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Işık University

In research, Işık University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,413 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,034 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,290 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Political Science and International Relations is 6.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,539
of 22,385 · #8,974 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#177
of 297
Research works
1.4k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Işık University

What is Işık University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,413 of 9,585 5.7%204 #6014
Social SciencesField #4,034 of 5,988 8.5%84 #5457
Physical SciencesDomain #7,290 of 10,670 6.5%81 #7488

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#6,014 #4,413
  2. Social Sciences#5,457 #4,034
  3. Physical Sciences#7,488 #7,290
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Işık University work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Işık University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 273 fractional works · 67.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 31.4% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 37 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 45 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 9.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 22.2% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 8.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIşık University406fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences67%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12831.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4511.1%
    3. Psychology369.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities327.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting276.7%
    6. Decision Sciences41.1%
    1. Engineering368.8%
    2. Computer Science286.8%
    3. Environmental Science92.3%
    4. Mathematics61.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.3%
    6. Materials Science30.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine153.8%
    2. Health Professions81.9%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience81.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Işık University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 36.9 works6.1×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 36.9 works5.7×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 45.1 works5.2×
← 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, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.74× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.07× its world share, 27 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.19× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.94× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.19×45 works
  2. Psychology2.94×36 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.74×32 works
  4. Social Sciences2.48×128 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.07×27 works
  6. Mathematics1.31×6 works
  7. Neuroscience1.15×8 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.13×4 works
  9. Computer Science0.87×28 works
  10. Health Professions0.72×8 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.60×5 works
  12. Engineering0.58×36 works
  13. Environmental Science0.47×9 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×7 works
  16. Nursing0.36×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.23×3 works
  19. Medicine0.20×16 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×3 works
  21. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Işık University?

Ranked on the quality score, Rabia Karakaya Polat, Kerem Ok and Mengüç Öner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Işık University.

  1. 1 Rabia Karakaya Polat Türkiye · #1,084,469 worldwide 834 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Kerem Ok Türkiye · #1,424,315 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Mengüç Öner Türkiye · #1,459,714 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Ercan Solak Türkiye · #1,521,775 worldwide 1.7k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Seda Demiralp Türkiye · #1,707,451 worldwide 319 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Faik Boray TEK Türkiye · #1,918,080 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Türker Bı́yı́koğlu Türkiye · #2,744,876 worldwide 818 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Zeynep Ecem Piyale Türkiye · #3,111,688 worldwide 311 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Özlem Kayhan Pusane Türkiye · #3,131,173 worldwide 109 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Z. Bilgen Susanlı Türkiye · #3,586,210 worldwide 147 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Işık University

What are the most cited papers from Işık University?

The most cited paper from Işık University is "FCC Physics Opportunities" (A. Abada et al., 2019), with 691 citations. Next come "FCC-hh: The Hadron Collider" (654) and "Assessment of algorithms for mitosis detection in breast cancer histopathology images" (484).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 FCC Physics Opportunities A. Abada et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access1,363 authors Jun 2019 691
2 FCC-hh: The Hadron Collider A. Abada et al. · The European Physical Journal Special Topics Open access1,363 authors Jul 2019 654
3 Assessment of algorithms for mitosis detection in breast cancer histopathology images Mitko Veta et al. · Medical Image Analysis Open access 29 Nov 2014 484
4 Future Global Meteorological Drought Hot Spots: A Study Based on CORDEX Data Jonathan Spinoni et al. · Journal of Climate Open access 26 Dec 2019 457
5 A Survey on Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology Vedat Coşkun, Büşra Özdenizci, Kerem Ok · Wireless Personal Communications Open access 29 Nov 2012 392
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Işık University?

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

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization34▲ 4.3×33 topics
  2. Language Teaching31▲ 29×4 topics
  3. Pedagogy30▲ 15×5 topics
  4. Tourism Development29▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Digital Education28▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Formative Assessment28▲ 84×2 topics
  7. Student Competencies28▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Teaching Methods28▲ 43×1 topic
  9. Sustainability24▲ 2.4×25 topics
  10. Economic Development23▲ 7.1×12 topics
  11. Global Governance21▲ 21×7 topics
  12. Migration20▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Entrepreneurship19▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Social Exclusion17▲ 56×2 topics
  15. Biopolitics17▲ 55×2 topics
  16. Postcolonialism17▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Crisis Management17▲ 82×2 topics
  18. Education Reform17▲ 171×1 topic
  19. Literature and Migration17▲ 340×1 topic
  20. Neoliberalism17▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Digital Economy16▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Mental Health15▲ 2.7×19 topics
  23. Investment15▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Industrial Enterprises15▲ 107×1 topic
  25. Innovation Economics15▲ 107×1 topic
  26. Cultural Heritage12▲ 5.8×14 topics
  27. Economic Growth12▲ 3.6×18 topics
  28. Innovation11▲ 2.7×16 topics
  29. Nationalism11▲ 6.0×6 topics
  30. Authoritarianism9▲ 26×4 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation9▲ 6.7×7 topics
  32. Digital Transformation8▲ 3.8×7 topics
  33. Consumer Behavior8▲ 3.2×11 topics
  34. Civil Society8▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Democratization8▲ 31×2 topics
  36. AKP8▲ 100×1 topic
  37. Islam8▲ 9.3×1 topic
  38. Risk Management8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  39. Stock Market6▲ 6.8×2 topics
  40. Psychopathology5▲ 7.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Işık University publish most on?

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

Education, Innovation an…28Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 28 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 17 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …15Economic and Industrial Development: 15 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and So…8Turkey's Politics and Society: 8 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksChild 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: 3 fractional works
EducationPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsCultural Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 28 works
  2. 2 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  4. 4 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  5. 5 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 5 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  10. 10 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 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 available88.9%not open11.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Işık University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Işık University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Işık University0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Işık University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Işık University9.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 2010.

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