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Social Sciences research in Türkiye

Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği ranks first in Türkiye for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#452 worldwide), followed by Milli Savunma Üniversitesi and Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi.

Türkiye's world rank
#34
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
70k
Top-10% rate
8.6%
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 #45229.77.7%1,799
2Milli Savunma ÜniversitesiIstanbul #79223.38.0%330
3Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiAnkara #86222.37.2%1,358
4Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityAnkara #91321.68.8%1,102
5Ibn Haldun UniversityIstanbul #98520.814.8%233
6Istanbul Aydın UniversityIstanbul #1,04120.15.7%484
7İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim ÜniversitesiIstanbul #1,10319.511.8%352
8Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli UniversityNevşehir #1,15119.09.7%477
9Bartin UniversityBartın #1,22218.310.4%471
10Amasya ÜniversitesiAmasya #1,37416.97.8%412
11Anadolu UniversityEskişehir #1,43916.48.5%859
12Yıldız Technical UniversityIstanbul #1,57115.49.7%665
13Mardin Artuklu UniversityMardin #1,58315.311.1%425
14Istanbul Commerce UniversityIstanbul #1,61015.17.0%318
15Gümüşhane UniversityGümüşhane #1,70614.412.0%406
16Bayburt UniversityBayburt #1,72414.38.6%313
17Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar ÜniversitesiIstanbul #1,74314.26.4%218
18Koç UniversityIstanbul #1,75614.116.0%330
19Middle East Technical UniversityAnkara #1,78613.913.0%498
20Gazi UniversityAnkara #1,85113.57.8%1,311
21Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen UniversityAğrı #1,86313.48.6%287
22Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityIstanbul #1,87913.39.8%543
23Marmara UniversityIstanbul #1,88113.38.7%1,369
24Kadir Has UniversityIstanbul #1,89313.217.9%188
25Kütahya Dumlupınar ÜniversitesiKütahya #1,90313.27.7%544
26Sinop UniversitySinop #1,93413.09.7%289
27Sakarya UniversityAdapazarı #1,94312.99.5%1,104
28Fırat UniversityElâzığ #1,95512.99.0%549
29Bandırma Onyedi Eylül UniversityBandırma #1,96712.88.6%354
30Gaziantep UniversityGaziantep #2,02512.57.5%656
31Çankırı Karatekin UniversityÇankırı #2,04112.47.6%415
32Dicle UniversityDiyarbakır #2,04412.49.8%460
33Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy ÜniversitesiBurdur #2,06312.28.5%502
34Mustafa Kemal UniversityAntakya #2,19111.69.5%403
35Atatürk UniversityErzurum #2,21511.49.4%1,071
36Police AcademyAnkara #2,22811.49.0%141
37Aksaray UniversityAksaray #2,26311.28.8%487
38İstanbul Nişantaşı ÜniversitesiIstanbul #2,26811.27.8%215
39Istanbul Technical UniversityIstanbul #2,27311.18.8%471
40Boğaziçi UniversityIstanbul #2,28911.111.0%389
41Istanbul Bilgi UniversityIstanbul #2,29611.08.7%230
42Kilis 7 Aralık UniversityKilis #2,30711.07.7%268
43Muğla UniversityMuğla #2,32410.96.1%572
44İstanbul Gelişim ÜniversitesiIstanbul #2,32710.96.1%368
45Kırklareli UniversityKırklareli #2,33010.96.5%358
46Fatih Sultan Mehmet Waqf UniversityIstanbul #2,33110.95.7%235
47Niğde Ömer Halisdemir ÜniversitesiNiğde #2,35010.87.1%438
48Bilkent UniversityAnkara #2,36110.712.0%338
49Directorate of Religious AffairsAnkara #2,36510.77.5%170
50Özyeğin UniversityIstanbul #2,38610.615.3%189
51Hasan Kalyoncu UniversityGaziantep #2,40910.58.6%160
52KTO Karatay UniversityKonya #2,42010.47.8%166
53Bingöl UniversityBingöl #2,44110.37.1%248
54Türkisch-Deutsche UniversitätIstanbul #2,48510.112.3%206
55Ahi Evran UniversityKırşehir #2,49710.18.9%419
56Usak UniversityUşak #2,5699.77.7%465
57Kırıkkale UniversityKırıkkale #2,5719.77.8%502
58Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey UniversityKaraman #2,5949.67.4%375
59Afyon Kocatepe UniversityAfyonkarahisar #2,6149.58.2%542
60Batman UniversityBatman #2,6569.410.5%212

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?

Ziya Öniş, Hatice Yıldız Durak and Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş rank highest among researchers based in Türkiye, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ziya Öniş#36,126 worldwide overall34.7 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hatice Yıldız Durak#42,079 worldwide overall31.9 of 74 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş#137,245 worldwide overall46.7 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4İbrahim Arpacı#22,515 worldwide overall24.3 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Muhammet Deveci#140 worldwide overall18.5 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ramazan Yılmaz#65,375 worldwide overall22.0 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Bahar Rumelili#109,744 worldwide overall20.5 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Fatma Gizem Karaoğlan Yılmaz#78,469 worldwide overall21.5 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Alı Çarkoğlu#246,896 worldwide overall22.9 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Murat Somer#162,040 worldwide overall17.3 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Michael Mousseau#132,536 worldwide overall16.2 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Ali̇ Çağatay Kılınç#408,687 worldwide overall26.6 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Senem Aydın‐Düzgit#184,189 worldwide overall18.7 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Mahmut Polatcan#153,720 worldwide overall22.7 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Metin Kozak#1,104,830 worldwide overall34.2 of 122 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