| Behind closed doors: Violence in the American family MA Straus, RJ Gelles, SK Steinmetz Routledge, 2017 | 7816 | 2017 |
| Physical violence in American families: Risk factors and adaptations to violence in 8,145 families MA Straus, RJ Gelles, LM Asplund Violence and Victims 5 (4), 297-298, 1990 | 4387 | 1990 |
| Societal change and change in family violence from 1975 to 1985 as revealed by two national surveys MA Straus, RJ Gelles Domestic Violence, 63-77, 2017 | 3264 | 2017 |
| Intimate violence in families RJ Gelles Sage, 1997 | 2335 | 1997 |
| Intimate violence. RJ Gelles, MA Straus Simon & Schuster, 1988 | 2301 | 1988 |
| The violent home RJ Gelles, M Straus Sage, 1987 | 1902 | 1987 |
| Family violence RJ Gelles Sage, 1987 | 1223* | 1987 |
| How violent are American families? Estimates from the National Family Violence Resurvey and other studies MA Straus, RJ Gelles Physical violence in American families, 95-112, 2017 | 1204 | 2017 |
| Determinants of violence in the family: Toward a theoretical interpretation RJ Gelles, MA Straus Contemporary Theories About the Family, Free, New York, 1979 | 1176 | 1979 |
| Abused wives: Why do they stay RJ Gelles Journal of Marriage and the Family 38 (4), 659-668, 1976 | 913 | 1976 |
| Violence in the family: A review of research in the seventies RJ Gelles Journal of Marriage and the Family, 873-885, 1980 | 864 | 1980 |
| Child abuse as psychopathology: A sociological critique and reformulation. RJ Gelles American journal of Orthopsychiatry 43 (4), 611, 1973 | 809 | 1973 |
| Verbal aggression by parents and psychosocial problems of children YM Vissing, MA Straus, RJ Gelles, JW Harrop Child abuse & neglect 15 (3), 223-238, 1991 | 789 | 1991 |
| Current controversies on family violence DR Loseke, RJ Gelles, MM Cavanaugh Sage, 2005 | 686 | 2005 |
| Adolescent risk behaviors and religion: Findings from a national study JW Sinha, RA Cnaan, RJ Gelles Journal of adolescence 30 (2), 231-249, 2007 | 620 | 2007 |
| An exchange/social control theory RJ Gelles The dark side of families: Current family violence research, 151-165, 1983 | 580 | 1983 |
| A profile of violence toward children: A national study GD Wolfner, RJ Gelles Child Abuse & Neglect 17 (2), 197-212, 1993 | 470 | 1993 |
| The dark side of families: Current family violence research D Finkelhor Sage, 1983 | 459 | 1983 |
| Through a sociological lens: Social structure and family violence G RJ Current controversies on family violence, 31-46, 1993 | 455 | 1993 |
| Violence in the American family RJ Gelles, MA Straus Journal of Social Issues 35 (2), 15-39, 1979 | 440 | 1979 |
