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Harran University

In research, Harran University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,186 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#349 of 3,409 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,234 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Forestry and Small Animals — Museology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,454
of 28,054 · #3,703 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#13
of 308
Research works
8.3k
▲ 161% vs 2013–17
Citations
96k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Harran 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,186 of 12,888 18.5%803 #3164
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #349 of 3,409 12.7%429 #680
Social SciencesDomain #1,234 of 10,521 18.7%927 #2514
Social SciencesField #1,086 of 6,365 19.7%377 #2105
Health SciencesDomain #2,645 of 11,982 7.4%779 #5482
MedicineField #2,327 of 10,443 7.0%623 #5364
Materials ScienceField #675 of 2,468 29.5%71 #2114
Life SciencesDomain #2,191 of 7,800 10.5%628 #3404
Plant ScienceSubfield #406 of 1,395 17.0%185 #963
Arts and HumanitiesField #626 of 1,998 19.4%244 #1425

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harran 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. Physical Sciences#3,164 #1,186
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#680 #349
  3. Social Sciences#2,514 #1,234
  4. Social Sciences#2,105 #1,086
  5. Health Sciences#5,482 #2,645
  6. Medicine#5,364 #2,327
  7. Materials Science#2,114 #675
  8. Life Sciences#3,404 #2,191
  9. Plant Science#963 #406
  10. Arts and Humanities#1,425 #626
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 Harran University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 33.5 works8.7×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 22.6 works6.9×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 20.9 works5.4×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 39.5 works5.3×
  5. VeterinaryField · 22.1 works5.2×
  6. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 33.4 works4.8×
← 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: 2.88× its world share, 429 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 140 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 88 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 248 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 170 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 71 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.92× its world share, 71 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.15× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 623 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 35 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.19× its world share, 22 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.70× its world share, 244 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 71 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 82 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 127 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 377 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Harran University?

Ranked on the composite score, Cengiz Kaya, Hacı Mehmet Başkonuş and Bülent Aktaş lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harran University.

  1. 1 Cengiz Kaya Türkiye · #175,145 worldwide 282 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Hacı Mehmet Başkonuş Türkiye · #193,847 worldwide 354 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Bülent Aktaş Türkiye · #266,130 worldwide 171 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 A. Göktaş Türkiye · #458,913 worldwide 237 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 İ.H. Mutlu Türkiye · #494,775 worldwide 69 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Özgür Günebakmaz Türkiye · #497,610 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Şerife Pınar Yalçın Türkiye · #514,520 worldwide 127 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Ali Uzunköy Türkiye · #649,748 worldwide 18 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Kasım Mermerdaş Türkiye · #650,591 worldwide 125 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Hasan Kandemır Türkiye · #663,526 worldwide 62 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Harran University

Which keywords describe research at Harran University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Ottoman Empire, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Sufism, Mental Health, Oxidative Stress and Quarantine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology155▲ 1.25×114 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage136▲ 7.9×13 topics
  3. Climate Change135▲ 1.60×68 topics
  4. Sustainability98▲ 1.28×55 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress92▲ 1.78×55 topics
  6. Mental Health90▲ 1.96×32 topics
  7. Antioxidant65▲ 3.0×45 topics
  8. Remote Sensing65▲ 1.68×25 topics
  9. Ottoman Empire64▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Public Policy57▲ 3.7×4 topics
  11. Antioxidants54▲ 3.9×16 topics
  12. Sufism54▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Antioxidant Activity51▲ 2.6×31 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis51▲ 2.7×18 topics
  15. Teacher Training50▲ 2.5×12 topics
  16. Quarantine42▲ 8.4×2 topics
  17. Therapy41▲ 6.6×6 topics
  18. Phenolic Compounds41▲ 7.0×9 topics
  19. Professional Development40▲ 6.4×7 topics
  20. Psychological Functioning39▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Student Perceptions38▲ 6.6×7 topics
  22. Distance Education37▲ 5.7×4 topics
  23. Ethnography36▲ 6.7×2 topics
  24. Family Constellations36▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Genetic Processes36▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Global Health36▲ 7.5×3 topics
  27. Disease Control35▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Teaching35▲ 9.1×2 topics
  29. Medical History35▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Epidemics34▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Pandemics34▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Covid-19 Pandemic34▲ 7.9×1 topic
  33. Metaphors34▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Rituals32▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Storytelling32▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Folklore32▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Turkish Culture32▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Divan Poetry30▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Turkish Literature30▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Content Analysis30▲ 7.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Harran University publish most on?

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

Families in Therapy and …36Families in Therapy and Culture: 36 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…34Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 34 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 34 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…32Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 32 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…30Turkish Literature and Culture: 30 fractional worksOttoman Empire History and Society: 24 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 23 fractional worksEducational Methods and …21Educational Methods and Analysis: 21 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural Development Research: 21 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 19 fractional works
Social PsychologyHistoryPhilosophyMuseology6 others

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

  1. 1 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 36 works
  2. 2 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 34 works
  3. 3 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 34 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 32 works
  5. 5 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 30 works
  6. 6 Ottoman Empire History and Society Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  7. 7 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 23 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 21 works
  9. 9 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 21 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 19 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Harran University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 161% 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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