Istanbul University
In research, Istanbul University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,318 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#996 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,516 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery (Museology is 9.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #5,978 of 22,385 · #7,024 all time
- Rank in Türkiye
- #135 of 297
- Research works
- 40k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 528k 13.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.4% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.55× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 50% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is Istanbul 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 | #3,318 of 9,585 | 8.0% | 2,557 | #4623 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #996 of 1,896 | 8.8% | 625 | #2214 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,516 of 5,988 | 9.0% | 1,091 | #4651 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,502 of 10,670 | 7.1% | 1,400 | #8321 | |
| DentistryField | #253 of 405 | 5.5% | 182 | #547 | |
| Oral SurgerySubfield | #69 of 94 | 4.9% | 81 | #284 | |
| EngineeringField | #4,467 of 5,901 | 6.9% | 382 | #5206 | |
| MedicineField | #6,588 of 8,541 | 4.4% | 2,419 | #6833 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #1,195 of 1,532 | 4.6% | 347 | #2171 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,866 of 9,902 | 4.8% | 2,867 | #8178 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istanbul 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#4,623 #3,318
- Arts and Humanities#2,214 #996
- Social Sciences#4,651 #3,516
- Physical Sciences#8,321 #6,502
- Dentistry#547 #253
- Oral Surgery#284 #69
- Engineering#5,206 #4,467
- Medicine#6,833 #6,588
- Surgery#2,171 #1,195
- Health Sciences#8,178 #7,866
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 University work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research at Istanbul University is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (13%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health 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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences3,38237.0%
- Medicine2,85131.2%
- Health Professions2492.7%
- Dentistry2182.4%
- Nursing530.6%
- Veterinary120.1%
- Social Sciences2,86531.4%
- Social Sciences1,22813.4%
- Arts and Humanities6787.4%
- Psychology3634.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting2733.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2412.6%
- Decision Sciences830.9%
- Physical Sciences1,63717.9%
- Engineering4464.9%
- Environmental Science2783.0%
- Computer Science2502.7%
- Physics and Astronomy1701.9%
- Materials Science1581.7%
- Chemistry1031.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences941.0%
- Mathematics800.9%
- Energy430.5%
- Chemical Engineering160.2%
- Life Sciences1,24513.6%
What does Istanbul University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MuseologySubfield · 104.3 works9.3×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 72.6 works7.1×
- Oral SurgerySubfield · 94.5 works5.4×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 78.7 works5.2×
- DentistryField · 217.6 works4.9×
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: Dentistry, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Dentistry4.91×218 works
- Arts and Humanities2.57×678 works
- Medicine1.62×2,851 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.61×52 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×636 works
- Psychology1.31×363 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.24×241 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.19×109 works
- Nursing1.18×53 works
- Neuroscience1.11×164 works
- Social Sciences1.06×1,228 works
- Health Professions1.03×249 works
- Veterinary0.97×12 works
- Decision Sciences0.94×83 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.93×273 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.84×170 works
- Mathematics0.75×80 works
- Chemistry0.72×103 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×283 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×94 works
- Environmental Science0.61×278 works
- Chemical Engineering0.51×16 works
- Energy0.51×43 works
- Materials Science0.49×158 works
- Computer Science0.35×250 works
- Engineering0.33×446 works
- Dentistry 4.9×
- Arts and Humanities 2.6×
- Medicine 1.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.3×
- Psychology 1.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.2×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.2×
- Nursing 1.2×
- Neuroscience 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.0×
- Veterinary 1.0×
- Decision Sciences 0.9×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.9×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.8×
- Mathematics 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.7×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Energy 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Engineering 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at Istanbul University?
Ranked on the quality score, İlknur Tuğal-Tutkun, Hülya Kayserili and Murat İnanç lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istanbul University.
- 1
İlknur Tuğal-Tutkun
Türkiye · #165,873 worldwide 10k citations · 232 works
- 2
Hülya Kayserili
Türkiye · #168,751 worldwide 21k citations · 349 works
- 3
Murat İnanç
Türkiye · #228,773 worldwide 23k citations · 414 works
- 4
Yılmaz Özyazgan
Türkiye · #314,027 worldwide 6.7k citations · 105 works
- 5
Güher Saruhan‐Direskeneli
Türkiye · #335,728 worldwide 5.8k citations · 145 works
- 6
Ozlem Celik
Türkiye · #415,279 worldwide 20k citations · 239 works
- 7
Ahmet Gül
Türkiye · #521,983 worldwide 20k citations · 578 works
- 8
Yeşim Parman
Türkiye · #541,208 worldwide 11k citations · 221 works
- 9
Ebba Lohmann
Türkiye · #574,215 worldwide 9.2k citations · 157 works
- 10
Murat Emre
Türkiye · #629,147 worldwide 28k citations · 266 works
Which keywords describe research at Istanbul University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Epidemiology, Ottoman Empire, Sufism, Inflammation, Therapy, Quality of Life and Nationalism.
- Religious Language
- Islamic Studies
- Epidemics
- Disease Control
- Pandemics
- Quarantine
- Divan Poetry
- Traditional Beliefs
- Family Constellations
- Mythology
- Rituals
- Psychological Functioning
- Neoliberalism
- Therapy
- Nationalism
- Diagnosis
- Cancer
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Cultural Heritage
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Mental Health
- Treatment
- Ottoman Empire
- Sufism
- Public Policy
- Culture
- Ethnography
- Social Systems
- Folklore
- Storytelling
- Genetic Processes
- Turkish Culture
- Turkish Literature
- Global Health
- Medical History
- Theology
- Diplomacy
- Mu'tazilite Thought
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
- Epidemiology538▲ 1.48×131 topics
- Cultural Heritage387▲ 8.0×24 topics
- Inflammation316▲ 1.63×83 topics
- Quality of Life250▲ 1.90×55 topics
- Mental Health234▲ 1.79×41 topics
- Oxidative Stress216▲ 1.44×62 topics
- Treatment200▲ 1.80×51 topics
- Cancer186▲ 1.52×56 topics
- Ottoman Empire181▲ 28×3 topics
- Diagnosis166▲ 1.95×41 topics
- Sufism161▲ 38×2 topics
- Nationalism157▲ 3.8×24 topics
- Public Policy133▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Therapy129▲ 7.3×7 topics
- Culture121▲ 2.5×20 topics
- Neoliberalism116▲ 3.5×20 topics
- Ethnography112▲ 7.2×11 topics
- Psychological Functioning106▲ 14×2 topics
- Social Systems101▲ 19×4 topics
- Rituals101▲ 13×5 topics
- Folklore100▲ 21×3 topics
- Mythology100▲ 22×2 topics
- Storytelling100▲ 23×2 topics
- Family Constellations99▲ 37×1 topic
- Genetic Processes99▲ 37×1 topic
- Traditional Beliefs97▲ 34×1 topic
- Turkish Culture97▲ 34×1 topic
- Divan Poetry91▲ 39×1 topic
- Turkish Literature91▲ 39×1 topic
- Quarantine87▲ 6.5×2 topics
- Global Health82▲ 5.8×6 topics
- Pandemics75▲ 28×2 topics
- Medical History74▲ 22×4 topics
- Disease Control74▲ 18×2 topics
- Theology74▲ 8.9×4 topics
- Epidemics74▲ 53×1 topic
- Diplomacy72▲ 8.4×8 topics
- Islamic Studies70▲ 27×2 topics
- Mu'tazilite Thought70▲ 36×1 topic
- Religious Language70▲ 36×1 topic
Which research topics does Istanbul University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Families in Therapy and Culture, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkish Literature and Culture and Ottoman and Turkish Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 99 works
- 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 97 works
- 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 91 works
- 4 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 74 works
- 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 70 works
- 6 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 62 works
- 7 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 55 works
- 8 Ottoman Empire History and Society Sociology and Political Science 53 works
- 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 46 works
- 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 46 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 University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower 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 University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.034% in 2024.
Fractional works of Istanbul 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 8.3% in 2006.
Other research institutions in Istanbul
- Istanbul Technical University
- Marmara University
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi
- Yıldız Technical University
- Boğaziçi University
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
- Koç University
- Istanbul Medipol 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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