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Research in Ankara

Science Explorer records 92 research institutions in Ankara, Türkiye. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Gazi University, Ankara University and Hacettepe University.

Research institutions
92
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
268k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
13.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Ankara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hacettepe UniversityUniversity 44,435 #1,090
2Ankara UniversityUniversity 38,626 #1,069
3Gazi UniversityUniversity 27,184 #848
4Middle East Technical UniversityUniversity 27,162 #1,704
5Bilkent UniversityUniversity 12,434 #1,746
6Başkent UniversityUniversity 11,660 #5,214
7Gazi HastanesiHospital / health system 8,458 #4,477
8Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiUniversity 8,150 #5,753
9Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt UniversityUniversity 7,788 #2,861
10Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiGovernment institution 7,363 #2,672
11Ministry of HealthGovernment institution 6,432 #6,057
12Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityUniversity 4,545 #4,295
13Memorial Ankara HospitalHospital / health system 3,801 #5,555
14Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma KurumuGovernment institution 3,410 #5,607
15Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 3,295 #18,276 all time
16Atilim UniversityUniversity 3,249 #6,205
17TOBB University of Economics and TechnologyUniversity 3,142 #7,342
18TED UniversityUniversity 3,062 #5,521
19Çankaya UniversityUniversity 3,048 #5,698
20Gülhane Askerî Tıp AkademisiHospital / health system 2,398 #13,936
21Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 2,288 #16,206
22Aselsan (Turkey)Company 2,215 #9,006
23Başkent University HospitalHospital / health system 2,088 #12,823
24Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas HastanesiHospital / health system 1,895 #24,879 all time
25Hacettepe University HospitalHospital / health system 1,838 #9,773
26Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 1,720 #19,872
27Ufuk UniversityUniversity 1,562 #15,303
28Ankara Onkoloji Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 1,404 #17,729
29Turgut Özal UniversityUniversity 1,373 #7,314
30Zekai Tahir Burak Kadın Sağlığı Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiGovernment institution 1,212 #29,887 all time
31Lokman Hekim ÜniversitesiUniversity 1,116 #10,883
32Tarımsal Araştırmalar ve Politikalar Genel MüdürlüğüGovernment institution 1,016 #8,946
33Turkish Aerospace Industries (Turkey)Company 1,002 #9,874
34Directorate of Religious AffairsGovernment institution 997 #11,345
35Yüksek İhtisas ÜniversitesiUniversity 963 #14,023
36Central Bank of the Republic of TurkeyInstitution 938 #13,415
37Dr Sami Ulus Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 937 #24,331
38General Directorate of ForestryGovernment institution 872 #11,583
39Zübeyde Hanim Maternity HospitalHospital / health system 843 #20,496
40Ostim Technical UniversityUniversity 813 #6,144
41Police AcademyUniversity 663 #17,846
42Ankara Spine CenterInstitution 610 #23,694
43University of Turkish Aeronautical AssociationUniversity 590 #18,588
44S.B. Keçiören Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 578 #32,214 all time
45Small and Medium Enterprises Development OrganizationGovernment institution 557 #22,374
46Turkish Atomic Energy AuthorityInstitution 544 #19,247
47Ministry of Food Agriculture and LivestockGovernment institution 534 #16,030
48Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Kadın Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 496 #27,379
49Ankara Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 477 #27,833
50Ankara Atatürk Göğüs Hastalıkları Ve Göğüs Cerrahisi Eğitim Ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 477 #27,225
51Güven HospitalHospital / health system 449 #25,607
52Turkish Military AcademyUniversity 410 #17,302
53Social Security Children's HospitalHospital / health system 391 #40,925 all time
54Ministry of JusticeGovernment institution 360 #24,715
55Ulucanlar Göz Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system 351 #41,201 all time
56Psychiatric Association of TurkeyInstitution 350 #20,541
57Council of Higher EducationGovernment institution 335 #25,418
58General Directorate of HighwaysGovernment institution 318 #20,189
59Bayındır HastanesiHospital / health system 294 #36,650 all time
60Ankara Mevki Asker HastanesiHospital / health system 285 #27,665

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Hacettepe University: 16.7%Ankara University: 14.5%Gazi University: 10.2%Middle East Technical University: 10.2%56 others listed: 48.3%17%largest
Hacettepe University44k · 16.7%Ankara University39k · 14.5%Gazi University27k · 10.2%Middle East Technical University27k · 10.2%56 others listed128k · 48.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Ankara strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ankara is most concentrated in Museology, Religious studies and Philosophy (11.9× the world share in Museology).

  1. MuseologySubfield · 999.8 works12×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 707.6 works6.2×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 1,426.3 works4.8×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 47.9 works4.6×
  5. OrthodonticsSubfield · 288.9 works3.7×
  6. General EnergySubfield · 65.2 works3.5×
  7. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 1,265.7 works3.5×
  8. Arts and HumanitiesField · 6,696.5 works3.4×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Ankara?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Professional Development, Student Perceptions, Distance Education, Mental Health, Teacher Training and Teaching.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Heritage3,263▲ 8.7×36 topics
  2. Epidemiology3,136◆ 1.15×139 topics
  3. Mental Health2,292▲ 2.3×47 topics
  4. Education2,185▲ 1.85×124 topics
  5. Teacher Training1,656▲ 3.9×26 topics
  6. Qualitative Research1,610▲ 2.7×35 topics
  7. Sufism1,416▲ 42×2 topics
  8. Professional Development1,369▲ 10×15 topics
  9. Student Perceptions1,322▲ 10×7 topics
  10. Distance Education1,299▲ 9.2×5 topics
  11. Meta-Analysis1,286▲ 3.2×21 topics
  12. Learning1,219▲ 6.0×13 topics
  13. Teaching1,192▲ 14×9 topics
  14. Covid-19 Pandemic1,153▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Teacher Perspectives1,146▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Metaphors1,145▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Ottoman Empire1,139▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Ethnography1,120▲ 9.4×16 topics
  19. Nationalism1,076▲ 3.4×33 topics
  20. Rituals961▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Folklore959▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Mythology959▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Storytelling958▲ 28×4 topics
  24. 21st Century Skills952▲ 4.7×6 topics
  25. Traditional Beliefs941▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Turkish Culture941▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Content Analysis929▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Language Teaching928▲ 5.3×8 topics
  29. Therapy926▲ 6.8×8 topics
  30. Psychological Functioning918▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Educational Research908▲ 9.1×6 topics
  32. Social Systems827▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Family Constellations816▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Genetic Processes816▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Divan Poetry773▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Turkish Literature773▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Bibliometric Analysis750▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Reading Habits732▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Curriculum Evaluation731▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Skill Measurement731▲ 55×1 topic

What research is done in Ankara?

  1. 1 Education Practices and ChallengesPhilosophy 1.1k works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesMuseology 941 works
  3. 3 Families in Therapy and CultureSocial Psychology 816 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and CultureLiterature and Literary Theory 773 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and AnalysisEducation 731 works
  6. 6 Islamic Thought and Society StudiesReligious studies 643 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Cultural StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 490 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish StudiesHistory 451 works
  9. 9 Historical Turkish StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 447 works
  10. 10 Turkey's Politics and SocietyPolitical Science and International Relations 382 works

Research output over time

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