| Social class and school music VC Bates Music Educators Journal 98 (4), 33-37, 2012 | 102 | 2012 |
| Learning Theories as Roots of Current Musical Practice and Research L Taetle, R Cutietta, V Bates The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning, 279-298, 2002 | 88 | 2002 |
| Preparing rural music teachers: Reflecting on “shared visions” VC Bates Journal of Music Teacher Education 20 (2), 89-98, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Standing at the Intersection of Race and Class in Music Education. VC Bates Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education 18 (1), 2019 | 39 | 2019 |
| Reconsidering Cosmopolitanism in Music Education VC Bates Sociology 13 (1), 2014 | 36* | 2014 |
| Sustainable School Music for Poor, White, Rural Students. VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 10 (2), 100-127, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| Back to Class: Music Education and Poverty VC Bates Music Educators Journal 105 (2), 72–74, 2018 | 34 | 2018 |
| Critical Social Class Theory for Music Education VC Bates International Journal of Education and the Arts 18 (7), 2017 | 33 | 2017 |
| Foreword: How Can Music Educators Address Poverty and Inequality? VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 15 (1), 1–9, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| Human Needs Theory: Applications for Music Education. VC Bates Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education 8 (1), 2009 | 30 | 2009 |
| Country music education for diverse and inclusive music classrooms VC Bates, JB Gossett, T Stimeling Music Educators Journal 107 (2), 28-34, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Music Education Unplugged VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 12 (2), 75–90, 2013 | 24 | 2013 |
| Drawing from rural ideals for sustainable school music VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory in Music Education 12 (1), 24-46, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Where Should We Start? Indications of a Nurturant Ethic for Music Education V Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory in Music Education 3 (3), 2004 | 22 | 2004 |
| A music educator’s guide to saving the planet DJ Shevock, VC Bates Music Educators Journal 105 (4), 15-20, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| "Big City, Turn Me Loose, and Set Me Free." A Critique of Music Education as Urbanormative VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 15 (4), 161–177, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Toward a Sociology of Music Curriculum Integration VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 15 (3), 8–20, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Introduction: Reaffirming commitments to critical theory for social justice VC Bates Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 15 (5), 1-5, 2016 | 15* | 2016 |
| Thinking critically about rural music education VC Bates Visions of Research in Music Education 32 (1), 3, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Reflections on music education, cultural capital, and diamonds in the rough VC Bates Philosophy of Music Education Review 29 (2), 212-229, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
