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Hunna J. Watson 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 Hunna J. Watson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 135 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hunna J. Watson 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 Hunna J. Watson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hunna J. Watson 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 as a subfield. Additional areas of study include public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, genetics, and psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics covered in Watson's research involve eating disorders and behaviors, impact of technology on adolescents, obesity, physical activity and diet, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, perfectionism, procrastination and anxiety studies, genetic associations and epidemiology, and child nutrition and feeding issues.

Watson has published extensively, with frequent publications appearing in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating Behaviors
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nutrients

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Watson include:

  • 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
  • Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Genetics and neurobiology of eating disorders, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors, 2023, American Journal of Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Watson include:

  • Cynthia M. Bulik
  • Laura M. Thornton
  • Jessica H. Baker
  • Andreas Birgegård
  • Rachael E. Flatt

The topics and research interests indicate a multidisciplinary approach that combines genetic, psychological, and epidemiological perspectives to investigate complex mental health conditions and eating-related behaviors.

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

  • The relationship between perfectionism and psychopathology: a meta-analysis

    Karina Limburg;Karina Limburg;Hunna J. Watson;Martin S. Hagger;Sarah J. Egan

  • The relationship between worry, rumination, and comorbidity: evidence for repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic construct.

    Peter M. McEvoy;Hunna Watson;Edward R. Watkins;Edward R. Watkins;Paula Nathan

  • 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

  • Update on the treatment of anorexia nervosa; review of clinical trials, practice guidelines and emerging interventions

    Hunna Watson;C.M. Bulik

  • Meta‐analysis of randomized, controlled treatment trials for pediatric obsessive‐compulsive disorder

    Hunna J. Watson;Clare S. Rees

  • Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease.

    J Bryois;N G Skene;T F Hansen;T F Hansen;Kogelman Lja.

  • The Intestinal Microbiota in Acute Anorexia Nervosa and During Renourishment: Relationship to Depression, Anxiety, and Eating Disorder Psychopathology

    Susan C. Kleiman;Hunna J. Watson;Emily C. Bulik-Sullivan;Eun Young Huh

  • The effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders: An open trial.

    Susan M. Byrne;Anthea Fursland;Karina L. Allen;Hunna Watson

  • 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.

    Jet D. Termorshuizen;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Laura M. Thornton;Stina Borg

  • The core symptoms of bulimia nervosa, anxiety, and depression: A network analysis.

    Cheri A. Levinson;Stephanie Zerwas;Benjamin Calebs;Kelsie Forbush

  • Prevention of eating disorders: A systematic review of randomized, controlled trials

    Hunna J. Watson;Tara Joyce;Elizabeth French;Vivienne Willan

  • An Overview of Conceptualizations of Eating Disorder Recovery, Recent Findings, and Future Directions.

    Anna M. Bardone-Cone;Rowan A. Hunt;Hunna J. Watson

  • Genetics and neurobiology of eating disorders

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  • The Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI): overview and methods

    Laura M Thornton;Melissa A Munn-Chernoff;Jessica H Baker;Anders Jureus

  • Confirmatory factor analysis of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q)

    Karina L. Allen;Susan M. Byrne;Susan M. Byrne;Amy Lampard;Hunna Watson

  • Binge-eating disorder in the Swedish national registers: Somatic comorbidity

    Laura M. Thornton;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Andreas Jangmo;Elisabeth Welch

  • CBT4BN: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online Chat and Face-to-Face Group Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa.

    Stephanie C. Zerwas;Hunna J. Watson;Sara M. Hofmeier;Michele D. Levine

  • The Reliability and Validity of the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire in Eating Disorder and Community Samples

    Sarah J. Egan;Roz Shafran;Michelle Lee;Christopher G. Fairburn

  • The efficacy of randomised controlled trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ricky Galloway;Hunna Watson;Hunna Watson;Hunna Watson;Danyelle Greene;Roz Shafran

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors

    Niamh Mullins;Jooeun Kang;Adrian I Campos;Adrian I Campos;Jonathan R I Coleman;Jonathan R I Coleman

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sarah J. Egan
Sarah J. Egan Curtin University
Stephan Ripke
Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Patrick F. Sullivan
Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Preben Bo Mortensen
Preben Bo Mortensen Aarhus University
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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