| Religious pluralism and participation: Why previous research is wrong D Voas, DVA Olson, A Crockett American Sociological Review 67 (2), 212-230, 2002 | 458 | 2002 |
| Religions resources and church growth LR Iannaccone, DVA Olson, R Stark Social forces 74 (2), 705-731, 1995 | 256 | 1995 |
| Religious pluralism and US church membership: A reassessment DVA Olson Sociology of Religion 60 (2), 149-173, 1999 | 155 | 1999 |
| The secularization debate WH Swatos, DVA Olson Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 | 146 | 2000 |
| Church friendships: Boon or barrier to church growth? DVA Olson Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 432-447, 1989 | 136 | 1989 |
| Religious market share and intensity of church involvement in five denominations P Perl, DVA Olson Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39 (1), 12-31, 2000 | 123 | 2000 |
| Religiously based politics: Religious elites and the public DVA Olson, JW Carroll Social Forces 70 (3), 765-786, 1992 | 113 | 1992 |
| Religious pluralism in contemporary US counties DVA Olson American Sociological Review, 759-761, 1998 | 98 | 1998 |
| Sacred markets, sacred canopies: Essays on religious markets and religious pluralism WS Bainbridge, S Bruce, R Finke, AJ Gill, EM Hamberg, TG Jelen, ... Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003 | 93 | 2003 |
| Variations in strictness and religious commitment within and among five denominations DVA Olson, P Perl Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 40 (4), 757-764, 2001 | 91 | 2001 |
| Evangelical elites' changing responses to homosexuality 1960–2009 JN Thomas, DVA Olson Sociology of religion 73 (3), 239-272, 2012 | 89 | 2012 |
| The role of religion in modern societies D Pollack, DVA Olson Routledge, 2012 | 88 | 2012 |
| Testing the strictness thesis and competing theories of congregational growth JN Thomas, DVA Olson Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 49 (4), 619-639, 2010 | 81 | 2010 |
| Generous congregations, generous givers: congregational contexts that stimulate individual giving DVA Olson, D Caddell Review of Religious Research, 168-180, 1994 | 81 | 1994 |
| Free and cheap riding in strict, conservative churches DVA Olson, P Perl Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 44 (2), 123-142, 2005 | 78 | 2005 |
| Demonic influence: The negative mental health effects of belief in demons F Nie, DVA Olson Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 55 (3), 498-515, 2016 | 64 | 2016 |
| Market share and religious competition: do small market share congregations and their leaders try harder? JP Hill, DVA Olson Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48 (4), 629-649, 2009 | 63 | 2009 |
| Fellowship ties and the transmission of religious identity DVA Olson Beyond establishment: Protestant identity in a post-Protestant age, 32-53, 1993 | 57 | 1993 |
| A friend in creed: Does the religious composition of geographic areas affect the religious composition of a person's close friends? DVA Olson, P Perl Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50 (3), 483-502, 2011 | 53 | 2011 |
| Religious pluralism and affiliation among Canadian counties and cities DVA Olson, CK Hadaway Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 490-508, 1999 | 51 | 1999 |
