Afyon Kocatepe University
In research, Afyon Kocatepe University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,971 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,614 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,542 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology and Religious studies (Museology is 14.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,657 of 22,385 · #7,727 all time
- Rank in Türkiye
- #30 of 297
- Research works
- 9.2k ▲ 24% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 91k 9.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.81× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 67% world 40%
- International
- 7% world 18%
What is Afyon Kocatepe University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,971 of 9,585 | 8.4% | 1,309 | #4545 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,614 of 5,988 | 8.2% | 542 | #5070 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #4,542 of 9,902 | 6.1% | 482 | #13415 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #5,092 of 10,670 | 7.7% | 853 | #11886 | |
| MedicineField | #4,247 of 8,541 | 5.7% | 353 | #11482 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #1,214 of 2,276 | 5.9% | 91 | #3085 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,321 of 5,901 | 7.8% | 372 | #5541 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,246 of 2,121 | 7.4% | 172 | #2469 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,123 of 1,896 | 11.1% | 315 | #2750 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #1,583 of 2,581 | 7.8% | 123 | #3090 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Afyon Kocatepe University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#4,545 #1,971
- Social Sciences#5,070 #2,614
- Health Sciences#13,415 #4,542
- Physical Sciences#11,886 #5,092
- Medicine#11,482 #4,247
- Materials Science#3,085 #1,214
- Engineering#5,541 #3,321
- Psychology#2,469 #1,246
- Arts and Humanities#2,750 #1,123
- Business, Management and Accounting#3,090 #1,583
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Afyon Kocatepe University work in?
In 2022-now, 43% of research at Afyon Kocatepe University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (13%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences1,44643.2%
- Social Sciences60518.1%
- Arts and Humanities34010.2%
- Psychology1895.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1474.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting1344.0%
- Decision Sciences310.9%
- Physical Sciences96728.9%
- Engineering41912.5%
- Computer Science1434.3%
- Environmental Science1043.1%
- Materials Science1023.1%
- Mathematics591.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences491.5%
- Energy391.2%
- Chemistry351.0%
- Physics and Astronomy120.4%
- Chemical Engineering50.2%
- Health Sciences57817.3%
- Medicine42712.8%
- Health Professions672.0%
- Dentistry371.1%
- Nursing290.9%
- Veterinary190.6%
- Life Sciences35310.6%
What does Afyon Kocatepe University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MuseologySubfield · 59.1 works14×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 40.7 works7.3×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
Field profile
Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary4.12×19 works
- Arts and Humanities3.52×340 works
- Dentistry2.25×36 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.05×147 works
- Psychology1.86×189 works
- Nursing1.74×28 works
- Mathematics1.49×59 works
- Social Sciences1.43×605 works
- Energy1.26×39 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×199 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.25×134 works
- Decision Sciences0.96×31 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.93×49 works
- Materials Science0.88×102 works
- Engineering0.84×419 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×9 works
- Health Professions0.76×67 works
- Chemistry0.67×35 works
- Medicine0.66×427 works
- Environmental Science0.62×104 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.61×20 works
- Neuroscience0.56×30 works
- Computer Science0.55×143 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×94 works
- Chemical Engineering0.47×5 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.17×12 works
- Veterinary 4.1×
- Arts and Humanities 3.5×
- Dentistry 2.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.0×
- Psychology 1.9×
- Nursing 1.7×
- Mathematics 1.5×
- Social Sciences 1.4×
- Energy 1.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.2×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 1.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.9×
- Materials Science 0.9×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.7×
- Medicine 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Computer Science 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Afyon Kocatepe University?
Ranked on the quality score, Fatih Ecer, Ceyhun Yılmaz and Cahit Erdem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Afyon Kocatepe University.
- 1
Fatih Ecer
Türkiye · #19,030 worldwide 5.6k citations · 125 works
- 2
Ceyhun Yılmaz
Türkiye · #702,472 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
- 3
Cahit Erdem
Türkiye · #1,176,897 worldwide 958 citations · 62 works
- 4
Ahmet Murat Uzun
Türkiye · #1,187,677 worldwide 577 citations · 35 works
- 5
Muhammed Arslan
Türkiye · #1,540,491 worldwide 269 citations · 29 works
- 6
Hasan Toktaş
Türkiye · #2,118,332 worldwide 919 citations · 56 works
- 7
İsmail Koyuncu
Türkiye · #2,288,150 worldwide 1.6k citations · 73 works
- 8
İsmail Kayadibi
Türkiye · #2,415,090 worldwide 206 citations · 16 works
- 9
Fatih Aksoy
Türkiye · #2,604,008 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
- 10
Ümit Dündar
Türkiye · #2,697,301 worldwide 1.7k citations · 109 works
Which keywords describe research at Afyon Kocatepe University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Ottoman Empire, Ethnography, Mental Health, Professional Development, Teacher Training and Student Perceptions.
- Religious Language
- Educational Research
- Quarantine
- Divan Poetry
- Genetic Processes
- Social Systems
- Content Analysis
- Teacher Perspectives
- Covid-19 Pandemic
- Teaching
- Storytelling
- Learning
- Distance Education
- Professional Development
- Public Policy
- Sufism
- Economic Growth
- Teacher Training
- Sustainability
- Education
- Cultural Heritage
- Mental Health
- Renewable Energy
- Mechanical Properties
- Qualitative Research
- Ottoman Empire
- Ethnography
- Student Perceptions
- Meta-Analysis
- Rituals
- Folklore
- Turkish Culture
- Metaphors
- Psychological Functioning
- Therapy
- Family Constellations
- 21st Century Skills
- Turkish Literature
- Theology
- Islamic Studies
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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
- Cultural Heritage197▲ 11×17 topics
- Education115▲ 2.0×43 topics
- Mental Health113▲ 2.4×35 topics
- Sustainability110▲ 1.35×59 topics
- Renewable Energy97▲ 2.0×33 topics
- Teacher Training83▲ 4.1×15 topics
- Mechanical Properties80▲ 2.5×31 topics
- Economic Growth80▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Qualitative Research80▲ 2.8×13 topics
- Sufism78▲ 50×2 topics
- Ottoman Empire74▲ 31×3 topics
- Public Policy70▲ 4.4×6 topics
- Ethnography67▲ 12×5 topics
- Professional Development62▲ 8.9×9 topics
- Student Perceptions61▲ 10×7 topics
- Distance Education60▲ 9.2×4 topics
- Meta-Analysis60▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Learning57▲ 5.8×7 topics
- Rituals57▲ 21×3 topics
- Storytelling57▲ 35×3 topics
- Folklore56▲ 33×1 topic
- Teaching56▲ 13×3 topics
- Turkish Culture56▲ 53×1 topic
- Covid-19 Pandemic52▲ 11×2 topics
- Metaphors52▲ 48×1 topic
- Teacher Perspectives52▲ 40×1 topic
- Psychological Functioning51▲ 19×2 topics
- Content Analysis50▲ 12×7 topics
- Therapy49▲ 7.6×7 topics
- Social Systems47▲ 24×2 topics
- Family Constellations46▲ 47×1 topic
- Genetic Processes46▲ 47×1 topic
- 21st Century Skills46▲ 4.8×6 topics
- Divan Poetry41▲ 48×1 topic
- Turkish Literature41▲ 48×1 topic
- Quarantine40▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Theology39▲ 13×2 topics
- Educational Research39▲ 8.6×4 topics
- Islamic Studies38▲ 39×1 topic
- Religious Language38▲ 53×1 topic
Which research topics does Afyon Kocatepe University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Education Practices and Challenges, Families in Therapy and Culture and Turkish Literature and Culture.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 56 works
- 2 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 52 works
- 3 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 46 works
- 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 41 works
- 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 38 works
- 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 34 works
- 7 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 33 works
- 8 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 27 works
- 9 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 27 works
- 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 22 works
How open and international is its research?
Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Afyon Kocatepe University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Afyon Kocatepe University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.
Fractional works of Afyon Kocatepe University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2010.
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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