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Ege University

In research, Ege University stands highest in Health Sciences (#800 of 11,982 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#320 of 3,409 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,190 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Forestry and Aquatic Science — Museology is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,575
of 28,054 · #1,980 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#18
of 308
Research works
29k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
427k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Ege 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 #800 of 11,982 8.3%2,128 #1325
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #320 of 3,409 12.7%694 #462
MedicineField #1,190 of 10,443 7.4%1,731 #1675
Social SciencesDomain #1,279 of 10,521 15.5%1,432 #1823
Physical SciencesDomain #1,639 of 12,888 10.0%1,878 #1829
Social SciencesField #1,113 of 6,365 15.8%555 #1549
Life SciencesDomain #1,475 of 7,800 11.2%1,403 #2119
EngineeringField #1,326 of 6,636 10.9%629 #1517
EducationSubfield #594 of 1,892 24.1%123 #878
SurgerySubfield #652 of 1,816 7.3%233 #994

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ege 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#1,325 #800
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#462 #320
  3. Medicine#1,675 #1,190
  4. Social Sciences#1,823 #1,279
  5. Physical Sciences#1,829 #1,639
  6. Social Sciences#1,549 #1,113
  7. Life Sciences#2,119 #1,475
  8. Engineering#1,517 #1,326
  9. Education#878 #594
  10. Surgery#994 #652
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 Ege University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 73.8 works8.8×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 51.2 works7.2×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 62.1 works5.0×
  4. OrthodonticsSubfield · 32.9 works4.3×
← 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: 2.13× its world share, 694 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 506 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 78 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 35 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.05× its world share, 112 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 221 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 629 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 317 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 253 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 95 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 105 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.26× its world share, 108 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 194 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 1,731 worksMedicineNursing: 2.68× its world share, 90 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.99× its world share, 394 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 92 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 254 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 555 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ege University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nurcan Buduneli, Arif Hepbaşlı and İsmail Türkan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ege University.

  1. 1 Nurcan Buduneli Türkiye · #52,636 worldwide 410 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Arif Hepbaşlı Türkiye · #83,204 worldwide 1.3k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 İsmail Türkan Türkiye · #97,299 worldwide 345 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 M. Ruşen Ustaoğlu Türkiye · #125,412 worldwide 102 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Necil Kütükçüler Türkiye · #128,484 worldwide 107 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Vildan Bozok Çetintaş Türkiye · #140,572 worldwide 282 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Meral Kayıkçıoğlu Türkiye · #164,914 worldwide 171 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 M. Bozkurt Türkiye · #171,341 worldwide 206 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Ulus Salih Akarca Türkiye · #175,819 worldwide 129 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Önder Özgener Türkiye · #178,993 worldwide 276 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Ege University

Which keywords describe research at Ege University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Epidemiology, Climate Change, Ethnography, Biomedical Applications, Storytelling, Mythology and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology328▲ 1.21×130 topics
  2. Climate Change231▲ 1.25×87 topics
  3. Inflammation185▲ 1.30×82 topics
  4. Sustainability179◆ 1.08×71 topics
  5. Cultural Heritage170▲ 4.5×21 topics
  6. Environmental Impact154▲ 1.32×45 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications152▲ 1.87×35 topics
  8. Quality of Life137▲ 1.39×54 topics
  9. Mental Health136▲ 1.36×39 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress130▲ 1.16×60 topics
  11. Cancer124▲ 1.36×59 topics
  12. Nanoparticles124▲ 1.45×39 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity113▲ 2.6×31 topics
  14. Antioxidant102▲ 2.2×50 topics
  15. Antioxidants98▲ 3.2×16 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering95▲ 2.3×13 topics
  17. Clinical Trials92▲ 2.0×19 topics
  18. Health Benefits91▲ 4.0×16 topics
  19. Ethnography84▲ 7.1×6 topics
  20. Phenolic Compounds74▲ 5.8×9 topics
  21. Storytelling71▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Mythology70▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Folklore70▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Morphology69▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Rituals68▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Traditional Beliefs68▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Turkish Culture68▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Migration67▲ 2.9×16 topics
  29. Biogeography61▲ 3.4×15 topics
  30. Sufism56▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Polyphenols55▲ 4.6×6 topics
  32. Vegetation54▲ 7.4×4 topics
  33. Livestock49▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Cooperatives48▲ 8.8×3 topics
  35. Grazing48▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Divan Poetry48▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Rangelands48▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Turkish Literature48▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Lipid Oxidation46▲ 6.5×2 topics
  40. Modified Atmosphere Packaging46▲ 7.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Ege University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Agricultural and Rural Development Research, Turkish Literature and Culture and Linguistics and Cultural Studies.

Cultural and Sociopoliti…68Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 68 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural D…48Agricultural and Rural Development Research: 48 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…48Turkish Literature and Culture: 48 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…37Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 37 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 34 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 33 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …32Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 32 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 32 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 29 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…29Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 29 fractional works
MuseologyForestryLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 68 works
  2. 2 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 48 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 48 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 37 works
  5. 5 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 34 works
  6. 6 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 33 works
  7. 7 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 32 works
  8. 8 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 32 works
  9. 9 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 29 works
  10. 10 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 29 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ege University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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