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Researcher · University of Tartu · Estonia

Uku Vainik

Uku Vainik publishes mostly in Clinical Psychology, Genetics and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, on topics such as Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Personality Traits and Psychology and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

ORCID 0000-0002-9375-9520 OpenAlex
World rank
#308,382
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Estonia
#301
of 4,874
Works
159
Citations
2.6k
Citations per work
16.1
h-index
23
i10-index 48Top 15% in Clinical Psychology
Uku Vainik

What does Uku Vainik research?

Uku Vainik's work is mostly in Psychology (41%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Medicine (7%).

Social Sciences: 65 works · 40.7% of their workPsychology: 65 works · 40.7% of their workClinical Psychology: 37 works · 23.2% of their workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 works · 10.7% of their workApplied Psychology: 11 works · 6.8% of their workEverything else: 55 works · 34.6% of their workLife Sciences: 28 works · 17.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 works · 11.0% of their workGenetics: 17 works · 11.0% of their workNeuroscience: 10 works · 6.6% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 works · 6.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 11 works · 7.1% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 7.1% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 works · 7.1% of their workTHEIR WORKUku Vainik159works
Life Sciences18%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences41%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology6540.7%
  2. Everything else5534.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1711.0%
    2. Neuroscience106.6%
    1. Medicine117.1%
  1. 1Clinical Psychology23% of their works
  2. 2Genetics11% of their works
  3. 3Experimental and Cognitive Psychology11% of their works
  4. 4Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health7% of their works
  5. 5Applied Psychology7% of their works
  6. 6Cognitive Neuroscience7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Uku Vainik's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Obesity, Prevalence, Neurobiological Correlates, Personality Traits, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Meta-Analysis and Psychopathology.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Obesity672 topics
  2. Prevalence672 topics
  3. Neurobiological Correlates572 topics
  4. Personality Traits452 topics
  5. Body Image431 topic
  6. Eating Disorders431 topic
  7. Meta-Analysis392 topics
  8. Psychopathology352 topics
  9. Big Five311 topic
  10. Self-Esteem311 topic
  11. Childhood241 topic
  12. Overweight241 topic
  13. Genetic Variation221 topic
  14. Genome-Wide Association221 topic
  15. Mental Disorders211 topic
  16. Network Analysis211 topic
  17. Self-Regulation211 topic
  18. Theory of Planned Behaviour211 topic
  19. Intelligence181 topic
  20. Working Memory181 topic
  21. Borderline Personality Disorder141 topic
  22. DSM-5141 topic

Where does Uku Vainik work?

Uku Vainik's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Tartu, Estonia.

How many publications and citations does Uku Vainik have?

OpenAlex counts 159 works and 2,559 citations for Uku Vainik, an h-index of 23, ranking #308,382 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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