| Aliens, ghosts, and cults B Ellis Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2003 | 281 | 2003 |
| Raising the devil: Satanism, new religions, and the media B Ellis University Press of Kentucky, 2014 | 233 | 2014 |
| Raising the devil: Satanism, new religions, and the media B Ellis University Press of Kentucky, 2014 | 233 | 2014 |
| The global grapevine: Why rumors of terrorism, immigration, and trade matter GA Fine, B Ellis Oxford University Press, 2013 | 173 | 2013 |
| The global grapevine: Why rumors of terrorism, immigration, and trade matter GA Fine, B Ellis Oxford University Press, 2013 | 173 | 2013 |
| Death by folklore: ostension, contemporary legend, and murder B Ellis Western folklore 48 (3), 201-220, 1989 | 153 | 1989 |
| Lucifer ascending: The occult in folklore and popular culture B Ellis University Press of Kentucky, 2014 | 128 | 2014 |
| Lucifer ascending: The occult in folklore and popular culture B Ellis University Press of Kentucky, 2014 | 128 | 2014 |
| Making a big apple crumble: The role of humor in constructing a global response to disaster B Ellis New Directions in Folklore 6, 2002 | 114 | 2002 |
| The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia A Matthews, L Ruykys, B Ellis, S FitzGibbon, D Lunney, MS Crowther, ... Australian Mammalogy 35 (1), 65-83, 2013 | 99 | 2013 |
| A model for collecting and interpreting World Trade Center disaster jokes B Ellis New Directions in Folklore 5, 2001 | 97 | 2001 |
| De legendis urbis: Modern legends in ancient Rome B Ellis The Journal of American Folklore 96 (380), 200-208, 1983 | 79 | 1983 |
| Legend-Trips and Satanism: Adolescents' Ostensive Traditions as “Cult” Activity B Ellis Contemporary Legend, 167-186, 2013 | 63 | 2013 |
| The camp mock-ordeal theater as life B Ellis The Journal of American Folklore 94 (374), 486-505, 1981 | 56 | 1981 |
| The devil-worshippers at the prom: Rumor-panic as therapeutic magic B Ellis Western Folklore 49 (1), 27-49, 1990 | 45 | 1990 |
| Legend A Ellis Attack Records, 2009 | 43 | 2009 |
| Why are verbatim texts of legends necessary B Ellis Perspectives on contemporary legend 2, 31-60, 1987 | 42 | 1987 |
| “The Hook” Reconsidered: Problems in Classifying and Interpreting Adolescent Horror Legends B Ellis Folklore 105 (1-2), 61-75, 1994 | 40 | 1994 |
| The last thing... said: The Challenger disaster jokes and closure B Ellis International Folklore Review 8, 110-124, 1991 | 32 | 1991 |
| “Safe” Spooks: New Halloween Traditions in Response to Sadism Legends B Ellis Halloween and other festivals of death and life, 24-44, 1994 | 30 | 1994 |
