| Conceptualizing stigma BG Link, JC Phelan Annual review of Sociology 27 (1), 363-385, 2001 | 7575 | 2001 |
| Social conditions as fundamental causes of disease BG Link, J Phelan Journal of health and social behavior, 80-94, 1995 | 4718 | 1995 |
| A modified labeling theory approach to mental disorders: An empirical assessment BG Link, FT Cullen, E Struening, PE Shrout, BP Dohrenwend American sociological review, 400-423, 1989 | 2057 | 1989 |
| Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance. BG Link, JC Phelan, M Bresnahan, A Stueve, BA Pescosolido American journal of public health 89 (9), 1328-1333, 1999 | 2024 | 1999 |
| Understanding labeling effects in the area of mental disorders: An assessment of the effects of expectations of rejection BG Link American sociological review, 96-112, 1987 | 1674 | 1987 |
| The measurement of social class in epidemiology P Liberatos, BG Link, JL Kelsey Epidemiologic reviews 10 (1), 87-121, 1988 | 1590 | 1988 |
| On stigma and its consequences: evidence from a longitudinal study of men with dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance abuse BG Link, EL Struening, M Rahav, JC Phelan, L Nuttbrock Journal of health and social behavior 38, 177-190, 1997 | 1453 | 1997 |
| Stigma as a barrier to recovery: The consequences of stigma for the self-esteem of people with mental illnesses BG Link, EL Struening, S Neese-Todd, S Asmussen, JC Phelan Psychiatric services 52 (12), 1621-1626, 2001 | 1382 | 2001 |
| Socioeconomic status and psychiatric disorders: the causation-selection issue BP Dohrenwend, I Levav, PE Shrout, S Schwartz, G Naveh, BG Link, ... Science 255 (5047), 946-952, 1992 | 1352 | 1992 |
| Stigma and its public health implications BG Link, JC Phelan The Lancet 367 (9509), 528-529, 2006 | 1308 | 2006 |
| The social rejection of former mental patients: Understanding why labels matter BG Link, FT Cullen, J Frank, JF Wozniak American journal of Sociology 92 (6), 1461-1500, 1987 | 1276 | 1987 |
| Measuring mental illness stigma BG Link, LH Yang, JC Phelan, PY Collins Schizophrenia bulletin 30 (3), 511-541, 2004 | 1232 | 2004 |
| Social conditions as fundamental causes of health inequalities: theory, evidence, and policy implications JC Phelan, BG Link, P Tehranifar Journal of health and social behavior 51 (1_suppl), S28-S40, 2010 | 1224 | 2010 |
| Stigma as a fundamental cause of population health inequalities ML Hatzenbuehler, JC Phelan, BG Link American journal of public health 103 (5), 813-821, 2013 | 1080 | 2013 |
| “A disease like any other”? A decade of change in public reactions to schizophrenia, depression, and alcohol dependence BA Pescosolido, JK Martin, JS Long, TR Medina, JC Phelan, BG Link American Journal of Psychiatry 167 (11), 1321-1330, 2010 | 993 | 2010 |
| Culture and stigma: Adding moral experience to stigma theory LH Yang, A Kleinman, BG Link, JC Phelan, S Lee, B Good Social science & medicine 64 (7), 1524-1535, 2007 | 917 | 2007 |
| Public conceptions of mental illness in 1950 and 1996: What is mental illness and is it to be feared? JC Phelan, BG Link, A Stueve, BA Pescosolido Journal of Health and Social behavior, 188-207, 2000 | 801 | 2000 |
| “Fundamental causes” of social inequalities in mortality: a test of the theory JC Phelan, BG Link, A Diez-Roux, I Kawachi, B Levin Journal of health and social behavior 45 (3), 265-285, 2004 | 755 | 2004 |
| Multiple-family groups and psychoeducation in the treatment of schizophrenia WR McFarlane, E Lukens, B Link, R Dushay, SA Deakins, M Newmark, ... Archives of General Psychiatry 52 (8), 679-687, 1995 | 746 | 1995 |
| The violent and illegal behavior of mental patients reconsidered BG Link, H Andrews, FT Cullen American Sociological Review, 275-292, 1992 | 698 | 1992 |