick J. Orr, André Toulouse, Tara Foley, David W. E. Hone, Chris S. Rogers, Michael J. Benton, Diane Johnson, Xing Xu, Zhonghe Zhou. 2018. Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04443-x. 9, Article number: 2072.
Dongxu Chen, Fengqi Zhang, Yuntao Tian, Zhonghe Zhou, Yildirim Dilek, Hanlin Chen, Kefeng Zhang, Xueqin Zhao. 2018, Timing of the late Jehol Biota: New geochronometric constraints from the Jixi Basin, NE China. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.063. 492: 41-49.
Xiaoting Zheng, Jingmai K O'Connor, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Zhonghe Zhou 2018, Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. 10.1098/rspb.2017.2494.
Xiaoli Wang, Jingmai K. O’Connor, John N. Maina, Yanhong Pan, Min Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaoting Zheng, and Zhonghe Zhou, 2018. Archaeorhynchus preserving significant soft tissue including probable fossilized lungs. PNAS. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1805803115.
Jingmai K. O’Connor, Gregory M. Erickson, Mark Norell, Alida M. Bailleul, Han Hu and Zhonghe Zhou, 2018. Medullary bone in an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird and discussion regarding its identification in fossils. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07621-z.
2017
Amiot, R., Angst, D., Legendre, S., Buffetaut, E., Fourel, F., & Adolfssen, J., André A, Bojar AV, Canoville A, Barral A, Goedert J, Halas S, Kusuhashi N, Pestchevitskaya E, Rey K, Royer A, Saraiva AáF, Savary-Sismondini B, Siméon JL, Touzeau A, Zhou Z, Lécuyer C. 2017. Oxygen isotope fractionation between bird bone phosphate and drinking water. Die Naturwissenschaften, 104(5-6), 47.
Amiot, R., Wang, X., Wang, S., Lécuyer, C., Mazin, J.-M., Mo, J., Flandrois, J.-P., Fourel, F., Wang, X., Xu, X., Zhang, Z., Zhou, Z. 2017, δ18O-derived incubation temperatures of oviraptorosaur eggs. Palaeontology, 60: 633–647. doi: 10.1111/pala.12311.
Wang M. and Zhou Z. 2017. A new adult specimen of the basalmost ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) and its implications for early avian ontogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15:1–18.
Wang M., O’Connor J.K., Pan Y. and Zhou Z. 2017. A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle. Nature Communications. 8:14141.
Wang M, Zhou Z. 2017. A morphological study of the first known piscivorous enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37(2): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1278702.
Wang M, Zhou Z. 2017. The Evolution of Birds with Implications from New Fossil Evidences. In: John N Maina ed. The Biology of Avian Respiratory System, pp: 1-26.
Zhou Z, Wang Y. 2017. Vertebrate assemblages of the Jurassic Yanliao Biota and the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparisons and implications. Palaeoworld. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2017.01.002
Zhou Z, Wang Y, Xu X, Ren D. 2017. The Jehol Biota: an exceptional window into Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems. In: Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sue eds. Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten: Windows into the evolution of life on land. Dunedin Academic Press. Edinburgh, pp: 169-214.
Zhou Z. 2017. Road to the world-class university. National Science Review. 1:1-1. (editorial).
Zheng X, O'Connor J K, Wang X, Pan Y, Wang Y, Wang M, Zhou Z. 2017. Exceptional preservation of soft tissue in a new specimen of Eoconfuciusornis and its biological implications. National Science Review, 3:441-452.3:441-452.
Xu X, Zhou Z, Sullivan C, Wang Y. 2017. The Yanliao Biota: a trove of exceptionally preserved Midle-Late Jurassic terrestrial life forms. In: Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sue eds. Terrestrial Conservation Lagerstatten: Windows into the evolution of life on land. Dunedin Academic Press. Edinburgh, pp: 131-167.
O’Connor J.K., Wang X, Sullivan C, Wang Y, Zheng X, Hu H, Zhang X, Pan Y, Zhou Z. 2017. First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis. Cretaceous Research: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.031
Wang Xiaolin, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Shunxing Jiang, Xin Cheng, Qiang Wang, Yingxia Ma, Yahefujiang Paidoula, Taissa Rodrigues, He Chen, Juliana M. Say？o, Ning Li, Jialiang Zhang, Renan A. M. Bantim, Xi Meng, Xinjun Zhang, Rui Qiu, & Zhonghe Zhou. Egg accumulation with 3-D embryos: insight in the life history of a pterosaur. Science, 358: 1197-1201.
2016
Zhou Z. 2016. Editorial: China’s ‘bittersweet’ Nobel Prize dream. National Science Review. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nww004.
O’Connor, J K, Wang X, Zheng X, Hu H, Zhang X., Zhou Z. 2016. An enantiornithine with a fan-shaped tail, and the evolution of the rectricial complex in early birds. Current Biology. 26, 114–119.
Pan Y, Zheng W, Moyer A E, O’Connor J K, Wang M, Zheng X, Wang X, Schroeter E R, Zhou Z, Schweitzer M H. 2016. Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1617168113.
Wang M, Zhou Z, Zhou S. 2016. A new basal ornithuromorph bird (Aves: Ornithothoraces) from the Early Cretaceous of China with implication for morphology of early Ornithuromorpha. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2016, 176, 207–223.
Wang M, Zhou Z. 2016. A new adult specimen of the basalmost ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula (Aves: Ornithuromorpha) and its implications for early avian ontogeny. Journal of Systematic Paleontology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2015.1136968.
Wang M, Wang X, Wang Y, Zhou Z. 2016. A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds. Scientific Reports. 6:19700 | DOI: 10.1038/srep19700.
Wang M, Zhou Z, Sullivan C. 2016. A Fish-Eating Enantiornithine Bird from the Early Cretaceous of China Provides Evidence of Modern Avian Digestive Features. Current Biology, 26, 1170–1176.
Li Z, Clarke J, Zhou Z, Deng T. 2016. A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae. Auk, 133, 2016, pp. 000–000, DOI: 10.1642/AUK-15-240.1
周浙昆，周忠和，王怿. 2016. 陆地生态系统与地球环境的协同演化[J]. 地球科学进展，31(7):682-688.
2015
Amiot, R., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Lécuyer, C., Buffetaut, E., Fluteau, F., Ding, Z., Kusuhashi, N., Mo, J., Philippe, M., Suteethom, V., Wang, Y., Xu, X., 2015. Environment and ecology of East Asian dinosaurs during the Early Cretaceous inferred from stable oxygen and carbon isotopes in apatite. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 98: 358–370.
Hu H, O'Connor JK & Zhou Z. 2015. A new species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China suggests a specialized scansorial habitat previously unknown in early birds. PLoS ONE 10: e0126791.
Wang M, Li D, O’Connor, J K, Zhou Z, You H. 2015. Second species of enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous Changma Basin, northwestern China with implications for the taxonomic diversity of the Changma avifauna. Cretaceous Research, 55:56-65.
Wang M, Zheng X, O’Connor, J K, Lloyd G T, Wang X, Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhou Z 2015. The oldest record of ornithuromorpha from the early Cretaceous of China. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7987.
O’Connor, J K, Zheng X, Sullivan C, Chuong C M, Wang X, Li A, Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhou Z. 2015. Evolution and functional significance of derived sternal ossification patterns in ornithothoracine birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, doi: 10.1111/jeb.12675.
O’Connor, J K, Zhang X, Wang X, Zhang X, Zhou Z. 2015. The gastral basket in basal birds and their close relatives: size and possible function. Vert. PalAsiat. 53(2): 133-152.
O'Connor JK & Zhou Z. 2015. Early evolution of the biological bird: perspectives from new fossil discoveries in China. Journal of Ornithology: 1-10; 10.1007/s10336-015-1222-5.
O'Connor JK, Wang M, Zhou S & Zhou Z. 2015. Osteohistology of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation ornithuromorph (Aves) Iteravis huchzermeyeri. Palaeontologica Electronica 18.2: 1-11.
Wang X, Kellner A W A, Cheng X, Jiang S, Wang Q, Sayao J M, Rodrigues T, Costa F R, Li N, Meng X, Zhou Z. 2015. Eggshell and Histology Provide Insight on the Life History of a Pterosaur with Two Functional Ovaries. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Online version ISSN 1678-2690 www.scielo.br/aabc http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201520150364.
2014
O'Connor, J. K., Zheng, X.-T., Wang, X. L., Wang, Y., Zhou, Z.-H. 2014. Ovarian follicles shed new light on dinosaur reproduction during the transition towards birds. National Science Review. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwt012.
Li Z, Zhou Z, Wang M, Clarke, J. 2014. A new specimen of larger-bodied basal enantiorntihine Bohaiornis from the Early Cretaceous of China and the inference of feeding ecology in Mesozoic birds. Journal of Paleontology. 88(1):99-108.
Jiang B. Harlow G E, Wohletz K, Zhou Z, Meng J. 2014. New evidence suggests pyroclastic flows are responsible for the remarkable preservation of the Jehol biota. Nature communications, 5(3151): doi:10.1038/ncomms4151.
Zheng X, O’Connor J K, Huchzermeyer F, Wang X, Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhou Z. 2014. New specimens of Yanornis indicate a piscivorous diet and modern alimentary canal. PLoS ONE, 9(4): e95036. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095036.
Wang X, Kellner AWA, Jiang S, Wang Q, Ma Y, Paidoula Y, Cheng X, Rodrigues T, Meng X, Zhang J, Li N, Zhou Z. Sexually Dimorphic Tridimensionally Preserved Pterosaurs and Their Eggs from China. Current Biology, 2014; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.054
Zhou, Z. 2014. Dinosaur evolution: feathers up for selection. Current Biology, 24(16): R 752.
Zhou, Z. 2014. The Jehol Biota, an Early Cretaceous terrestrial Lagerstatte: new discoveries and implications. National Science Review, doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwu055.
Zheng X, O’Connor J K, Wang X, Wang M, Zhang X, Zhou Z. 2014. On the absence of sternal elements in Anchiornis (Paraves) and Sapeornis (Aves) and the complex early evolution of the avian sternum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (advance online publication) .111: 13900–13905
O’Connor J K, Wang M, Zheng X, Zhou Z. 2014. Reply to Foth: Preserved cartilage is rare but not absent: Troodontid sternal plates are absent, not rare. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi/10.1073/pnas.1419403111.
Wang X, O’Connor J K, Zheng X, Wang M, Hu H, Zhou Z. 2014. Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 805–819.
Zhou S, O’Connor J K, Wang M. 2014. A new species from an ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) dominated locality of the Jehol Biota. Chinese Science Bulletin, DOI 10.1007/s11434-014-0669-8.
Xu X., Zhou Z, Dudley R, Mackem S, Chuong C-M, Erickson G M, Varricchio D J. 2014. An integrative approach to understanding bird origins". Science 346 (6215), doi:10.1126/science.1253293.
Wang M, Zhou Z and Xu G. 2014. The first enantiornithine bird from the Upper Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34 (1): 135-145. (pdf)
Wang Min, Zhou Zhonghe, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Nikita V. Zelenkov. 2014. A new diverse enantiornithine family (Bohaiornithidae fam. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China with information from two new species. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. volume:52, issue:1: 31-76. (pdf)
Hu H., Zhou Z, O'Connor, J K, 2014. Anatomy of Pengornis houi based on a new specimen and its implications. Vert. PalAsiat. volume:52, issue:1: 77-97. (pdf)
Jingmai K. O’Connor, Wang Min, Zheng Xiaoting, Wang Xiaoli, Zhou Zhonghe, 2014. The histology of two female Early Cretaceous birds. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. volume:52, issue:1: 112-128. (pdf)
2013
O'Connor, J. K., Zheng, X.-T., Wang, X. L., Wang, Y., Zhou, Z.-H. 2013. Ovarian follicles shed new light on dinosaur reproduction during the transition towards birds. National Science Review. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwt012. (pdf)
O'Connor, J. K., Zhou, Z.-H. & Zheng, X.-T. Zheng et al. 2013. Zheng et al. reply. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature12368. (pdf)
O’Connor J, Wang X, Sullivan C, Zheng X, Tubaro P, Zhang X, Zhou, Z. 2013. Unique caudal plumage of Jeholornis and complex tail evolution in early birds. PNAS, 110(43): 17404-17408. (pdf)
Pan, Y., Sha, J., Zhou, Z., Fürsich, F. T. 2013. The Jehol Biota: Definition and distribution of exceptionally preserved relicts of a continental Early Cretaceous ecosystem. Cretaceous Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2013.03.007. (pdf)
王亮亮, 胡东宇, 张立君, 郑少林, 贺怀宇, 邓成龙, 汪筱林, 周忠和, 朱日祥2013. 辽西建昌玲珑塔地区侏罗纪地层的离子探针锆石U-Pb定年: 对最古老带羽毛恐龙的年代制约. 科学通报，58（14）：1346-1353. (pdf)
Zheng, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Zhang, F., Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Wei, G., Wang, S., Xu, X. 2013. Hind Wings in Basal Birds and the Evolution of Leg Feathers. Science, 339: 1309-1312. (pdf)
Zheng, X., O’Connor, J., Huchzermeyer, F., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, M., Zhou, Z. 2013. Preservation of ovarian follicles reveals early evolution of avian reproductive behaviour. Nature, 495: 507-511. (pdf)
Zhou, Z. Miguel Telles Antunes. 2013. Terrestrial Mesozoic Stratigraphy. Ciências da Terra (UNL). 18: 95-98.
Zhou S, Zhou Z, O'Connor, J K. 2013. A new piscivorous ornithuromorph from the Jehol Biota. Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2013.819504. (pdf)
Zhou, S., Zhou, Z., O'Connor, J. 2013. Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph bird Archaeorhynchus spathula from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33(1): 141-152. (pdf)
2012
He H, Wang X, Wang Q, Jiang S, Cheng, Zhang J, Zhou Z, Zhao Z, Jiang Y, Yu F, Deng C, Yang J, Zhu R, 2012. SIMS zircon U-Pb dating of the Late Cretaceous dinosaur egg-bearing red deposits in the Tiantai Basin, southeastern China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.jseaes.2012.11.015.
Liu, D., Zhou, Z., Zhang, Y. 2012. Mass estimate and evolutionary trend in Chinese fossil birds. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 50(1): 39-52. (pdf)
O'Connor, J. K., and Zhou, Z., 2012, A redescription of Chaoyangia beishanensis (Aves) and a comprehensive phylogeny of Mesozoic birds: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, DOI:10.1080/14772019.2012.690455. (pdf)
O'Connor, J. K., Sun, C., Xu, X., Wang, X., and Zhou, Z., 2012, A new species of Jeholornis with complete caudal integument: Historical Biology, 24(1): 29-41. (pdf)
Wang M, Mayr G, Zhang J, Zhou Z. 2012. New bird remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(3):519-526. (pdf)
Wang M, Mayr G, Zhang J, Zhou Z. 2012. Two new skeletons of the enigmatic, rail-like avian taxon Songzia Hou, 1990 (Songziidae) from the Early Eocene of China. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 36(4):487-499. (pdf)
Wang M, O'Connor J K, Zhou Z. 2012. The first fossil crow (Corvus sp. Indet.) from the Early Pleistocene Nihewan paleolithic sites in North China. Journal of Archaeological Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.026 (pdf)
Zheng, X., Wang, X., O’Connor, J., Zhou, Z. 2012. Insight into the early evolution of the avian sternum from juvenile enantiornithines. Nature Communications. 3:1116 doi: 10.1038/ncomms2104. (pdf)
Zhou, S., Zhou, Z., O'Connor, J. 2012. A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 50(1): 9-24. (pdf)
2011
Zhou Z., Martin L.D., 2011. Distribution of the predentary bone in Mesozoic ornithurine birds. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9(1): 25-31.(pdf)
O'Connor, J., Zhou, Z. & Zhang, F. 2011. A reappraisal of Boluochia zhengi (Aves: Enantiornithes) and a discussion of intraclade diversity in the Jehol avifauna, China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9(1): 51-63. (pdf)
Amiot, R., Wang X., Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Buffetaut, E., Lécuyer, C., Ding, Z., Fluteau, F., Hibino, T., Kusuhashi, N., Mo, J., Suteethorn, V., Wang, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, F. 2011. Oxygen isotopes of East Asian dinosaurs reveal exceptionally cold Early Cretaceous Climates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108(13): 5179–5183.
Zheng, X., Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z., Burnham, D., Zhang, F., Miao, D. 2011. Fossil evidence of avian crops from the Early Cretaceous of China. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.. 108(38): 15904-15907. (pdf)
Marugan-Lobon J., Chiappe L.M., Ji S.-A., Zhou Z., Chunling G., Hu D., Meng Q., 2011. Quantitative patterns of morphological variation in the appendicular skeleton of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 9(1): 91-101.
Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Z., Li, Z., Liu, D., Wang, X. 2011. New materials of Gansus and a discussion on its habit. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 49(4): 435-445.
O'Connor, J., Zhou, Z., Xu, X. 2011. Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108(49): 19662–19665. (pdf)
李岩，张玉光，周忠和，李志恒，刘迪，汪筱林. 2011. 甘肃鸟的新材料及其解剖和行为习性的补充研究. 古脊椎学报， 49（4）： 435-445. (pdf)
2010
Zhou, Z., Wang, Y. 2010. Major features of the vertebrate diversity of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota and their paleoecological implications. Journal of Earth Science, 21 (special issue): 228-230. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Jin, F, Wang, Y. Vertebrate assemblages from the Middle–Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota in Northeast China. Short papers for the 8thInternational Congress on the Jurassic System. Earth Science Frontiers, 2010, 17 (special issue): 252–254. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Zhang, J. Wang, X. 2010. The Jehol fish fauna: ecological interaction and paleogeographic distribution. In: D. K. Elliott, J. G. Maisey, X. Yu & D. Miao (eds.): Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes. pp. 419-431. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany.
Zhou, Z. 2010. On some examples of missing links—perspectives from fossil evidence in China. In: Long, M., Gu, H., Zhou, Z. (eds.),Darwin's Heritage Today: Proceedings of the Darwin 200 Beijing International Conference. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 326-336. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Wang, Y. 2010. Vertebrate diversity of the Jehol Biota as compared with other lagerst？tten. Sci China, Earth Sciences, 53(12): 1894-1907. (pdf)
Shen, S., Zhou, Z. 2010. Evolution of marine and terrestrial geobiodiversity in the history of the earth. Sci China, Earth Sciences, 53(12): 1747-1749. (pdf)
Zheng, X. T., Xu, X., Zhou, Z., Miao, D., Zhang, F. 2010. Comment on “Narrow Primary Feather Rachises in Confuciusornis andArchaeopteryx Suggest Poor Flight Ability”. Science. 330 (6002): 320. (pdf)
Zhou, Z. 2010. Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype. (Case 3390; see BZN 64: 182–184, 261–262; 65: 314–317; 66: 87–88, 357–358). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 67(1): 91-93.
Zhang F., Kearns S. L., Orr, P. J., Benton M. J., Zhou Z., Johnson D., Xu X., Wang X. 2010. Fossilised melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds. Nature, 463: 1075-1078. (pdf)
Amiot, R., Buffetaut, E.,Lécuyer, C., Wang, X.,Boudad, L., Ding, Z., Fourel, F., Hutt, S., Martineau, F., Medeiros, M. A., Mo, J., Simon, L., Suteethorn, V., Sweetman, S., Tong, H., Zhang, F., Zhou, Z. 2010. Oxygen isotope evidence for semi-aquatic habits among spinosaurid theropods. Geology, 38 (2): 139-142.
2009
戎嘉余、周忠和、王 怿、詹仁斌，2009，生命过程与环境的协同演化。见中国科学院地学部地球科学发展战略研究组编写：21世纪我国地球科学发展战略研究－中篇：21世纪我国地球科学研究的若干重大科学问题。73－83页。北京：科学出版社。
Zhou, Z. 2009. Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Archaeopteryx lithographica von Meyer, 1861 (Aves) by designation of a neotype (Case 3390; see BZN 64: 182–184, 261–262; BZN 65: 314–317). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(1): 87-88.
Provini, P. Zhou Z., Zhang F. 2009. A new species of the basal bird Sapeornis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 47(2): (pdf)
Zhou Z., Zhang F., Li Z. 2009. A new basal ornithurine bird (Jianchangornis microdonta gen. et sp. nov.) from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 47(3): (pdf)
周忠和，贺怀宇，汪筱林. 2009. 侏罗系-白垩系界线和我国东北地区下白垩统陆相地层相关问题的探讨.古生物学报，48(3)
2008
Zhou, Z., Clarke, J. Zhang, F. 2008. Insight into diversity, body size, and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. Journal of Anatomy. 212: 565-577. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F., Hou, L. Aves. In: Li J L, Wu X C, Zhang F C (eds), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin. Beijing: Science Press. 337-378.
He, T., Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2008. A new genus and species of caudipterid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 46(3): 178-189. (pdf)
Li，Z., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Z. 2008. Study on the origin of bird flight. Chinese Journal of Nature. 30(1): 32-38 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Chiappe, L. M., Maruga′n-Lobo′, J., Ji, S., Zhou, Z. 2008. Life history of a basal bird: morphometrics of the Early Cretaceous Confuciusornis. Biol. Lett. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0409. (pdf)
Li, J., Zhang, Y., Zhou, Z., Bai, Z., Zhang, L., Ba, T. 2008. A new species of Cathayornis from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Geol. Sin. 82(6): 1125-1123. (pdf)
Wang, X., Campos D. de A., Zhou, Z., Kellner, A. W. A. 2008. A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China. Zootaxa. 1813: 1–18. (pdf)
Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A., Zhou, Z., Campos D. de A. 2008. Discovery of a rare arboreal forest-dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China. PNAS. 105(6): 1983–1987. (pdf)
Zhang，F., Zhou, Z., Benton, M. J. 2008. A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight. Science in China, Series D. 51(5): 625-639. (pdf)
Zhang，F., Zhou, Z., Xu, X., Wang, X., Sullivan, C. 2008. A bizzard Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers. Nature. 455, 1105-1108. (pdf)
Jin, F., Zhang, F., Li, Z., Zhang, J., Li, C., Zhou, Z. 2008. On the horizon of Protopteryx and the early vertebrate fossil assemblages of the Jehol Biota. Chinese Sci. Bull. 53(18): 2820-2827. (pdf) (Chinese pdf)
2007
Zhou, Z. 2007. Cretaceous bird radiation, pages 54-56 in McGraw-Hill 2007 Yearbook of Science and Technology. McGraw Hill: New York.
Zhou, Z. 2007. Confuciusornithidae. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 633-634.
Zhou, Z. 2007. Enantiornithes. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 505-506. (pdf)
Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A. Zhou, Z., Campos D. de A. 2007. Description of a new pterosaur (Ctenochasmatidae, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Cretaceous Research. 28: 245-260. (pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z. 2007. On a few controversial issues in the study of paleornithology. Biological Bulletin, 42(3): 5-8 (in Chinese). (pdf)
2006
Zhou, Z. 2006. Evolutionary radiation of the Jehol Biota: chronological and ecological perspectives. Geological Journal. 41: 377-393. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2006. A beaked basal ornithurine bird (Aves, Ornithurae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Zoologica Scripta. 35: 363–373. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2006. Mesozoic birds of China – a synoptic review. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 44(1): 74-98.
Zhou, Z. 2006. Adaptive radiation of the Jehol Biota and its evolutionary ecological background. In Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes—evidences from the Chinese fossil record, Rong J., Fang, Z., Zhou, Z., Zhan, R., Wang, X., Yuan, X. (eds.). Science Press: Beijing: 705-732, 943-945 (in Chinese, abstract in English).
Dals？tt, J., Zhou, Z., Zhang, Z., Ericson, P. G. P. 2006. Food remains in Confuciusornis sanctus suggest a fish diet. Naturwissenschaften. 93(9): 444-446.
He, H., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Jin, F., Wang, F., Yang, L. K., Ding, X., Boven, A., Zhu, R. 2006. 40Ar/39Ar dating of Lujiatun Bed (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China. Geophysical Research Letters. 33: L04303. (pdf)
He, H., Wang, X., Jin, F., Zhou, Z., Wang, F., Yang, L. K., Ding, X., Boven, A., Zhu, R. 2006. The 40Ar/39Ar dating of the early Jehol Biota from Fengning, Hebei Province, northern China. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 7, Q04001, doi:10.1029/2005GC001083. (pdf)
Clarke, J., Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2006. Insight into the evolution of avian flight from a new clade of Early Cretaceous ornithurines from China and the morphology of Yixianornis grabaui. Journal of Anatomy. 208: 287-308.(pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z. 2006. Origin and early evolution of feathers and feather-like integuments. In Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes—evidences from the Chinese fossil record, Rong, J., Fang, Z., Zhou, Z., Zhan, R., Wang, X., Yuan, X. (eds.). Science Press: Beijing: 611-625, 923-925 (in Chinese, abstract in English).
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z., Dyke, G. 2006. Origin and early evolution of feathers—evidence from fossil feathers and feather-like integuments. Geological Journal. 41: 395-404.
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2006. Pterosaur assemblages of the Jehol Biota and their implication for the Early Cretaceous pterosaur radiation. Geological Journal. 41: 405-418.
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2006. Pterosaur adaptive radiation of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. In Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes—evidences from the Chinese fossil record, Rong J., Fang, Z., Zhou, Z., Zhan, R., Wang, X., Yuan, X. (eds.). Science Press: Beijing: 665-689, 937-938 (in Chinese, abstract in English). (pdf)
2005
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2005. Discovery of a new ornithurine bird and its implication for Early Cretaceous avian radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA. 102(52): 18998-19002. Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2005. Replying to: K. Padian & K. P. Dial Nature 438, doi:10.1038/nature04354 (2005). Nature. 438: E4. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Chiappe, L. M., Zhang, F. 2005. Anatomy of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoenantiornis buhleri (Aves: Enantiornithes) from China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 42: 1331-1338. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Luo, Y., Dong, Y., Yuan, X., Gao, X. 2005. On some scientific issues in the study of Earth environment and life evolution in China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 50(2): 195-200 (in Chinese).
He, H., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Zhu, R., Jin, F., Wang, F., Ding, X., Boven, A. 2005. Reply to Liu and Liu’s comment on ‘40Ar/39Ar dating of ignimbrite from Inner Mongolia, north eastern China, indicates a post-Middle Jurassic age for the overlying Daohugou Bed?’. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(12), L12315, doi:10.1029/2005GL022787. (pdf)
Hou, L., Zhou, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, Z. 2005. A Miocene ostrich fossil from Gansu Province, northwest China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 50(16): 1808-1810. (pdf)
Wang, X., Kellner, A. W. A. Zhou, Z., Campos D. de A. 2005. Pterosaur diversity in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature. 437: 875-879. (pdf)
Wang, X., Zhou, Z., He, H., Jin, F., Wang, Y.-Q., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Xu, X., Zhang, F. 2005. Stratigraphy and age of the Daohugou Bed in Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia. Chinese Science Bulletin. 50(20): 2369-2376. (pdf)
Xu, X. Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Kuang, X., Zhang, F., Du, X. 2005. Replying to: K. Padian & K. P. Dial Nature 438, doi:10.1038/nature04354 (2005). Nature. 438: E3-E4.
2004
Zhou, Z. 2004. The origin and early evolution of birds: Discoveries, disputes, and perspectives from fossil evidence. Naturwissenschaften. 91: 455–471. (pdf)
Zhou, Z. 2004. Vertebrate radiations of the Jehol Biota and their environmental background. Chinese Science Bulletin. 49: 754-756. (pdf)
Zhou, Z. 2004. Jehol Biota- a world-class fossil treasure hose for exploring the Mesozoic life evolution. Science Technology and engineering. 2004(2): 143-151.
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2004. A precocial avian embryo from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Science. 306: 653. (pdf)
Zhou, Z, Zhang, F. 2004. Mesozoic birds of China: an introduction and review. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 50(6): 913-920.
Zhou, Z., Clarke, J., Zhang, F., Wings. 2004. Gastroliths in Yanornis - An indication of the earliest radical diet switching and gizzard plasticity in the lineage leading to living birds? Naturwissenschaften. 91: 571-574. (pdf)
He, H., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, F., Boven, A., Shi, G., Zhu, R. 2004. Timing of the Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group) in Liaoning, northeastern China and its implications. Geophysical Research Letters. 31 (12): L12605. (pdf)
He, H., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Zhu, R., Jin, F., Wang, F., Ding, X., Boven, A. 2004. 40Ar/39Ar dating of ignimbrite in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China indicates a post-Middle Jurassic age for the overlying Daohugou Bed. Geophysical Research Letters. 31: L20609. (pdf)
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2004. Pterosaur embryo from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 426: 245. (pdf)
Zhang, F., Ericson, P. G. P., Zhou, Z. 2004. Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 41: 1097-1107. (pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z. 2004. Leg feathers in an Early Cretaceous bird of China. Nature. 431: 925. (pdf)
2003
Zhou, Z, Zhang, F. 2003. Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 40(5): 731-747.(pdf)
Zhou, Z, Zhang, F. 2003. Jeholornis compared to Archaeopteryx, with a new understanding of the earliest avian evolution. Naturwissenschaften. 90: 220-225. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Barrett, P. M., Hilton, J. 2003. An exceptionally preserved Lower Cretaceous ecosystem. Nature. 421: 807-814. (pdf)
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2003. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning and its implications for biostratigraphy. Chinese Science Bulletin. 48(1): 16-23. (pdf)
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2003. Two new pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 41(1): 34-41 (in Chinese with English summary). (pdf)
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2003. Mesozoic Pompeii. in Chang, M., Chen, P., Wang, Y.-Q., Wang, Y. eds. The Jehol Biota. Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai. pp. 19-36.
Wang, X., Zhou, Z. 2003. Pterosaurs. in Chang, M., Chen, P., Wang, Y.-Q., Wang, Y. eds. The Jehol Biota. Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai. pp. 99-108.
Xu, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, X., Kuang, X., Zhang, F., Du, X. 2003. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. Nature. 421: 335-340. (pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z., Hou, L. 2003. Birds. in Chang, M., Chen, P., Wang, Y.-Q., Wang, Y. eds. The Jehol Biota. Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai. pp.129-150.
2002
Zhou, Z. 2002. A new and primitive enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 49-57. (pdf)
Zhou, Z, Zhang, F. 2002. Largest bird from the Early Cretaceous and its implications for the earliest avian ecological diversification. Naturwissenschaften. 89: 34-38. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Hou, L. 2002．The findings and study of Mesozoic birds in China．In: Chiappe, L. M., Witmer, L．（eds.） Mesozoic birds above the head of dinosaurs. California University Press. Pp. 160-183.
Zhou, Z, Zhang, F. 2002. A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature. 418: 405-409. (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Clarke, J., Zhang, F. 2002. Archaeoraptor’s better half. Nature. 420: 285. (pdf)
Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Zhang, F., Xu, X. 2002. A nearly completely articulated rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur with exceptionally well-preserved wing membranes and “hairs” from Inner Mongolia, northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 47(3): 226-230. (pdf)
Swisher, III C. C., Wang, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, Y.-Q., Jin, F., Zhang, J., Xu, X., Zhang, F., Wang, Y. 2002. Further Support for a Cretaceous age for the feathered-dinosaur beds of Liaoning, China: New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Yixian and Tuchengzi Formations. Chinese Science Bulletin. 47(2): 135-138. (pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z., Xu, X., Wang, X. 2002. A juvenile coelurosaurian theropod from China indicates arboreal habits. Naturwissenschaften 89: 394-398. (pdf)
Lim, J., Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z., Baek, K. S., Yang, S. Y. 2002. The significance of Early Cretaceous bird tracks. In: Zhou Z H, Zhang F C (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000. Beijing: Science Press. 157-163.
2001
Zhou, Z. 2001. Discovery of early birds and the origin of avian flight. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 16(1): 53-55.
Zhou, Z. 2001. Progress in the study of the Jehol Biota. China Basic Science. 2: 27-30 (in Chinese).
Zhou, Z., Farlow, J. 2001. Flight capability and habits of Confuciusornis in Jacques Gauthier and Lawrence F. Gall, editors. New perspectives on the origin and early evolution of birds: proceedings of the international symposium in honor of John H. Ostrom; 1999 Feb 12-14; New Haven, CT. New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. 237-254.
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2001. Origin of feathers-perspectives from fossil evidence. Science Progress. 84(2): 87-104.
Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. 2001. Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 46(15): 1258-1264. (pdf)
Tang, F., Z. Luo, Zhou, Z., You, H., Georgi, J. A., Tang, Z., Wang X. 2001. Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the dinosaur-bearing sediments in Lower Cretaceous of Mazongshan Area, Gansu Province, China. Cretaceous Research. 22: 115-129. (pdf)
Xu, X, Zhou, Z., Prum, R. O. 2001. Branched integumental structures in Sinornithosaurus and the origin of feathers. Nature. 411: 200-204 (pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z., Hou, L., Gu, G. 2001. Early diversification of birds: evidence from a new opposite bird. Chinese Science Bulletin. 46: 945-949. (pdf)
2000
Zhou, Z. 2000. Review of the study of the origin of birds. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 38(1): 72-78 (in Chinese). (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Wang, W. 2000. A new species of Caudipteryx from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, northeast China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 38(2): 111-127.(pdf)
Zhou, Z., Wang, W., Zhang, F., Xu, X. 2000. Important features of Caudipteryx-evidence from two nearly complete new specimens. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 38(4): 241-254. (pdf)
Burnham, D. A., Derstler, K. L. Currie, P. J. Bakker, R. T., Zhou Z., Ostrom, J. H. 2000. Remarkable new bird-like dinosaur (Theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. Special Publication of the Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas. No. 13, pp. 1–14.
Hou, L., Zhou, Z., Zhang, F., Li, J. 2000. A new vulture form the Miocene of Shandong, eastern China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 38(2): 104-110 (in Chinese with English summary). (pdf)
Lim, J., Zhou, Z., Martin, L. D., Baek, K.-S., Yang, S.-Y. 2000. The oldest known tracks of web-footed birds from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea. Naturwisenschaften. 87(6): 256-259. (pdf)
Wang, X., Wang, Y., Zhou, Z., Jin, F., Zhang, J., Zhang, F. 2000. Vertebrate faunas and biostratigraphy of the Jehol Group in western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 38 (supplement to 2): 41-63 (in Chinese with English summary).
Wang, X., Wang, Y.-Q., Zhang, F., Zhang, J., Zhou, Z., Jin, F., Hu, Y., Gu, G., Zhang, H. 2000. Vertebrate biostratigraph of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in Lingyuan, western Liaoning and its neighboring southern Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 38(2): 81-99 (in Chinese with English summary). (pdf)
Wang, X., Wang, Y.-Q., Zhang, J., Jin, F., Zhou, Z., Xu, X., Zhang, F., Wang, Y., Hu, Y., Lü, J. 2000. New discoveries of vertebrates from the Jehol Group and the non-marine Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary in northern China. In Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Stratigraphy. Geological Publishing House, Beijing. Pp. 252-259 (in Chinese with English summary).
Xu, X., Zhou, Z., Wang, X. 2000. The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur. Nature. 408: 705-708. (pdf)
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z. 2000. A primitive enantiornithine bird and the origin of feathers. Science. 290: 1955-1959. (pdf)
1999
Zhou, Z. 1999. Early evolution of birds and avian flight-evidence from Mesozoic fossils and modern birds. PhD Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, 216 pp.
Zhou, Z., Martin, L. D. 1999. Feathered dinosaur or bird? - a new look at the hand of Archaeopteryx. Smithsonian Contribution to Paleontology. 89: 289-293.
Hou, L., Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z., Feduccia, A., Zhang, F. 1999. Diapsid skull in Confuciusornis-evidence from a new species. Nature．399: 679-682.
Hou, L., Zhou, Z. 1999. Paleornithology of China: a general review. Chinese Science Bulletin. 44(23): 2113-2116. (pdf)
Hou, L., Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z., Feduccia, A. 1999. Archaeopteryx to opposite birds—missing link from the Mesozoic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 37(2): 88-95. (pdf)
1998
Zhou, Z. and L. Hou. 1998. Confuciusornis and the early evolution of birds. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 36(2): 136-146.
Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z. L. Hou and A. Feduccia. 1998. Confuciusornis sanctus compared to Archaeopteryx lithographica. Naturwissenschaften. 85: 286-289. (pdf)
1997
Zhou, Z. 1997. Cladistics and Popper’s philosophy. in Evidence for Evolution: essays in honors of Prof. Chuangchien Young on the hundredth anniversary of his birth. Tong, Y., Li, J., Si, L. (eds.). Ocean Press, Beijing. Pp. 233-245 (in Chinese with English summary).
Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z. 1997. The skull of enantiornithine Cathayornis. Nature. 389: 556.(pdf)
1996
Hou, L., Martin, L. D., Zhou, Z., Feduccia A. 1996. Early adaptive radiation of birds: evidence from fossils from Northeastern China. Science. 27(5290): 1164-1167. (pdf)
1995
Zhou, Z. 1995. Is Mononykus a bird？The Auk. 112: 958-963.(pdf)
Zhou, Z. 1995. The discovery of Early Cretaceous birds in China. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.181: 9-22.
Zhou, Z. 1995. New understanding of the evolution of the limb and girdle elements in early birds -evidences from Chinese fossils. In: Sun A, and Y. Wang eds. Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, short papers. Beijing: China Ocean Press. 209-214.
Zhou, Z. 1995. Discovery of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 33(2): 99-113 (in Chinese with English summary). (pdf)
Hou, L., Zhou, Z. Martin, L. D., Feduccia, A. 1995. A beaked bird from the Jurassic of China．Nature. 377: 616-618. (pdf)
Hou, L., Zhou, Z., Gu, Y., Zhang, H. 1995. Confuciusornis sanctus, a new Late Jurassic sauriurine bird from China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 40(18): 1545-1551.
Hou, L., Zhou, Z., Gu, Y., Sun, Y. 1995. Introduction to Mesozoic birds from Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 33(4): 261-271 (in Chinese with English summary).
Jin, F., J. Zhang and Z. Zhou. 1995. Late Mesozoic fish fauna from Western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 33(3): 169-193 (in Chinese with English summary).
1994
Zhang, J., Jin, F., Zhou, Z. 1994. A review of Mesozoic osteoglossomorph fish Lycoptera longicephalus. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 32(1): 41-59 (in Chinese with English summary).
1993
Jin, F., Zhang, J., Zhou, Z. 1993. A review of Longdeichthys (Teleostei: ?Clupeocephala) from northern China). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 31(4): 241-256 (in Chinese with English summary).
1992
Zhou, Z. 1992. Review on Peipiaosteus based on new materials of P. pani. Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 30(2): 85-101 (in Chinese with English summary). (pdf)
Zhou, Z., Jin, F., Zhang, J. 1992. Preliminary report on a Mesozoic bird from Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 37(16): 1365-1368.
编著:
周忠和（主编）.2014. Special Issue on Avian Evolution in Memory of Larry D. Martin.《古脊椎动物学报》, 52 (1):
周忠和（主编）、王向东、王原（副主编）. 2013.《十万个为什么》（古生物卷）. 上海少儿出版社。201页。
Long, M., Gu, H., Zhou, Z. (eds.). 2010. Darwin's Heritage Today: Proceedings of the Darwin 200 Beijing International Conference. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 383 pp.
Rong, J., Fang, Z., Zhou, Z., Zhan, R., Wang, X., Yuan, X. (eds.). 2006. Originations, radiations and biodiversity changes—evidences from the Chinese fossil record. Science Press: Beijing: 962 pp.
Zhou, Z. and Zhang, F. (eds.). 2002. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1-4 June 2000. Beijing: Science Press. 311 pp.
Hou, L., Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2001. Mesozoic birds from western Liaoning in China. Shenyang: Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House. 120 pp.
科普杂文:
2020
《深海浅说》：品深海之妙 赏科学之美，《人民日报》，2020.12.22.
科研创新，要学会“提出问题”,《人民日报》，2020.10.13.
加强科学普及，提高公众科学素质，《中国自然资源报》，2020.3.
多维视角下的科技工作者的责任，《科技导报》，2020，38（10）
2019
我为什么喜欢电影《流浪地球》？ 周忠和 腾讯网 2019.1.31.
孩子需要科学教育，成人、尤其政府工作人员也需要 知识分子公众号2019.6.1.
科技评价要有操作性，《人民日报》，2019.8.12.
科研评审如何破解“打招呼”顽疾，《文汇报》, 2019. 10. 23.
科学文化建设需要重视科学普及和科学教育，《科技导报》, 2019，37（9）。
科学进步与科学共同体的社会责任,《科技导报》,2019, 37（2）
自然与进化随想录, 《大自然探索》， 2019（03）
2018
周忠和 2018. 我们的好奇心都去哪儿了？ 见：潘建伟主编《科学第一课》，北京：科学出版社。ISBN：978-7-03-058491-5
周忠和 2018. 地球生命演化的现代启示。见：戎嘉余等主编《生物演化与环境》，中国科学技术大学出版社。
周忠和 2018. 科学共同体的社会责任。知识分子（微信公共号）。
周忠和 2018.知识分子不能满足于做自娱自乐的一群少数人。知识分子（微信公共号）
周忠和 2018. 加强基础研究还需一份定力和恒心。人民政协报。
栗静舒，周忠和 2018.丁文江：用地图谱写中华民族前行之歌。果壳网。
2017
周忠和，2017。我的科普之路。科普研究，12 (2) :5-8.
周忠和，2017。“物竞天择,适者生存”你真的了解吗? 中国科技教育, 8:78-79.
周忠和，2017。科普,永远在路上. 科技导报，3:1.
周忠和，栗静舒。不该被遗忘的民国知识分子——丁文江。知识分子（微信公共号）。
栗静舒，周忠和 2017.“新君子”丁文江对当代青年人格塑造的启示。中国科普作家协会（微信公共号）。
2016
周忠和，古生物研究队伍要少而精。光明日报：2016－07－08。
周忠和，讲述“从鱼到人”的中国故事。光明日报：2016－03-17。
2015
2015－2－1. 同行评议成败在于细节. 文汇报。
2015－4－12. 科学研究的动力。文汇报。
2015－6－14. 人类还在进化吗？ 文汇报。
2015－6－30. 讲述“从鱼到人”的中国故事。光明日报。
2015－9－20. 由发现四脚蛇引发的思考.文汇报。
精彩的远古生命世界。大自然。2015（4）。
恢弘的生命演化乐章。科学世界。2015（10）。
2014
2014－10－19. 诺奖，只是科学最高荣誉一角. 文汇报。
2014－11－15. 科学、智识分子与文化 (书评). 解放日报。
2014－12－09. “大爆炸”与“创世论”和解? 文汇报。
2014－12－14. 创新要从呵护好奇心开始.文汇报。
2013
周忠和，书评“译到精时堪称奇”，光明日报 2013.12.24.
2011
周忠和. 2011. 鸟类及其羽毛和飞行的起源. “10000个科学难题”地球科学编委会（编）：10000个科学难题－地球科学卷，196-198.北京：科学出版社.
周忠和，张福成. 2011. 化石羽毛颜色研究获重要进展—首次发现恐龙羽毛颜色的证据.中国科学院（编）：2011科学发展报告，214-217.北京：科学出版社.
周忠和，中国古生物学百年记。科学月刊，42（8）：606－613。 (pdf)
2010
Zhou Z., Zhang F., Li Z. 2010. A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution. Proc. R. Soc. B., 277: 219-227. (pdf)
周忠和、王元青，2010. 快速发展中的中国古脊椎动物学. 科学时报，2010年01月27日.
杨群、周忠和、王向东、童金南、王永栋, 2010. 中国古生物学的发展与展望. 见中国古生物学会（编著）：中国古生物学学科发展研究报告，3－30. 中国科学技术出版社.
周忠和、王元青、朱敏、王原、徐星、李淳、汪筱林、邓涛，2010. 古脊椎动物学. 见中国古生物学会（编著）：中国古生物学学科发展研究报告，96－106. 中国科学技术出版社.
周忠和，2010. 游历白海豚之乡.科学世界，第5期：
2009
周忠和，2009，生物进化随想录，生物进化，第2期。 (pdf)
周忠和，2008，请不要为我哭泣，因为我很快乐－怀念青年古生物学家胡耀明，科学时报，6月11日。
戎嘉余、周忠和、王 怿、詹仁斌，2009，生命过程与环境的协同演化。见中国科学院地学部地球科学发展战略研究组编写：21世纪中国地球科学发展战略研究－中篇：21世纪我国地球科学研究的若干重大科学问题. 73－83页.科学出版社.
周忠和，2009. 热河生物群－书写中生代生命演化的新篇章. 见沙金庚（主编）：世纪飞跃--辉煌的中国古生物学(纪念中国古生物学会成立80周年).158－164. 科学出版社.
2007
周忠和，2007，疯狂的石头，华夏地理，3月刊。
周忠和，2007，古鸟的飞行起源说，华夏地理，3月刊。
周忠和、李志恒， 2007, 美丽的白垩纪公园－热河生物群演化的辉煌与沧桑。大自然探索，12期。
Zhou, Z. 2007. Jehol Biota—a beautiful window to the Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystem. In Sanz, J. L. ed. Los Dinosaurios en el Siglo XXI. Metatemas 99. TusQuets Editores. Barcelona. Pp. 265-290.
周忠和，DNA解读人类起源,华夏地理, 2007.1
2006
周忠和，白垩纪古老生命演化的辉煌和沧桑, 牛顿科学世界, 2006.8 (pdf)
周忠和，陡壁塌，我侥幸死里逃生，文汇报, 2006.10.07
周忠和，一个充满诱惑的古老世界《动物世界的黎明》，科学时报，2006 (pdf)
2005
周忠和 2005. 解析三个为什么. 化石. 2005－3：15－16.
汪筱林，周忠和，2005. 鸟类起源于恐龙的证据. DEEP-中国科学探险，(4): 20-22
2004
周忠和，汪筱林, 地质年谱中的“宙”、“代”、“纪”和“世”。光明日报，2004.12.03 (pdf)
汪筱林, 周忠和, 苗德岁. 2004. 远古翼龙独霸天空。Newton科学世界, 2004, 7: 6-12
汪筱林, 周忠和. 2004. 侏罗纪空中霸主翼龙。大自然探索，2004，10：53-55。
汪筱林, 周忠和, 2004. 发现具有胚胎的翼龙蛋化石。大自然探索，2004，10：56-58。
周忠和，2004. 热河生物群—探索中生代生命演化的世界级化石宝库。科学技术与工程，2004，4:140-151 (pdf)
2003
周忠和，2003.中国鸟类的早期进化. 科学（日本），73（6）：665－668.
周忠和，2003. 和美国同行的一次学术赛跑，生物应用新技术－奇趣生物世界（七），232－236，北京燕山出版社。
张福成，周忠和， 2003. 翱翔天空：动物飞行起源研究。上海：上海科学技术出版社，150页。
2002
周忠和，热河生物群漫谈，大自然，2002.5
周忠和，热河生物群，见史前生物历程（解读生命从书），2002，北京少年儿童出版社 北京教育出版社
张福成，周忠和，动物的飞行, 科学（上海）Vol.54 No.2 P.54-56
2001
周忠和、徐星、张福成，辽西：20世纪最惊人的古生物发现--热河生物群鸟类和长羽毛恐龙的故事，牛顿科学世界，6
周忠和，中生代的化石宝库－辽西四合屯热河生物群揭密，科学月刊，台湾，2001.6
张福成，周忠和，原羽鸟的飞行能力，化石，3：2－4。
2000
周忠和，鸟类起源与演化百问百答（上），化石，2： 29－36。
周忠和，鸟类起源与演化百问百答（下），化石，3： 24－25。
1994
周忠和，鸟是否为恐龙的后裔？化石，1： 18－19。
周忠和，中国最早鸟类的不断发现令世界之惊讶，化石，3：14－15。
1993
周忠和，始祖鸟的羽毛是伪造的吗？化石，2： 9－11。
周忠和，谁是最早的鸟？化石，3：4－6。
周忠和，始祖鸟会飞吗? 化石，4：6－7。
周忠和，鸟类古老家族的新发现，百科知识, 9: 52-53.
1995年中科院青年科学家二等奖
1999年中科院自然科学奖一等奖（排名第二）
2000年国家自然科学奖二等奖（排名第二）
2003年度中科院杰出科学成就奖
2003年全国优秀回国人员
2003年第五届全国优秀科普作品奖二等奖
2004年科技部973项目先进个人
2006年第九届中国青年科技奖
2006年“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家级人选
2007年第三届中科院创新文化建设先进团队（负责人）
2007年年度国家自然科学奖二等奖（排名第一）
2007年首届中国出版政府奖（排名第三）
2014年第五届全国杰出专业技术人才
2016年何梁何利科技进步奖
2020年第二届全国创新争先奖
