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Estonia
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
73
Citations
28897
World Ranking
1928
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2014 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jüri Allik is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, as well as sociology and political science.

The main areas of study associated with Jüri Allik's work include:

  • Psychology

The subfields of study reflected in their publications are:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

The research topics frequently addressed in their work encompass:

  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Some of the more recent papers authored or co-authored by Jüri Allik include:

  • "Perceptions of Aging Across 26 Cultures and Their Culture-Level Associates" (2021), published in Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade)
  • "Factors Predicting the Scientific Wealth of Nations" (2020), published in Cross-Cultural Research
  • "Perception of means, sums, and areas" (2020), published in Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • "The judgment of personality: An overview of current empirical research findings" (2021), published in Personality Science
  • "Intraindividual Variability and Temporal Stability of Mid-Sleep on Free and Workdays" (2020), published in Journal of Biological Rhythms

The venues where Jüri Allik has frequently published include:

  • Attention Perception & Psychophysics
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Personality Science
  • European Journal of Personality
  • Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade)

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with Jüri Allik are:

  • Anu Realo
  • Liisi Ausmees
  • Aire Raidvee
  • Uku Vainik
  • René Mõttus

Jüri Allik was recognized in 2014 as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous Administration of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in 53 Nations: Exploring the Universal and Culture-Specific Features of Global Self-Esteem.

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik

  • Why can't a man be more like a woman? Sex differences in Big Five personality traits across 55 cultures.

    David P. Schmitt;Anu Realo;Martin Voracek;Jüri Allik

  • The Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits Patterns and Profiles of Human Self-Description Across 56 Nations

    David P. Schmitt;Jüri Allik;Robert R. McCrae;Verónica Benet-Martínez

  • Language-specific phoneme representations revealed by electric and magnetic brain responses

    Risto Näätänen;Anne Lehtokoski;Mietta Lennes;Marie Cheour

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Personality and intelligence as predictors of academic achievement : A cross-sectional study from elementary to secondary school

    Kaia Laidra;Helle Pullmann;Jüri Allik

  • The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I

    Viren Swami;David A Frederick;Toivo Aavik;Lidia Alcalay

  • Toward a Geography of Personality Traits: Patterns of Profiles across 36 Cultures

    Jüri Allik;Robert R. McCrae

  • Development of language-specific phoneme representations in the infant brain.

    Marie Cheour;Rita Ceponiene;Anne Lehtokoski;Aavo Luuk

  • Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands

    David P. Schmitt

  • Individualism-Collectivism and Social Capital

    Jüri Allik;Anu Realo

  • National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures

    A. Terracciano;A. M. Abdel-Khalek;N. Ádám;L. Adamovová

  • Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions Are Models of Self and of Other Pancultural Constructs

    David P. Schmitt;Lidia Alcalay;Melissa Allensworth;Jüri Allik

  • The Five-Factor Model of Personality Across Cultures

    Robert R. McCrae;Jüri Allik

  • Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associates.

    Corinna E. Löckenhoff;Filip de Fruyt;Antonio Terracciano;Robert R. Mccrae

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality

    M H M de Moor;P T Costa;A Terracciano;R F Krueger

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

    Marleen H.M. De Moor;Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Karin J.H. Verweij;Karin J.H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Age-related differences in emotion recognition ability: a cross-sectional study.

    Aire Mill;Jüri Allik;Anu Realo;Raivo Valk

  • Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

    David P. Schmitt

  • Relations of academic and general self-esteem to school achievement

    Helle Pullmann;Jüri Allik

  • Perceptions of aging across 26 cultures and their culture-level associates

    Corinna Lockenhoff;Filip De Fruyt;Antonio Terracciano;Robert R. McCrae

Frequent Co-Authors

Anu Realo
Anu Realo University of Warwick
René Mõttus
René Mõttus University of Edinburgh
Antonio Terracciano
Antonio Terracciano Florida State University
Robert R. McCrae
Robert R. McCrae Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Andres Metspalu
Andres Metspalu University of Tartu
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Paul T. Costa
Paul T. Costa Duke University
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki

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