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Izmir University

In research, Izmir University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,423 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,522 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,063 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Ophthalmology — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,342
of 28,054 · #7,867 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#81
of 308
Research works
5k
▲ 147% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Izmir 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 #1,423 of 11,982 7.4%1,246 #3386
Social SciencesDomain #1,522 of 10,521 23.3%407 #3174
Social SciencesField #1,063 of 6,365 25.3%158 #2762
MedicineField #1,914 of 10,443 6.6%1,110 #4103
Physical SciencesDomain #4,503 of 12,888 16.6%339 #9979
Life SciencesDomain #3,263 of 7,800 9.5%247 #6093
Health ProfessionsField #927 of 1,928 14.2%86 #2427
PsychologyField #1,104 of 2,181 18.6%107 #1999
EngineeringField #3,928 of 6,636 13.3%134 #7436
SurgerySubfield #1,170 of 1,816 6.6%166 #2642

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Izmir 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#3,386 #1,423
  2. Social Sciences#3,174 #1,522
  3. Social Sciences#2,762 #1,063
  4. Medicine#4,103 #1,914
  5. Physical Sciences#9,979 #4,503
  6. Life Sciences#6,093 #3,263
  7. Health Professions#2,427 #927
  8. Psychology#1,999 #1,104
  9. Engineering#7,436 #3,928
  10. Surgery#2,642 #1,170
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 Izmir University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 33.9 works5.3×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 22.6 works3.8×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 73 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.81× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 1,110 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 107 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Izmir University?

Ranked on the composite score, Çağatay Arslan, Süleyman Akarsu and Yelda Varol lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Izmir University.

  1. 1 Çağatay Arslan · #183,452 worldwide 144 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Süleyman Akarsu · #579,817 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Yelda Varol · #586,097 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ali Murat Koç · #628,810 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Onur Doğan · #713,956 worldwide 46 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Soner Gürsoy · #729,096 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Zehra Hilal Adıbelli · #775,177 worldwide 11 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Cenk Kıraklı · #806,900 worldwide 58 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Ahmet Üçvet · #872,987 worldwide 12 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Şükran Köse · #926,842 worldwide 64 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Izmir University

Which keywords describe research at Izmir University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Management and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology201▲ 2.3×122 topics
  2. Inflammation116▲ 2.5×78 topics
  3. Quality of Life96▲ 3.0×54 topics
  4. Treatment74▲ 2.7×48 topics
  5. Mental Health62▲ 1.90×38 topics
  6. Diagnosis60▲ 2.9×40 topics
  7. Cancer57▲ 1.90×53 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease56▲ 2.2×38 topics
  9. Chemotherapy54▲ 3.5×24 topics
  10. Management53▲ 3.0×32 topics
  11. COVID-1951▲ 1.67×23 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress51▲ 1.38×55 topics
  13. Risk Factors48▲ 1.94×35 topics
  14. Depression47▲ 2.4×22 topics
  15. Pandemic42▲ 1.76×10 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines39▲ 3.2×14 topics
  17. Clinical Trials38▲ 2.5×18 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome37▲ 2.0×23 topics
  19. Complications37▲ 3.3×17 topics
  20. Anxiety37▲ 3.5×12 topics
  21. Obesity36▲ 2.1×24 topics
  22. Mortality35▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Global Burden34▲ 2.8×12 topics
  24. Genetics32▲ 2.0×20 topics
  25. Rehabilitation32▲ 3.6×12 topics
  26. Radiotherapy32▲ 3.7×13 topics
  27. Metastasis30▲ 4.0×12 topics
  28. Surgery30▲ 3.8×11 topics
  29. Meta-Analysis29▲ 2.2×18 topics
  30. Immune Response29▲ 2.3×20 topics
  31. Guidelines28▲ 2.7×13 topics
  32. Pathophysiology28▲ 4.2×11 topics
  33. Thrombosis27▲ 4.3×7 topics
  34. Surgical Management26▲ 2.9×20 topics
  35. Survival Analysis21▲ 3.5×6 topics
  36. Pain Management21▲ 4.2×9 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life21▲ 4.0×5 topics
  38. Critical Care21▲ 4.0×8 topics
  39. Surgical Treatment21▲ 4.7×6 topics
  40. Prognostic Markers20▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Izmir University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

COVID-19 and Mental Health12COVID-19 and Mental Health: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…11COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…10Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 10 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …10Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 10 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 9 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 9 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …8Cancer survivorship and care: 8 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 8 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInfectious DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 11 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 10 works
  6. 6 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 9 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 9 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 8 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 8 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 8 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 available59.0%not open41.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Izmir University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 147% 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.

Other research institutions in Izmir

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.