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Kafkas University

In research, Kafkas University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,669 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,220 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,672 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Philosophy — Museology is 17.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,046
of 28,054 · #7,269 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#72
of 308
Research works
5.1k
▲ 99% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Kafkas 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 #1,669 of 10,521 15.2%891 #2902
Social SciencesField #1,220 of 6,365 17.6%387 #1845
Physical SciencesDomain #2,672 of 12,888 16.1%409 #5786
Health SciencesDomain #3,143 of 11,982 12.2%398 #6905
MedicineField #3,057 of 10,443 11.6%300 #6965
EducationSubfield #601 of 1,892 26.2%146 #1108
Life SciencesDomain #3,076 of 7,800 10.5%256 #6681
Arts and HumanitiesField #791 of 1,998 16.0%259 #1691
EngineeringField #3,781 of 6,636 15.6%110 #7303
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,694 of 2,578 12.7%88 #3034

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kafkas 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#2,902 #1,669
  2. Social Sciences#1,845 #1,220
  3. Physical Sciences#5,786 #2,672
  4. Health Sciences#6,905 #3,143
  5. Medicine#6,965 #3,057
  6. Education#1,108 #601
  7. Life Sciences#6,681 #3,076
  8. Arts and Humanities#1,691 #791
  9. Engineering#7,303 #3,781
  10. Sociology and Political Science#3,034 #1,694
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 Kafkas University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 41.0 works17×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 22.2 works6.8×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 53.3 works6.4×
← 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: 1.19× its world share, 110 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.04× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 44 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.96× its world share, 45 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 300 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.71× its world share, 18 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.59× its world share, 259 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 109 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 387 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kafkas University?

Ranked on the composite score, Harun Yıldız, Hasan Oral and Yavuz Karabağ lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kafkas University.

  1. 1 Harun Yıldız Türkiye · #425,423 worldwide 57 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Hasan Oral Türkiye · #627,617 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yavuz Karabağ Türkiye · #722,420 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Recai Kulaksız Türkiye · #770,264 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Volkan Gelen Türkiye · #833,233 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Hamit Serdar Başbuğ Türkiye · #875,626 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Örsan Güngör Türkiye · #897,806 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Mustafa Şahin Bülbül Türkiye · #915,430 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Turgut Anuk Türkiye · #934,760 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 M. Karabulut Türkiye · #968,984 worldwide 93 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kafkas University

Which keywords describe research at Kafkas University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Professional Development, Education, Distance Education, Student Perceptions, Learning and Teaching.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage126▲ 12×11 topics
  2. Education92▲ 2.8×42 topics
  3. Epidemiology84◆ 1.09×102 topics
  4. Mental Health68▲ 2.4×31 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress59▲ 1.85×55 topics
  6. Qualitative Research59▲ 3.5×11 topics
  7. Sufism59▲ 61×2 topics
  8. Teacher Training58▲ 4.8×14 topics
  9. Professional Development56▲ 15×8 topics
  10. Distance Education53▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Student Perceptions50▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Learning50▲ 8.7×4 topics
  13. Teaching49▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Covid-19 Pandemic46▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Metaphors46▲ 69×1 topic
  16. Teacher Perspectives46▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Ottoman Empire46▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Ethnography46▲ 13×5 topics
  19. 21st Century Skills42▲ 7.2×4 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis42▲ 3.6×12 topics
  21. Folklore41▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Mythology41▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Rituals40▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Traditional Beliefs40▲ 61×1 topic
  25. Turkish Culture40▲ 61×1 topic
  26. Divan Poetry38▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Turkish Literature38▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Educational Research38▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Content Analysis34▲ 14×6 topics
  30. Language Teaching33▲ 6.6×5 topics
  31. Anticancer Agents32▲ 11×10 topics
  32. Therapy31▲ 8.1×5 topics
  33. Morphology30▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Psychological Functioning30▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Bibliometric Analysis30▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Social Systems30▲ 27×5 topics
  37. Curriculum Evaluation29▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Reading Habits29▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Family Constellations28▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Genetic Processes28▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Kafkas University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkish Literature and Culture and Educational Methods and Analysis.

Education Practices and …46Education Practices and Challenges: 46 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…40Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 40 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…38Turkish Literature and Culture: 38 fractional worksEducational Methods and …29Educational Methods and Analysis: 29 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 28 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 27 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…20Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 20 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 19 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 16 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 13 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyLiterature and Literary TheoryEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 46 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 40 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 38 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 29 works
  5. 5 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 28 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 27 works
  7. 7 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 20 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 19 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 16 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 13 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 available76.3%not open23.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kafkas University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 99% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

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.