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Ankara University

In research, Ankara University stands highest in Health Sciences (#524 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#867 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#735 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Oral Surgery and Orthodontics — Museology is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,069
of 28,054 · #1,787 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#5
of 308
Research works
39k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
428k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Ankara 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
Health SciencesDomain #524 of 11,982 9.6%2,934 #948
Physical SciencesDomain #867 of 12,888 14.9%1,872 #1799
MedicineField #735 of 10,443 8.7%2,401 #1178
DentistryField #29 of 367 16.0%199 #106
Social SciencesDomain #881 of 10,521 15.2%2,801 #1193
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #313 of 3,409 16.5%652 #625
Arts and HumanitiesField #198 of 1,998 14.0%690 #494
Social SciencesField #720 of 6,365 16.3%1,323 #983
Life SciencesDomain #1,096 of 7,800 12.5%1,493 #1885
EngineeringField #1,266 of 6,636 15.0%585 #2364

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ankara 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. Health Sciences#948 #524
  2. Physical Sciences#1,799 #867
  3. Medicine#1,178 #735
  4. Dentistry#106 #29
  5. Social Sciences#1,193 #881
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#625 #313
  7. Arts and Humanities#494 #198
  8. Social Sciences#983 #720
  9. Life Sciences#1,885 #1,096
  10. Engineering#2,364 #1,266
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 111.8 works10×
  2. Oral SurgerySubfield · 98.9 works5.6×
  3. OrthodonticsSubfield · 54.5 works5.3×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 73.3 works4.8×
  5. ElectrochemistrySubfield · 30.7 works4.6×
  6. DentistryField · 199.0 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: 1.51× its world share, 652 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 566 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 90 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 136 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 49 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 153 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 306 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 98 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 585 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 266 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 171 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 124 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 103 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.51× its world share, 199 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 226 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 2,401 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 80 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.33× its world share, 29 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.62× its world share, 690 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 144 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 152 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 425 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1,323 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ankara University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ayten Cangır, Machteld J. Mellink and Yasemin Gülbahar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ankara University.

  1. 1 Ayten Cangır Türkiye · #33,994 worldwide 234 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Machteld J. Mellink Türkiye · #75,263 worldwide 73 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Yasemin Gülbahar Türkiye · #79,965 worldwide 186 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Bengü Nisa Akay Türkiye · #97,656 worldwide 155 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Erkan Yılmaz Türkiye · #128,446 worldwide 278 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Halil İnalcık Türkiye · #130,428 worldwide 223 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Aydan İkincioğulları Türkiye · #151,246 worldwide 142 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Kaan Gündüz Türkiye · #158,758 worldwide 76 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Figen Doğu Türkiye · #162,414 worldwide 131 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Atilla Halil Elhan Türkiye · #163,476 worldwide 122 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Ankara University

Which keywords describe research at Ankara University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology476▲ 1.32×132 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage352▲ 7.1×23 topics
  3. Mental Health266▲ 1.99×42 topics
  4. Inflammation253▲ 1.33×83 topics
  5. Quality of Life206▲ 1.57×55 topics
  6. Globalization193◆ 1.08×91 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress188▲ 1.26×62 topics
  8. Treatment159▲ 1.44×50 topics
  9. Nationalism158▲ 3.8×24 topics
  10. Ottoman Empire150▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Sufism137▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Public Policy129▲ 2.9×11 topics
  13. Ethnography122▲ 7.8×12 topics
  14. Culture116▲ 2.4×23 topics
  15. Rituals110▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Therapy108▲ 6.0×8 topics
  17. Storytelling106▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Psychological Functioning106▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Folklore106▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Mythology106▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Neoliberalism104▲ 3.2×19 topics
  22. Traditional Beliefs104▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Turkish Culture104▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Social Systems92▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Family Constellations91▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Genetic Processes91▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Diplomacy75▲ 8.7×7 topics
  28. Divan Poetry73▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Turkish Literature73▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Theology69▲ 7.8×5 topics
  31. Syntax67▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Language Contact67▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Etymology66▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Historical Phonology66▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Islamic Studies64▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Turkic64▲ 25×1 topic
  37. oral epics64▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Authoritarianism64▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Mu'tazilite Thought64▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Religious Language64▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Ankara University publish most on?

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

Cultural and Sociopoliti…104Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 104 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …91Families in Therapy and Culture: 91 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…73Turkish Literature and Culture: 73 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…64Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 64 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 64 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 56 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…56Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 56 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 56 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 51 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors …46Electrochemical sensors and biosensors: 46 fractional works
MuseologySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 104 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 91 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 73 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 64 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 64 works
  6. 6 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 56 works
  7. 7 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 56 works
  8. 8 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 56 works
  9. 9 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 51 works
  10. 10 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ankara University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Ankara

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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.