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144
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79773
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1443
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844

James E. Mitchell publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James E. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 858 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

James E. Mitchell D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James E. Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 144 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

James E. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of North Dakota in the United States. Their research spans medicine and psychology with a particular focus on clinical psychology and surgery. The body of work includes significant contributions to the study of eating disorders, bariatric surgery outcomes, diet and metabolism, obesity-related health practices, suicide and self-harm studies, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in UNC Libraries, followed by Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Obesity, International Journal of Eating Disorders, and Obesity Surgery.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with James E. Mitchell include:

  • Scott J. Crow
  • Ross D. Crosby
  • Katherine A. Halmi
  • Cynthia M. Bulik
  • Allan S. Kaplan

Major recent papers by the scientist and their collaborators include:

  • "Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors" (2021) published in Biological Psychiatry
  • "Anorexia Nervosa" (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors" (2023) published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines update 2023 on the pharmacological treatment of eating disorders" (2023) published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • "Comparing integrative cognitive-affective therapy and guided self-help cognitive-behavioral therapy to treat binge-eating disorder using standard and naturalistic momentary outcome measures: A randomized controlled trial" (2020) published in International Journal of Eating Disorders

The scientist's research covers the following main topics:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

James E. Mitchell's work is concentrated in the subfields of clinical psychology, surgery, physiology, pharmacy, and public health with a particular emphasis on the interaction between psychological and physical health factors in medical contexts.

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

  • Perioperative safety in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery.

    David Reed Flum;Steven H. Belle;Wendy C. King;Abdus S. Wahed

  • Prevalence of smoking among psychiatric outpatients.

    John R. Hughes;Dorothy K. Hatsukami;James E. Mitchell;Lisa A. Dahlgren

  • Binge eating disorder: A multisite field trial of the diagnostic criteria

    Robert L. Spitzer;Michael Devlin;B. Timothy Walsh;Deborah Hasin

  • Binge eating disorder: its further validation in a multisite study.

    Robert L. Spitzer;Susan Z. Yanovski;Thomas Wadden;Rena Wing

  • 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

  • Weight change and health outcomes at 3 years after bariatric surgery among individuals with severe obesity.

    Anita P. Courcoulas;Nicholas J. Christian;Steven H. Belle;Paul D. Berk

  • Bulimia: a report of 34 cases.

    Richard L. Pyle;James E. Mitchell;Elke D. Eckert

  • Increased mortality in bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders

    Scott J. Crow;Carol B. Peterson;Sonja Alsemgeest Swanson;Nancy C. Raymond

  • Perfectionism and eating disorders: current status and future directions.

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

  • Staphylococcus aureus Resistant to Vancomycin—United States, 2002

    Dawn M. Sievert;Matthew L Boulton;G. Stoltman;D Johnson

  • Daily and momentary mood and stress are associated with binge eating and vomiting in bulimia nervosa patients in the natural environment.

    Joshua M. Smyth;Stephen A. Wonderlich;Kristin E. Heron;Martin J. Sliwinski

  • Outcome in bulimia nervosa.

    Pamela K. Keel;James E. Mitchell

  • Characteristics of 275 patients with bulimia

    James E. Mitchell;Dorothy Hatsukami;Elke D. Eckert;Richard L. Pyle

  • Characteristics of 60 adult chronic hair pullers

    Gary A. Christenson;Thomas B. Mackenzie;James E. Mitchell

  • Seven-Year Weight Trajectories and Health Outcomes in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS) Study.

    Anita P. Courcoulas;Wendy C. King;Steven H. Belle;Paul Berk

  • Medical complications of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

    James E Mitchell;Scott Crow

  • Eating disorders and personality: A methodological and empirical review

    Lisa R.R. Lilenfeld;Stephen Wonderlich;Lawrence P. Riso;Ross Crosby

  • 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

  • Long-term outcome of bulimia nervosa

    Pamela K. Keel;James E. Mitchell;Kathryn B. Miller;Traci L. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross D. Crosby
Ross D. Crosby University of North Dakota
Scott J. Crow
Scott J. Crow University of Minnesota
Stephen A. Wonderlich
Stephen A. Wonderlich University of North Dakota
Carol B. Peterson
Carol B. Peterson University of Minnesota
Scott G. Engel
Scott G. Engel University of North Dakota
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Strober
Michael Strober University of California, Los Angeles
Walter H. Kaye
Walter H. Kaye University of California, San Diego
Allan S. Kaplan
Allan S. Kaplan University of Toronto

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