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Bahçeşehir University

In research, Bahçeşehir University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,517 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,682 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,716 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,548
of 28,054 · #4,769 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#49
of 308
Research works
4.9k
▲ 120% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Bahçeşehir 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 #1,517 of 11,982 12.0%544 #4174
Social SciencesDomain #1,682 of 10,521 20.5%609 #2319
MedicineField #1,716 of 10,443 11.3%442 #4523
Physical SciencesDomain #3,154 of 12,888 17.5%451 #3839
Social SciencesField #1,733 of 6,365 22.3%257 #2305
EducationSubfield #742 of 1,892 32.7%68 #1035
EngineeringField #2,607 of 6,636 17.7%158 #2840
Life SciencesDomain #3,152 of 7,800 13.3%144 #7147
Computer ScienceField #2,420 of 4,667 18.6%137 #2574
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,340 of 2,578 23.5%74 #1446

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bahçeşehir 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#4,174 #1,517
  2. Social Sciences#2,319 #1,682
  3. Medicine#4,523 #1,716
  4. Physical Sciences#3,839 #3,154
  5. Social Sciences#2,305 #1,733
  6. Education#1,035 #742
  7. Engineering#2,840 #2,607
  8. Life Sciences#7,147 #3,152
  9. Computer Science#2,574 #2,420
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#1,446 #1,340
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 Bahçeşehir University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 37.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 137 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 158 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 37 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.57× its world share, 32 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.43× its world share, 38 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 442 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 74 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 119 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 257 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bahçeşehir University?

Ranked on the composite score, Taşkın Koçak, Serkan Ayvaz and Çiğdem Eroğlu Erdem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bahçeşehir University.

  1. 1 Taşkın Koçak Türkiye · #192,671 worldwide 278 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Serkan Ayvaz Türkiye · #246,337 worldwide 113 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Çiğdem Eroğlu Erdem Türkiye · #343,626 worldwide 105 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Ekrem Tatoğlu Türkiye · #348,856 worldwide 297 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Nur DOKUZEYLÜL GÜNGÖR Türkiye · #433,883 worldwide 27 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Türker Kılıç Türkiye · #459,839 worldwide 48 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Fatma Eti̇ Aslan Türkiye · #539,181 worldwide 25 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Selcen Öner Türkiye · #681,632 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Devrim Ünay Türkiye · #728,980 worldwide 49 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Berna Aksoy Türkiye · #752,542 worldwide 39 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Bahçeşehir University

Which keywords describe research at Bahçeşehir University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Student Perceptions, Machine Learning, Quality of Life, Professional Development and Distance 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. Epidemiology87▲ 1.26×106 topics
  2. Deep Learning73▲ 1.22×68 topics
  3. Machine Learning61◆ 1.07×65 topics
  4. Mental Health52▲ 2.0×33 topics
  5. Inflammation45▲ 1.25×71 topics
  6. Quality of Life44▲ 1.73×45 topics
  7. Education43▲ 1.44×44 topics
  8. Sustainability41◆ 0.97×56 topics
  9. Social Media40▲ 1.61×24 topics
  10. Neural Networks38▲ 1.40×31 topics
  11. Globalization34◆ 0.99×50 topics
  12. COVID-1929▲ 1.20×22 topics
  13. Clinical Trials27▲ 2.3×17 topics
  14. Risk Factors27▲ 1.41×34 topics
  15. Treatment27▲ 1.26×41 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management26▲ 1.60×19 topics
  17. Depression24▲ 1.57×21 topics
  18. Student Perceptions22▲ 6.9×5 topics
  19. Teacher Training21▲ 1.93×12 topics
  20. Distance Education21▲ 5.8×3 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis21▲ 2.0×18 topics
  22. Professional Development21▲ 6.0×8 topics
  23. Well-being20▲ 3.0×13 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage20▲ 2.1×16 topics
  25. Nationalism20▲ 2.5×10 topics
  26. Motivation20▲ 2.7×11 topics
  27. Student Engagement19▲ 2.7×10 topics
  28. Learning18▲ 3.4×4 topics
  29. Psychological Factors18▲ 4.7×6 topics
  30. Rehabilitation17▲ 2.5×11 topics
  31. Social Interaction17▲ 2.5×9 topics
  32. Teaching15▲ 7.0×2 topics
  33. Analytic Hierarchy Process14▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Fuzzy Sets14▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Covid-19 Pandemic13▲ 5.6×2 topics
  36. Metaphors13▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Teacher Perspectives13▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Group Decision Making13▲ 18×1 topic
  39. TOPSIS13▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Digital Natives11▲ 7.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Bahçeşehir University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Impact of Technology on Adolescents and Turkey's Politics and Society.

Education Practices and …13Education Practices and Challenges: 13 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision …13Multi-Criteria Decision Making: 13 fractional worksImpact of Technology on …10Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 10 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and So…9Turkey's Politics and Society: 9 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…7Resilience and Mental Health: 7 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 7 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…6Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional works
PhilosophyManagement Science and Operations ResearchSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 13 works
  2. 2 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 13 works
  3. 3 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  5. 5 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 8 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 7 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bahçeşehir University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 120% 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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