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Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi

In research, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi stands highest in Museology (#1 of 34 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#112 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#910 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Literature and Literary Theory — Museology is 44.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,753
of 28,054 · #12,557 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#133
of 308
Research works
8.1k
▲ 201% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
94%
world 28%

What is Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi 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
MuseologySubfield #1 of 34 14.2%185 #26
Arts and HumanitiesField #112 of 1,998 13.1%965 #552
Social SciencesDomain #910 of 10,521 11.2%3,005 #1800
Social SciencesField #777 of 6,365 12.0%1,358 #1296
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #110 of 390 12.3%209 #442
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #368 of 1,201 10.0%371 #912
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #811 of 2,578 11.0%393 #1763
EducationSubfield #678 of 1,892 17.1%243 #963
PhilosophySubfield #112 of 290 21.0%127 #326
Religious studiesSubfield #31 of 70 8.6%151 #119

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi 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. Museology#26 #1
  2. Arts and Humanities#552 #112
  3. Social Sciences#1,800 #910
  4. Social Sciences#1,296 #777
  5. Literature and Literary Theory#442 #110
  6. Political Science and International Relations#912 #368
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,763 #811
  8. Education#963 #678
  9. Philosophy#326 #112
  10. Religious studies#119 #31
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 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 44.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 184.7 works44×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 150.5 works27×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 209.3 works12×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 965.2 works9.8×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 126.7 works8.7×
  6. HistorySubfield · 94.3 works8.6×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 83 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.83× its world share, 965 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.98× its world share, 217 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 141 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.87× its world share, 297 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 1,358 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi?

Ranked on the composite score, Refik Balay and Ali Yıldırım lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi.

  1. 1 Refik Balay Türkiye · #584,469 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Ali Yıldırım Türkiye · #707,644 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi

Which keywords describe research at Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Ethnography, Mental Health, Ottoman Empire, Public Policy, Rituals and Folklore.

▲ 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 Heritage569▲ 31×19 topics
  2. Sufism289▲ 172×2 topics
  3. Mental Health255▲ 5.1×37 topics
  4. Ethnography211▲ 36×9 topics
  5. Globalization200▲ 3.0×69 topics
  6. Ottoman Empire188▲ 75×3 topics
  7. Public Policy185▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Rituals184▲ 62×3 topics
  9. Folklore183▲ 102×3 topics
  10. Mythology183▲ 104×2 topics
  11. Storytelling182▲ 109×3 topics
  12. Traditional Beliefs181▲ 159×1 topic
  13. Turkish Culture181▲ 159×1 topic
  14. Culture177▲ 9.8×19 topics
  15. Human Rights170▲ 4.9×47 topics
  16. Education164▲ 2.8×50 topics
  17. Teacher Training160▲ 7.6×9 topics
  18. Psychological Functioning158▲ 55×2 topics
  19. Social Systems157▲ 82×2 topics
  20. Therapy156▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Family Constellations156▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Genetic Processes156▲ 145×1 topic
  23. Nationalism152▲ 9.7×21 topics
  24. Divan Poetry152▲ 163×1 topic
  25. Turkish Literature152▲ 163×1 topic
  26. Theology142▲ 44×4 topics
  27. Islamic Studies137▲ 135×1 topic
  28. Religious Language137▲ 184×1 topic
  29. Social Justice136▲ 6.8×26 topics
  30. Qualitative Research126▲ 4.3×19 topics
  31. Neoliberalism102▲ 8.4×18 topics
  32. Content Analysis101▲ 24×6 topics
  33. Language Contact96▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Linguistics96▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Etymology94▲ 55×2 topics
  36. Historical Phonology94▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Morphology93▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Turkic93▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Student Perceptions89▲ 14×6 topics
  40. International Law89▲ 8.5×18 topics

Which research topics does Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Families in Therapy and Culture, Turkish Literature and Culture and Islamic Thought and Society Studies.

Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 181 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 156 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…152Turkish Literature and Culture: 152 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…137Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 137 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 93 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 80 fractional worksEducation Practices and …80Education Practices and Challenges: 80 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 69 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 69 fractional worksLegal Issues in Turkey62Legal Issues in Turkey: 62 fractional works
MuseologySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryReligious studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 181 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 156 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 152 works
  4. 4 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 137 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 93 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 80 works
  7. 7 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 80 works
  8. 8 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 69 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 69 works
  10. 10 Legal Issues in Turkey Political Science and International Relations 62 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 available94.5%not open5.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 201% 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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