发表学术论文170余篇，其中SCI检索41篇；撰写专著5部；专利和计算机软件著作权15项；国家和省部咨询报告24份；主要代表性论著如下：
（一）代表性论文：
（1）Chen N S , Li T C , Gao Y C . A great disastrous debris flow on 11 July 2003 in Shuikazi valley, Danba County, western Sichuan, China[J]. Landslides, 2005, 2(1):71-74. （第一作者）；
（2）Chen N S , Yue Z Q , Cui P , et al. A rational method for estimating maximum discharge of a landslide-induced debris flow: A case study from southwestern China[J]. Geomorphology, 2007, 84(1-2):44-58. （第一作者）；
（3）Chen N S , Zhou W , Yang C L , et al. The processes and mechanism of failure and debris flow initiation for gravel soil with different clay content[J]. Geomorphology, 2010, 121(3-4):222-230. （第一作者）；
（4）Chen N S, Chen M L, Li J, et al. Effects of human activity on erosion, sedimentation and debris flow activity – A case study of the Qionghai Lake watershed, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, China.[J]. Holocene, 2015. （第一作者）；
（5）Chen N S, Li J , Liu L , et al. Post-earthquake denudation and its impacts on ancient civilizations in the Chengdu Longmenshan region, China[J]. Geomorphology, 2018, 309(may15):51-59. （第一作者）；
（6）Hu G S, Liu M , Chen N S*, et al. Real-time evacuation and failure mechanism of a giant soil landslide on 19 July 2018 in Yanyuan County, Sichuan Province, China[J]. Landslides, 2019. （通讯作者）；
（7）Zhang Y, Chen N S*, Liu M, et al. Debris flows originating from colluvium deposits in hollow regions during a heavy storm process in Taining, southeastern China[J]. 2020, , 17(2): 335-347. （通讯作者）；
（8）Hu G S, Tian S F, Chen N S*, et al. An effectiveness evaluation method for debris flow control engineering for cascading hydropower stations along the Jinsha River, China[J]. Engineering Geology, 2019, 266:105472. （通讯作者）；
（9）Tian S F, Chen N S*, Wu H , et al. New insights into the occurrence of the Baige landslide along the Jinsha River in Tibet[J]. Landslides, 2020, 17(5): 1207-1216. （通讯作者）；
（10）Rahman M, Chen N S*, Islam M M, et al. Location-allocation modeling for emergency evacuation planning with GIS and remote sensing: A case study of Northeast Bangladesh[J], Geoscience Frontiers, 2020.（通讯作者）；
（二）代表性著作：
（1）陈宁生等，泥石流勘察技术，科学出版社，2011；
（2）陈宁生等，山地灾害形成与预测预警，科学出版社，2017。
