Istanbul Bilgi University
In research, Istanbul Bilgi University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,585 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,906 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,296 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. 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).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,151 of 22,385 · #4,623 all time
- Rank in Türkiye
- #90 of 297
- Research works
- 2.8k ▲ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 21k 7.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.78× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 47% world 40%
- International
- 13% world 18%
What is Istanbul Bilgi University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,585 of 9,585 | 8.6% | 462 | #1412 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,906 of 10,670 | 5.7% | 257 | #4501 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,296 of 5,988 | 8.8% | 230 | #1279 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #1,992 of 4,417 | 7.5% | 92 | #2717 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,686 of 2,526 | 8.6% | 70 | #1148 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,973 of 5,901 | 4.7% | 100 | #4802 | |
| Political Science and International RelationsSubfield | #809 of 1,187 | 11.3% | 63 | #592 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,583 of 2,121 | 5.2% | 68 | #1768 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,660 of 9,902 | 5.1% | 94 | #11648 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,512 of 1,896 | 12.5% | 64 | #1052 |
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 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.
- Social Sciences#1,412 #2,585
- Physical Sciences#4,501 #3,906
- Social Sciences#1,279 #2,296
- Computer Science#2,717 #1,992
- Sociology and Political Science#1,148 #1,686
- Engineering#4,802 #3,973
- Political Science and International Relations#592 #809
- Psychology#1,768 #1,583
- Health Sciences#11,648 #7,660
- Arts and Humanities#1,052 #1,512
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 Istanbul Bilgi University work in?
In 2022-now, 54% of research at Istanbul Bilgi University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Engineering (11%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 25 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences52454.4%
- Social Sciences26427.4%
- Psychology757.8%
- Arts and Humanities717.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting687.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance272.8%
- Decision Sciences181.9%
- Physical Sciences28930.0%
- Engineering10911.4%
- Computer Science10510.9%
- Environmental Science242.5%
- Physics and Astronomy121.2%
- Materials Science101.1%
- Mathematics101.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences60.7%
- Energy50.6%
- Chemistry50.5%
- Chemical Engineering10.2%
- Health Sciences10911.3%
- Medicine687.0%
- Health Professions343.5%
- Nursing40.4%
- Dentistry40.4%
- Life Sciences414.3%
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.
- Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 72.0 works5.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology2.57×75 works
- Arts and Humanities2.56×71 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.21×68 works
- Social Sciences2.16×264 works
- Decision Sciences1.98×18 works
- Computer Science1.41×105 works
- Health Professions1.34×34 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×27 works
- Mathematics0.88×10 works
- Neuroscience0.81×13 works
- Nursing0.78×4 works
- Dentistry0.77×4 works
- Engineering0.76×110 works
- Energy0.61×5 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.56×12 works
- Environmental Science0.50×24 works
- Chemical Engineering0.44×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×6 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×17 works
- Medicine0.37×68 works
- Chemistry0.31×5 works
- Materials Science0.31×10 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×11 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
- Psychology 2.6×
- Arts and Humanities 2.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.2×
- Social Sciences 2.2×
- Decision Sciences 2.0×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Health Professions 1.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.3×
- Mathematics 0.9×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Nursing 0.8×
- Dentistry 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Energy 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Istanbul Bilgi University?
Ranked on the quality score, Mehmet Erdem Günay, Ayhan Kaya and Serdar Karabatı lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istanbul Bilgi University.
- 1
Mehmet Erdem Günay
Türkiye · #495,130 worldwide 1.8k citations · 55 works
- 2
Ayhan Kaya
Türkiye · #507,395 worldwide 2.4k citations · 254 works
- 3
Serdar Karabatı
Türkiye · #599,182 worldwide 1.8k citations · 22 works
- 4
Kaan Varnalı
Türkiye · #717,892 worldwide 990 citations · 34 works
- 5
Hasan Kirmanoğlu
Türkiye · #734,520 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
- 6
Nuri Kara
Türkiye · #1,047,600 worldwide 555 citations · 25 works
- 7
Cem Başlevent
Türkiye · #1,121,211 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
- 8
İ̇dil Işık
Türkiye · #1,123,857 worldwide 669 citations · 52 works
- 9
Ersin Uygun
Türkiye · #1,234,353 worldwide 787 citations · 56 works
- 10
Aylin Seçkin
Türkiye · #1,480,929 worldwide 558 citations · 29 works
Which keywords describe research at Istanbul Bilgi University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism, Gender politics, Islam, Globalization, Mental Health and Civil Society.
- Turkish Culture
- Rituals
- Populism
- Storytelling
- Ethnography
- Online Communication
- Political Communication
- Feminism
- Ottoman Empire
- Big Data
- Identity
- Human Rights
- Neural Networks
- Kurdish question
- Civil Society
- Gender politics
- Authoritarianism
- Social Media
- Deep Learning
- Nationalism
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Neoliberalism
- Sustainability
- Islam
- AKP
- Cultural Heritage
- Artificial Intelligence
- Consumer Behavior
- Supply Chain Management
- Job Satisfaction
- Social Justice
- Content Analysis
- Social Interaction
- Immigration
- Quarantine
- Folklore
- Right-Wing
- Traditional Beliefs
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
- Globalization52▲ 2.7×45 topics
- Nationalism50▲ 12×13 topics
- Mental Health46▲ 3.4×29 topics
- Deep Learning45▲ 1.36×59 topics
- Machine Learning44▲ 1.38×60 topics
- Social Media43▲ 3.2×21 topics
- Neoliberalism43▲ 12×12 topics
- Authoritarianism32▲ 38×2 topics
- Sustainability32▲ 1.34×46 topics
- Gender politics31▲ 84×2 topics
- Islam31▲ 16×5 topics
- Civil Society31▲ 29×3 topics
- AKP30▲ 163×1 topic
- Kurdish question30▲ 163×1 topic
- Cultural Heritage28▲ 5.5×15 topics
- Neural Networks26▲ 1.74×28 topics
- Artificial Intelligence23▲ 1.65×28 topics
- Human Rights23▲ 2.3×26 topics
- Consumer Behavior19▲ 3.1×11 topics
- Identity19▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Supply Chain Management17▲ 1.94×18 topics
- Big Data16▲ 1.79×16 topics
- Job Satisfaction14▲ 3.3×12 topics
- Ottoman Empire14▲ 21×3 topics
- Social Justice14▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Feminism14▲ 4.9×14 topics
- Content Analysis13▲ 11×7 topics
- Political Communication13▲ 25×2 topics
- Social Interaction13▲ 3.4×9 topics
- Online Communication12▲ 7.8×3 topics
- Immigration11▲ 10×3 topics
- Ethnography10▲ 6.1×2 topics
- Quarantine10▲ 6.9×2 topics
- Storytelling9▲ 19×2 topics
- Folklore8▲ 17×2 topics
- Populism8▲ 38×1 topic
- Right-Wing8▲ 38×1 topic
- Rituals8▲ 10×2 topics
- Traditional Beliefs8▲ 26×1 topic
- Turkish Culture8▲ 26×1 topic
Which research topics does Istanbul Bilgi University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Turkey's Politics and Society, Populism, Right-Wing Movements, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 30 works
- 2 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 8 works
- 3 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 8 works
- 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
- 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 6 works
- 6 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 6 works
- 7 Media Studies and Communication Communication 5 works
- 8 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
- 9 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 5 works
- 10 Media Discourse and Social Analysis Sociology and Political Science 5 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Istanbul Bilgi University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Istanbul Bilgi University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0035% in 2024.
Fractional works of Istanbul Bilgi 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2005.
Other research institutions in Istanbul
- Istanbul University
- Istanbul Technical University
- Marmara University
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi
- Yıldız Technical University
- Boğaziçi University
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
- Koç University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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