2026 Julia A. Graber: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	41	7786	7266	4181	3802	89	9473

Overview

Julia A. Graber is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans the intersecting domains of social sciences and medicine, with contributions that encompass gender studies, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, education, and reproductive medicine.

Their work addresses a variety of main research topics including gender roles and identity studies, youth education and societal dynamics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, and aspects of blood groups and transfusion as well as erythrocyte function and pathophysiology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sarah D. Lynne-Landsman, with whom they have coauthored five papers, and others such as Harmony R. Gibaldi, Gloria Grady, Roberto L. Abreu, and Bianca S. Wilhelm.

Julia A. Graber has published in various scholarly venues including:

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Transfusion
Food & Nutrition Journal
PsycEXTRA Dataset

Selected recent papers demonstrate the range of their research interests:

"Binaries do not exist!" measuring gender identity among diverse rural middle-school youth. (2021, Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity)
Investigating College Student Mental Health Needs and Barriers Using Natural Language Processing. (2024, UF Journal of Undergraduate Research)
Reduced RhD antigen expression caused by two novel RHD variant alleles. (2020, Transfusion)
Political Ideology Affects College Student Eating Habits. (2023, Food & Nutrition Journal)
LGBTQ students' experiences of mental health support and resources at a large University in the U.S. (2023, PsycEXTRA Dataset)

Best Publications

IS PSYCHOPATHOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIMING OF PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT

J. A. Graber;P. M. Lewinsohn;J. R. Seeley;J. Brooks-Gunn

824
Citations
Is Pubertal Timing Associated With Psychopathology in Young Adulthood

Julia A. Graber;John R. Seeley;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Peter M. Lewinsohn

558
Citations
Transitions through adolescence : interpersonal domains and context

Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Anne C. Petersen

538
Citations
Prediction of eating problems: An 8-year study of adolescent girls.

Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Roberta L. Paikoff;Michelle P. Warren

509
Citations
Transitions and turning points: Navigating the passage from childhood through adolescence.

Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

460
Citations
Pubertal timing and the development of psychopathology in adolescence and beyond.

Julia A. Graber

394
Citations
School Transitions and Adjustment During Early Adolescence

Lisa J. Crockett;Anne C. Petersen;Julia A. Graber;John E. Schulenberg

361
Citations
A prospective study of familial and social influences on girls' body image and dieting

Lorissa Byely;Andrea Bastiani Archibald;Julia Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

318
Citations
Development’s Tortoise and Hare: Pubertal Timing, Pubertal Tempo, and Depressive Symptoms in Boys and Girls

Jane Mendle;K. Paige Harden;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Julia A. Graber

317
Citations
The Antecedents of Menarcheal Age: Heredity, Family Environment, and Stressful Life Events

Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Michelle P. Warren

315
Citations
Internalizing problems during adolescence.

Julia A. Graber;Lisa M. Sontag

294
Citations
Prospective predictors of the onset of anorexic and bulimic syndromes

Audrey R. Tyrka;Ingrid Waldron;Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

258
Citations
Girls' recurrent and concurrent body dissatisfaction: correlates and consequences over 8 years.

Richard Ohring;Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

252
Citations
Studying Links between Hormones and Negative Affect: Models and Measures.

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Julia A. Graber;Roberta L. Paikoff

249
Citations
The roles of respect for parental authority and parenting practices in parent-child conflict among African American, Latino, and European American families.

Sara Villanueva Dixon;Julia A. Graber;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

236
Citations
Traditional and Cyber Aggressors and Victims: A Comparison of Psychosocial Characteristics

Lisa M. Sontag;Katherine H. Clemans;Julia A. Graber;Sarah T. Lyndon

213
Citations
A Longitudinal Investigation of Adolescents' Changing Perceptions of Pubertal Timing.

Judith Semon Dubas;Julia A. Graber;Anne C. Petersen

185
Citations
Links between Pubertal Timing, Peer Influences, and Externalizing Behaviors among Urban Students Followed Through Middle School

Sarah D. Lynne;Julia A. Graber;Tracy R. Nichols;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

176
Citations
A Life History Theory of Father Absence and Menarche: A Meta-Analysis:

Gregory D. Webster;Julia A. Graber;Amanda N. Gesselman;Benjamin S. Crosier

166
Citations
Coping with perceived peer stress: gender-specific and common pathways to symptoms of psychopathology.

Lisa M. Sontag;Julia A. Graber

164
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University

Gilbert J. Botvin Cornell University

Audrey R. Tyrka Brown University

Anne C. Petersen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

John R. Seeley University of Oregon

Judith Semon Dubas Utrecht University

Peter M. Lewinsohn Oregon Research Institute

K. Paige Harden The University of Texas at Austin

James A. Shepperd University of Florida

Tama Leventhal Tufts University

External Links

Personal website of Julia A. Graber

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