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Research in Balıkesir

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

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.2k
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
97k
13.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1973-2026
54 years on the record
Balıkesir

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 Balıkesir?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Balıkesir UniversityUniversity 7,237 #4,925

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 Balıkesir work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Balıkesir is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,140 fractional works · 39.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 501 fractional works · 17.3% of its workEducation: 184 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 113 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 72 fractional works · 2.5% of its workUrban Studies: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 242 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhilosophy: 58 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 26 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 162 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 70 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 105 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 89 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 67 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 719 fractional works · 24.8% of its workEngineering: 261 fractional works · 9.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 115 fractional works · 4.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 110 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 74 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 62 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 690 fractional works · 23.8% of its workMedicine: 560 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSurgery: 65 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 39 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 28 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 84 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 356 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 178 fractional works · 6.1% of its workFood Science: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 117 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBalıkesir2,905fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences1,14039.3%
    1. Social Sciences50117.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities2428.3%
    3. Psychology1625.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1053.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance893.1%
    6. Decision Sciences421.4%
    1. Engineering2619.0%
    2. Environmental Science1154.0%
    3. Computer Science1103.8%
    4. Materials Science742.6%
    5. Mathematics622.1%
    6. Chemistry291.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy240.8%
    8. Energy190.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences170.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Medicine56019.3%
    2. Health Professions842.9%
    3. Nursing230.8%
    4. Veterinary170.6%
    5. Dentistry60.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1786.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1174.0%
    3. Neuroscience301.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Balıkesir strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Balıkesir is most concentrated in Museology, Religious studies and Philosophy (11.6× the world share in Museology).

  1. MuseologySubfield · 36.6 works12×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 21.7 works5.1×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 55.0 works5.0×
← 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: 1.32× its world share, 160 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 238 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 99 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 56 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 73 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 476 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.99× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.07× its world share, 227 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 96 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 144 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 452 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.99×14 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.07×227 works
  3. Mathematics1.85×56 works
  4. Psychology1.84×144 works
  5. Nursing1.64×21 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.45×36 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×79 works
  8. Social Sciences1.39×452 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.32×160 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.15×96 works
  11. Health Professions1.08×73 works
  12. Medicine0.96×476 works
  13. Environmental Science0.78×99 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×20 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×7 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×100 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.69×6 works
  18. Materials Science0.69×62 works
  19. Energy0.67×16 works
  20. Chemistry0.63×25 works
  21. Engineering0.62×238 works
  22. Neuroscience0.57×24 works
  23. Computer Science0.48×96 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.39×22 works
  25. Dentistry0.39×5 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×14 works

Which keywords describe research in Balıkesir?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Professional Development, Distance Education, Education, Student Perceptions, Teaching, Teacher Training and Covid-19 Pandemic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology125◆ 1.08×115 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage115▲ 7.4×20 topics
  3. Education110▲ 2.2×42 topics
  4. Sustainability96▲ 1.36×49 topics
  5. Inflammation81▲ 1.31×74 topics
  6. Mental Health80▲ 1.92×34 topics
  7. Qualitative Research78▲ 3.1×12 topics
  8. Teacher Training73▲ 4.1×16 topics
  9. Public Policy65▲ 4.7×7 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis64▲ 3.8×18 topics
  11. Professional Development63▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Distance Education62▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Student Perceptions58▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Learning56▲ 6.5×6 topics
  15. Teaching55▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Economic Growth53▲ 2.2×22 topics
  17. Covid-19 Pandemic52▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Teacher Perspectives52▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Metaphors51▲ 55×1 topic
  20. 21st Century Skills48▲ 5.8×5 topics
  21. Content Analysis46▲ 13×7 topics
  22. Sufism46▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Educational Research45▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Student Engagement44▲ 3.8×13 topics
  25. Ottoman Empire44▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Language Teaching43▲ 5.5×5 topics
  27. Ethnography42▲ 8.3×4 topics
  28. Urbanization42▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. Well-being39▲ 3.5×13 topics
  30. Bibliometric Analysis38▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Curriculum Evaluation36▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Reading Habits36▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Folklore35▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Rituals35▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Traditional Beliefs34▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Turkish Culture34▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Quarantine33▲ 7.6×2 topics
  38. Community Development31▲ 5.9×6 topics
  39. Psychological Functioning27▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Divan Poetry26▲ 36×1 topic

What research is done in Balıkesir?

Education Practices and Challenges: 48 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 33 fractional worksEducational Methods and …32Educational Methods and Analysis: 32 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…26Turkish Literature and Culture: 26 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 25 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 22 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…19Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 19 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social Issues: 18 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 17 fractional worksPublic Administration and Governance: 16 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyEducationLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 48 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 33 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 32 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 26 works
  5. 5 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 25 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 22 works
  7. 7 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 19 works
  8. 8 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 18 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 17 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Governance Political Science and International Relations 16 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%Balıkesir12.6% 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 25.4% in 2008.

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