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Marika Tiggemann

Marika Tiggemann

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
121
Citations
45540
World Ranking
537
National Ranking
20

Psychology

D-Index
126
Citations
48535
World Ranking
201
National Ranking
13

Marika Tiggemann 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 Marika Tiggemann sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 390 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marika Tiggemann 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 Marika Tiggemann sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Marika Tiggemann is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, public health, applied psychology, gender studies, and marketing. Their work broadly addresses topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, behavioral health and interventions, obesity, physical activity and diet, consumer behavior, and the impact of technology and media on health.

Their prominent topics of research include:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Media Influence and Health

Frequent collaborators in Tiggemann's research include Eva Kemps, Ivanka Prichard, Sarah Maguire, Stephen Touyz, and Anvi Le.

Tiggemann's research has appeared regularly in several academic venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Body Image
  • Appetite
  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating Behaviors
  • Public Health Nutrition

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tiggemann cover a range of concerns relating to body image, eating disorders, and social media influences. These include:

  • "Uploading your best self: Selfie editing and body dissatisfaction" (2020), published in Body Image
  • "The effect of Instagram #fitspiration images on young women's mood, body image, and exercise behaviour" (2020), published in Body Image
  • "Social media and body image: Recent trends and future directions" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature" (2022), published in Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review" (2023), published in Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • A systematic review of the impact of the use of social networking sites on body image and disordered eating outcomes

    Grace Holland;Marika Tiggemann

  • Body image across the adult life span: stability and change.

    Marika Tiggemann

  • Body image across the life span in adult women: The role of self-objectification.

    Marika Tiggemann;Jessica E. Lynch

  • The Role of Social Comparison in the Effect of Magazine Advertisements on Women's Mood and Body Dissatisfaction

    Marika Tiggemann;Belinda McGill

  • NetGirls: The Internet, Facebook, and body image concern in adolescent girls

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Elise Slater

  • "Exercise to be fit, not skinny": The effect of fitspiration imagery on women's body image.

    Marika Tiggemann;Mia Zaccardo

  • Idealized media images and adolescent body image: "comparing" boys and girls.

    Duane A. Hargreaves;Marika Tiggemann

  • Role of television in adolescent women's body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness

    Marika Tiggemann;Amanda S. Pickering

  • The Effect of Thin Ideal Media Images on Women's Self-Objectification, Mood, and Body Image

    Brit Jaala Harper;Marika Tiggemann

  • Attractive celebrity and peer images on Instagram: Effect on women's mood and body image

    Zoe Brown;Marika Tiggemann

  • Gender differences in leadership style, job stress and mental health in male- and female-dominated industries

    Maria Gardiner;Marika Tiggemann

  • The role of body objectification in disordered eating and depressed mood

    Marika Tiggemann;Julia K. Kuring

  • Gender differences in adolescent sport participation, teasing, self-objectification and body image concerns

    Amy Slater;Marika Tiggemann

  • The contribution of peer and media influences to the development of body satisfaction and self-esteem in young girls: a prospective study

    Hayley Kate Dohnt;Marika Tiggemann

  • ‘Strong is the new skinny’: A content analysis of #fitspiration images on Instagram:

    Marika Tiggemann;Mia Zaccardo

  • Thin ideals in music television: a source of social comparison and body dissatisfaction.

    Marika Tiggemann;Amy Slater

  • Body Image Concerns in Young Girls: The Role of Peers and Media Prior to Adolescence

    Hayley Kate Dohnt;Marika Tiggemann

  • Body dissatisfaction and adolescent self-esteem: Prospective findings

    Marika Tiggemann

  • The Effect of Exercise on Body Satisfaction and Self-Esteem as a Function of Gender and Age.

    Marika Tiggemann;Samantha Williamson

  • Media exposure, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: television and magazines are not the same!

    Marika Tiggemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Kemps
Eva Kemps Flinders University
Anthony H. Winefield
Anthony H. Winefield University of South Australia
Amy Slater
Amy Slater University of the West of England
Helen R. Winefield
Helen R. Winefield University of Adelaide
Ivanka Prichard
Ivanka Prichard Flinders University
Tracey D. Wade
Tracey D. Wade Flinders University
Janet Polivy
Janet Polivy University of Toronto
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Andrew C. Heath
Andrew C. Heath Washington University in St. Louis
C. Peter Herman
C. Peter Herman University of Toronto

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