City · Türkiye
Research in Istanbul
Science Explorer records 135 research institutions in Istanbul, Türkiye. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Koç University, Istanbul Technical University and Yıldız Technical University.
- Research institutions
- 135 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 310k ▲ 78% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 12.7% 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 Istanbul?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Istanbul UniversityUniversity | 39,152 | #1,424 | |
| 2 | Istanbul Technical UniversityUniversity | 31,387 | #1,110 | |
| 3 | Marmara UniversityUniversity | 25,307 | #1,528 | |
| 4 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiUniversity | 22,418 | #1,705 | |
| 5 | Yıldız Technical UniversityUniversity | 17,144 | #1,245 | |
| 6 | Boğaziçi UniversityUniversity | 11,624 | #2,182 | |
| 7 | Istanbul University-CerrahpaşaUniversity | 11,444 | #1,774 | |
| 8 | Koç UniversityUniversity | 10,233 | #1,010 | |
| 9 | Istanbul Medipol UniversityUniversity | 6,799 | #1,764 | |
| 10 | Sabancı ÜniversitesiUniversity | 6,370 | #2,519 | |
| 11 | Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityUniversity | 6,080 | #3,026 | |
| 12 | Yeditepe UniversityUniversity | 5,563 | #4,013 | |
| 13 | Istanbul Aydın UniversityUniversity | 5,443 | #3,804 | |
| 14 | Bahçeşehir UniversityUniversity | 4,896 | #2,548 | |
| 15 | Bezmiâlem Vakıf ÜniversitesiUniversity | 3,851 | #5,282 | |
| 16 | İstanbul Gelişim ÜniversitesiUniversity | 3,684 | #3,359 | |
| 17 | Istanbul Commerce UniversityUniversity | 3,203 | #4,025 | |
| 18 | Maltepe UniversityUniversity | 3,011 | #6,842 | |
| 19 | Istinye UniversityUniversity | 2,813 | #2,149 | |
| 20 | Istanbul Bilgi UniversityUniversity | 2,775 | #9,562 | |
| 21 | Fatih UniversityUniversity | 2,754 | #18,276 | |
| 22 | Beykent UniversityUniversity | 2,722 | #6,546 | |
| 23 | Özyeğin UniversityUniversity | 2,671 | #4,391 | |
| 24 | Acıbadem UniversityUniversity | 2,445 | #6,696 | |
| 25 | Okan UniversityUniversity | 2,381 | #5,417 | |
| 26 | Istanbul Kültür UniversityUniversity | 2,274 | #8,554 | |
| 27 | Şişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 2,271 | #17,173 | |
| 28 | Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 2,174 | #14,401 | |
| 29 | İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim ÜniversitesiUniversity | 2,156 | #6,335 | |
| 30 | Kadir Has UniversityUniversity | 2,128 | #4,890 | |
| 31 | İstanbul Nişantaşı ÜniversitesiUniversity | 2,037 | #3,465 | |
| 32 | Altınbaş UniversityUniversity | 2,033 | #5,678 | |
| 33 | Haydarpaşa Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 2,018 | #19,842 | |
| 34 | Doğuş UniversityUniversity | 1,977 | #8,755 | |
| 35 | Istanbul Eye HospitalHospital / health system | 1,951 | #13,172 | |
| 36 | Galatasaray UniversityUniversity | 1,865 | #8,570 | |
| 37 | Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar ÜniversitesiUniversity | 1,777 | #9,179 | |
| 38 | Türkisch-Deutsche UniversitätUniversity | 1,737 | #7,130 | |
| 39 | Bakırköy Dr.Sadi Konuk Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,680 | #13,591 | |
| 40 | Kartal Koşuyolu High Specialization Training and Research HospitalHospital / health system | 1,668 | #14,669 | |
| 41 | Haliç UniversityUniversity | 1,632 | #8,728 | |
| 42 | Naval AcademyUniversity | 1,538 | #10,574 | |
| 43 | Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf UniversityUniversity | 1,498 | #6,240 | |
| 44 | Işık UniversityUniversity | 1,434 | #20,435 | |
| 45 | Istanbul Bilim UniversityUniversity | 1,422 | #13,741 | |
| 46 | Milli Savunma ÜniversitesiUniversity | 1,416 | #9,845 | |
| 47 | Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,411 | #19,353 | |
| 48 | Dr. Siyami Ersek Göğüs Kalp Ve Damar Cerrahisi Eğitim Ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,341 | #17,087 | |
| 49 | Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl UniversityUniversity | 1,274 | #15,547 | |
| 50 | Bakırköy Psychiatric HospitalHospital / health system | 1,204 | #23,000 | |
| 51 | Türk Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon DerneğiInstitution | 1,194 | #11,969 | |
| 52 | Adli Tıp KurumuGovernment institution | 1,123 | #23,050 | |
| 53 | İstanbul Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,101 | #22,863 | |
| 54 | GATA Haydarpaşa Eğitim HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,082 | #28,744 all time | |
| 55 | Gedik UniversityUniversity | 1,070 | #12,601 | |
| 56 | Yedikule Teaching HospitalHospital / health system | 1,046 | #16,440 | |
| 57 | Okmeydanı Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,039 | #28,500 all time | |
| 58 | İstanbul Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Eğitim ve Araştırma HastanesiHospital / health system | 1,025 | #17,090 | |
| 59 | Turkish Society of HematologyInstitution | 986 | #13,954 | |
| 60 | Ibn Haldun UniversityUniversity | 930 | #8,880 |
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.
Istanbul University39k · 13.5%Istanbul Technical University31k · 10.8%Marmara University25k · 8.7%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi22k · 7.7%56 others listed172k · 59.3%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Istanbul strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Istanbul is most concentrated in Museology, Life-span and Life-course Studies and Orthodontics (7.1× the world share in Museology).
- MuseologySubfield · 839.8 works7.1×
- Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 67.9 works4.2×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 400.0 works3.7×
- General EnergySubfield · 90.0 works3.4×
- ArcheologySubfield · 50.7 works3.4×
- Leadership and ManagementSubfield · 44.3 works3.0×
- General DentistrySubfield · 120.1 works2.9×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 519.4 works2.8×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Istanbul?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Ottoman Empire, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Sufism and Ethnography.
- Genetic Processes
- Turkish Literature
- Social Systems
- Teacher Perspectives
- Content Analysis
- Teaching
- Traditional Beliefs
- Mythology
- Rituals
- Student Perceptions
- Sufism
- Neoliberalism
- Meta-Analysis
- Nationalism
- Social Media
- Treatment
- Quality of Life
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Cultural Heritage
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Globalization
- Education
- Diagnosis
- Ottoman Empire
- Public Policy
- Ethnography
- Quarantine
- Professional Development
- Storytelling
- Folklore
- Turkish Culture
- Psychological Functioning
- Metaphors
- Authoritarianism
- Divan Poetry
- Family Constellations
▲ 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
- Epidemiology5,160▲ 1.35×138 topics
- Cultural Heritage2,849▲ 5.4×35 topics
- Mental Health2,768▲ 1.95×47 topics
- Inflammation2,684▲ 1.33×83 topics
- Deep Learning2,565▼ 0.77×85 topics
- Machine Learning2,533▼ 0.80×97 topics
- Sustainability2,379◆ 1.01×124 topics
- Quality of Life2,286▲ 1.64×60 topics
- Globalization1,888◆ 0.99×164 topics
- Treatment1,787▲ 1.52×52 topics
- Education1,785◆ 1.07×133 topics
- Social Media1,666▲ 1.20×39 topics
- Diagnosis1,364▲ 1.52×41 topics
- Nationalism1,301▲ 2.9×32 topics
- Ottoman Empire1,157▲ 16×3 topics
- Meta-Analysis1,151▲ 2.0×21 topics
- Public Policy1,084▲ 2.3×32 topics
- Neoliberalism1,052▲ 3.0×28 topics
- Ethnography970▲ 5.8×16 topics
- Sufism956▲ 20×2 topics
- Quarantine818▲ 5.3×2 topics
- Student Perceptions791▲ 4.5×7 topics
- Professional Development786▲ 4.1×14 topics
- Rituals775▲ 9.3×5 topics
- Storytelling763▲ 16×4 topics
- Mythology758▲ 15×3 topics
- Folklore758▲ 15×3 topics
- Traditional Beliefs747▲ 23×1 topic
- Turkish Culture747▲ 23×1 topic
- Teaching710▲ 5.9×9 topics
- Psychological Functioning679▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Content Analysis675▲ 5.6×7 topics
- Metaphors634▲ 19×1 topic
- Teacher Perspectives634▲ 17×1 topic
- Authoritarianism603▲ 7.0×5 topics
- Social Systems597▲ 11×5 topics
- Divan Poetry576▲ 22×1 topic
- Turkish Literature576▲ 22×1 topic
- Family Constellations576▲ 19×1 topic
- Genetic Processes576▲ 19×1 topic
What research is done in Istanbul?
MuseologyPhilosophyLiterature and Literary TheorySocial Psychology5 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 747 works
- 2 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 634 works
- 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 576 works
- 4 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 576 works
- 5 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 538 works
- 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 467 works
- 7 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 432 works
- 8 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 396 works
- 9 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 380 works
- 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 351 works
Research output over time
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