In 2014, Lipsman and colleagues published a paper in the European Eating Disorders Review examining the top 100 most cited papers in anorexia nervosa research. The analysis was done with the aid of publicly accessible software, and the search terms explicitly focused on papers that dealt predominantly with AN. A list of the 100 most cited publications was created. Of the identified papers, 34 had more than 400 citations, making them classified as citation classics. Dr. David Garner authored 4 of these top 34 citation classics. He authored the two most highly cited papers. The first was: Garner DM, Olmsted MP, Polivy J. Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Int J Eat Disord 1983; 2; 2: 15–34 Meas/Class with 3,046 citations. The second was Garner DM, Garfinkel PE. The Eating Attitudes Test: an index of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa. Psychol Med. 1979 May;9(2):273–279 with 2,295 citations. Dr. Garner has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from York University in Toronto. For more than two decades, he has served as president of the board of directors of the River Centre Foundation. As a psychology researcher, Dr. David M. Garner has led research that focuses on eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa. He also founded the River Centre Clinic in 1996 and lead this facility until it was sold in 2019. Dr. Garner continues to engage in research and writing in the eating disorder field.
