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Ardahan University

In research, Ardahan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,932 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,415 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,513 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Literature and Literary Theory — Museology is 36.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,573
of 28,054 · #8,638 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#92
of 308
Research works
1.6k
▲ 220% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Ardahan 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 #2,932 of 10,521 13.5%456 #5260
Health SciencesDomain #3,415 of 11,982 20.3%91 #9165
Physical SciencesDomain #4,513 of 12,888 17.2%183 #8313
Life SciencesDomain #2,855 of 7,800 18.7%87 #5684
Arts and HumanitiesField #911 of 1,998 11.3%165 #1926
Social SciencesField #3,590 of 6,365 14.4%166 #4319
EngineeringField #5,069 of 6,636 15.5%60 —
PsychologyField #1,690 of 2,181 10.8%63 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ardahan 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#5,260 #2,932
  2. Health Sciences#9,165 #3,415
  3. Physical Sciences#8,313 #4,513
  4. Life Sciences#5,684 #2,855
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,926 #911
  6. Social Sciences#4,319 #3,590
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 Ardahan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 36.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 36.7 works37×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 23.4 works17×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 36.9 works8.5×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 27.7 works7.7×
  5. Arts and HumanitiesField · 164.8 works7.0×
← 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: 1.02× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.98× its world share, 165 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.54× its world share, 63 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 166 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ardahan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasser Rezapour-Mirsaleh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ardahan University.

  1. 1 Yasser Rezapour-Mirsaleh Türkiye · #1,215,035 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ardahan University

Which keywords describe research at Ardahan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Ethnography, Rituals, Storytelling, Folklore, Turkish Culture and Divan Poetry.

▲ 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 Heritage105▲ 23×10 topics
  2. Sufism56▲ 139×2 topics
  3. Mental Health45▲ 3.7×29 topics
  4. Ethnography38▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Rituals38▲ 54×3 topics
  6. Storytelling37▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Folklore36▲ 84×1 topic
  8. Turkish Culture36▲ 133×1 topic
  9. Sustainability36▲ 1.79×38 topics
  10. Divan Poetry34▲ 149×1 topic
  11. Turkish Literature34▲ 149×1 topic
  12. Culture28▲ 6.6×5 topics
  13. Morphology26▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Language Contact26▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Linguistics26▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Social Systems26▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Therapy26▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Psychological Functioning25▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Historical Phonology25▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Syntax25▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Turkic25▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Family Constellations25▲ 97×1 topic
  23. Genetic Processes25▲ 97×1 topic
  24. Theology23▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Public Policy23▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. Ottoman Empire23▲ 38×3 topics
  27. Islamic Studies22▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Religious Language22▲ 126×1 topic
  29. Renewable Energy22▲ 1.89×23 topics
  30. Nationalism18▲ 4.9×6 topics
  31. Teacher Training16▲ 3.2×7 topics
  32. Migration15▲ 5.5×5 topics
  33. Neoliberalism14▲ 4.8×5 topics
  34. Urbanization14▲ 4.1×6 topics
  35. Community Development13▲ 8.5×3 topics
  36. Self-Efficacy12▲ 5.5×8 topics
  37. Content Analysis11▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Cultural Exchange11▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Quarantine11▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Central Asia10▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Ardahan University publish most on?

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

Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 36 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 34 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 25 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …25Families in Therapy and Culture: 25 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…22Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 22 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 9 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 8 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 8 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 8 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social Issues: 8 fractional works
MuseologyLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and LinguisticsSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 36 works
  2. 2 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 25 works
  4. 4 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 25 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 22 works
  6. 6 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 9 works
  7. 7 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 8 works
  8. 8 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 8 works
  9. 9 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  10. 10 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 8 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 available77.1%not open22.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ardahan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 220% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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.