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Işık University

In research, Işık University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,904 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,162 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,540 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Economics and Econometrics is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,435
of 28,054 · #16,667 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#254
of 308
Research works
1.4k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Işık 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 #7,904 of 10,521 8.2%204 #9192
Physical SciencesDomain #11,162 of 12,888 12.0%81 #9273
Social SciencesField #5,540 of 6,365 9.5%84 #6363

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Işık 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#9,192 #7,904
  2. Physical Sciences#9,273 #11,162
  3. Social Sciences#6,363 #5,540
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 Işık University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 25.6 works5.0×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 23.1 works4.8×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 33.3 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: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.26× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.85× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.02× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 84 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Işık University?

Ranked on the composite score, Nafiye Güneç Kıyak, Hilmi Demı́ray and Melih Boydak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Işık University.

  1. 1 Nafiye Güneç Kıyak Türkiye · #635,707 worldwide 64 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Hilmi Demı́ray Türkiye · #636,688 worldwide 113 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Melih Boydak Türkiye · #791,414 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Suat Teker Türkiye · #877,578 worldwide 26 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Olcay Taner Yıldız Türkiye · #1,046,281 worldwide 53 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Onur Kaya Türkiye · #1,406,361 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 F. Boray Tek Türkiye · #1,472,246 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Hasan F. Ateş Türkiye · #1,536,528 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Tuğba Öztürk Türkiye · #1,551,650 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Işık University

Which keywords describe research at Işık University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Pedagogy, Neoliberalism, Tourism Development, Digital Education, Formative Assessment, Student Competencies and Teaching Methods.

▲ 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. Globalization19▲ 3.0×29 topics
  2. Language Teaching16▲ 19×4 topics
  3. Mental Health13▲ 2.8×19 topics
  4. Pedagogy13▲ 8.4×5 topics
  5. Neoliberalism13▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Tourism Development13▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Digital Education13▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Formative Assessment13▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Sustainability13▲ 1.61×23 topics
  10. Economic Development12▲ 4.8×11 topics
  11. Student Competencies12▲ 76×1 topic
  12. Teaching Methods12▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Cultural Heritage11▲ 6.3×14 topics
  14. Nationalism11▲ 7.2×6 topics
  15. Economic Growth10▲ 3.7×16 topics
  16. COVID-199▲ 2.1×9 topics
  17. Innovation9▲ 2.8×14 topics
  18. Authoritarianism9▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Pandemic8▲ 2.5×5 topics
  20. Depression8▲ 2.9×11 topics
  21. Entrepreneurship8▲ 6.6×6 topics
  22. Digital Transformation8▲ 4.7×7 topics
  23. Global Governance8▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Consumer Behavior8▲ 3.9×10 topics
  25. Democratization8▲ 37×2 topics
  26. AKP8▲ 118×1 topic
  27. Emotion Regulation8▲ 7.5×7 topics
  28. Islam8▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Migration7▲ 6.9×6 topics
  30. Risk Management7▲ 4.5×10 topics
  31. Stock Market6▲ 8.0×2 topics
  32. Digital Economy5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  33. Investment5▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Social Exclusion5▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Biopolitics5▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Industrial Enterprises5▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Innovation Economics5▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Postcolonialism5▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Crisis Management5▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Psychopathology5▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Işık University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Turkey's Politics and Society, Economic and Industrial Development and Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies.

Education, Innovation an…12Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 12 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 8 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 5 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…3Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 2 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 12 works
  2. 2 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  4. 4 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  9. 9 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 2 works
  10. 10 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 2 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 available88.9%not open11.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Işık University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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