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Başkent University

In research, Başkent University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,535 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,543 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,674 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery, Hepatology and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,214
of 28,054 · #6,769 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#120
of 308
Research works
12k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
141k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Başkent 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 #1,535 of 11,982 6.9%1,112 #2738
MedicineField #1,543 of 10,443 6.3%966 #2606
Social SciencesDomain #3,674 of 10,521 19.5%434 #3399
Health ProfessionsField #909 of 1,928 10.5%79 #1136
Physical SciencesDomain #6,465 of 12,888 11.9%324 #7824
Social SciencesField #3,212 of 6,365 22.6%161 #2683
Life SciencesDomain #4,414 of 7,800 8.7%201 #5313
Computer ScienceField #3,289 of 4,667 20.1%62 #3496
EngineeringField #4,803 of 6,636 9.0%150 #5552
SurgerySubfield #1,319 of 1,816 5.1%156 #1462

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Başkent 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#2,738 #1,535
  2. Medicine#2,606 #1,543
  3. Social Sciences#3,399 #3,674
  4. Health Professions#1,136 #909
  5. Physical Sciences#7,824 #6,465
  6. Social Sciences#2,683 #3,212
  7. Life Sciences#5,313 #4,414
  8. Computer Science#3,496 #3,289
  9. Engineering#5,552 #4,803
  10. Surgery#1,462 #1,319
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 Başkent University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 22.8 works5.7×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 21.5 works5.4×
  3. DentistryField · 51.9 works5.2×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 103 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 62 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.16× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 79 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.42× its world share, 966 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 60 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 161 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Başkent University?

Ranked on the composite score, Aylin Yı́ldı́rı́r, Leyla Elif Sade and Laurence Raw lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Başkent University.

  1. 1 Aylin Yı́ldı́rı́r Türkiye · #10,719 worldwide 927 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Leyla Elif Sade Türkiye · #26,330 worldwide 407 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Laurence Raw Türkiye · #95,622 worldwide 97 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Yonca A. Akova Türkiye · #110,984 worldwide 137 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Fatih Köse Türkiye · #111,950 worldwide 194 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Özgür Özyılkan Türkiye · #124,219 worldwide 151 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Levent Oğuzkurt Türkiye · #231,952 worldwide 109 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Çağrı A. Uysal Türkiye · #234,312 worldwide 54 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Zafer Koç Türkiye · #325,958 worldwide 99 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Hulusi Bülent Zeyneloğlu Türkiye · #330,724 worldwide 59 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Başkent University

Which keywords describe research at Başkent University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Graft Survival, Treatment, Liver Transplantation, Chemotherapy and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology151▲ 1.85×111 topics
  2. Inflammation94▲ 2.2×72 topics
  3. Quality of Life79▲ 2.7×48 topics
  4. Treatment64▲ 2.5×44 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress63▲ 1.85×55 topics
  6. Management48▲ 3.0×30 topics
  7. Chemotherapy47▲ 3.2×21 topics
  8. Diagnosis45▲ 2.4×35 topics
  9. Mental Health44▲ 1.45×32 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease43▲ 1.87×32 topics
  11. Clinical Trials42▲ 3.0×18 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines42▲ 3.7×14 topics
  13. Risk Factors41▲ 1.82×34 topics
  14. Graft Survival41▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome37▲ 2.2×20 topics
  16. Depression35▲ 1.93×20 topics
  17. Radiotherapy34▲ 4.3×12 topics
  18. Obesity34▲ 2.1×22 topics
  19. Liver Transplantation32▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Immunotherapy31▲ 2.1×17 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations30▲ 3.4×20 topics
  22. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury29▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Thrombosis28▲ 4.9×7 topics
  24. Biliary Complications26▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Donor Risk Index26▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Metastasis26▲ 3.6×12 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations25▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Transplantation24▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Prognosis24▲ 3.6×9 topics
  30. Kidney Transplantation24▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Psychological Factors22▲ 5.0×6 topics
  32. Prostate Cancer20▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy20▲ 5.2×8 topics
  34. Hearing Loss18▲ 7.7×4 topics
  35. Human Papillomavirus18▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Survival18▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Drugs17▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Antibody-Mediated Rejection15▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Rejection15▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Renal Allograft15▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Başkent University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Organ Transplantation Te…26Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 15 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 10 fractional worksOral health in cancer treatment: 10 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…9Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 9 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 9 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 9 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …9Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 9 fractional works
SurgeryTransplantationInfectious DiseasesHepatology5 others

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

  1. 1 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 26 works
  2. 2 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 15 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 12 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 11 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 10 works
  6. 6 Oral health in cancer treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 9 works
  9. 9 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 9 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 9 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Başkent University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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.

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