| Nature is scary, disgusting, and uncomfortable RD Bixler, MF Floyd Environment and behavior 29 (4), 443-467, 1997 | 618 | 1997 |
| Environmental socialization: Quantitative tests of the childhood play hypothesis RD Bixler, MF Floyd, WE Hammitt Environment and behavior 34 (6), 795-818, 2002 | 556 | 2002 |
| Place bonding for recreation places: Conceptual and empirical development WE Hammitt, EA Backlund, RD Bixler Leisure studies 25 (1), 17-41, 2006 | 533 | 2006 |
| Experience use history, place bonding and resource substitution of trout anglers during recreation engagements WE Hammitt, EA Backlund, RD Bixler Journal of Leisure Research 36 (3), 356-378, 2004 | 371 | 2004 |
| Going beyond importance-performance analysis to analyze the observance-influence of park impacts. WE Hammitt, RD Bixler, FP Noe Journal of park and Recreation Administration 14 (1), 45-62, 1996 | 354 | 1996 |
| Observed fears and discomforts among urban students on field trips to wildland areas RD Bixler, CL Carlisle, WE Hammltt, MF Floyd The Journal of Environmental Education 26 (1), 24-33, 1994 | 335 | 1994 |
| Analysis of golfer motivations and constraints by experience use history JF Petrick, SJ Backman, R Bixler, WC Norman Journal of Leisure Research 33 (1), 56-70, 2001 | 191 | 2001 |
| An investigation of selected factors' impact on golfer satisfaction and perceived value JF Petrick, SJ Backman, RD Bixler Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 17 (1), 1999 | 175 | 1999 |
| Hands on or hands off? Disgust sensitivity and preference for environmental education activities RD Bixler, MF Floyd The Journal of Environmental Education 30 (3), 4-11, 1999 | 150 | 1999 |
| Childhood play and environmental interests: Panacea or snake oil? CE Vadala, RD Bixler, JJ James The Journal of Environmental Education 39 (1), 3-18, 2007 | 145 | 2007 |
| From play in nature, to recreation then vocation: A developmental model for natural history-oriented environmental professionals JJ James, RD Bixler, CE Vadala Children Youth and Environments 20 (1), 231-256, 2010 | 122 | 2010 |
| Children's role in meaning making through their participation in an environmental education program JJ James, RD Bixler The Journal of Environmental Education 39 (4), 44-59, 2008 | 96 | 2008 |
| Park user perceptions of resource and use impacts under varied situations in three national parks FP Noe, WE Hammitt, RD Bixler Journal of Environmental Management 49 (3), 323-336, 1997 | 73 | 1997 |
| Beautiful bugs, bothersome bugs, and FUN bugs: Examining human interactions with insects and other arthropods NJ Shipley, RD Bixler Anthrozoös 30 (3), 357-372, 2017 | 68 | 2017 |
| Environmental socialization incidents with implications for the expanded role of interpretive naturalists in providing natural history experiences RD Bixler, JJ James, CE Vadala Journal of Interpretation Research 16 (1), 35-64, 2011 | 39 | 2011 |
| Socialization influences on adult zoo visitation C Metroparks Journal of Applied Recreation Research 23 (1), 43-62, 1998 | 36 | 1998 |
| Exploring factors that contribute to relationship building in a community center C Colistra, R Bixler, D Schmalz Journal of Leisure Research 50 (1), 1-17, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Factors differentiating water-based wildland recreationists from nonparticipants: Implications for recreation activity instruction RD Bixler, B Morris Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 18 (2), 2000 | 25 | 2000 |
| The role of" outdoor capital" in the socialization of wildland recreationists RD Bixler, C Metroparks, F Parkway, B Morris Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium: April 6 …, 1988 | 25 | 1988 |
| Effect of race, environmental preference and negative affect on recreation preferences MF Floyd, CW Outley, RD Bixler, WE Hammitt national recreation and park association symposium on leisure research 88, 1995 | 23 | 1995 |
