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Afyon Kocatepe University

In research, Afyon Kocatepe University stands highest in Social Sciences (#796 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#758 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,640 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology and Religious studies — Museology is 14.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,435
of 28,054 · #4,577 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#46
of 308
Research works
9.2k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Afyon Kocatepe University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #796 of 10,521 16.9%1,309 #1484
Social SciencesField #758 of 6,365 17.8%542 #1227
Health SciencesDomain #1,640 of 11,982 10.1%482 #3504
Business, Management and AccountingField #481 of 2,578 12.6%123 #1077
Arts and HumanitiesField #386 of 1,998 15.6%315 #1042
Physical SciencesDomain #2,679 of 12,888 11.9%853 #4330
EducationSubfield #426 of 1,892 23.8%168 #692
MedicineField #2,723 of 10,443 9.6%353 #5018
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #875 of 2,578 17.6%148 #1643
EngineeringField #2,370 of 6,636 8.8%372 #3251

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,484 #796
  2. Social Sciences#1,227 #758
  3. Health Sciences#3,504 #1,640
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,077 #481
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,042 #386
  6. Physical Sciences#4,330 #2,679
  7. Education#692 #426
  8. Medicine#5,018 #2,723
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,643 #875
  10. Engineering#3,251 #2,370
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Afyon Kocatepe University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 14.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 54.0 works15×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 38.6 works7.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 174 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 126 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 37 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 372 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 91 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.18× its world share, 31 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 353 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.81× its world share, 15 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.70× its world share, 315 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 123 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.03× its world share, 128 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 172 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 542 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Afyon Kocatepe University?

Ranked on the composite score, Fatma Fidan, Mehmet Yıldız and Kubilay Aslantaş lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Afyon Kocatepe University.

  1. 1 Fatma Fidan Türkiye · #210,980 worldwide 49 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Mehmet Yıldız Türkiye · #263,604 worldwide 112 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Kubilay Aslantaş Türkiye · #280,911 worldwide 119 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Fatih Ecer Türkiye · #318,254 worldwide 119 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Şemsettin Karaca Türkiye · #321,131 worldwide 37 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Mehmet Burçin Ünlü Türkiye · #337,539 worldwide 67 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Çiğdem Tokyol Türkiye · #388,386 worldwide 36 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Zafer Çetınkaya Türkiye · #407,606 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 M. Karabacak Türkiye · #427,405 worldwide 106 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Saffet Erdoğan Türkiye · #446,625 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Afyon Kocatepe University

Which keywords describe research at Afyon Kocatepe University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Ottoman Empire, Ethnography, Professional Development, Mental Health, Student Perceptions and Distance Education.

▲ 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 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
  1. Cultural Heritage185▲ 11×14 topics
  2. Education107▲ 2.1×38 topics
  3. Mental Health105▲ 2.4×32 topics
  4. Sustainability98▲ 1.37×51 topics
  5. Renewable Energy86▲ 2.0×30 topics
  6. Teacher Training76▲ 4.1×14 topics
  7. Sufism75▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Qualitative Research74▲ 2.9×10 topics
  9. Economic Growth73▲ 2.9×23 topics
  10. Ottoman Empire70▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties70▲ 2.5×30 topics
  12. Public Policy64▲ 4.4×6 topics
  13. Ethnography61▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Professional Development59▲ 10×9 topics
  15. Student Perceptions58▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Distance Education57▲ 9.4×3 topics
  17. Learning55▲ 6.3×5 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis54▲ 3.1×18 topics
  19. Teaching54▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Rituals53▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Storytelling53▲ 36×3 topics
  22. Folklore52▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Turkish Culture52▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Covid-19 Pandemic50▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Metaphors50▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Teacher Perspectives50▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Psychological Functioning49▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Therapy47▲ 8.1×7 topics
  29. Social Systems45▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Content Analysis45▲ 12×7 topics
  31. Family Constellations44▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Genetic Processes44▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Divan Poetry39▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Turkish Literature39▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Quarantine39▲ 8.3×2 topics
  36. Theology38▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Educational Research36▲ 8.4×4 topics
  38. Islamic Studies36▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Religious Language36▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Global Health35▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Afyon Kocatepe University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Education Practices and Challenges, Families in Therapy and Culture and Turkish Literature and Culture.

Cultural and Sociopoliti…52Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 52 fractional worksEducation Practices and …50Education Practices and Challenges: 50 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …44Families in Therapy and Culture: 44 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…39Turkish Literature and Culture: 39 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 36 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 33 fractional worksEducational Methods and …30Educational Methods and Analysis: 30 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 26 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 25 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 20 fractional works
MuseologyPhilosophySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 52 works
  2. 2 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 50 works
  3. 3 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 44 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 39 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 36 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 33 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 30 works
  8. 8 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 25 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 20 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.

openly available67.4%not open32.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Afyon Kocatepe University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.