| Reconstructing Rwanda: How Rwandan reporters use constructive journalism to promote peace K McIntyre, M Sobel Journalism Studies 19 (14), 2126-2147, 2018 | 85 | 2018 |
| Motivating news audiences: Shock them or provide them with solutions? K McIntyre, M Sobel Communication & Society 30 (1), 39, 2017 | 79 | 2017 |
| Framing an emerging issue: How US print and broadcast news media covered sex trafficking, 2008–2012 A Johnston, B Friedman, M Sobel Journal of Human Trafficking 1 (3), 235-254, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Chronicling a crisis: Media framing of human trafficking in India, Thailand, and the USA MR Sobel Asian Journal of Communication 24 (4), 315-332, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| Female genital cutting in the news media: A content analysis M Sobel International Communication Gazette 77 (4), 384-405, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| The state of journalism and press freedom in postgenocide Rwanda M Sobel, K McIntyre Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 96 (2), 558-578, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| How Rwandan journalists use WhatsApp to advance their profession and collaborate for the good of their country K McIntyre, M Sobel Digital Journalism 7 (6), 705-724, 2019 | 22 | 2019 |
| The state of press freedom in Uganda M Sobel, K McIntyre International Journal of Communication 14, 20, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Twitter diplomacy? A content analysis of eight US embassies’ Twitter feeds M Sobel, D Riffe, JB Hester The Journal of Social Media in Society 5 (2), 75-107, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Sex trafficking in Thai media: A content analysis of issue framing M Sobel International journal of communication 10, 22, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Confronting sex trafficking: Gender depictions in newspaper coverage from the former Soviet republics and the Baltic states MR Sobel European Journal of Communication 31 (2), 152-168, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Local-language radio stations in Kenya: Helpful or harmful? M Sobel Cohen, K McIntyre African Journalism Studies 40 (3), 73-88, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| US Linkages in New York Times Coverage of Nigeria, Ethiopia and Botswana (2004-13): Economic and Strategic Bases for News. MR Sobel, D Riffe International Communication Research Journal 50 (1), 2015 | 12 | 2015 |
| Sex trafficking as a news story: Evolving structure and reporting strategies M Sobel, B Friedman, A Johnston Journal of human trafficking 5 (1), 43-59, 2019 | 11 | 2019 |
| News borrowing revisited: A 50-year perspective D Riffe, S Kim, MR Sobel Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 95 (4), 909-929, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| Salary, suppression, and spies: Journalistic challenges in Uganda K McIntyre, MS Cohen Journalism Studies 22 (2), 243-261, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Journalists’ perceptions of human rights reporting in Rwanda M Sobel, K McIntyre African Journalism Studies 39 (3), 85-104, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| The International News Hole: Still Shrinking and Linking? 25 Years of New York Times Foreign News Coverage. M Sobel, S Kim, D Riffe International Communication Research Journal 52 (2), 2017 | 8 | 2017 |
| The World at War: Three and a Half Decades of New York Times Conflict Coverage MR Sobel, S Kim, D Riffe Media, War & Conflict 13 (2), 170-187, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Newspapers use unnamed sources less often in high-stakes coverage MR Sobel, D Riffe Newspaper Research Journal 37 (3), 299-311, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
