2026 Ashley N. Gearhardt: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	60	3505	3231	1976	1780	223	16119

Overview

Ashley N. Gearhardt is a researcher affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with significant contributions to clinical psychology and public health-related disciplines.

Their research extensively covers topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, obesity, physical activity, and diet. Additional areas of focus include consumer attitudes and food labeling, the impact of technology on adolescents, child nutrition and feeding issues, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and nutritional studies and diet.

Among recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Gearhardt are:

Is Food Addictive? A Review of the Science (2021), published in Annual Review of Nutrition
Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria (2022), published in Addiction

Gearhardt frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Alison L. Miller, Lindsey Parnarouskis, Jenna R. Cummings, Julie C. Lumeng, and Julia A. Wolfson. These collaborations appear in various publications, contributing to a broad and interdisciplinary approach.

Their research is often published in scientific journals such as Appetite, where they have 22 publications, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity and Nutrients, each with 7 publications. Other frequent venues include the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition with 6 articles and the PsycTESTS Dataset with 5 entries.

Notable papers by other authors related to similar research topics but not authored by Gearhardt include works published in 2021 and 2022 examining the prevalence of food addiction and the role of food insecurity in ultra-processed food consumption.

Best Publications

Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale

Ashley N. Gearhardt;William R. Corbin;Kelly D. Brownell

1597
Citations
Neural Correlates of Food Addiction

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Sonja Yokum;Patrick T. Orr;Eric Stice

827
Citations
Development of the Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0.

Ashley N. Gearhardt;William R. Corbin;Kelly D. Brownell

743
Citations
Which Foods May Be Addictive? The Roles of Processing, Fat Content, and Glycemic Load

Erica M. Schulte;Nicole M. Avena;Ashley N. Gearhardt

678
Citations
An examination of the food addiction construct in obese patients with binge eating disorder

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Marney A. White;Robin M. Masheb;Peter T. Morgan

612
Citations
The Prevalence of Food Addiction as Assessed by the Yale Food Addiction Scale: A Systematic Review

Kirrilly M. Pursey;Peter Stanwell;Ashley N. Gearhardt;Clare E. Collins

611
Citations
Food addiction: an examination of the diagnostic criteria for dependence.

Ashley N. Gearhardt;William R. Corbin;Kelly D. Brownell

453
Citations
Can Food be Addictive? Public Health and Policy Implications

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Carlos M. Grilo;Ralph J. DiLeone;Kelly D. Brownell

442
Citations
The addiction potential of hyperpalatable foods.

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Caroline Davis;Rachel Kuschner;Kelly D. Brownell

389
Citations
Binge eating disorder and food addiction.

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Marney A. White;Marc N. Potenza

337
Citations
Shared and unique mechanisms underlying binge eating disorder and addictive disorders.

Erica M. Schulte;Carlos M. Grilo;Ashley N. Gearhardt

298
Citations
The association of "food addiction" with disordered eating and body mass index.

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Rebecca G. Boswell;Marney A. White

295
Citations
Food addiction in the light of DSM-5.

Adrian Meule;Ashley N. Gearhardt

281
Citations
An examination of food addiction in a racially diverse sample of obese patients with binge eating disorder in primary care settings

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Marney A. White;Robin M. Masheb;Carlos M. Grilo

279
Citations
Development of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale Version 2.0.

Erica M. Schulte;Ashley N. Gearhardt

277
Citations
Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for children.

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Christina A. Roberto;Marissa J. Seamans;William R. Corbin

250
Citations
Food-addiction scale measurement in 2 cohorts of middle-aged and older women

Alan J Flint;Ashley N Gearhardt;William R Corbin;Kelly D Brownell

237
Citations
Five years of the Yale Food Addiction Scale : Taking stock and moving forward

Adrian Meule;Adrian Meule;Ashley N. Gearhardt

204
Citations
Relation of obesity to neural activation in response to food commercials

Ashley N. Gearhardt;Sonja Yokum;Eric Stice;Jennifer L. Harris

190
Citations
Development and validation of the Problematic Media Use Measure: A parent report measure of screen media “addiction” in children.

Sarah E. Domoff;Kristen Harrison;Ashley N. Gearhardt;Douglas A. Gentile

189
Citations
Is Food Addictive? A Review of the Science.

Ashley N Gearhardt;Erica M Schulte

188
Citations
Individual differences in striatum activity to food commercials predict weight gain in adolescents.

Sonja Yokum;Ashley N. Gearhardt;Jennifer L. Harris;Kelly D. Brownell

183
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona

Fernando Fernández-Aranda University of Barcelona

Kelly D. Brownell Duke University

Roser Granero Autonomous University of Barcelona

William R. Corbin Arizona State University

Alison L. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Julie C. Lumeng University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Zaida Agüera University of Barcelona

Trevor Steward University of Melbourne

Gemma Mestre-Bach Universidad Internacional De La Rioja

External Links

Personal website of Ashley N. Gearhardt

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