| Social disorganization theory and the contextual nature of crime in nonmetropolitan counties C Barnett, FC Mencken Rural sociology 67 (3), 372-393, 2002 | 228 | 2002 |
| American piety 2005: Content and methods of the Baylor Religion Survey CD Bader, FC Mencken, P Froese Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 46 (4), 447-463, 2007 | 197 | 2007 |
| Paranormal America: Ghost encounters, UFO sightings, bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities in religion and culture CD Bader, JO Baker, FC Mencken Paranormal America (second edition), 2017 | 189 | 2017 |
| Gun culture in action FC Mencken, P Froese Social problems 66 (1), 3-27, 2019 | 153 | 2019 |
| A U.S. Holy War? The Effects of Religion on Iraq War Policy Attitudes* P Froese, FC Mencken Social Science Quarterly 90 (1), 103-116, 2009 | 116 | 2009 |
| Divine justice: The relationship between images of God and attitudes toward criminal punishment CD Bader, SA Desmond, F Carson Mencken, BR Johnson Criminal Justice Review 35 (1), 90-106, 2010 | 105 | 2010 |
| In search of the “right stuff”: The advantages and disadvantages of informal and formal recruiting practices in external labor markets FC Mencken, I Winfield American journal of Economics and Sociology 57 (2), 135-154, 1998 | 102 | 1998 |
| Job search and sex segregation: does sex of social contact matter? FC Mencken, I Winfield Sex roles 42, 847-864, 2000 | 100 | 2000 |
| In God we trust: Images of God and trust in the United States among the highly religious FC Mencken, C Bader, E Embry Sociological Perspectives 52 (1), 23-38, 2009 | 87 | 2009 |
| Murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, and spatial autocorrelation in mid-south counties FC Mencken, C Barnett Journal of Quantitative Criminology 15, 407-422, 1999 | 83 | 1999 |
| The health and wealth of US counties: how the small business environment impacts alternative measures of development. TC Blanchard, C Tolbert, C Mencken Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy & Society 5 (1), 2012 | 80 | 2012 |
| American Piety in the 21st Century: New Insights to the Depth and Complexity of Religion in the US C Bader, K Dougherty, P Froese, B Johnson, FC Mencken, JZ Park, ... Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 2006 | 69 | 2006 |
| Image of God and community volunteering among religious adherents in the United States FC Mencken, B Fitz Review of religious research 55 (3), 491-508, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Family Structure, Power-Control Theory, and Deviance: Extending Power-control Theory to Include Alternate Family Forms. KA Bates, CD Bader, FC Mencken Western Criminology Review 4 (3), 2003 | 60 | 2003 |
| Faculty attitudes on integrating faith and learning at religious colleges and universities: A research note L Lyon, M Beaty, J Parker, C Mencken Sociology of religion 66 (1), 61-69, 2005 | 48 | 2005 |
| Round trip to hell in a flying saucer: The relationship between conventional Christian and paranormal beliefs in the United States FC Mencken, CD Bader, YJ Kim Sociology of Religion 70 (1), 65-85, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Integrating civil society and economic growth in Appalachia FC Mencken, H Bader, EC Polson Growth and Change 37 (1), 107-127, 2006 | 44 | 2006 |
| Fatalistic voluntarism and life happiness in post-socialist China EY Liu, FC Mencken Sociological Spectrum 30 (3), 270-288, 2010 | 40 | 2010 |
| A study of the region: Regional differences in socioeconomic well-being in Appalachia FC Mencken Sociological Focus 30 (1), 79-97, 1997 | 33 | 1997 |
| Restructuring of the Financial Industry: The Disappearance of Locally Owned Traditional Financial Services in Rural A merica CM Tolbert, FC Mencken, TL Riggs, J Li Rural Sociology 79 (3), 355-379, 2014 | 31 | 2014 |
