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Fırat University

In research, Fırat University stands highest in Social Sciences (#767 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#526 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,373 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Philosophy and Modeling and Simulation — Museology is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,577
of 28,054 · #2,117 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#19
of 308
Research works
16k
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
274k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Fırat 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 #767 of 10,521 17.3%1,273 #1599
Social SciencesField #526 of 6,365 19.0%549 #1231
Health SciencesDomain #1,373 of 11,982 10.7%802 #2277
Physical SciencesDomain #1,524 of 12,888 14.4%2,109 #1889
Computer ScienceField #682 of 4,667 19.7%468 #1231
EngineeringField #1,147 of 6,636 13.7%859 #1214
EducationSubfield #347 of 1,892 23.6%222 #608
MedicineField #1,997 of 10,443 10.6%614 #2877
Arts and HumanitiesField #448 of 1,998 15.9%372 #1026
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #430 of 1,884 22.1%179 #587

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fırat 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#1,599 #767
  2. Social Sciences#1,231 #526
  3. Health Sciences#2,277 #1,373
  4. Physical Sciences#1,889 #1,524
  5. Computer Science#1,231 #682
  6. Engineering#1,214 #1,147
  7. Education#608 #347
  8. Medicine#2,877 #1,997
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,026 #448
  10. Artificial Intelligence#587 #430
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 Fırat University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 62.0 works11×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 94.2 works4.7×
  3. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 29.8 works4.6×
  4. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 57.1 works3.9×
← 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: 0.98× its world share, 216 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 70 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 55 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 468 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 76 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 64 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 860 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 174 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 194 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.09× its world share, 114 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.52× its world share, 57 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 93 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 614 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.77× its world share, 372 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 56 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 72 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 185 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 549 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fırat University?

Ranked on the composite score, Abdulkadir Şengür, Hakan F. Öztop and Resul Daş lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fırat University.

  1. 1 Abdulkadir Şengür Türkiye · #83,686 worldwide 388 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Hakan F. Öztop Türkiye · #101,524 worldwide 1.5k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Resul Daş Türkiye · #128,611 worldwide 190 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Nurhan Şahin Türkiye · #154,132 worldwide 200 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Yasin Varol Türkiye · #162,328 worldwide 307 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Bilal Alataş Türkiye · #163,363 worldwide 257 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Murat Karabatak Türkiye · #201,967 worldwide 120 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 O. Küçük Türkiye · #227,532 worldwide 121 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Meral Özel Türkiye · #236,637 worldwide 214 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Engin Avcı Türkiye · #244,155 worldwide 138 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Fırat University

Which keywords describe research at Fırat University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Cultural Heritage, Machine Learning, Professional Development, Distance Education, Student Perceptions, Convolutional Neural Networks and Teaching.

▲ 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 Learning346▲ 2.2×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning253▲ 1.67×78 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage169▲ 6.6×16 topics
  4. Education150▲ 1.89×40 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks129▲ 3.8×14 topics
  6. Qualitative Research116▲ 2.9×13 topics
  7. Neural Networks111▲ 1.55×33 topics
  8. Teacher Training105▲ 3.6×14 topics
  9. Professional Development104▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Distance Education104▲ 11×4 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties101▲ 2.2×34 topics
  12. Student Perceptions99▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Heat Transfer93▲ 4.0×16 topics
  14. Learning92▲ 6.8×6 topics
  15. Teaching90▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Covid-19 Pandemic88▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Metaphors88▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Teacher Perspectives88▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Meta-Analysis74▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. Ethnography71▲ 8.8×3 topics
  21. Sufism71▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Image Processing70▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. 21st Century Skills67▲ 4.9×5 topics
  24. Content Analysis65▲ 11×7 topics
  25. Folklore63▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Mythology63▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Rituals62▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Storytelling61▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Traditional Beliefs61▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Turkish Culture61▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Educational Research58▲ 8.6×5 topics
  32. Nonlinear Equations57▲ 9.5×6 topics
  33. Language Teaching57▲ 4.8×5 topics
  34. Morphology55▲ 6.9×9 topics
  35. Bibliometric Analysis51▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Curriculum Evaluation50▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Reading Habits50▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Ottoman Empire48▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Divan Poetry47▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Turkish Literature47▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Fırat University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Educational Methods and Analysis and Turkish Literature and Culture.

Education Practices and …88Education Practices and Challenges: 88 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 61 fractional worksEducational Methods and …50Educational Methods and Analysis: 50 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…47Turkish Literature and Culture: 47 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 36 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 32 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…26Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 26 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 26 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 26 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 25 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyEducationLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 88 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 61 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 50 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 47 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 36 works
  6. 6 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 32 works
  7. 7 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 26 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 26 works
  9. 9 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 26 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 25 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fırat University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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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