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Istanbul Bilgi University

In research, Istanbul Bilgi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,850 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,475 of 6,365 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,387 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,562
of 28,054 · #10,914 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#175
of 308
Research works
2.8k
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Istanbul Bilgi 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 #2,850 of 10,521 19.0%462 #2258
Social SciencesField #2,475 of 6,365 19.9%230 #1854
Computer ScienceField #2,387 of 4,667 13.7%92 #4289
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,530 of 2,578 25.5%70 #1548
Physical SciencesDomain #7,718 of 12,888 10.6%257 #10033
Health SciencesDomain #7,880 of 11,982 11.6%94 #11727
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,329 of 1,998 17.8%64 #2230
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #841 of 1,201 20.8%63 #658
EngineeringField #5,588 of 6,636 8.8%100 #8373
PsychologyField #1,939 of 2,181 12.9%68 #2755

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istanbul Bilgi 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#2,258 #2,850
  2. Social Sciences#1,854 #2,475
  3. Computer Science#4,289 #2,387
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,548 #1,530
  5. Physical Sciences#10,033 #7,718
  6. Health Sciences#11,727 #7,880
  7. Arts and Humanities#2,230 #1,329
  8. Political Science and International Relations#658 #841
  9. Engineering#8,373 #5,588
  10. Psychology#2,755 #1,939
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 Istanbul Bilgi University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 63.2 works5.0×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.39× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.60× its world share, 64 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.65× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 230 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Istanbul Bilgi University?

Ranked on the composite score, Senem Aydın‐Düzgit, Ayhan Kaya and Gültekin Gürdal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istanbul Bilgi University.

  1. 1 Senem Aydın‐Düzgit Türkiye · #195,411 worldwide 102 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Ayhan Kaya Türkiye · #616,827 worldwide 50 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Gültekin Gürdal Türkiye · #726,765 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 İlter Turan Türkiye · #765,445 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 M. Remzi Sanver Türkiye · #774,803 worldwide 65 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Nilüfer Oral Türkiye · #1,035,498 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Savaş Yıldırım Türkiye · #1,513,775 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Seyfettin Gürsel Türkiye · #1,543,583 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Istanbul Bilgi University

Which keywords describe research at Istanbul Bilgi University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Mental Health, Authoritarianism, Gender politics, Islam, Civil Society and AKP.

▲ 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 Health44▲ 3.5×28 topics
  2. Nationalism43▲ 11×12 topics
  3. Globalization42▲ 2.5×40 topics
  4. Deep Learning41▲ 1.41×58 topics
  5. Machine Learning39▲ 1.40×56 topics
  6. Neoliberalism38▲ 12×12 topics
  7. Social Media38▲ 3.1×21 topics
  8. Authoritarianism28▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Gender politics28▲ 86×2 topics
  10. Islam27▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Sustainability27▲ 1.31×43 topics
  12. Civil Society27▲ 28×3 topics
  13. AKP26▲ 158×1 topic
  14. Kurdish question26▲ 158×1 topic
  15. Cultural Heritage26▲ 5.7×15 topics
  16. Neural Networks23▲ 1.77×26 topics
  17. Human Rights20▲ 2.2×23 topics
  18. Artificial Intelligence19▲ 1.66×27 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management16▲ 2.1×18 topics
  20. Identity15▲ 2.5×19 topics
  21. Big Data14▲ 1.85×15 topics
  22. Consumer Behavior14▲ 2.6×11 topics
  23. Feminism13▲ 5.6×13 topics
  24. Ottoman Empire13▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Content Analysis13▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction13▲ 3.5×12 topics
  27. Social Interaction12▲ 3.4×9 topics
  28. Online Communication11▲ 8.1×3 topics
  29. Political Communication10▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers9▲ 4.4×4 topics
  31. International Relations9▲ 4.4×10 topics
  32. Immigration9▲ 9.1×3 topics
  33. Quarantine9▲ 6.4×2 topics
  34. Ethnography8▲ 5.8×2 topics
  35. Storytelling8▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Folklore7▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Rituals7▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Secularism7▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Traditional Beliefs7▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Turkish Culture7▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Istanbul Bilgi University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Turkey's Politics and Society, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Social Media and Politics.

Turkey's Politics and So…26Turkey's Politics and Society: 26 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 7 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 6 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 6 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 5 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 5 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 5 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 5 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsMuseologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementCommunication2 others

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

  1. 1 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 7 works
  3. 3 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 6 works
  5. 5 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  8. 8 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  9. 9 Media Studies and Communication Communication 5 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istanbul Bilgi University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% 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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