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Research in Aksaray

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Aksaray, Türkiye. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Aksaray University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.1k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
8.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1957-2026
70 years on the record
Aksaray

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Aksaray?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Aksaray UniversityUniversity 6,089 #2,280

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Aksaray work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Aksaray is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (14%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,258 fractional works · 43.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 544 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEducation: 204 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 144 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 76 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 305 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPhilosophy: 73 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 65 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMuseology: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 189 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 99 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 98 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 83 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 56 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 791 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 266 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 148 fractional works · 5.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 100 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 72 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 505 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 394 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSurgery: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 64 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 337 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 177 fractional works · 6.1% of its workFood Science: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 44 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 97 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAksaray2,891fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences44%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,25843.5%
    1. Social Sciences54418.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities30510.5%
    3. Psychology1896.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting983.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance832.9%
    6. Decision Sciences401.4%
    1. Engineering2669.2%
    2. Environmental Science1485.1%
    3. Computer Science1003.5%
    4. Materials Science722.5%
    5. Mathematics582.0%
    6. Chemistry451.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences391.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy361.3%
    9. Energy240.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.1%
    1. Medicine39413.6%
    2. Health Professions642.2%
    3. Nursing250.9%
    4. Dentistry110.4%
    5. Veterinary100.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1776.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology973.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology270.9%
    4. Neuroscience250.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aksaray strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aksaray is most concentrated in Museology, Religious studies and Philosophy (14.4× the world share in Museology).

  1. MuseologySubfield · 45.3 works14×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 29.4 works6.8×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 66.3 works6.0×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 59.9 works4.4×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 23.3 works4.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 160 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 241 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 134 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 54 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 55 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 332 worksMedicineNursing: 1.81× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.59× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.74× its world share, 277 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 92 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.13× its world share, 167 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 487 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.74×277 works
  2. Veterinary2.59×9 works
  3. Psychology2.13×167 works
  4. Nursing1.81×23 works
  5. Mathematics1.78×54 works
  6. Social Sciences1.50×487 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.48×37 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×78 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.31×160 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×92 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×10 works
  12. Environmental Science1.05×134 works
  13. Chemistry1.03×41 works
  14. Energy0.90×21 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×23 works
  16. Health Professions0.82×55 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.79×32 works
  18. Materials Science0.70×63 works
  19. Medicine0.67×332 works
  20. Engineering0.63×241 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×82 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.57×32 works
  23. Dentistry0.49×6 works
  24. Computer Science0.46×92 works
  25. Neuroscience0.44×18 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.25×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Aksaray?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Professional Development, Student Perceptions, Distance Education, Sufism, Education, Teaching and Learning.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Heritage170▲ 11×14 topics
  2. Education127▲ 2.6×45 topics
  3. Mental Health108▲ 2.6×35 topics
  4. Qualitative Research87▲ 3.5×11 topics
  5. Teacher Training81▲ 4.6×12 topics
  6. Professional Development79▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Meta-Analysis76▲ 4.5×19 topics
  8. Student Perceptions76▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Distance Education74▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Sufism74▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress73▲ 1.54×56 topics
  12. Learning66▲ 7.8×4 topics
  13. Teaching66▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Covid-19 Pandemic63▲ 16×1 topic
  15. Metaphors63▲ 68×1 topic
  16. 21st Century Skills63▲ 7.5×5 topics
  17. Educational Research58▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Content Analysis58▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Language Teaching58▲ 7.5×7 topics
  20. Ottoman Empire56▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Ethnography54▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Culture50▲ 3.3×9 topics
  23. Storytelling47▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Bibliometric Analysis47▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Psychological Functioning47▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Rituals46▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Folklore46▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Turkish Culture46▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Therapy46▲ 8.1×5 topics
  30. Reading Habits45▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Social Systems45▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Curriculum Evaluation45▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Skill Measurement45▲ 83×1 topic
  34. Family Constellations45▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Genetic Processes45▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Divan Poetry42▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Turkish Literature42▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Theology32▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Islamic Studies32▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Religious Language32▲ 53×1 topic

What research is done in Aksaray?

Education Practices and Challenges: 58 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 44 fractional worksEducational Methods and …42Educational Methods and Analysis: 42 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …40Families in Therapy and Culture: 40 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 39 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 28 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies22Historical Turkish Studies: 22 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 21 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 18 fractional worksAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal: 13 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyEducationSocial Psychology6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 58 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 44 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 42 works
  4. 4 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 40 works
  5. 5 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 39 works
  6. 6 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 28 works
  7. 7 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 22 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 21 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 18 works
  10. 10 Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal Water Science and Technology 13 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Aksaray15.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.8% in 2007.

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