| Family communication patterns: Measuring intrapersonal perceptions of interpersonal relationships LD Ritchie, MA Fitzpatrick Communication research 17 (4), 523-544, 1990 | 851 | 1990 |
| Communication schemata within the family: Multiple perspectives on family interaction MA Fitzpatrick, LD Ritchie Human Communication Research 20 (3), 275-301, 1994 | 649 | 1994 |
| Metaphor LD Ritchie Cambridge university press, 2013 | 369 | 2013 |
| Family communication patterns: An epistemic analysis and conceptual reinterpretation LD Ritchie Communication Research 18 (4), 548-565, 1991 | 337 | 1991 |
| "ARGUMENT IS WAR"-Or is it a Game of Chess? Multiple Meanings in the Analysis of Implicit Metaphors D Ritchie Metaphor and Symbol 18 (2), 125-146, 2003 | 323 | 2003 |
| Frame-shifting in humor and irony D Ritchie Metaphor and Symbol 20 (4), 275-294, 2005 | 207 | 2005 |
| Context and connection in metaphor LD Ritchie Springer, 2006 | 201 | 2006 |
| Benefit or burden? Attraction in cross-sex friendship A Bleske-Rechek, E Somers, C Micke, L Erickson, L Matteson, C Stocco, ... Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 29 (5), 569-596, 2012 | 128 | 2012 |
| Metaphors in conversational context: Toward a connectivity theory of metaphor interpretation D Ritchie Metaphor and symbol 19 (4), 265-287, 2004 | 123 | 2004 |
| Communication theory and the family MA Fitzpatrick, LD Ritchie Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach, 565-589, 1993 | 117 | 1993 |
| X IS A JOURNEY: Embodied Simulation in Metaphor Interpretation LD Ritchie Metaphor and Symbol 23 (3), 174-199, 2008 | 106 | 2008 |
| Shannon - and Weaver: Unravelling the paradox of information. LD Ritchie Communication Research 13 (2), 278-298, 1986 | 99 | 1986 |
| Common ground in metaphor theory: Continuing the conversation D Ritchie Metaphor and Symbol 19 (3), 233-244, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
| Lost in" conceptual space": Metaphors of conceptual integration LD Ritchie Metaphor and symbol 19 (1), 31-50, 2004 | 84 | 2004 |
| Information LD Ritchie Sage Publications, 1991 | 82 | 1991 |
| Categories and similarities: A note on circularity D Ritchie Metaphor and Symbol 18 (1), 49-53, 2003 | 80 | 2003 |
| Television, reading, and reading achievement: a reappraisal. . DF Ritchie, L. David, Price, Vincent, and Roberts Communication Research 14 (3), 292-315, 1987 | 80 | 1987 |
| “Everybody goes down”: Metaphors, stories, and simulations in conversations LD Ritchie Metaphor and Symbol 25 (3), 123-143, 2010 | 77 | 2010 |
| Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes AE Gates, D Ritchie Infobase Publishing, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| Parents' workplace experiences and family communication patterns LD Ritchie Communication Research 24 (2), 175-187, 1997 | 75 | 1997 |
