Whissell, Cynthia (1994) Objective Analysis of Text: I. A Comparison of Adventure and Romance Novels Perceptual and Motor Skills 79:1567-1570 DOI: 10.2466/pms.1994.79.3f.1567 Topic linguistics
Whissell, Cynthia (1996) Mate Selection in Popular Women's Fiction Human Nature 7:427-447 DOI: 10.1007/BF02732902 Topic evolutionary psychology family gender
Whissell, Cynthia (1998) The Formula Behind Women's Romantic Formula Fiction (Statistical survey of 50 Harlequin-Presents novels) Arachne 5.1:89-119 Topic Harlequin Mills & Boon genre definitions