| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Research and Practice of Student Retention: What Next? | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2006 | 847 |
| 2 | Investigating “Sense of Belonging” in First-Year College Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2002 | 325 |
| 3 | Through the Eyes of Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2017 | 275 |
| 4 | The Psychology Underlying Successful Retention Practices | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2001 | 199 |
| 5 | Revisiting First-Year College Students' Mattering: Social Support, Academic Stress, and the Mattering Experience | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2007 | 160 |
| 6 | Mentoring Students: Conceptualizing and Validating the Multi-Dimensions of a Support System | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2007 | 149 |
| 7 | Adjustment of Community College Students at a Four-Year University: Role and Relevance of Transfer Student Capital for Student Retention | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2010 | 137 |
| 8 | Violence Victimization on a College Campus | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2016 | 134 |
| 9 | A Longitudinal Investigation of Dropout from College in the United States | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2002 | 126 |
| 10 | An Analysis of the High Attrition Rates among First Year College Science, Math, and Engineering Majors | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2003 | 121 |
| 11 | The Academic Impact of Financial Stress on College Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2008 | 116 |
| 12 | The Relationship Between Food Security, Housing Stability, and School Performance Among College Students in an Urban University | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2017 | 114 |
| 13 | The Relationship of Loneliness and Social Support with College Freshmen's Academic Performance and Persistence | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2006 | 111 |
| 14 | Balancing Work and Academics in College: Why Do Students Working 10 to 19 Hours per Week Excel? | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2006 | 98 |
| 15 | The Relationship between Barrier Courses and Persistence in Engineering | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2006 | 92 |
| 16 | An Exploration of Tinto's Integration Framework for Community College Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2010 | 88 |
| 17 | It's a Long Way Home: International Student Adjustment to Living in the United States | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2002 | 87 |
| 18 | Social Support, Stress, and Self-Efficacy: Effects on Students' Satisfaction | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2002 | 87 |
| 19 | Student Persistence in College: A Review of Research | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2000 | 83 |
| 20 | Key Determinants of Student Satisfaction | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2002 | 82 |
| 21 | The Fostering of Social Integration and Retention through Institutional Practice | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2001 | 81 |
| 22 | An Analysis of the Effects of Self-Esteem, Social Support, and Participation in Student Support Services on Students' Adjustment and Commitment to College | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2003 | 75 |
| 23 | Correlates of Retention for African-American Males in Community Colleges | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2001 | 71 |
| 24 | Understanding the Organizational Nature of Student Persistence: Empirically-Based Recommendations for Practice | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2001 | 71 |
| 25 | Should I Stay or Should I Go? Retention in First-Generation College Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2019 | 68 |
| 26 | First Year Seminars Produce Long-Term Impact | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2003 | 66 |
| 27 | Toward a New Predictive Model of Student Retention in Higher Education | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2015 | 63 |
| 28 | Leaking Pipeline: Issues Impacting Latino/A College Student Retention | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2004 | 62 |
| 29 | Best Practices in Predicting and Encouraging Student Persistence and Achievement Online | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2008 | 61 |
| 30 | Doctoral Student Attrition in the Stem Fields: An Exploratory Event History Analysis | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2009 | 61 |
| 31 | The Academic and Social Integration of Persisting Community College Transfer Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2009 | 61 |
| 32 | Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students: Risk, Resiliency, and Retention | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2004 | 60 |
| 33 | Predicting Student Attrition with Data Mining Methods | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2011 | 60 |
| 34 | The Depiction of Significant others in Tinto's “Rites of Passage”: A Reconceptualization of the Influence of Family and Community in the Persistence Process | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2001 | 58 |
| 35 | Supportive Others in the Lives of College Students and Their Relevance to Hope | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2015 | 58 |
| 36 | College Student Persistence to Degree: The Burden of Debt | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2012 | 56 |
| 37 | Can Peer Mentors Improve First-Year Experiences of University Students? | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2017 | 56 |
| 38 | Testing Tinto: How Do Retention Theories Work for First-Generation, Working-Class Students? | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2008 | 55 |
| 39 | The Role of a Skills Learning Support Program on First-Generation College Students’ Self-Regulation, Motivation, and Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2017 | 54 |
| 40 | Increasing Retention and Graduation Rates Through a STEM Learning Community | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2016 | 53 |
| 41 | A Business Marketing Strategy Applied to Student Retention: A Higher Education Initiative | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2007 | 52 |
| 42 | Pushing against the Margins: Indigenous Theorizing of “Success” and Retention in Higher Education | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2008 | 52 |
| 43 | Noncognitive Factors and College Student Success | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2018 | 51 |
| 44 | Resilience, Academic Self-Concept, and College Adjustment Among First-Year Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2021 | 51 |
| 45 | Impact of Learning Communities on Retention at a Metropolitan University | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2000 | 49 |
| 46 | Learning Communities and Special Efforts in the Retention of University Students: What Works, What Doesn't, and is the Return Worth the Investment? | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2000 | 49 |
| 47 | Strategies for Enhancing Commuter Student Success | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2004 | 49 |
| 48 | The Seek Mentoring Program: An Application of the Goal-Setting Theory | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2006 | 48 |
| 49 | Associations among Peer Relationships, Academic Achievement, and Persistence in College | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2010 | 48 |
| 50 | The Role of First-Semester GPA in Predicting Graduation Rates of Underrepresented Students | The Journal of College Student Retention: Researchory and Practice | 2016 | 48 |
