Kafkas University
In research, Kafkas University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,609 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,002 of 5,988 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,536 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Veterinary and Religious studies (Museology is 16.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,744 of 22,385 · #10,432 all time
- Rank in Türkiye
- #73 of 297
- Research works
- 5.1k ▲ 36% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 31k 6.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.94× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 76% world 40%
- International
- 8% world 18%
What is Kafkas 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 | #4,609 of 9,585 | 7.4% | 891 | #7644 | |
| Social SciencesField | #4,002 of 5,988 | 8.0% | 387 | #6338 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,536 of 6,403 | 5.8% | 256 | #9268 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,367 of 1,896 | 9.2% | 259 | #2701 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #7,823 of 10,670 | 10.3% | 409 | #15260 | |
| ChemistryField | #997 of 1,299 | 16.9% | 63 | #2263 | |
| MedicineField | #6,660 of 8,541 | 6.8% | 300 | #12201 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #2,316 of 2,964 | 6.4% | 91 | #5093 | |
| EducationSubfield | #1,513 of 1,930 | 9.1% | 146 | #2306 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,793 of 9,902 | 6.7% | 398 | #14443 |
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 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#7,644 #4,609
- Social Sciences#6,338 #4,002
- Life Sciences#9,268 #4,536
- Arts and Humanities#2,701 #1,367
- Physical Sciences#15,260 #7,823
- Chemistry#2,263 #997
- Medicine#12,201 #6,660
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,093 #2,316
- Education#2,306 #1,513
- Health Sciences#14,443 #7,793
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 Kafkas University work in?
In 2022-now, 45% of research at Kafkas University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (15%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.8× 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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences1,00945.3%
- Social Sciences44419.9%
- Arts and Humanities28512.8%
- Psychology1235.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting773.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance502.3%
- Decision Sciences301.4%
- Physical Sciences46721.0%
- Engineering1305.8%
- Computer Science763.4%
- Chemistry733.3%
- Environmental Science542.4%
- Materials Science492.2%
- Mathematics472.1%
- Physics and Astronomy150.7%
- Energy140.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences50.2%
- Chemical Engineering30.1%
- Health Sciences45620.5%
- Medicine34115.3%
- Health Professions602.7%
- Veterinary221.0%
- Nursing160.7%
- Dentistry160.7%
- Life Sciences29613.3%
What does Kafkas University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MuseologySubfield · 45.7 works17×
- VeterinaryField · 22.4 works7.4×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 25.5 works6.9×
- PhilosophySubfield · 57.2 works6.0×
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: Veterinary, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary7.41×22 works
- Arts and Humanities4.43×285 works
- Chemistry2.10×73 works
- Mathematics1.81×47 works
- Psychology1.81×123 works
- Social Sciences1.57×444 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.47×33 works
- Dentistry1.47×16 works
- Nursing1.47×16 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.41×11 works
- Decision Sciences1.40×30 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.21×128 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.07×77 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×50 works
- Health Professions1.03×60 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×104 works
- Medicine0.80×341 works
- Energy0.71×14 works
- Materials Science0.64×49 works
- Neuroscience0.57×21 works
- Environmental Science0.49×54 works
- Computer Science0.44×76 works
- Engineering0.39×130 works
- Chemical Engineering0.38×3 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.31×15 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×5 works
- Veterinary 7.4×
- Arts and Humanities 4.4×
- Chemistry 2.1×
- Mathematics 1.8×
- Psychology 1.8×
- Social Sciences 1.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.5×
- Dentistry 1.5×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.4×
- Decision Sciences 1.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1.2×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.1×
- Health Professions 1.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Energy 0.7×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Chemical Engineering 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Kafkas University?
Ranked on the quality score, Feyzi Sinan Tokalı, Serhat Çamkaya and Pelin Tokalı lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kafkas University.
- 1
Feyzi Sinan Tokalı
Türkiye · #857,103 worldwide 1.7k citations · 74 works
- 2
Serhat Çamkaya
Türkiye · #1,092,366 worldwide 467 citations · 33 works
- 3
Pelin Tokalı
Türkiye · #1,649,065 worldwide 383 citations · 16 works
- 4
Erbay Kalay
Türkiye · #1,903,200 worldwide 657 citations · 46 works
- 5
Hatice Esra Duran
Türkiye · #1,919,495 worldwide 777 citations · 39 works
- 6
Hatıra Günerhan
Türkiye · #2,015,992 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
- 7
Ali İbrahim Can Gözüm
Türkiye · #2,409,018 worldwide 641 citations · 53 works
- 8
Özkan Özden
Türkiye · #2,492,748 worldwide 3k citations · 58 works
- 9
Erhan Deni̇z
Türkiye · #2,734,509 worldwide 3k citations · 156 works
- 10
Ethem Topçuoğlu
Türkiye · #2,921,974 worldwide 399 citations · 41 works
Which keywords describe research at Kafkas University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Education, Professional Development, Distance Education, Student Perceptions, Ottoman Empire and Learning.
- Reading Habits
- Genetic Processes
- Morphology
- Psychological Functioning
- Therapy
- Anticancer Agents
- Educational Research
- Divan Poetry
- Traditional Beliefs
- Rituals
- Folklore
- Teacher Perspectives
- Covid-19 Pandemic
- Teaching
- Ottoman Empire
- Distance Education
- Teacher Training
- Qualitative Research
- Mental Health
- Education
- Cultural Heritage
- Epidemiology
- Oxidative Stress
- Sufism
- Professional Development
- Student Perceptions
- Learning
- Ethnography
- Metaphors
- Storytelling
- Mythology
- 21st Century Skills
- Turkish Culture
- Turkish Literature
- Content Analysis
- Language Teaching
- Social Systems
- Bibliometric Analysis
- Family Constellations
- Curriculum Evaluation
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
- Cultural Heritage138▲ 12×12 topics
- Education104▲ 2.7×44 topics
- Epidemiology97◆ 1.10×104 topics
- Mental Health77▲ 2.4×33 topics
- Oxidative Stress71▲ 1.94×55 topics
- Qualitative Research67▲ 3.5×13 topics
- Sufism63▲ 61×2 topics
- Teacher Training63▲ 4.6×15 topics
- Professional Development60▲ 13×8 topics
- Distance Education56▲ 13×4 topics
- Student Perceptions54▲ 14×6 topics
- Ottoman Empire54▲ 34×3 topics
- Learning54▲ 8.1×5 topics
- Teaching53▲ 18×3 topics
- Ethnography50▲ 13×6 topics
- Covid-19 Pandemic49▲ 16×2 topics
- Metaphors49▲ 68×1 topic
- Teacher Perspectives49▲ 57×1 topic
- Storytelling46▲ 43×3 topics
- Folklore46▲ 40×2 topics
- Mythology46▲ 41×2 topics
- Rituals45▲ 25×2 topics
- 21st Century Skills45▲ 7.0×4 topics
- Traditional Beliefs45▲ 64×1 topic
- Turkish Culture45▲ 64×1 topic
- Divan Poetry41▲ 71×1 topic
- Turkish Literature41▲ 71×1 topic
- Educational Research40▲ 13×5 topics
- Content Analysis38▲ 13×7 topics
- Anticancer Agents37▲ 11×10 topics
- Language Teaching36▲ 6.0×7 topics
- Therapy34▲ 8.0×5 topics
- Social Systems33▲ 26×5 topics
- Psychological Functioning33▲ 18×2 topics
- Bibliometric Analysis32▲ 26×3 topics
- Morphology32▲ 8.0×5 topics
- Family Constellations31▲ 48×1 topic
- Genetic Processes31▲ 48×1 topic
- Curriculum Evaluation31▲ 74×1 topic
- Reading Habits31▲ 41×1 topic
Which research topics does Kafkas University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkish Literature and Culture and Families in Therapy and Culture.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 49 works
- 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 45 works
- 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 41 works
- 4 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 31 works
- 5 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 31 works
- 6 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 28 works
- 7 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 23 works
- 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 22 works
- 9 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 20 works
- 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 16 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 Kafkas University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 36% 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 Kafkas University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0081% in 2024.
Fractional works of Kafkas 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 9.7% in 2025.
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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