Ling published 118 journal papers in which 100 papers are published in the IEEE, IET, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer and World Scientific Publishing journals, 102 papers are published in the SCI journals including 41 papers are published in the SCI region 2 or above journals. Papers are cited by the Fellows of the American Academy of Engineering, the Fellows of the American Academy of Sciences, the Fellows of the Americans Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Fellows of the Royal College of Engineering, the Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, the Past Presidents of the IEEE Information Theory Society, the Past Presidents of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, the Past Presidents of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, IEEE Life Fellows, IEEE Fellows, China Zhujiang Scholars, the winners of the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists, and the winners of the IEEE Rayleigh Award.