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Hacettepe University

In research, Hacettepe University stands highest in Health Sciences (#348 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#364 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#537 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Orthodontics and Sensory Systems — Museology is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,090
of 28,054 · #1,272 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#6
of 308
Research works
44k
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
659k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Hacettepe 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
Health SciencesDomain #348 of 11,982 9.9%3,908 #621
MedicineField #364 of 10,443 9.1%3,302 #747
Social SciencesDomain #537 of 10,521 17.9%3,121 #723
Social SciencesField #347 of 6,365 20.0%1,375 #530
EducationSubfield #148 of 1,892 26.5%476 #278
PhilosophySubfield #31 of 290 27.5%139 #183
Arts and HumanitiesField #217 of 1,998 19.9%730 #466
Physical SciencesDomain #1,469 of 12,888 14.6%2,028 #1332
Life SciencesDomain #1,046 of 7,800 10.6%1,153 #1406
MuseologySubfield #5 of 34 17.6%119 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hacettepe 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. Health Sciences#621 #348
  2. Medicine#747 #364
  3. Social Sciences#723 #537
  4. Social Sciences#530 #347
  5. Education#278 #148
  6. Philosophy#183 #31
  7. Arts and Humanities#466 #217
  8. Physical Sciences#1,332 #1,469
  9. Life Sciences#1,406 #1,046
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 Hacettepe University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 119.0 works9.5×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 61.1 works5.3×
  3. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 35.4 works4.5×
  4. Speech and HearingSubfield · 74.5 works4.0×
  5. Oral SurgerySubfield · 66.4 works3.4×
  6. RheumatologySubfield · 155.2 works3.3×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 249 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 542 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 101 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 218 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 43 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 150 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 427 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 85 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 716 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 248 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 190 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 114 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.26× its world share, 162 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 365 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 3,302 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 74 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.48× its world share, 730 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 160 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 82 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 166 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 609 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1,374 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hacettepe University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lâle Tokgözoğlu, Murat Akova and Seza Özen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hacettepe University.

  1. 1 Lâle Tokgözoğlu Türkiye · #14,498 worldwide 672 citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Murat Akova Türkiye · #24,245 worldwide 506 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Seza Özen Türkiye · #29,753 worldwide 446 citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Vural Gökmen Türkiye · #32,768 worldwide 355 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Haluk Topaloğlu Türkiye · #33,546 worldwide 685 citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Bülent Okan Yıldız Türkiye · #36,564 worldwide 313 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Tezer Kutluk Türkiye · #41,999 worldwide 415 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Burcu Küçük Biçer Türkiye · #43,596 worldwide 4.3k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Mete Şaylan Türkiye · #59,353 worldwide 3k citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Aykut Erdem Türkiye · #63,115 worldwide 390 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Hacettepe University

Which keywords describe research at Hacettepe University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cultural Heritage, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Professional Development, Ethnography and Student Perceptions.

▲ 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. Epidemiology683▲ 1.69×131 topics
  2. Inflammation394▲ 1.85×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life322▲ 2.2×53 topics
  4. Cultural Heritage304▲ 5.5×27 topics
  5. Mental Health302▲ 2.0×42 topics
  6. Education267▲ 1.52×73 topics
  7. Treatment219▲ 1.77×49 topics
  8. Meta-Analysis169▲ 2.8×20 topics
  9. Qualitative Research164▲ 1.85×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis162▲ 1.70×41 topics
  11. Teacher Training161▲ 2.5×22 topics
  12. Professional Development147▲ 7.3×11 topics
  13. Distance Education141▲ 6.7×4 topics
  14. Ethnography137▲ 7.8×8 topics
  15. Student Perceptions136▲ 7.3×6 topics
  16. Rehabilitation135▲ 3.4×12 topics
  17. Learning122▲ 4.0×7 topics
  18. Teaching119▲ 9.4×5 topics
  19. 21st Century Skills118▲ 3.9×6 topics
  20. Mythology115▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Folklore115▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Covid-19 Pandemic114▲ 8.2×3 topics
  23. Storytelling114▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Teacher Perspectives114▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Metaphors113▲ 32×1 topic
  26. Rituals113▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Traditional Beliefs111▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Turkish Culture111▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Educational Research105▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Language Teaching102▲ 3.9×7 topics
  31. Content Analysis96▲ 7.5×7 topics
  32. Sufism93▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Ottoman Empire85▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Bibliometric Analysis81▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Psychological Functioning77▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Reading Habits77▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Curriculum Evaluation77▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Skill Measurement77▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Divan Poetry71▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Turkish Literature71▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Hacettepe 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 Challenges: 113 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 111 fractional worksEducational Methods and …77Educational Methods and Analysis: 77 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…71Turkish Literature and Culture: 71 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 60 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 56 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …43Families in Therapy and Culture: 43 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 41 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 40 fractional worksLegal Issues in Turkey: 38 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyEducationLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 113 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 111 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 77 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 71 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 60 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 56 works
  7. 7 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 43 works
  8. 8 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 41 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 40 works
  10. 10 Legal Issues in Turkey Political Science and International Relations 38 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hacettepe University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% 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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