Science Explorer Interactive view Map
University · Bitlis · Türkiye

Bitlis Eren University

In research, Bitlis Eren University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,950 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,404 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,520 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 22.9× its share of world research.

beu.edu.trROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#4,771
of 28,054 · #9,346 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#111
of 308
Research works
2.7k
▲ 171% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Bitlis Eren 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 #1,950 of 10,521 12.3%632 #4236
Social SciencesField #1,404 of 6,365 11.2%268 #3049
Physical SciencesDomain #3,520 of 12,888 14.5%446 #6339
EngineeringField #2,430 of 6,636 16.9%172 #4813
Arts and HumanitiesField #764 of 1,998 13.7%180 #1695
Health SciencesDomain #7,266 of 11,982 7.0%136 #13668
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,927 of 2,578 10.8%86 #3594
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #981 of 1,201 9.6%70 #2173
Life SciencesDomain #6,884 of 7,800 4.4%71 #12307
Materials ScienceField #2,200 of 2,468 11.8%61 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bitlis Eren 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#4,236 #1,950
  2. Social Sciences#3,049 #1,404
  3. Physical Sciences#6,339 #3,520
  4. Engineering#4,813 #2,430
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,695 #764
  6. Health Sciences#13,668 #7,266
  7. Sociology and Political Science#3,594 #1,927
  8. Political Science and International Relations#2,173 #981
  9. Life Sciences#12,307 #6,884
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 Bitlis Eren University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 22.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 36.0 works23×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 28.1 works13×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 42.4 works6.2×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 49 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.23× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 55 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.35× its world share, 61 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.85× its world share, 180 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 42 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 268 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bitlis Eren University?

Ranked on the composite score, Zafer Cömert, Otto Clemen and S. Christopher Caran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bitlis Eren University.

  1. 1 Zafer Cömert Türkiye · #244,056 worldwide 90 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Otto Clemen Türkiye · #593,657 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 S. Christopher Caran Türkiye · #963,131 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Selçuk Topal Türkiye · #989,675 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Yunus Levent Ekinci Türkiye · #1,258,964 worldwide 35 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 M. Aygün Türkiye · #1,352,137 worldwide 27 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Koray Köksal Türkiye · #1,401,325 worldwide 37 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 M. Cihan Aydın Türkiye · #1,470,176 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Murat Kürşat Türkiye · #1,489,383 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Ercan Işık Türkiye · #1,532,995 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Bitlis Eren University

Which keywords describe research at Bitlis Eren University?

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

▲ 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 Heritage118▲ 17×16 topics
  2. Mental Health57▲ 3.0×32 topics
  3. Sufism53▲ 84×2 topics
  4. Public Policy45▲ 7.1×5 topics
  5. Ottoman Empire45▲ 48×3 topics
  6. Ethnography43▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Globalization40▲ 1.57×40 topics
  8. Economic Growth37▲ 3.4×15 topics
  9. Renewable Energy36▲ 1.95×29 topics
  10. Rituals36▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Storytelling36▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Folklore35▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Mythology35▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Nationalism35▲ 6.0×11 topics
  15. Traditional Beliefs35▲ 82×1 topic
  16. Turkish Culture35▲ 82×1 topic
  17. Culture30▲ 4.4×6 topics
  18. Economic Development28▲ 2.7×16 topics
  19. Psychological Functioning28▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Therapy28▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Divan Poetry28▲ 78×1 topic
  22. Turkish Literature28▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Family Constellations28▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Genetic Processes28▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Theology27▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Islamic Studies25▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Religious Language25▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Quarantine25▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Social Impact23▲ 4.5×7 topics
  30. International Relations22▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Global Health21▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Pandemics21▲ 58×2 topics
  33. Neoliberalism21▲ 4.6×6 topics
  34. Disease Control21▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Epidemics21▲ 102×1 topic
  36. Diplomacy19▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Education Policy18▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Modernization18▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Political History18▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Turkish Republic18▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does Bitlis Eren University publish most on?

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

Cultural and Sociopoliti…35Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 35 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…28Turkish Literature and Culture: 28 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …28Families in Therapy and Culture: 28 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…25Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 25 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 21 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 18 fractional worksPublic Administration an…14Public Administration and Governance: 14 fractional worksOttoman Empire History and Society: 13 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 12 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 12 fractional works
MuseologyLiterature and Literary TheorySocial PsychologyReligious studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 35 works
  2. 2 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 28 works
  3. 3 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 28 works
  4. 4 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 25 works
  5. 5 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 21 works
  6. 6 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Governance Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  8. 8 Ottoman Empire History and Society Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  9. 9 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 12 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 available78.2%not open21.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bitlis Eren University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 171% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
grewheldshrank

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.