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Research in Samsun

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Samsun, Türkiye. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ondokuz Mayıs University and Samsun University.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▲ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
206k
9.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1969-2026
58 years on the record
Samsun

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 Samsun?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityUniversity 18,977 #3,828
2Samsun UniversityUniversity 2,846 #5,969
3Canik Başarı UniversityUniversity 110 not ranked
4Özel Ortadoğu 19 Mayıs HastanesiHospital / health system 38 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.

Ondokuz Mayıs University: 86.4%Samsun University: 13.0%Canik Başarı University: 0.5%Özel Ortadoğu 19 Mayıs Hastanesi: 0.2%86%largest
Ondokuz Mayıs University19k · 86.4%Samsun University2,846 · 13.0%Canik Başarı University110 · 0.5%Özel Ortadoğu 19 Mayıs Hastanesi38 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Samsun work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research in Samsun is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,738 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,113 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEducation: 339 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 280 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 165 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 755 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPhilosophy: 157 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 145 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMuseology: 102 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 87 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 85 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 491 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 209 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 165 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 186 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 120 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,275 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMedicine: 1,799 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSurgery: 268 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 107 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 103 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 254 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 103 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 113 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,848 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEngineering: 650 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 112 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 110 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 373 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 278 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 112 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 144 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 132 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 108 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,306 fractional works · 16.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 766 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPlant Science: 299 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 95 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 357 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 162 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 76 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSamsun8,168fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences28%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. Social Sciences2,73833.5%
    1. Social Sciences1,11313.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities7559.2%
    3. Psychology4916.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1862.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1201.5%
    6. Decision Sciences720.9%
  2. Health Sciences2,27527.9%
    1. Medicine1,79922.0%
    2. Health Professions2543.1%
    3. Dentistry1131.4%
    4. Nursing720.9%
    5. Veterinary380.5%
    1. Engineering6508.0%
    2. Environmental Science3734.6%
    3. Computer Science2783.4%
    4. Materials Science1441.8%
    5. Chemistry1321.6%
    6. Mathematics1081.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences610.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy500.6%
    9. Energy340.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering170.2%
  4. Life Sciences1,30616.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7669.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3574.4%
    3. Neuroscience921.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology710.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics210.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Samsun strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Samsun is most concentrated in Museology, Forestry and Religious studies (11.2× the world share in Museology).

  1. MuseologySubfield · 99.7 works11×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 62.2 works8.2×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 82.0 works6.8×
  4. PhilosophySubfield · 146.5 works4.7×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 59.7 works3.7×
← 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: 2.01× its world share, 693 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 318 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 75 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 122 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 242 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 579 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 333 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 128 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 99 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.63× its world share, 93 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 229 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 1,545 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 63 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.10× its world share, 31 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.37× its world share, 706 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 163 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 109 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 434 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 1,006 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.37×706 works
  2. Veterinary3.10×31 works
  3. Dentistry2.63×93 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.01×693 works
  5. Psychology1.96×434 works
  6. Nursing1.76×63 works
  7. Health Professions1.20×229 works
  8. Mathematics1.15×99 works
  9. Medicine1.11×1,545 works
  10. Social Sciences1.10×1,006 works
  11. Chemistry1.07×122 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.94×66 works
  13. Environmental Science0.92×333 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×62 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×318 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×163 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×109 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×17 works
  19. Neuroscience0.64×75 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.57×15 works
  21. Engineering0.53×579 works
  22. Materials Science0.50×128 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×55 works
  24. Energy0.44×30 works
  25. Computer Science0.43×242 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.27×44 works

Which keywords describe research in Samsun?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Sufism, Student Perceptions, Professional Development, Distance Education, 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-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. Epidemiology374◆ 1.15×127 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage345▲ 7.9×20 topics
  3. Climate Change310▲ 1.40×90 topics
  4. Mental Health302▲ 2.6×39 topics
  5. Sustainability234▲ 1.17×78 topics
  6. Education226▲ 1.61×61 topics
  7. Teacher Training187▲ 3.7×18 topics
  8. Qualitative Research176▲ 2.5×14 topics
  9. Sufism159▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis147▲ 3.1×19 topics
  11. Student Perceptions144▲ 9.7×7 topics
  12. Professional Development136▲ 8.0×9 topics
  13. Distance Education132▲ 8.3×4 topics
  14. Learning132▲ 5.5×8 topics
  15. Teaching131▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Teacher Perspectives122▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Covid-19 Pandemic122▲ 11×1 topic
  18. Metaphors122▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Ethnography121▲ 8.6×6 topics
  20. Ottoman Empire116▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Psychological Functioning112▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Content Analysis112▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Language Teaching110▲ 5.1×6 topics
  24. Therapy110▲ 6.9×7 topics
  25. Storytelling100▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Social Systems99▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Family Constellations98▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Genetic Processes98▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Rituals98▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Folklore97▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Mythology97▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Traditional Beliefs96▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Turkish Culture96▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Educational Research94▲ 8.5×5 topics
  35. Quarantine86▲ 7.1×2 topics
  36. Bibliometric Analysis84▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Curriculum Evaluation82▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Reading Habits82▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Divan Poetry82▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Turkish Literature82▲ 39×1 topic

What research is done in Samsun?

Education Practices and …113Education Practices and Challenges: 113 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …95Families in Therapy and Culture: 95 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…95Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 95 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…79Turkish Literature and Culture: 79 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 75 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 74 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural D…60Agricultural and Rural Development Research: 60 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 51 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 45 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 39 fractional works
PhilosophySocial PsychologyMuseologyLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 113 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 95 works
  3. 3 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 95 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 79 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 75 works
  6. 6 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 74 works
  7. 7 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 60 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 51 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 45 works
  10. 10 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 39 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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 counting5%10%15%Samsun14.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2024.

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