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Giresun University

In research, Giresun University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,547 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,176 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,471 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Statistics and Probability — Museology is 15.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,957
of 28,054 · #5,796 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#68
of 308
Research works
5.8k
▲ 195% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Giresun 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 #1,547 of 10,521 16.6%1,002 #2588
Health SciencesDomain #2,176 of 11,982 8.5%671 #3984
Physical SciencesDomain #2,471 of 12,888 16.9%597 #4724
MedicineField #2,212 of 10,443 7.9%539 #5761
Arts and HumanitiesField #433 of 1,998 15.2%232 #1200
Social SciencesField #1,591 of 6,365 19.1%406 #2163
Environmental ScienceField #961 of 3,551 27.1%121 #1990
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,002 of 3,409 23.3%167 #1804
Computer ScienceField #1,907 of 4,667 20.0%81 #3393
EducationSubfield #794 of 1,892 28.8%129 #921

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Giresun 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#2,588 #1,547
  2. Health Sciences#3,984 #2,176
  3. Physical Sciences#4,724 #2,471
  4. Medicine#5,761 #2,212
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,200 #433
  6. Social Sciences#2,163 #1,591
  7. Environmental Science#1,990 #961
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,804 #1,002
  9. Computer Science#3,393 #1,907
  10. Education#921 #794
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 Giresun University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 49.7 works16×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 22.4 works5.2×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 24.0 works4.4×
← 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: 1.37× its world share, 167 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.50× its world share, 60 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 179 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 122 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 47 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.16× its world share, 27 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 539 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.13× its world share, 232 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 105 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 74 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 137 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 406 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Giresun University?

Ranked on the composite score, Erol Eğrioğlu, Ufuk Yolcu and M.R. Kaçal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Giresun University.

  1. 1 Erol Eğrioğlu Türkiye · #158,356 worldwide 232 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Ufuk Yolcu Türkiye · #192,928 worldwide 181 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 M.R. Kaçal Türkiye · #248,184 worldwide 185 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Fikret Ustaoğlu Türkiye · #309,322 worldwide 221 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Halil Gökçe Türkiye · #478,933 worldwide 91 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Eser Ültay Türkiye · #515,779 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Ural Oǧuz Türkiye · #592,481 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 İmdat Işcan Türkiye · #671,618 worldwide 87 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Neslihan Ültay Türkiye · #692,474 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Serdar Aslan Türkiye · #716,011 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Giresun University

Which keywords describe research at Giresun University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Ethnography, Professional Development, Mental Health, Student Perceptions, Distance Education and Folklore.

▲ 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 Heritage135▲ 9.7×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology112◆ 1.10×108 topics
  3. Mental Health87▲ 2.3×32 topics
  4. Education80▲ 1.82×33 topics
  5. Sustainability73▲ 1.17×56 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress68▲ 1.61×53 topics
  7. Inflammation66▲ 1.23×69 topics
  8. Qualitative Research60▲ 2.7×13 topics
  9. Meta-Analysis57▲ 3.8×20 topics
  10. Sufism56▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Teacher Training54▲ 3.4×13 topics
  12. Ethnography52▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Antioxidant51▲ 2.9×36 topics
  14. Professional Development49▲ 9.7×6 topics
  15. Student Perceptions47▲ 10.0×6 topics
  16. Distance Education46▲ 8.6×4 topics
  17. Folklore45▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Turkish Culture45▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Antioxidants44▲ 3.9×13 topics
  20. Learning44▲ 5.9×4 topics
  21. Teaching44▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Phenolic Compounds44▲ 9.1×6 topics
  23. Covid-19 Pandemic42▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Metaphors42▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Public Policy42▲ 3.3×4 topics
  26. Teacher Perspectives42▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Culture40▲ 2.9×9 topics
  28. Psychological Functioning39▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Therapy37▲ 7.3×7 topics
  30. Ottoman Empire37▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Migration36▲ 4.2×11 topics
  32. Social Systems36▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Family Constellations36▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Genetic Processes36▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Divan Poetry34▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Turkish Literature34▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Flavonoids34▲ 5.1×10 topics
  38. 21st Century Skills34▲ 4.4×4 topics
  39. Content Analysis32▲ 10.0×6 topics
  40. Educational Research28▲ 7.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Giresun University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Education Practices and Challenges, Families in Therapy and Culture and Turkish Literature and Culture.

Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 45 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 42 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …36Families in Therapy and Culture: 36 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…34Turkish Literature and Culture: 34 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 23 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 22 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…20Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 20 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural Development Research: 16 fractional worksStock Market Forecasting Methods: 16 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 16 fractional works
MuseologyPhilosophySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 45 works
  2. 2 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 42 works
  3. 3 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 36 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 23 works
  6. 6 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 22 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 20 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 16 works
  9. 9 Stock Market Forecasting Methods Management Science and Operations Research 16 works
  10. 10 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 16 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 available75.0%not open25.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Giresun University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 195% 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.

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.