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Social Sciences research in Türkiye

Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği ranks first in Türkiye for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#410 worldwide), followed by Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi and Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University.

Türkiye's world rank
#33
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
165k
Top-10% rate
8.2%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Türkiye?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiAnkara #41034.47.3%3,598
2Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiAnkara #64629.47.3%3,005
3Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityAnkara #69328.68.6%2,462
4Bartin UniversityBartın #86126.39.1%1,058
5İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim ÜniversitesiIstanbul #1,00924.69.0%825
6Milli Savunma ÜniversitesiIstanbul #1,04024.28.3%581
7Istanbul Aydın UniversityIstanbul #1,14223.25.0%1,195
8Bandırma Onyedi Eylül UniversityBandırma #1,26422.18.5%926
9Gazi UniversityAnkara #1,27822.07.5%2,831
10Istanbul Commerce UniversityIstanbul #1,29321.97.6%860
11Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli UniversityNevşehir #1,30721.78.4%1,194
12Yıldız Technical UniversityIstanbul #1,31621.710.6%1,631
13Kütahya Dumlupınar ÜniversitesiKütahya #1,33721.57.3%1,320
14Anadolu UniversityEskişehir #1,39221.08.7%1,896
15Koç UniversityIstanbul #1,39721.013.9%684
16Ibn Haldun UniversityIstanbul #1,44120.713.2%428
17Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen UniversityAğrı #1,48520.310.1%680
18Gümüşhane UniversityGümüşhane #1,48720.38.7%973
19Amasya ÜniversitesiAmasya #1,51820.18.2%921
20Usak UniversityUşak #1,63519.38.1%1,092
21Istanbul Technical UniversityIstanbul #1,63819.39.5%1,318
22Boğaziçi UniversityIstanbul #1,67319.011.5%775
23Kadir Has UniversityIstanbul #1,68519.016.0%389
24Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy ÜniversitesiBurdur #1,71818.88.8%1,303
25Directorate of Religious AffairsAnkara #1,73918.68.0%561
26Beykent UniversityIstanbul #1,84218.05.4%613
27Mardin Artuklu UniversityMardin #1,87717.810.9%1,081
28Aksaray UniversityAksaray #1,88717.78.5%1,137
29Batman UniversityBatman #1,91117.611.0%598
30Yaşar UniversityIzmir #1,92617.59.3%383
31Kilis 7 Aralık UniversityKilis #1,95517.38.9%618
32Afyon Kocatepe UniversityAfyonkarahisar #1,97117.28.4%1,308
33Middle East Technical UniversityAnkara #1,97217.211.5%974
34Sakarya UniversityAdapazarı #2,02017.09.1%2,467
35Niğde Ömer Halisdemir ÜniversitesiNiğde #2,05016.87.2%1,027
36Artvin Coruh UniversityArtvin #2,08216.68.9%740
37İstanbul Nişantaşı ÜniversitesiIstanbul #2,10216.58.7%578
38Özyeğin UniversityIstanbul #2,10816.514.2%390
39Bilkent UniversityAnkara #2,14916.312.2%704
40Türkisch-Deutsche UniversitätIstanbul #2,17116.210.2%410
41Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar ÜniversitesiIstanbul #2,19416.16.7%543
42Kırıkkale UniversityKırıkkale #2,20116.07.3%1,182
43Marmara UniversityIstanbul #2,20416.07.9%3,014
44KTO Karatay UniversityKonya #2,20516.07.9%376
45Bayburt UniversityBayburt #2,20616.08.1%763
46Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityIstanbul #2,21816.09.9%1,217
47Gaziantep UniversityGaziantep #2,23915.97.3%1,508
48Muğla UniversityMuğla #2,29215.66.1%1,360
49İstanbul Gelişim ÜniversitesiIstanbul #2,30115.65.9%988
50Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf UniversityIstanbul #2,31415.55.6%568
51Bingöl UniversityBingöl #2,36015.37.4%767
52Iğdır ÜniversitesiIğdır #2,41815.09.0%535
53Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey UniversityKaraman #2,42515.07.8%996
54Karabük UniversityKarabük #2,43115.06.7%1,412
55Fırat UniversityElâzığ #2,50614.68.6%1,273
56Çankırı Karatekin UniversityÇankırı #2,51614.68.4%938
57Kırklareli UniversityKırklareli #2,53114.56.5%805
58Atatürk UniversityErzurum #2,54014.59.0%2,516
59Istanbul Bilgi UniversityIstanbul #2,58514.38.6%462
60TED UniversityAnkara #2,65014.012.3%319

Institutions in Türkiye above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Türkiye?

Muhammet Deveci, Ilhan Tekin Ozturk and Uğur Korkut Pata rank highest among researchers based in Türkiye, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Muhammet Deveci#140 worldwide overall137.0 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ilhan Tekin Ozturk#628 worldwide overall118.3 of 210 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Uğur Korkut Pata#3,381 worldwide overall79.2 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Andrew Adewale Alola#13,390 worldwide overall80.2 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Bright Akwasi Gyamfi#2,231 worldwide overall67.0 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Derviş Kırıkkaleli#18,718 worldwide overall87.6 of 165 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Serhat Yüksel#45,110 worldwide overall83.9 of 236 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Hasan Dınçer#67,514 worldwide overall83.1 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Cem Işık#3,632 worldwide overall67.7 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Giray Gözgör#10,284 worldwide overall72.0 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Yiğit Kazançoğlu#19,838 worldwide overall64.1 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Cengiz Kahraman#80,280 worldwide overall86.3 of 309 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Festus Víctor Bekun#8,134 worldwide overall61.9 of 115 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Erfan Babaee Tırkolaee#3,957 worldwide overall57.1 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Buhari Doğan#3,357 worldwide overall51.6 of 73 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Türkiye on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Türkiye compares with other countries in Social Sciences