| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Student Engagement and Student Learning: Testing the Linkages* | Research in Higher Education | 2006 | 1,016 |
| 2 | Assessing Response Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Web and Paper Surveys | Research in Higher Education | 2003 | 895 |
| 3 | Dropouts and turnover: The synthesis and test of a causal model of student attrition | Research in Higher Education | 1980 | 740 |
| 4 | Adding Value: Learning Communities and Student Engagement | Research in Higher Education | 2004 | 656 |
| 5 | Individual and Contextual Influences on Academic Dishonesty: A Multicampus Investigation | Research in Higher Education | 1997 | 581 |
| 6 | Faculty do Matter: The Role of College Faculty in Student Learning and Engagement | Research in Higher Education | 2005 | 565 |
| 7 | FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEATING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS: A Review | Research in Higher Education | 1998 | 559 |
| 8 | Mentoring College Students: A Critical Review of the Literature Between 1990 and 2007 | Research in Higher Education | 2009 | 546 |
| 9 | Self-Efficacy, Stress, and Academic Success in College | Research in Higher Education | 2005 | 502 |
| 10 | Sense of Belonging as a Predictor of Intentions to Persist Among African American and White First-Year College Students | Research in Higher Education | 2007 | 470 |
| 11 | First-generation college students: Characteristics, experiences, and cognitive development | Research in Higher Education | 1996 | 451 |
| 12 | Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family? | Research in Higher Education | 2017 | 451 |
| 13 | Nonlanguage factors affecting undergraduates' judgments of nonnative English-speaking teaching assistants | Research in Higher Education | 1992 | 434 |
| 14 | College cheating: Immaturity, lack of commitment, and the neutralizing attitude | Research in Higher Education | 1986 | 357 |
| 15 | Research productivity and scholarly accomplishment of college teachers as related to their instructional effectiveness: A review and exploration | Research in Higher Education | 1987 | 317 |
| 16 | (null) | Research in Higher Education | 2002 | 312 |
| 17 | Student–Faculty Interaction in Research Universities: Differences by Student Gender, Race, Social Class, and First-Generation Status | Research in Higher Education | 2009 | 308 |
| 18 | Diversifying Science: Underrepresented Student Experiences in Structured Research Programs | Research in Higher Education | 2009 | 306 |
| 19 | From Gatekeeping to Engagement: A Multicontextual, Mixed Method Study of Student Academic Engagement in Introductory STEM Courses | Research in Higher Education | 2012 | 303 |
| 20 | PREDICTING THE RETENTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS | Research in Higher Education | 1999 | 299 |
| 21 | The superior college teacher from the students' view | Research in Higher Education | 1976 | 297 |
| 22 | (null) | Research in Higher Education | 2001 | 291 |
| 23 | Does adviser mentoring add value? A longitudinal study of mentoring and doctoral student outcomes | Research in Higher Education | 2006 | 285 |
| 24 | Latino student transition to college: Assessing difficulties and factors in successful college adjustment | Research in Higher Education | 1996 | 282 |
| 25 | The transition to college: Diverse students, diverse stories | Research in Higher Education | 1994 | 274 |
| 26 | DETERMINANTS OF RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION | Research in Higher Education | 1998 | 274 |
| 27 | (null) | Research in Higher Education | 2000 | 274 |
| 28 | Faculty Research Productivity: Exploring the Role of Gender and Family-Related Factors | Research in Higher Education | 2002 | 270 |
| 29 | Effectiveness of student-rating feedback for improving college instruction: A meta-analysis of findings | Research in Higher Education | 1980 | 269 |
| 30 | The role of finances in the persistence process: A structural model | Research in Higher Education | 1992 | 259 |
| 31 | (null) | Research in Higher Education | 2002 | 258 |
| 32 | The association between student ratings of specific instructional dimensions and student achievement: Refining and extending the synthesis of data from multisection validity studies | Research in Higher Education | 1989 | 256 |
| 33 | Going Global: Understanding the Choice Process of the Intent to Study Abroad | Research in Higher Education | 2009 | 256 |
| 34 | Faculty/Student Mentor Program: Effects on Academic Performance and Retention | Research in Higher Education | 1997 | 250 |
| 35 | On the Path to College: Three Critical Tasks Facing America's Disadvantaged | Research in Higher Education | 2001 | 248 |
| 36 | (null) | Research in Higher Education | 1999 | 246 |
| 37 | Faculty Members' Intentions to Leave: A National Study on Their Worklife and Satisfaction | Research in Higher Education | 2004 | 243 |
| 38 | Gender Disparity in STEM Disciplines: A Study of Faculty Attrition and Turnover Intentions | Research in Higher Education | 2008 | 241 |
| 39 | Socialization of Doctoral Students to Academic Norms | Research in Higher Education | 2003 | 235 |
| 40 | Gender, Children and Research Productivity | Research in Higher Education | 2004 | 232 |
| 41 | The Effects of Discipline on Deep Approaches to Student Learning and College Outcomes | Research in Higher Education | 2008 | 232 |
| 42 | Course characteristics and college students' ratings of their teachers: What we know and what we don't | Research in Higher Education | 1978 | 226 |
| 43 | The Contribution of HBCUS to the Preparation of African American Women for Stem Careers: A Case Study | Research in Higher Education | 2009 | 225 |
| 44 | College students' views of male and female college teachers: Part II?Evidence from students' evaluations of their classroom teachers | Research in Higher Education | 1993 | 220 |
| 45 | Non-response in student surveys: The Role of Demographics, Engagement and Personality | Research in Higher Education | 2005 | 216 |
| 46 | Cross-Racial Interaction Among Undergraduates: Some Consequences, Causes, and Patterns | Research in Higher Education | 2004 | 215 |
| 47 | The estimation of a conceptual model of nontraditional undergraduate student attrition | Research in Higher Education | 1987 | 211 |
| 48 | Third-year College Retention and Transfer: Effects of Academic Performance, Motivation, and Social Connectedness | Research in Higher Education | 2008 | 211 |
| 49 | Student attrition, intentions, and confidence: Interaction effects in a path model | Research in Higher Education | 1982 | 209 |
| 50 | COLLEGE MAJOR CHOICE: An Analysis of Person–Environment Fit | Research in Higher Education | 2006 | 208 |
