| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A systematic review of the impact of the use of social networking sites on body image and disordered eating outcomes | Body Image | 2016 | 743 |
| 2 | The Body Appreciation Scale: Development and psychometric evaluation | Body Image | 2005 | 692 |
| 3 | Body image across the adult life span: stability and change | Body Image | 2004 | 685 |
| 4 | The Body Appreciation Scale-2: Item refinement and psychometric evaluation | Body Image | 2015 | 675 |
| 5 | What is and what is not positive body image? Conceptual foundations and construct definition | Body Image | 2015 | 660 |
| 6 | Body image: past, present, and future | Body Image | 2004 | 568 |
| 7 | An evaluation of the Tripartite Influence Model of body dissatisfaction and eating disturbance with adolescent girls | Body Image | 2004 | 547 |
| 8 | “Exercise to be fit, not skinny”: The effect of fitspiration imagery on women's body image | Body Image | 2015 | 453 |
| 9 | Obesity and body image | Body Image | 2004 | 448 |
| 10 | Body image and disfigurement: issues and interventions | Body Image | 2004 | 424 |
| 11 | Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood | Body Image | 2015 | 417 |
| 12 | “But I Like My Body”: Positive body image characteristics and a holistic model for young-adult women | Body Image | 2010 | 411 |
| 13 | Body image in children and adolescents: where do we go from here? | Body Image | 2004 | 400 |
| 14 | Body dissatisfaction from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study | Body Image | 2013 | 371 |
| 15 | Does body satisfaction differ between gay men and lesbian women and heterosexual men and women? | Body Image | 2004 | 335 |
| 16 | Appearance-related teasing, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating: A meta-analysis | Body Image | 2010 | 327 |
| 17 | Attractive celebrity and peer images on Instagram: Effect on women's mood and body image | Body Image | 2016 | 318 |
| 18 | Negative comparisons about one's appearance mediate the relationship between Facebook usage and body image concerns | Body Image | 2015 | 313 |
| 19 | Refinement of the tripartite influence model for men: Dual body image pathways to body change behaviors | Body Image | 2011 | 294 |
| 20 | Measuring internalized weight attitudes across body weight categories: Validation of the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale | Body Image | 2014 | 291 |
| 21 | Advances in a cognitive behavioural model of body dysmorphic disorder | Body Image | 2004 | 289 |
| 22 | Acceptance of cosmetic surgery: Scale development and validation | Body Image | 2005 | 287 |
| 23 | The (mis)measurement of body image: ten strategies to improve assessment for applied and research purposes | Body Image | 2004 | 283 |
| 24 | The tripartite influence model of body image and eating disturbance: A replication with adolescent girls | Body Image | 2006 | 280 |
| 25 | Idealized media images and adolescent body image: “comparing” boys and girls | Body Image | 2004 | 271 |
| 26 | The impact of appearance comparisons made through social media, traditional media, and in person in women’s everyday lives | Body Image | 2017 | 271 |
| 27 | Measuring “negative body image”: validation of the Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire in a nonclinical population | Body Image | 2004 | 269 |
| 28 | Development and psychometric evaluation of the Male Body Attitudes Scale (MBAS) | Body Image | 2005 | 266 |
| 29 | Muscularity concerns among men: development of attitudinal and perceptual measures | Body Image | 2004 | 263 |
| 30 | Body dissatisfaction and adolescent self-esteem: Prospective findings | Body Image | 2005 | 256 |
| 31 | Body dysmorphic disorder in different settings: A systematic review and estimated weighted prevalence | Body Image | 2016 | 244 |
| 32 | Clinical features of muscle dysmorphia among males with body dysmorphic disorder | Body Image | 2005 | 241 |
| 33 | The relationship between Facebook and Instagram appearance-focused activities and body image concerns in young women | Body Image | 2017 | 239 |
| 34 | Comparing to perfection: How cultural norms for appearance affect social comparisons and self-image | Body Image | 2006 | 230 |
| 35 | Translation and validation of body image instruments: Challenges, good practice guidelines, and reporting recommendations for test adaptation | Body Image | 2019 | 228 |
| 36 | Women's exposure to thin-and-beautiful media images: body image effects of media-ideal internalization and impact-reduction interventions | Body Image | 2005 | 227 |
| 37 | Multidimensional body image comparisons among patients with eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and clinical controls: A multisite study | Body Image | 2009 | 224 |
| 38 | Self-compassion, body image, and disordered eating: A review of the literature | Body Image | 2016 | 224 |
| 39 | Athletic-ideal and thin-ideal internalization as prospective predictors of body dissatisfaction, dieting, and compulsive exercise | Body Image | 2010 | 222 |
| 40 | Body dissatisfaction and body comparison with media images in males and females | Body Image | 2007 | 210 |
| 41 | Meta-analytic moderators of experimental exposure to media portrayals of women on female appearance satisfaction: Social comparisons as automatic processes | Body Image | 2009 | 209 |
| 42 | Expand Your Horizon: A programme that improves body image and reduces self-objectification by training women to focus on body functionality | Body Image | 2015 | 208 |
| 43 | The Functionality Appreciation Scale (FAS): Development and psychometric evaluation in U.S. community women and men | Body Image | 2017 | 208 |
| 44 | Associations between positive body image and indicators of men's and women's mental and physical health | Body Image | 2015 | 207 |
| 45 | Body image and cosmetic medical treatments | Body Image | 2004 | 206 |
| 46 | Body appreciation in adult women: Relationships with age and body satisfaction | Body Image | 2013 | 202 |
| 47 | Bones, body parts, and sex appeal: An analysis of #thinspiration images on popular social media | Body Image | 2015 | 202 |
| 48 | An exploration of the tripartite influence model of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating among Australian and French college women | Body Image | 2011 | 201 |
| 49 | Upward and downward physical appearance comparisons: Development of scales and examination of predictive qualities | Body Image | 2009 | 200 |
| 50 | Impacts of exposure to images of ideal bodies on male body dissatisfaction: A review | Body Image | 2008 | 199 |
