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Anadolu University

In research, Anadolu University stands highest in Social Sciences (#556 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#584 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#199 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Music and Philosophy — Museology is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,564
of 28,054 · #3,433 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#50
of 308
Research works
9.9k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
112k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Anadolu 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 #556 of 10,521 18.8%1,896 #1206
Social SciencesField #584 of 6,365 19.3%859 #1030
Arts and HumanitiesField #199 of 1,998 21.8%455 #745
PhilosophySubfield #34 of 290 29.4%103 #212
Business, Management and AccountingField #346 of 2,578 15.5%168 #908
EducationSubfield #288 of 1,892 25.8%276 #469
Physical SciencesDomain #2,918 of 12,888 21.2%347 #2525
Computer ScienceField #1,329 of 4,667 25.0%148 #1560
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #862 of 2,578 16.8%223 #1311
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #634 of 1,775 21.2%163 #1231

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Anadolu 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#1,206 #556
  2. Social Sciences#1,030 #584
  3. Arts and Humanities#745 #199
  4. Philosophy#212 #34
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#908 #346
  6. Education#469 #288
  7. Physical Sciences#2,525 #2,918
  8. Computer Science#1,560 #1,329
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,311 #862
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,231 #634
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 Anadolu University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 61.8 works19×
  2. MusicSubfield · 27.6 works13×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 103.3 works9.1×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 88.8 works6.3×
  5. Arts and HumanitiesField · 455.5 works6.0×
  6. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 64.3 works5.5×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 87 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.55× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 148 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.96× its world share, 456 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 168 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.88× its world share, 163 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.68× its world share, 216 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 859 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Anadolu University?

Ranked on the composite score, Aras Bozkurt, Mehmet Fırat and Cengiz Hakan Aydın lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Anadolu University.

  1. 1 Aras Bozkurt · #37,494 worldwide 280 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Mehmet Fırat · #208,310 worldwide 106 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Cengiz Hakan Aydın · #210,116 worldwide 73 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ayşe Eren Pütün · #246,538 worldwide 425 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Saliha Ilıcan · #263,241 worldwide 151 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Cüneyt Akınlar · #266,100 worldwide 180 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Yasemin Çağlar · #274,288 worldwide 169 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Abdullah Kuzu · #290,428 worldwide 104 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 K. Hüsnü Can Başer · #310,748 worldwide 599 citations · 205 works
  10. 10 Müjdat Çağlar · #342,349 worldwide 177 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Anadolu University

Which keywords describe research at Anadolu University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Teacher Training, Education, Distance Education, Student Perceptions, Qualitative Research, Professional Development and Learning.

▲ 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 Heritage167▲ 12×15 topics
  2. Education163▲ 3.6×55 topics
  3. Teacher Training128▲ 7.8×19 topics
  4. Qualitative Research120▲ 5.2×23 topics
  5. Social Media117▲ 3.1×29 topics
  6. Globalization116▲ 2.2×68 topics
  7. Distance Education110▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Student Perceptions103▲ 21×7 topics
  9. Professional Development100▲ 19×10 topics
  10. Mental Health96▲ 2.5×37 topics
  11. Economic Growth94▲ 4.2×25 topics
  12. Learning88▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Teaching88▲ 27×5 topics
  14. Covid-19 Pandemic86▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Metaphors85▲ 94×1 topic
  16. Teacher Perspectives85▲ 82×1 topic
  17. Social Justice81▲ 5.2×25 topics
  18. Human Rights76▲ 2.8×38 topics
  19. Ethnography76▲ 17×7 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis72▲ 4.6×17 topics
  21. Content Analysis70▲ 21×7 topics
  22. Online Learning69▲ 3.1×17 topics
  23. Student Engagement69▲ 6.5×14 topics
  24. Language Teaching67▲ 9.9×7 topics
  25. Ottoman Empire63▲ 33×3 topics
  26. 21st Century Skills63▲ 8.1×5 topics
  27. Public Policy62▲ 4.8×11 topics
  28. Educational Research60▲ 16×5 topics
  29. Nationalism59▲ 4.9×15 topics
  30. Storytelling59▲ 46×3 topics
  31. Rituals59▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Folklore59▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Mythology59▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Traditional Beliefs58▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Turkish Culture58▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Sufism58▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Bibliometric Analysis51▲ 35×3 topics
  38. Curriculum Evaluation49▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Reading Habits49▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Cultural Diversity44▲ 7.5×8 topics

Which research topics does Anadolu University publish most on?

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

Education Practices and …85Education Practices and Challenges: 85 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 58 fractional worksEducational Methods and …49Educational Methods and Analysis: 49 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…43Turkish Literature and Culture: 43 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 32 fractional worksMusic Education and Analysis: 30 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…27Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 27 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 27 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 27 fractional worksLegal Issues in Turkey25Legal Issues in Turkey: 25 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyEducationLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and ChallengesPhilosophy 85 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesMuseology 58 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and AnalysisEducation 49 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and CultureLiterature and Literary Theory 43 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 32 works
  6. 6 Music Education and AnalysisEducation 30 works
  7. 7 Ottoman and Turkish StudiesHistory 27 works
  8. 8 Historical Turkish StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 27 works
  9. 9 Online Learning and AnalyticsComputer Science Applications 27 works
  10. 10 Legal Issues in TurkeyPolitical Science and International Relations 25 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 available63.9%not open36.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Anadolu University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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.

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