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Karl G. Jöreskog

Karl G. Jöreskog

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Mathematics
Sweden
2026

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Mathematics

D-Index
50
Citations
41812
World Ranking
1042
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mathematics in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2007 - APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1974 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Karl G. Jöreskog is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Psychology. The subfields related to their research include Genetics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research addresses several main topics. These include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Cognitive Abilities and Testing, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Jöreskog has published research primarily in the journal Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal. This venue accounts for their most frequent publications.

  • Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal

Recent peer-reviewed papers by Jöreskog include:

  • Classical Models for Twin Data, 2020, Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Classical Models for Twin Data: The Case of Categorical Data, 2021, Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal

Throughout their career, Jöreskog has received professional recognitions such as the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2007. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1974.

Best Publications

  • Lisrel 8: Structural Equation Modeling With the Simplis Command Language

    Karl G. Jöreskog;Dag Sörbom

  • A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis

    K. G. Jöreskog

  • Simultaneous factor analysis in several populations

    Karl G. Joreskog

  • Intraclass Reliability Estimates: Testing Structural Assumptions

    C.E. Werts;R.L. Linn;K.G. Jöreskog

  • Estimation of a Model with Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes of a Single Latent Variable

    K. G. Jöreskog;Arthur Stanley Goldberger

  • Statistical analysis of sets of congeneric tests

    K. G. Jo̎reskog

  • A general method for analysis of covariance structures

    K. G. Jöreskog

  • A GENERAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A LINEAR STRUCTURAL EQUATION SYSTEM

    Karl G. Jöreskog

  • Structural analysis of covariance and correlation matrices

    Karl G. Jöreskog

  • Advances in factor analysis and structural equation models

    K. G. Jöreskog;Dag Sörbom;Jay Magidson

  • Some contributions to maximum likelihood factor analysis

    K. G. Jöreskog

  • Recent Developments in Structural Equation Modeling

    Karl G. Jöreskog;Dag Sörbom

  • LISREL 8: New Statistical Features

    K.G. Jöreskog;D. Sörbom;S. du Toit;M. du Toit

  • Systems under indirect observation : causality, structure, prediction

    K. G. Jöreskog;Herman O. A. Wold

  • Analysis of linear structural relationships by maximum likelihood and least squares methods

    K. G. Jöreskog;Dag Sörbom

  • New developments in LISREL: : Analysis of ordinal variables using polychoric correlations and weighted least squares

    Karl G. Jöreskog

  • The Sensitivity of Confirmatory Maximum Likelihood Factor Analysis to Violations of Measurement Scale and Distributional Assumptions

    Emin Babakus;Carl E. Ferguson;Karl G. Jöreskog

  • Factor Analysis of Ordinal Variables: A Comparison of Three Approaches.

    Karl G. Jöreskog;Irini Moustaki

  • ON THE ESTIMATION OF POLYCHORIC CORRELATIONS AND THEIR ASYMPTOTIC COVARIANCE MATRIX

    Karl G. Jöreskog

  • Analyzing psychological data by structural analysis of covariance matrices

    K. G. Jöreskog

  • Advances in Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Models

    Richard P. Bagozzi;Karl G. Joreskog;Dag Sorbom;Jay Magidson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert L. Linn
Robert L. Linn University of Colorado Boulder
Peter M. Bentler
Peter M. Bentler University of California, Los Angeles
Donald A. Rock
Donald A. Rock Princeton University
Lon R. Cardon
Lon R. Cardon The Jackson Laboratory
Kenneth A. Bollen
Kenneth A. Bollen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allen W. Archer
Allen W. Archer Kansas State University
David W. Fulker
David W. Fulker University of Colorado Boulder
Richard P. Bagozzi
Richard P. Bagozzi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fred B. Bryant
Fred B. Bryant Loyola University Chicago
Ian T. Jolliffe
Ian T. Jolliffe University of Exeter

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