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Fernando Fernández-Aranda

Fernando Fernández-Aranda

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Psychology
Spain
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
84
Citations
27106
World Ranking
1222
National Ranking
6

Fernando Fernández-Aranda publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernando Fernández-Aranda sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 575 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Fernando Fernández-Aranda D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernando Fernández-Aranda sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Fernando Fernández-Aranda is a researcher affiliated with the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology. Their scholarly work spans several important subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, psychiatry and mental health, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The core topics of Fernández-Aranda's academic output include eating disorders and behaviors, gambling behavior and treatments, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, sexuality, behavior, and technology, obesity, physical activity and diet, the impact of technology on adolescents, and personality disorders and psychopathology.

They have contributed extensively to the following publication venues:

  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Nutrients
  • Journal of Behavioral Addictions
  • Journal of Gambling Studies
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders," 2020, European Eating Disorders Review
  • "Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "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
  • "Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors," 2021, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators of Fernández-Aranda include:

  • Susana Jiménez-Múrcia
  • Roser Granero
  • Isabel Baenas
  • Gemma Mestre-Bach
  • Laura Moragas

Their research often explores the intersections between psychological disorders and behavioral patterns, including gambling and eating-related disorders, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach involving clinical psychology and public health perspectives.

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence studies in transsexualism

    J. Arcelus;J. Arcelus;W.P. Bouman;W. Van Den Noortgate;L. Claes

  • Mirror extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the chromosome 16p11.2 locus

    Sébastien Jacquemont;Alexandre Reymond;Flore Zufferey;Louise Harewood

  • COVID-19 and implications for eating disorders.

    Fernando Fernández‐Aranda;Fernando Fernández‐Aranda;Miquel Casas;Miquel Casas;Laurence Claes;Laurence Claes;Danielle Clark Bryan

  • A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa

    Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud;Gun Peggy Knudsen;Ole Andreas Andreassen;Thomas Espeseth

  • Cohort Profile: Design and methods of the PREDIMED-Plus randomized trial.

    Miguel A Martínez-González;Miguel A Martínez-González;Miguel A Martínez-González;Pilar Buil-Cosiales;Pilar Buil-Cosiales;Dolores Corella;Dolores Corella;Monica Bulló;Monica Bulló

  • Binge eating disorder

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  • Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses

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  • Association of BDNF with anorexia, bulimia and age of onset of weight loss in six European populations

    Marta Ribasés;Mònica Gratacòs;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Laura Bellodi

  • Video games as a complementary therapy tool in mental disorders: PlayMancer, a European multicentre study

    Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Juan J. Santamaría;Katarina Gunnard

  • Executive Functions Profile in Extreme Eating/Weight Conditions: From Anorexia Nervosa to Obesity

    Ana B. Fagundo;Rafael de la Torre;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Zaida Agüera

  • Association of irisin with fat mass, resting energy expenditure, and daily activity in conditions of extreme body mass index.

    María Pardo;Ana B. Crujeiras;María Amil;Zaida Aguera

  • Lifetime obesity in patients with eating disorders: increasing prevalence, clinical and personality correlates.

    Cynthia Villarejo;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Eva Peñas-Lledó

  • [Temperament and Character Inventory Revised (TCI-R). Standardization and normative data in a general population sample].

    Gutiérrez-Zotes Ja;Bayón C;Montserrat C;Valero J

  • Transgender and anxiety: a comparative study between transgender people and the general population

    Walter Pierre Bouman;Laurence Claes;Nicky Brewin;John R. Crawford

  • Impulse control disorders in women with eating disorders.

    Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro;Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro;Laura M. Thornton;Wade H. Berrettini

  • Body Image Dissatisfaction and Eating‐Related Psychopathology in Trans Individuals: A Matched Control Study

    Gemma L. Witcomb;Walter Pierre Bouman;Nicola Brewin;Christina Richards

  • Impulse control disorders in eating disorders: clinical and therapeutic implications

    Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Susana Jiménez-Murcia;Eva M. Álvarez-Moya;Roser Granero

  • Emotion Regulation as a Transdiagnostic Feature Among Eating Disorders: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Approach.

    Núria Mallorquí-Bagué;Núria Mallorquí-Bagué;Cristina Vintró-Alcaraz;Isabel Sánchez;Isabel Sánchez;Nadine Riesco;Nadine Riesco

  • Association of BDNF with restricting anorexia nervosa and minimum body mass index: a family-based association study of eight European populations

    Marta Ribases;Monica Gratacos;Fernando Fernandez-Aranda;Laura Bellodi

  • Inventario del Temperamento y el Carácter-Revisado (TCI-R): baremación y datos normativos en una muestra de población general

    José Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes;C. Bayón;C. Montserrat;J. Valero

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
Roser Granero
Roser Granero Autonomous University of Barcelona
José M. Menchón
José M. Menchón University of Barcelona
Zaida Agüera
Zaida Agüera University of Barcelona
Trevor Steward
Trevor Steward University of Melbourne
Gemma Mestre-Bach
Gemma Mestre-Bach Universidad Internacional De La Rioja
Mónica Gómez-Peña
Mónica Gómez-Peña Bellvitge University Hospital
Janet Treasure
Janet Treasure King's College London
Isabel Krug
Isabel Krug University of Melbourne
Eva Penelo
Eva Penelo Autonomous University of Barcelona

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