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Girne American University

In research, Girne American University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,349 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,102 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,018
of 28,054 · #13,273 all time
Rank in Cyprus
#11
of 25
Research works
866
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Girne American 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 #2,349 of 10,521 27.5%201 #3750
Social SciencesField #3,102 of 6,365 21.2%97 #4382

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Girne American 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).

What does Girne American University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.3 works4.6×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.34× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.80× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.28× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Girne American University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ulvi Keser, Carol Griffiths and Arif Sarı lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Girne American University.

  1. 1 Ulvi Keser Cyprus · #692,371 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Carol Griffiths Cyprus · #938,872 worldwide 71 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Arif Sarı Cyprus · #1,364,607 worldwide 62 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Hasan Acar Cyprus · #1,423,852 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Erkan Yıldırım Cyprus · #1,488,277 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Girne American University

Which keywords describe research at Girne American University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Customer Satisfaction, Student Perceptions, Digital Transformation, Organizational Performance, Education, Supply Chain Management and Teacher Training.

▲ 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 Heritage13▲ 8.2×11 topics
  2. Education13▲ 2.5×20 topics
  3. Globalization13▲ 2.2×20 topics
  4. Sustainability13▲ 1.73×27 topics
  5. Machine Learning12▲ 1.24×21 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management10▲ 3.7×7 topics
  7. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.1×18 topics
  8. Social Media10▲ 2.3×11 topics
  9. Economic Growth10▲ 3.8×10 topics
  10. Digital Transformation9▲ 5.7×9 topics
  11. Teacher Training9▲ 4.8×8 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 2.1×14 topics
  13. Customer Satisfaction8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  14. Student Perceptions8▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Leadership8▲ 5.4×6 topics
  16. Organizational Performance8▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction7▲ 5.5×8 topics
  18. Knowledge Management7▲ 4.3×4 topics
  19. Identity Construction7▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Language Teaching7▲ 8.8×3 topics
  21. Nationalism6▲ 4.7×5 topics
  22. Higher Education6▲ 3.8×8 topics
  23. Language Policy6▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Multilingualism6▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Urbanization6▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. International Relations6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. IoT6▲ 5.0×2 topics
  28. Ottoman Empire6▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Smart Cities5▲ 7.0×2 topics
  30. Distance Education5▲ 8.7×3 topics
  31. International Law5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Social Media Marketing5▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Peacebuilding5▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Global Governance5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  35. European Union5▲ 6.9×4 topics
  36. Folklore5▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Mythology5▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Professional Development4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  39. Ethnography4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Security Council4▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Girne American University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational and Employee Performance, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Cyprus History, Politics, Society.

Organizational and Emplo…5Organizational and Employee Performance: 5 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…4Second Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksCyprus History, Politics, Society: 4 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 4 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 4 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …4Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 4 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 3 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 3 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceMuseology4 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  2. 2 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Cyprus History, Politics, Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 4 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 4 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 4 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 4 works
  9. 9 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 3 works
  10. 10 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Girne American University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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