| Relating at a distance: Negotiating being together and being apart in long-distance relationships EM Sahlstein Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 21 (5), 689-710, 2004 | 262 | 2004 |
| Contradictions and praxis contextualized by wartime deployment: Wives' perspectives revealed through relational dialectics E Sahlstein, KC Maguire, L Timmerman Communication Monographs 76 (4), 421-442, 2009 | 145 | 2009 |
| When a celebrity contracts a disease: The example of Earvin" Magic" Johnson's announcement that he was HIV positive MK Casey, M Allen, T Emmers-Sommer, E Sahlstein, DAN Degooyer, ... Journal of Health Communication 8 (3), 249-265, 2003 | 125 | 2003 |
| Making plans: Praxis strategies for negotiating uncertainty–certainty in long-distance relationships EM Sahlstein Western Journal of Communication 70 (2), 147-165, 2006 | 109 | 2006 |
| “To be so connected, yet not at all”: Relational presence, absence, and maintenance in the context of a wartime deployment KC Maguire, D Heinemann-LaFave, E Sahlstein Western Journal of Communication 77 (3), 249-271, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| African American women’s maternal healthcare experiences: A critical race theory perspective CT Adebayo, ES Parcell, L Mkandawire-Valhmu, O Olukotun Health Communication 37 (9), 1135-1146, 2022 | 68 | 2022 |
| Turning points and trajectories in military deployment ES Parcell, KC Maguire Journal of Family Communication 14 (2), 129-148, 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| Narrative analysis ES Parcell, BMA Baker The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods, 1070-2, 2017 | 64 | 2017 |
| A meta‐analysis of the relationship between social skills and sexual offenders TM Emmers‐Sommer, M Allen, J Bourhis, E Sahlstein, K Laskowski, ... Communication Reports 17 (1), 1-10, 2004 | 59 | 2004 |
| Sex differences in self-esteem: A meta-analytic assessment E Sahlstein, M Allen Interpersonal communication research: Advances through meta-analysis, 59-72, 2002 | 51 | 2002 |
| The trouble with distance EM Sahlstein Relating difficulty, 119-140, 2013 | 42 | 2013 |
| Comfort, cliques, and clashes: Family readiness groups as dilemmatic sites of relating during wartime ES Parcell, KC Maguire Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 31 (4), 497-515, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| Some possible directions for future research LA Baxter, EM Sahlstein Balancing the secrets of private disclosures, 289-300, 1999 | 36 | 1999 |
| Improvising commitment in close relationships: A relational dialectics perspective EM Sahlstein, LA Baxter Close romantic relationships, 123-140, 2001 | 35 | 2001 |
| Reducing dating anxiety: A meta‐analysis M Allen, J Bourhis, T Emmers‐Sommer, E Sahlstein Communication Reports 11 (1), 49-55, 1998 | 35 | 1998 |
| Making sense of dissatisfaction during the transition to motherhood through relational dialectics theory V Cronin-Fisher, ES Parcell Journal of Family Communication 19 (2), 157-170, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
| “I wanted time to myself and he wanted to be together all the time”: Constructing breakups as managing autonomy-connection E Sahlstein, T Dun Qualitative Research Reports in Communication 9 (1), 37-45, 2008 | 32 | 2008 |
| Communication and distance: The present and future interpreted through the past E Sahlstein Journal of Applied Communication Research 38 (1), 106-114, 2010 | 29 | 2010 |
| Communication and the coping paradox: The case of Army spouses and wartime deployment KC Maguire, ES Parcell Southern Communication Journal 80 (5), 365-376, 2015 | 27 | 2015 |
| The function of holiday greetings in maintaining relationships K Dindia, L Timmerman, E Langan, EM Sahlstein, J Quandt Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 21 (5), 577-593, 2004 | 27 | 2004 |
