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Kenneth Eklund publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Eklund sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 91 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Kenneth Eklund D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Eklund sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenneth Eklund is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a substantial focus on developmental and educational psychology and education.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Education
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Eklund's main topics of research cover:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Cognitive and Developmental Aspects of Mathematical Skills
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • Reading and Writing
  • Dyslexia
  • Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Eklund include:

  • "Long-term effects of the home literacy environment on reading development: Familial risk for dyslexia as a moderator" (2021) in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • "The Youth Compass -the effectiveness of an online acceptance and commitment therapy program to promote adolescent mental health: A randomized controlled trial" (2021) in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • "Unveiling the Mysteries of Dyslexia-Lessons Learned from the Prospective Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Dyslexia" (2021) in Brain Sciences
  • "The dynamics of motivation, emotion, and task performance in simulated achievement situations" (2020) in Learning and Individual Differences
  • "Learning Disabilities Elevate Children's Risk for Behavioral-Emotional Problems: Differences Between LD Types, Genders, and Contexts" (2021) in Journal of Learning Disabilities

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Minna Torppa
  • Timo Ahonen
  • Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
  • Tuija Aro
  • Noona Kiuru

Best Publications

  • Very early phonological and language skills: estimating individual risk of reading disability

    Anne Puolakanaho;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund

  • Language Development, Literacy Skills, and Predictive Connections to Reading in Finnish Children With and Without Familial Risk for Dyslexia

    Minna Torppa;Paula Lyytinen;Jane Erskine;Kenneth Eklund

  • The development of children at familial risk for dyslexia: birth to early school age.

    Heikki Lyytinen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund;Jane Erskine

  • Brain event-related potentials (ERPs) measured at birth predict later language development in children with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Tomi K. Guttorm;Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Anna-Maija Poikkeus;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • Developmental pathways of children with and without familial risk for dyslexia during the first years of life.

    Heikki Lyytinen;Timo Ahonen;Kenneth Eklund;Tomi K. Guttorm

  • Brain responses to changes in speech sound durations differ between infants with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Ulla Richardson;Elina Pihko;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • Predicting delayed letter knowledge development and its relation to grade 1 reading achievement among children with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Minna Torppa;Anna-Maija Poikkeus;Marja-Leena Laakso;Kenneth Eklund

  • Cortical responses of infants with and without a genetic risk for dyslexia: I. Age effects.

    Elina Pihko;Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Kenneth M. Eklund;Marie Cheour

  • Reading development subtypes and their early characteristics

    Minna Torppa;Asko Tolvanen;Anna-Maija Poikkeus;Kenneth Eklund

  • Counting and RAN: Predictors of Arithmetic Calculation and Reading Fluency.

    Tuire Koponen;Paula Salmi;Kenneth Eklund;Tuija Aro

  • Language development and literacy skills in late-talking toddlers with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Paula Lyytinen;Kenneth Eklund;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Newborn brain event-related potentials revealing atypical processing of sound frequency and the subsequent association with later literacy skills in children with familial dyslexia

    Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Jarmo A. Hämäläinen;Hanne K. Salminen;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • Early development of children at familial risk for dyslexia--follow-up from birth to school age.

    H. Lyytinen;T. Ahonen;K. Eklund;T. Guttorm

  • Developmental Links of Very Early Phonological and Language Skills to Second Grade Reading Outcomes: Strong to Accuracy but Only Minor to Fluency

    Anne Puolakanaho;Timo Ahonen;Mikko Aro;Kenneth Eklund

  • Language development and symbolic play in children with and without familial risk for dyslexia.

    Paula Lyytinen;Anna-Maija Poikkeus;Marja-Leena Laakso;Kenneth Eklund

  • Newborn Event-Related Potentials Predict Poorer Pre-Reading Skills in Children at Risk for Dyslexia

    Tomi K. Guttorm;Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Jarmo A. Hämäläinen;Kenneth M. Eklund

  • Event‐related brain potentials to change in rapidly presented acoustic stimuli in newborns

    Paavo H. T. Leppänen;Kenneth M. Eklund;Heikki Lyytinen

  • Maturational effects on newborn ERPs measured in the mismatch negativity paradigm.

    Paavo H.T. Leppänen;Tomi K. Guttorm;Elina Pihko;Sanna Takkinen

  • Counting and rapid naming predict the fluency of arithmetic and reading skills

    Tuire Koponen;Paula Salmi;Minna Torppa;Kenneth Eklund

  • Literacy skill development of children with familial risk for dyslexia through grades 2, 3, and 8

    Kenneth Eklund;Minna Torppa;Mikko Aro;Paavo H. T. Leppänen

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Lyytinen
Heikki Lyytinen University of Jyväskylä
Timo Ahonen
Timo Ahonen University of Jyväskylä
Anna-Maija Poikkeus
Anna-Maija Poikkeus University of Jyväskylä
Paavo H.T. Leppänen
Paavo H.T. Leppänen University of Jyväskylä
Mikko Aro
Mikko Aro University of Jyväskylä
Asko Tolvanen
Asko Tolvanen University of Jyväskylä
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen University of Jyväskylä
Jarmo A. Hämäläinen
Jarmo A. Hämäläinen University of Jyväskylä
Noona Kiuru
Noona Kiuru University of Jyväskylä
Jari-Erik Nurmi
Jari-Erik Nurmi University of Jyväskylä

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