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Gediz University

In research, Gediz University stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,274 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,798
of 34,923
Rank in Türkiye
#226
of 335
Research works
247
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Gediz University

What is Gediz University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,274 of 14,833 11.8%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gediz 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Gediz University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Gediz University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 11 fractional works · 43.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 27.9% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKGediz University26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences43%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences520.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance311.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting15.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities13.9%
    5. Psychology01.5%
    6. Decision Sciences01.3%
    1. Engineering417.0%
    2. Environmental Science27.7%
    3. Energy12.0%
    4. Computer Science00.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences312.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Medicine413.6%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.55× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.32×3 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.55×3 works
  3. Energy2.15×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.60×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.59×5 works
  6. Environmental Science1.54×2 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.34×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.33×0 works
  9. Engineering1.13×4 works
  10. Medicine0.71×4 works
  11. Psychology0.50×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.20×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gediz University?

Ranked on the quality score, Darçın Akın, Nursel Aydıner-Avşar and Aziz Bakay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gediz University.

  1. 1 Darçın Akın Türkiye · #2,703,611 worldwide 653 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Nursel Aydıner-Avşar Türkiye · #4,055,212 worldwide 137 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Aziz Bakay Türkiye · #4,115,526 worldwide 60 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Fuat Okumuş Türkiye · #5,027,443 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Gediz University

What are the most cited papers from Gediz University?

The most cited paper from Gediz University is "Working With Generations X And Y In Generation Z Period: Management Of Different Generations In Business Life" (Sezin Baysal Berkup, 2014), with 481 citations. Next come "Drivers of environmental processes and their impact on performance: a study of Turkish SMEs" (342) and "The relationships between corporate social responsibility, environmental supplier development, and firm performance" (268).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Working With Generations X And Y In Generation Z Period: Management Of Different Generations In Business Life Sezin Baysal Berkup · Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Open access Aug 2014 481
2 Drivers of environmental processes and their impact on performance: a study of Turkish SMEs Yavuz Ağan, Mehmet Fatih Açar, Andrew Borodin · Journal of Cleaner Production 30 Jan 2013 342
3 The relationships between corporate social responsibility, environmental supplier development, and firm performance Yavuz Ağan, Cemil Kuzey, Mehmet Fatih Açar et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 16 Sep 2014 268
4 A Basic Bivariate Structure of Personality Attributes Evident Across Nine Languages Gerard Saucier, Amber Gayle Thalmayer, Doris L. Payne et al. · Journal of Personality Open access 10 Jan 2013 263
5 Electrochemical Biosensors for Cancer Biomarkers Detection: Recent Advances and Challenges Seda Nur Topkaya, Mostafa Azimzadeh, Mehmet Özsöz · Electroanalysis 12 Feb 2016 226
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gediz University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Tourism Development, Pedagogy, Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Maternal Health, Stunting and Economic Development.

▲ 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-now 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Language Teaching3▲ 40×2 topics
  2. Sustainability3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  3. Tourism Development2▲ 70×2 topics
  4. Pedagogy2▲ 19×1 topic
  5. Teaching Methods2▲ 58×1 topic
  6. Climate Change2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  7. Maternal Health2▲ 30×1 topic
  8. Stunting2▲ 41×1 topic
  9. Economic Development2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  10. Globalization2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  11. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  12. Industrial Enterprises2▲ 183×1 topic
  13. Innovation Economics2▲ 183×1 topic
  14. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  15. Medicinal Plants1▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Climate Change Impact1▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Energy Consumption1▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management1▲ 4.7×5 topics
  19. Stock Market1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Gediz University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Public Health and Nutrition, Economic and Industrial Development and Engineering and Agricultural Innovations.

Education, Innovation an…2Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 2 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 1 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 1 fractional worksCavitation Phenomena in …1Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines: 0 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 0 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 0 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 0 fractional works
EducationPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and EconometricsAquatic Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 1 works
  5. 5 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 0 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gediz University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gediz University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Gediz University0.00011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Gediz University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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