| Handbook of survey research PH Rossi, JD Wright, AB Anderson Academic press, 2013 | 2636 | 2013 |
| International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences EC James D. Wright Elsevier, 2015 | 1834* | 2015 |
| The new homelessness revisited BA Lee, KA Tyler, JD Wright Annual review of sociology 36 (1), 501-521, 2010 | 684 | 2010 |
| Under the gun: Weapons, crime, and violence in America JD Wright, PH Rossi, K Daly Transaction Publishers, 1983 | 556 | 1983 |
| The urban homeless: estimating composition and size PH Rossi, JD Wright, GA Fisher, G Willis Science 235 (4794), 1336-1341, 1987 | 512 | 1987 |
| Address unknown: The homeless in America J Wright Routledge, 2017 | 467 | 2017 |
| Work satisfaction and age: Some evidence for the ‘job change’hypothesis JD Wright, RF Hamilton Social forces 56 (4), 1140-1158, 1978 | 461 | 1978 |
| Homelessness and health JD Wright, E Weber | 423 | 1987 |
| Food waste and the food-energy-water nexus: A review of food waste management alternatives KM Kibler, D Reinhart, C Hawkins, AM Motlagh, J Wright Waste management 74, 52-62, 2018 | 395 | 2018 |
| The dissent of the governed: Alienation and democracy in America JD Wright (No Title), 1976 | 361 | 1976 |
| Effects of high school work experience a decade later: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey RV Carr, JD Wright, CJ Brody Sociology of education, 66-81, 1996 | 346 | 1996 |
| Beside the golden door: Policy, politics, and the homeless JD Wright, BA Rubin, JA Devine Transaction Publishers, 1998 | 310 | 1998 |
| In the line of fire: Youths, guns, and violence in urban America JF Sheley, JD Wright Transaction Publishers, 1995 | 285 | 1995 |
| Social class and parental values for children: A partial replication and extension of the Kohn thesis JD Wright, SR Wright American sociological review, 527-537, 1976 | 282 | 1976 |
| The greatest of evils: Urban poverty and the American underclass JA Devine, JD Wright Transaction Publishers, 1993 | 252 | 1993 |
| After the clean-up: Long range effects of natural disasters JD Wright (No Title), 1979 | 250 | 1979 |
| Natural hazards and public choice: The state and local politics of hazard mitigation PH Rossi, JD Wright, E Weber-Burdin Elsevier, 2013 | 242 | 2013 |
| Evaluation research: An assessment PH Rossi, JD Wright Annual review of Sociology, 331-352, 1984 | 239 | 1984 |
| Attitudes toward gay marriage in states undergoing marriage law transformation SM Brumbaugh, LA Sanchez, SL Nock, JD Wright Journal of Marriage and Family 70 (2), 345-359, 2008 | 238 | 2008 |
| Are working women really more satisfied? Evidence from several national surveys JD Wright Journal of Marriage and the Family, 301-313, 1978 | 237 | 1978 |
