| Family “bonds”: Making meaning of parent–child relationships in estrangement narratives KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Journal of Family Communication 16 (1), 32-50, 2016 | 120 | 2016 |
| Discursive constructions of the meaning of “family” in online narratives of foster adoptive parents EA Suter, LA Baxter, LM Seurer, LJ Thomas Communication Monographs 81 (1), 59-78, 2014 | 104 | 2014 |
| “It was the straw that broke the camel’s back”: Exploring the distancing processes communicatively constructed in parent-child estrangement backstories KM Scharp, LJ Thomas, CG Paxman Journal of Family Communication 15 (4), 330-348, 2015 | 77 | 2015 |
| Stories of postpartum depression: exploring health constructs and help-seeking in mothers’ talk LJ Thomas, KM Scharp, CG Paxman Women & Health 54 (4), 373-387, 2014 | 61 | 2014 |
| “What would a loving mom do today?”: Exploring the meaning of motherhood in stories of prenatal and postpartum depression KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Journal of Family Communication 17 (4), 401-414, 2017 | 59 | 2017 |
| Disrupting the humanities and social science binary: Framing communication studies as a transformative discipline KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Review of Communication, 2019 | 49 | 2019 |
| “I want to go home” homesickness experiences and social-support-seeking practices KM Scharp, CG Paxman, LJ Thomas Environment and Behavior 48 (9), 1175-1197, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| The dialogic construction of “adoption” in online foster adoption narratives LA Baxter, EA Suter, LJ Thomas, LM Seurer Journal of Family Communication 15 (3), 193-213, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| “Once a foster child…”: Identity construction in former foster children's narratives LJ Thomas Qualitative Research Reports in Communication 15 (1), 84-91, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Making meaning of the parent–child relationship: A dialogic analysis of parent-initiated estrangement narratives KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Journal of Family Communication 18 (4), 302-316, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| “Family?… not just blood”: Discursive constructions of “family” in adult, former foster children’s narratives LJ Thomas, JA Jackl, JL Crowley Journal of Family Communication 17 (3), 238-253, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| The content of relational uncertainty in non-engaged cohabiting relationships KR Steuber, JS Priem, KM Scharp, L Thomas Journal of Applied Communication Research 42 (1), 107-123, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
| Desired, expected, and received support: How support gaps impact affect improvement and perceived stigma in the context of unintended pregnancy JL Crowley, AC High, LJ Thomas Health Communication 34 (12), 1441-1453, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| “A family for every child”: Discursive constructions of “ideal” adoptive families in online foster adoption photolistings that promote adoption of children from foster care LJ Thomas, KM Scharp Adoption Quarterly 20 (1), 44-64, 2017 | 27 | 2017 |
| “Baby? Baby not?”: Exploring women’s narratives about ambivalence towards an unintended pregnancy NM Askelson, ME Losch, LJ Thomas, JC Reynolds Women & Health 55 (7), 842-858, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Relational dialectics theory LA Baxter, KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Journal of Family Theory & Review 13 (1), 7-20, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Original voices. Relational dialectics theory LA Baxter, KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Journal of family theory & review 13 (1), 7-20, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| The meaning of misinformation and those who correct it: An extension of relational dialectics theory P Malhotra, K Scharp, L Thomas Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 39 (5), 1256-1276, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
| Contrapuntal analysis LJ Thomas The international encyclopedia of communication research methods, 1-3, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| A child for every family? Characterizations of “adoptable” foster children in online permanency advocacy publications KM Scharp, LJ Thomas Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 37 (7), 2098-2117, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
