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Ahi Evran University

In research, Ahi Evran University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,486 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#985 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,378 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Forestry and Philosophy — Museology is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,202
of 28,054 · #6,882 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#78
of 308
Research works
5.3k
▲ 215% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Ahi Evran 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 #1,486 of 10,521 17.1%979 #2581
Social SciencesField #985 of 6,365 20.0%419 #1974
Physical SciencesDomain #2,378 of 12,888 14.5%495 #4964
Health SciencesDomain #3,159 of 11,982 9.4%473 #8013
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #952 of 3,409 9.1%218 #1737
EducationSubfield #593 of 1,892 27.8%151 #865
Arts and HumanitiesField #659 of 1,998 17.6%273 #1379
MedicineField #3,581 of 10,443 9.7%367 #8746
Computer ScienceField #1,731 of 4,667 17.6%85 #3718
Life SciencesDomain #4,019 of 7,800 8.1%347 #7474

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ahi Evran 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#2,581 #1,486
  2. Social Sciences#1,974 #985
  3. Physical Sciences#4,964 #2,378
  4. Health Sciences#8,013 #3,159
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,737 #952
  6. Education#865 #593
  7. Arts and Humanities#1,379 #659
  8. Medicine#8,746 #3,581
  9. Computer Science#3,718 #1,731
  10. Life Sciences#7,474 #4,019
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 Ahi Evran University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 40.0 works14×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 23.0 works9.7×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 72.8 works7.4×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 27.8 works7.3×
  5. Speech and HearingSubfield · 20.0 works4.7×
  6. HistorySubfield · 33.2 works4.5×
← 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: 2.00× its world share, 218 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 92 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 145 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 76 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 367 worksMedicineNursing: 1.94× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.12× its world share, 273 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 59 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 148 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 419 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ahi Evran University?

Ranked on the composite score, Mustafa Kurt, Ayla Ünsal and Hatice Rana Erdem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ahi Evran University.

  1. 1 Mustafa Kurt Türkiye · #330,183 worldwide 94 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Ayla Ünsal Türkiye · #349,945 worldwide 15 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Hatice Rana Erdem Türkiye · #357,833 worldwide 91 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Kenan Aycan Türkiye · #722,274 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Nuri Baloğlu Türkiye · #802,594 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Musa Özata Türkiye · #895,347 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Şebnem Yıldız Türkiye · #912,172 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ömer Faruk Elmas Türkiye · #989,358 worldwide 25 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Zafer Kuş Türkiye · #1,011,404 worldwide 10 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Figen Tuncay Türkiye · #1,167,297 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ahi Evran University

Which keywords describe research at Ahi Evran University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Professional Development, Qualitative Research, Student Perceptions, Distance Education, Learning, Teaching and 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 Heritage139▲ 11×14 topics
  2. Education110▲ 2.8×42 topics
  3. Mental Health100▲ 3.0×33 topics
  4. Qualitative Research92▲ 4.6×9 topics
  5. Climate Change77▲ 1.24×58 topics
  6. Teacher Training75▲ 5.3×15 topics
  7. Professional Development73▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Student Perceptions72▲ 17×7 topics
  9. Distance Education71▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Learning69▲ 10×4 topics
  11. Teaching68▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Covid-19 Pandemic66▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Metaphors66▲ 84×1 topic
  14. Teacher Perspectives66▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Meta-Analysis59▲ 4.3×17 topics
  16. Sufism59▲ 52×2 topics
  17. Ottoman Empire57▲ 34×3 topics
  18. 21st Century Skills52▲ 7.6×4 topics
  19. Public Policy49▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Content Analysis47▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Educational Research46▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Language Teaching44▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. Ethnography44▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Psychological Functioning42▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Storytelling40▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Rituals40▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Folklore39▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Mythology39▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Traditional Beliefs39▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Turkish Culture39▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Therapy38▲ 8.5×5 topics
  32. Reading Habits38▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Bibliometric Analysis38▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Curriculum Evaluation38▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Family Constellations38▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Genetic Processes38▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Quarantine37▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Divan Poetry32▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Turkish Literature32▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Global Health29▲ 8.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Ahi Evran University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Educational Methods and Analysis and Families in Therapy and Culture.

Education Practices and Challenges: 66 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 39 fractional worksEducational Methods and …38Educational Methods and Analysis: 38 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …38Families in Therapy and Culture: 38 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 32 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 27 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…26Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 26 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 24 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 23 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural Development Research: 21 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyEducationSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 66 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 39 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 38 works
  4. 4 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 38 works
  5. 5 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 32 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 27 works
  7. 7 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 26 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 24 works
  9. 9 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 23 works
  10. 10 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 21 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 available74.9%not open25.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ahi Evran University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 215% 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.