James Lock

14.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
272 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

James Lock is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Lock has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 243 papers in Clinical Psychology, 104 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 84 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James Lock's work include Eating Disorders and Behaviors (225 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (98 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (94 papers). James Lock is often cited by papers focused on Eating Disorders and Behaviors (225 papers), Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (98 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (94 papers). James Lock collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. James Lock's co-authors include Daniel Le Grange, W. Stewart Agras, Susan W. Bryson, Jennifer Couturier, Booil Jo, Alison Darcy, Hans Steiner, Rebecka Peebles, Ann Moye and Erin C. Accurso and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

James Lock

264 papers receiving 9.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Family-Based Treatment With Adolescent-Focused Individual Therapy for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Lock United States	54	8.7k	3.7k	2.5k	2.0k	765	272	9.6k
Stephen Touyz Australia	55	9.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.2k 1.1×	881 1.2×	384	10.9k
Ivan Eisler United Kingdom	45	6.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	949 0.5×	738 1.0×	148	6.9k
Susan W. Bryson United States	42	5.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	408 0.5×	80	7.2k
Daniel Le Grange United States	64	14.8k 1.7×	4.9k 1.3×	3.4k 1.4×	3.9k 1.9×	888 1.2×	443	16.0k
Marion P. Olmsted Canada	45	8.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	2.7k 1.3×	792 1.0×	122	10.1k
Anja Hilbert Germany	51	6.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	997 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	565 0.7×	260	8.7k
Kelly L. Klump United States	53	7.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	2.8k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	251	9.1k
Glenn Waller United Kingdom	53	9.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.9×	364	10.7k
Pamela K. Keel United States	68	12.2k 1.4×	1.7k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	3.7k 1.8×	1.0k 1.4×	232	13.6k
Walter Vandereycken Belgium	47	6.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	933 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	813 1.1×	238	6.9k

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Matheson, Brittany E., et al.. (2025). Enhancing Distress Tolerance Skills in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa Through the BALANCE Mobile App: Feasibility and Acceptability Study. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e70278–e70278.

Datta, Nandini, et al.. (2025). Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Indicators of Effectiveness of Family‐Based Treatment for Adolescents With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in a Retrospective Clinical Cohort. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 59(3). 581–587.

Matheson, Brittany E., et al.. (2024). Pilot Case Series Studying a Psychoeducational and Motivational Treatment for Children With Low‐Weight Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 57(11). 2176–2180. 1 indexed citations

Matheson, Brittany E., et al.. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot studying investigating multi‐family parent‐only guided self‐help family‐based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 57(8). 1769–1775. 1 indexed citations

Lock, James, Daniel Le Grange, Cara Bohon, Brittany E. Matheson, & Booil Jo. (2023). Who Responds to an Adaptive Intervention for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa Being Treated With Family-Based Treatment? Outcomes From a Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 63(6). 605–614. 11 indexed citations

Datta, Nandini & James Lock. (2023). Exploration of interoceptive capabilities in avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and anorexia nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders. 11(1). 189–189. 6 indexed citations

Wade, Tracey, Susan M. Byrne, Anthea Fursland, et al.. (2022). Is guided self‐help family‐based treatment for parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa on treatment waitlists feasible? A pilot trial. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 55(6). 832–837. 17 indexed citations

Barbosa, Daniel A. N., Jeffrey Duda, Allan Wang, et al.. (2022). Aberrant impulse control circuitry in obesity. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(8). 3374–3384. 7 indexed citations

Matheson, Brittany E., et al.. (2022). Protocol for a randomized clinical trial for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in low-weight youth. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 124. 107036–107036. 8 indexed citations

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Wade, Tracey & James Lock. (2019). Developing consensus on the definition of remission and recovery for research. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 53(8). 1204–1208. 23 indexed citations

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Lock, James, Helena C. Kraemer, Booil Jo, & Jennifer Couturier. (2018). When meta-analyses get it wrong: response to ‘treatment outcomes for anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials’. Psychological Medicine. 49(4). 697–698. 12 indexed citations

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Sadeh‐Sharvit, Shiri, Rachel Levy‐Shiff, Eitan Gur, et al.. (2015). Child feeding perceptions among mothers with eating disorders. Appetite. 95. 67–73. 19 indexed citations

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Sadeh‐Sharvit, Shiri, Rachel Levy‐Shiff, & James Lock. (2015). Maternal eating disorder history and toddlers’ neurodevelopmental outcomes: A brief report. Eating Disorders. 24(2). 198–205. 6 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison, Kristina K. Hardy, James Lock, Katherine Hill, & Rebecka Peebles. (2013). The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among university men and women at different levels of athleticism. Eating Behaviors. 14(3). 378–381. 31 indexed citations

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Grange, Daniel Le & James Lock. (2011). Eating disorders in children and adolescents: a clinical handbook.. 15 indexed citations

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Grange, Daniel Le, James Lock, W. Stewart Agras, et al.. (2011). Moderators and mediators of remission in family-based treatment and adolescent focused therapy for anorexia nervosa. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 50(2). 85–92. 159 indexed citations

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Darcy, Alison, Angela Celio Doyle, James Lock, et al.. (2011). The eating disorders examination in adolescent males with anorexia nervosa: How does it compare to adolescent females?. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 45(1). 110–114. 88 indexed citations

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Peebles, Rebecka, Kristina K. Hardy, Jenny L. Wilson, & James Lock. (2010). Are Diagnostic Criteria for Eating Disorders Markers of Medical Severity?. PEDIATRICS. 125(5). e1193–e1201. 109 indexed citations

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Couturier, Jennifer, Leanna Isserlin, & James Lock. (2010). Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa: A Dissemination Study. Eating Disorders. 18(3). 199–209. 60 indexed citations

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Grange, Daniel Le & James Lock. (2002). Bulimia nervosa in adolescents : treatment, eating pathology and comorbidity : research article. 5(3). 19–25. 1 indexed citations

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