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Istanbul University

In research, Istanbul University stands highest in Health Sciences (#603 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#656 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#570 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Orthodontics and Religious studies — Museology is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,424
of 28,054 · #1,837 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#11
of 308
Research works
39k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
526k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Istanbul 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
Health SciencesDomain #603 of 11,982 8.0%2,727 #800
Social SciencesDomain #656 of 10,521 13.6%2,533 #979
Social SciencesField #570 of 6,365 14.1%1,080 #723
MedicineField #959 of 10,443 7.1%2,291 #952
Arts and HumanitiesField #240 of 1,998 11.8%623 #581
Physical SciencesDomain #1,836 of 12,888 14.6%1,394 #2315
Health ProfessionsField #298 of 1,928 14.0%203 #329
Life SciencesDomain #1,491 of 7,800 9.7%1,057 #1815
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #555 of 2,578 14.6%352 #837
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #279 of 1,201 12.8%318 #752

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 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. Health Sciences#800 #603
  2. Social Sciences#979 #656
  3. Social Sciences#723 #570
  4. Medicine#952 #959
  5. Arts and Humanities#581 #240
  6. Physical Sciences#2,315 #1,836
  7. Health Professions#329 #298
  8. Life Sciences#1,815 #1,491
  9. Sociology and Political Science#837 #555
  10. Political Science and International Relations#752 #279
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 University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 97.4 works10×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 58.6 works6.8×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 70.2 works5.5×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 80.0 works5.4×
  5. DentistryField · 179.9 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: 0.68× its world share, 248 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 540 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 91 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 134 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.61× its world share, 44 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 89 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 210 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 38 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 379 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 236 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 134 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 73 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 142 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.81× its world share, 180 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 203 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.55× its world share, 2,291 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.80× its world share, 623 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 236 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 69 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 219 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 306 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1,080 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Istanbul University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yeşim Parman, Gülistan Bahat and Vedat Sansoy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istanbul University.

  1. 1 Yeşim Parman · #35,073 worldwide 403 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Gülistan Bahat · #48,931 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Vedat Sansoy · #58,611 worldwide 226 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Ateş Kadıoğlu · #70,529 worldwide 193 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Murat İnanç · #75,031 worldwide 200 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Hans Winterstein · #80,271 worldwide 122 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 İlknur Tuğal-Tutkun · #93,099 worldwide 154 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Bedri Alpar · #94,681 worldwide 195 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Şükrü Mehmet Ertürk · #96,313 worldwide 162 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Hülya Kayserili · #97,569 worldwide 201 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Istanbul University

Which keywords describe research at Istanbul University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Epidemiology, Ottoman Empire, Sufism, Therapy, Inflammation, Nationalism and Ethnography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology438▲ 1.43×131 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage362▲ 8.6×23 topics
  3. Inflammation256▲ 1.59×83 topics
  4. Mental Health206▲ 1.82×41 topics
  5. Quality of Life193▲ 1.74×54 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress181▲ 1.43×62 topics
  7. Ottoman Empire168▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Treatment163▲ 1.74×51 topics
  9. Cancer155▲ 1.50×55 topics
  10. Sufism149▲ 39×2 topics
  11. Nationalism144▲ 4.0×22 topics
  12. Diagnosis139▲ 1.94×41 topics
  13. Public Policy122▲ 3.2×12 topics
  14. Therapy120▲ 7.9×7 topics
  15. Culture115▲ 2.8×20 topics
  16. Ethnography104▲ 7.8×10 topics
  17. Neoliberalism102▲ 3.7×20 topics
  18. Psychological Functioning101▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Social Systems96▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Family Constellations95▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Genetic Processes95▲ 39×1 topic
  22. Rituals94▲ 14×5 topics
  23. Folklore94▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Mythology94▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Storytelling93▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Traditional Beliefs91▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Turkish Culture91▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Divan Poetry85▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Turkish Literature85▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Quarantine81▲ 6.6×2 topics
  31. Global Health76▲ 6.5×6 topics
  32. Pandemics70▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Disease Control70▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Medical History70▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Epidemics69▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Theology68▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. Diplomacy66▲ 8.9×8 topics
  38. Islamic Studies64▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Mu'tazilite Thought64▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Religious Language64▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Istanbul University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Families in Therapy and Culture, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkish Literature and Culture and Ottoman and Turkish Studies.

Families in Therapy and …95Families in Therapy and Culture: 95 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…91Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 91 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…85Turkish Literature and Culture: 85 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…69Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 69 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 64 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 57 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and So…50Turkey's Politics and Society: 50 fractional worksOttoman Empire History a…48Ottoman Empire History and Society: 48 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…44Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 44 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…42Islamic Studies and History: 42 fractional works
Social PsychologyMuseologyLiterature and Literary TheoryHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 95 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 91 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 85 works
  4. 4 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 69 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 64 works
  6. 6 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 57 works
  7. 7 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 50 works
  8. 8 Ottoman Empire History and Society Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 44 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 42 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istanbul University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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