2026 Cynthia M. Bulik: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	141	231	217	144	135	888	71836
Psychology	143	102	89	60	51	854	73695

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Cynthia M. Bulik is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology, public health, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, and physiology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Diet and metabolism studies

Cynthia M. Bulik has contributed to multiple recent papers, such as:

Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease, 2020, Nature Genetics
Early impact of COVID-19 on individuals with self-reported eating disorders: A survey of ~1,000 individuals in the United States and the Netherlands, 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders
Identifying typical trajectories in longitudinal data: modelling strategies and interpretations, 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
Binge eating disorder, 2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include Laura M. Thornton, Liselotte Petersen, Nadia Micali, Zeynep Yılmaz, and Paul Lichtenstein.

The scientist regularly publishes in the following venues:

UNC Libraries
International Journal of Eating Disorders
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
European Neuropsychopharmacology
Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

1978
Citations
Childhood sexual abuse and adult psychiatric and substance use disorders in women: an epidemiological and cotwin control analysis

Kenneth S. Kendler;Cynthia M. Bulik;Judy Silberg;John M. Hettema

1838
Citations
Comorbidity of anxiety disorders with anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Walter H Kaye;Cynthia M Bulik;Laura Thornton;Nicole Barbarich

1641
Citations
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

1346
Citations
Risk factors for eating disorders.

Ruth H. Striegel-Moore;Cynthia M. Bulik

1333
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

1144
Citations
Prevalence, Heritability, and Prospective Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa

Cynthia M. Bulik;Patrick F. Sullivan;Federica Tozzi;Helena Furberg

925
Citations
Anorexia nervosa: aetiology, assessment, and treatment

Stephan Zipfel;Katrin E Giel;Katrin E Giel;Cynthia M Bulik;Cynthia M Bulik;Phillipa Hay

916
Citations
A Controlled Family Study of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: Psychiatric Disorders in First-Degree Relatives and Effects of Proband Comorbidity

Lisa R. Lilenfeld;Walter H. Kaye;Catherine G. Greeno;Kathleen R. Merikangas

863
Citations
Perfectionism and eating disorders: current status and future directions.

Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Randy O. Frost;Cynthia M. Bulik

844
Citations
Bulimia nervosa treatment: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Cynthia M. Bulik;Nancy D. Berkman;Kimberly A. Brownley;Jan A. Sedway

841
Citations
Outcomes of eating disorders: a systematic review of the literature.

Nancy D. Berkman;Kathleen N. Lohr;Cynthia M. Bulik

831
Citations
Epidemiology and Course of Anorexia Nervosa in the Community

Anna Keski-Rahkonen;Hans W. Hoek;Ezra S. Susser;Milla S. Linna

741
Citations
Academy for eating disorders position paper: eating disorders are serious mental illnesses.

Kelly L. Klump;Cynthia M. Bulik;Walter H. Kaye;Janet Treasure

656
Citations
Psychiatric genomics: An update and an Agenda

Patrick F. Sullivan;Arpana Agrawal;Cynthia M. Bulik;Ole A. Andreassen

655
Citations
Three psychotherapies for anorexia nervosa: a randomized, controlled trial.

Virginia V.W. McIntosh;Jennifer Jordan;Frances A. Carter;Suzanne E. Luty

647
Citations
Significant Locus and Metabolic Genetic Correlations Revealed in Genome-Wide Association Study of Anorexia Nervosa.

Laramie Duncan;Zeynep Yilmaz;Helena Gaspar;Raymond Walters

592
Citations
Anorexia nervosa and major depression: shared genetic and environmental risk factors.

Tracey D. Wade;Cynthia M. Bulik;Michael Neale;Kenneth S. Kendler

587
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

569
Citations
Twin studies of eating disorders: A review

Cynthia M. Bulik;Patrick F. Sullivan;Tracey D. Wade;Kenneth S. Kendler

543
Citations
Eating disorders and antecedent anxiety disorders: a controlled study

C. M. Bulik;P. F. Sullivan;J. I. Fear;P. R. Joyce

535
Citations
Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

65
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University

Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo

Janet Treasure King's College London

Peter R. Joyce University of Otago

Virginia V.W. McIntosh University of Canterbury

Alessandro Rotondo University of Pisa

Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute

Suzanne E. Mazzeo Virginia Commonwealth University

External Links

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