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Gümüşhane University

In research, Gümüşhane University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,477 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,216 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#637 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology and Religious studies — Museology is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,661
of 28,054 · #8,943 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#109
of 308
Research works
4k
▲ 121% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Gümüşhane 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 #1,477 of 10,521 15.8%973 #3238
Social SciencesField #1,216 of 6,365 18.6%407 #2618
Arts and HumanitiesField #637 of 1,998 15.9%179 #1394
Health SciencesDomain #3,961 of 11,982 9.1%252 #6541
Physical SciencesDomain #4,604 of 12,888 13.5%530 #7750
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,077 of 2,578 18.3%141 #2322
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,252 of 2,578 13.2%127 #2475
EngineeringField #3,301 of 6,636 13.1%215 #5384
EducationSubfield #1,147 of 1,892 28.9%65 #2026
MedicineField #6,361 of 10,443 8.4%158 #11142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gümüşhane 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#3,238 #1,477
  2. Social Sciences#2,618 #1,216
  3. Arts and Humanities#1,394 #637
  4. Health Sciences#6,541 #3,961
  5. Physical Sciences#7,750 #4,604
  6. Sociology and Political Science#2,322 #1,077
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#2,475 #1,252
  8. Engineering#5,384 #3,301
  9. Education#2,026 #1,147
  10. Medicine#11,142 #6,361
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 Gümüşhane University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 28.5 works12×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 27.9 works8.8×
← 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: 1.03× its world share, 93 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 215 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 14 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.27× its world share, 179 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.08× its world share, 127 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.17× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.36× its world share, 136 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× 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, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gümüşhane University?

Ranked on the composite score, İbrahim Turan, Alaaddin Vural and Mehmet Öz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gümüşhane University.

  1. 1 İbrahim Turan Türkiye · #775,921 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Alaaddin Vural Türkiye · #1,221,060 worldwide 34 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Mehmet Öz Türkiye · #1,222,134 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Mehmet Merdan Türkiye · #1,237,207 worldwide 63 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Halil Yolcu Türkiye · #1,248,846 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Rıdvan Şahin Türkiye · #1,293,515 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Bülent Doğru Türkiye · #1,398,238 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Necati Çeli̇k Türkiye · #1,480,587 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sevda Uzun Türkiye · #1,562,803 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Salih Yıldız Türkiye · #1,563,442 worldwide 11 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Gümüşhane University

Which keywords describe research at Gümüşhane University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Sufism, Public Policy, Ottoman Empire, Ethnography, Economic Growth and Social Media.

▲ 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. Mental Health105▲ 3.8×32 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage98▲ 9.4×14 topics
  3. Sustainability67▲ 1.46×50 topics
  4. Globalization61▲ 1.63×45 topics
  5. Social Media58▲ 2.2×27 topics
  6. Sufism52▲ 56×2 topics
  7. Economic Growth51▲ 3.2×20 topics
  8. Public Policy48▲ 5.1×7 topics
  9. Human Rights46▲ 2.4×25 topics
  10. Ottoman Empire38▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Consumer Behavior38▲ 3.1×13 topics
  12. Well-being37▲ 5.1×11 topics
  13. Job Satisfaction36▲ 4.4×11 topics
  14. Ethnography35▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Teacher Training34▲ 2.9×11 topics
  16. Nationalism32▲ 3.7×14 topics
  17. Urbanization30▲ 3.8×5 topics
  18. Migration27▲ 4.2×9 topics
  19. Psychological Functioning27▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Social Systems27▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Theology27▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Governance26▲ 4.2×9 topics
  23. Islamic Studies26▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Religious Language26▲ 64×1 topic
  25. Healthcare Workers26▲ 5.7×3 topics
  26. Quarantine26▲ 8.7×2 topics
  27. Mythology26▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Therapy26▲ 6.9×2 topics
  29. Family Constellations26▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Folklore26▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Genetic Processes26▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Rituals26▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Storytelling26▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Divan Poetry26▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Traditional Beliefs26▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Turkish Culture26▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Turkish Literature26▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Teaching21▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Content Analysis21▲ 8.7×6 topics
  40. Nonlinear Equations20▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Gümüşhane University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Thought and Society Studies, Families in Therapy and Culture, Turkish Literature and Culture and Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies.

Islamic Thought and Soci…26Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 26 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …26Families in Therapy and Culture: 26 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…26Turkish Literature and Culture: 26 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…26Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 26 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 18 fractional worksPublic Administration and Governance: 18 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social…15Turkish Urban and Social Issues: 15 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 14 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 14 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…14Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 14 fractional works
Religious studiesSocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryMuseology6 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 26 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 26 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 26 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 26 works
  5. 5 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 18 works
  6. 6 Public Administration and Governance Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  7. 7 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 15 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 14 works
  9. 9 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 14 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 14 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gümüşhane University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 121% 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.

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.