| The rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-wing movements and national politics R McVeigh U of Minnesota Press, 2009 | 508 | 2009 |
| Hate crime reporting as a successful social movement outcome R McVeigh, MR Welch, T Bjarnason American Sociological Review 68 (6), 843-867, 2003 | 252 | 2003 |
| Editors’ comment: A few guidelines for quantitative submissions SA Mustillo, OA Lizardo, RM McVeigh American Sociological Review 83 (6), 1281-1283, 2018 | 213 | 2018 |
| Voting to ban same-sex marriage: Interests, values, and communities R McVeigh, DD Maria-Elena American Sociological Review 74 (6), 891-915, 2009 | 207 | 2009 |
| Corn, Klansmen, and Coolidge: Structure and framing in social movements R McVeigh, DJ Myers, D Sikkink Social Forces 83 (2), 653-690, 2004 | 197 | 2004 |
| Structural incentives for conservative mobilization: Power devaluation and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, 1915–1925 R McVeighn Social Forces 77 (4), 1461-1496, 1999 | 188 | 1999 |
| The politics of losing: Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment R McVeigh, K Estep Columbia University Press, 2019 | 157 | 2019 |
| God, politics, and protest: Religious beliefs and the legitimation of contentious tactics R McVeigh, D Sikkink Social forces 79 (4), 1425-1458, 2001 | 155 | 2001 |
| Structured ignorance and organized racism in the United States R McVeigh Social Forces 82 (3), 895-936, 2004 | 134 | 2004 |
| Who protests in America: An analysis of three political alternatives—Inaction, institutionalized politics, or protest R McVeigh, C Smith Sociological Forum 14, 685-702, 1999 | 128 | 1999 |
| Political polarization as a social movement outcome: 1960s Klan activism and its enduring impact on political realignment in southern counties, 1960 to 2000 R McVeigh, D Cunningham, J Farrell American Sociological Review 79 (6), 1144-1171, 2014 | 118 | 2014 |
| Power Devaluation, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Democratic National Convention of 1924 R McVeigh Sociological Forum 16, 1-30, 2001 | 61 | 2001 |
| Enduring consequences of right-wing extremism: Klan mobilization and homicides in southern counties R McVeigh, D Cunningham Social Forces 90 (3), 843-862, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| Structural influences on activism and crime: Identifying the social structure of discontent R McVeigh American Journal of Sociology 112 (2), 510-566, 2006 | 57 | 2006 |
| Red counties, blue counties, and occupational segregation by sex and race R McVeigh, JM Sobolewski American Journal of Sociology 113 (2), 446-506, 2007 | 51 | 2007 |
| Explaining social movement outcomes: multiorganizational fields and hate crime reporting R McVeigh, C Neblett, S Shafiq Mobilization: An International Quarterly 11 (1), 23-49, 2006 | 50 | 2006 |
| Educational segregation, tea party organizations, and battles over distributive justice R McVeigh, K Beyerlein, B Vann Jr, P Trivedi American Sociological Review 79 (4), 630-652, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Organized racism and the stranger R McVeigh, D Sikkink Sociological Forum 20, 497-522, 2005 | 45 | 2005 |
| Social structure, political institutions, and mobilization potential R McVeigh Social Forces 74 (2), 461-485, 1995 | 30 | 1995 |
| What’s New about the Tea Party Movement? R McVeigh Understanding the tea party movement, 29-48, 2016 | 25 | 2016 |