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Boğaziçi University

In research, Boğaziçi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,161 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,182 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,117 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Language and Linguistics is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,182
of 28,054 · #2,189 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#39
of 308
Research works
12k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
231k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Boğaziçi 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 #1,161 of 10,521 25.8%775 #1026
Physical SciencesDomain #2,182 of 12,888 17.2%880 #1837
Social SciencesField #1,117 of 6,365 25.0%389 #844
EducationSubfield #521 of 1,892 32.5%94 #633
EngineeringField #1,831 of 6,636 15.0%332 #1323
Life SciencesDomain #2,229 of 7,800 19.5%122 #4262
Arts and HumanitiesField #740 of 1,998 24.7%126 #831
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #989 of 2,578 24.5%104 #863
Computer ScienceField #1,919 of 4,667 19.4%202 #662
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #571 of 1,201 22.0%95 #485

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boğaziçi 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#1,026 #1,161
  2. Physical Sciences#1,837 #2,182
  3. Social Sciences#844 #1,117
  4. Education#633 #521
  5. Engineering#1,323 #1,831
  6. Life Sciences#4,262 #2,229
  7. Arts and Humanities#831 #740
  8. Sociology and Political Science#863 #989
  9. Computer Science#662 #1,919
  10. Political Science and International Relations#485 #571
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 Boğaziçi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 35.0 works4.2×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 34.6 works4.0×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 202 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 332 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 67 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.91× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.61× its world share, 68 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 126 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 80 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 389 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Boğaziçi University?

Ranked on the composite score, X. T. Meng, B. Parida and M. C. Hansen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boğaziçi University.

  1. 1 X. T. Meng Türkiye · #10,312 worldwide 1.7k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 B. Parida Türkiye · #12,500 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 M. C. Hansen Türkiye · #23,550 worldwide 935 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Cem Ersoy Türkiye · #31,969 worldwide 581 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Fatih Alagöz Türkiye · #32,394 worldwide 487 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Okyay Kaynak Türkiye · #37,752 worldwide 979 citations · 115 works
  7. 7 H. Wang Türkiye · #69,485 worldwide 455 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Ethem Alpaydın Türkiye · #74,109 worldwide 503 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 V. I. Martinez Outschoorn Türkiye · #82,577 worldwide 392 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Arzucan Özgür Türkiye · #87,369 worldwide 359 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Boğaziçi University

Which keywords describe research at Boğaziçi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Civil Society, Authoritarianism, Democratization, Gender politics, AKP and Kurdish question.

▲ 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. Deep Learning77▲ 1.18×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning69◆ 1.11×69 topics
  3. Globalization58▲ 1.55×61 topics
  4. Nationalism55▲ 6.2×17 topics
  5. Sustainability54◆ 1.15×58 topics
  6. Neoliberalism47▲ 7.0×15 topics
  7. Climate Change47◆ 0.91×67 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications42▲ 1.85×29 topics
  9. Neural Networks38▲ 1.29×31 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage38▲ 3.6×15 topics
  11. Education37◆ 1.12×40 topics
  12. Civil Society34▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Nanoparticles33▲ 1.38×30 topics
  14. Social Media33▲ 1.21×21 topics
  15. Authoritarianism32▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Democratization30▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Islam30▲ 7.5×3 topics
  18. Gender politics30▲ 42×2 topics
  19. AKP30▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Kurdish question30▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Human Rights29▲ 1.49×32 topics
  22. Corpus Linguistics25▲ 6.1×5 topics
  23. Ottoman Empire25▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Drug Delivery23▲ 2.2×14 topics
  25. Student Engagement21▲ 2.8×13 topics
  26. STEM Education21▲ 2.4×10 topics
  27. Syntax18▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Model-Based Learning17▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Teacher Preparation16▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Secularism15▲ 7.7×4 topics
  31. Conceptual Change15▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Inquiry-Based Teaching14▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Scientific Literacy14▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Channel Modeling14▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Neural Machine Translation14▲ 7.7×1 topic
  36. Statistical Machine Translation14▲ 7.7×1 topic
  37. Empire13▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Middle East13▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Storytelling12▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Cognitive Engagement12▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Boğaziçi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Turkey's Politics and Society, Science Education and Pedagogy, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Islamic Studies and History.

Turkey's Politics and So…30Turkey's Politics and Society: 30 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 14 fractional worksNatural Language Process…14Natural Language Processing Techniques: 14 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…11Islamic Studies and History: 11 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 11 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 11 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…9Turkish Literature and Culture: 9 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 8 fractional worksEducational Strategies and Epistemologies: 8 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 8 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationArtificial IntelligenceMuseology3 others

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

  1. 1 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 30 works
  2. 2 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 14 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 11 works
  6. 6 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 11 works
  7. 7 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 9 works
  8. 8 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  9. 9 Educational Strategies and Epistemologies Developmental and Educational Psychology 8 works
  10. 10 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boğaziçi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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