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Research in Ankara

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Ankara. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ankara Medipol Üniversitesi, Jandarma ve Sahil Güvenlik Akademisi and Ankara Bilkent City Hospital.

Research institutions
16
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2k
▲ 238% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
6.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ankara

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 Ankara?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ankara Bilkent City HospitalHospital / health system 541 #15,472
2Ankara Medipol ÜniversitesiUniversity 425 #6,584
3Jandarma ve Sahil Güvenlik AkademisiUniversity 285 #11,114
4Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel MüdürlüğüGovernment institution 271 #27,342 all time
5Türkiye Büyük Millet MeclisiGovernment institution 77 not ranked
6Ministry of Treasury and FinanceGovernment institution 75 not ranked
7Ankara Müzik ve Güzel Sanatlar ÜniversitesiUniversity 70 not ranked
8Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler BakanlığıGovernment institution 44 not ranked
9Türk Tarih KurumuGovernment institution 43 not ranked
10Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Topluluklar BaşkanlığıUniversity 19 not ranked
11Ankara 29 Mayis State HospitalGovernment institution 17 not ranked
12Anka Teknoloji ÜniversitesiUniversity 9 not ranked
13Üniversite ve Araştırma Kütüphanecileri DerneğiNonprofit 8 not ranked
14Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanlığı Savunma Sanayii BaşkanlığıGovernment institution 4 not ranked
15Anı Yayıncılık (Turkey)Company 1 not ranked
16Centurion Pharma (Turkey)Company 0 not ranked

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.

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.

Ankara Bilkent City Hospital: 28.6%Ankara Medipol Üniversitesi: 22.5%Jandarma ve Sahil Güvenlik Akademisi: 15.1%Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü: 14.3%11 others listed: 19.4%29%largest
Ankara Bilkent City Hospital541 · 28.6%Ankara Medipol Üniversitesi425 · 22.5%Jandarma ve Sahil Güvenlik Akademisi285 · 15.1%Maden Tetkik ve Arama Genel Müdürlüğü271 · 14.3%11 others listed367 · 19.4%

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

Which fields of science does Ankara work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Ankara is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (18%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 602 fractional works · 44.6% of its workMedicine: 527 fractional works · 39.1% of its workSurgery: 78 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 41 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 39 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 464 fractional works · 34.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 240 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 74 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 66 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 3.0% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 97 fractional works · 7.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 68 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 34 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 169 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEngineering: 55 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 51 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 115 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAnkara1,349fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences34%

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. Medicine52739.1%
    2. Health Professions413.1%
    3. Dentistry211.6%
    4. Nursing110.8%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences24017.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities977.2%
    3. Psychology685.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting261.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance251.8%
    6. Decision Sciences90.6%
    1. Engineering554.1%
    2. Computer Science513.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences211.5%
    4. Environmental Science171.3%
    5. Materials Science100.7%
    6. Chemistry40.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy40.3%
    8. Energy40.3%
    9. Mathematics30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology614.5%
    2. Neuroscience221.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences181.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology120.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ankara strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ankara is most concentrated in Political Science and International Relations (3.6× the world share in Political Science and International Relations).

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 64.5 works3.6×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.10× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 458 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.54× its world share, 88 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 211 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.10×18 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.54×88 works
  3. Medicine1.98×458 works
  4. Nursing1.80×11 works
  5. Psychology1.68×62 works
  6. Social Sciences1.39×211 works
  7. Health Professions1.21×38 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.05×20 works
  9. Neuroscience1.02×20 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×23 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×56 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.79×10 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.68×8 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×24 works
  15. Computer Science0.52×48 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×2 works
  17. Energy0.31×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×17 works
  19. Engineering0.29×52 works
  20. Environmental Science0.25×15 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.23×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.22×9 works
  23. Chemistry0.21×4 works
  24. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.16×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.13×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Ankara?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cultural Heritage, Inflammation, Ottoman Empire, Public Policy, International Relations, Nationalism and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Epidemiology107▲ 1.99×115 topics
  2. Inflammation61▲ 2.1×71 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage54▲ 7.5×11 topics
  4. Mental Health38▲ 1.98×36 topics
  5. Treatment38▲ 2.3×42 topics
  6. Quality of Life37▲ 1.88×50 topics
  7. Public Policy35▲ 5.5×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors35▲ 2.4×34 topics
  9. Obesity32▲ 3.1×22 topics
  10. Ottoman Empire30▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 1.93×35 topics
  12. Social Justice29▲ 3.6×13 topics
  13. Diagnosis29▲ 2.3×36 topics
  14. Human Rights29▲ 2.1×23 topics
  15. Nationalism28▲ 4.7×9 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome27▲ 2.5×23 topics
  17. International Relations24▲ 7.2×12 topics
  18. Teacher Training23▲ 2.8×13 topics
  19. International Law20▲ 4.6×11 topics
  20. Neoliberalism19▲ 4.0×15 topics
  21. Ethnography19▲ 8.3×4 topics
  22. Diplomacy18▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Quarantine18▲ 9.1×2 topics
  24. Storytelling17▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Folklore17▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Turkish Culture17▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Education Policy17▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Sufism17▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Modernization16▲ 6.7×2 topics
  30. Political History16▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Turkish Republic16▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Global Health16▲ 7.6×4 topics
  33. Pandemics15▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Ethnic Conflict15▲ 24×4 topics
  35. Criminal Law14▲ 6.6×3 topics
  36. Judicial System13▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Divan Poetry13▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Ethical Dilemmas13▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Legal Principles13▲ 131×1 topic
  40. Turkish Literature13▲ 37×1 topic

What research is done in Ankara?

Cultural and Sociopoliti…16Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 16 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies15Historical Turkish Studies: 15 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 12 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…12Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 12 fractional worksEducation Practices and …11Education Practices and Challenges: 11 fractional worksLegal Issues in Turkey: 11 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 9 fractional worksPublic Administration an…9Public Administration and Governance: 9 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social Issues: 8 fractional worksMusic Education and Analysis: 8 fractional works
MuseologyPolitical Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary TheoryHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 16 works
  2. 2 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 12 works
  4. 4 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 12 works
  5. 5 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 11 works
  6. 6 Legal Issues in Turkey Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  7. 7 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  8. 8 Public Administration and Governance Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  9. 9 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 8 works
  10. 10 Music Education and Analysis Education 8 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ankara9.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.8% in 2016.

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