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Karadeniz Technical University

In research, Karadeniz Technical University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,249 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,497 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,785 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology and Urban Studies — Museology is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,004
of 28,054 · #2,845 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#33
of 308
Research works
16k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
225k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Karadeniz Technical 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 #1,249 of 10,521 17.7%1,009 #1912
Health SciencesDomain #1,497 of 11,982 9.1%840 #2724
Physical SciencesDomain #1,785 of 12,888 16.3%1,799 #2236
EngineeringField #1,026 of 6,636 16.7%842 #1351
Social SciencesField #1,327 of 6,365 16.3%402 #1728
MedicineField #2,228 of 10,443 7.8%663 #3478
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #382 of 1,351 21.8%148 #526
Computer ScienceField #1,356 of 4,667 22.7%236 #2512
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,115 of 3,409 16.2%213 #1727
Environmental ScienceField #1,285 of 3,551 15.2%272 #1242

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karadeniz Technical 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#1,912 #1,249
  2. Health Sciences#2,724 #1,497
  3. Physical Sciences#2,236 #1,785
  4. Engineering#1,351 #1,026
  5. Social Sciences#1,728 #1,327
  6. Medicine#3,478 #2,228
  7. Mechanical Engineering#526 #382
  8. Computer Science#2,512 #1,356
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,727 #1,115
  10. Environmental Science#1,242 #1,285
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 Karadeniz Technical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 32.5 works6.4×
  2. Urban StudiesSubfield · 41.3 works3.6×
← 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: 1.09× its world share, 213 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 178 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 236 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 83 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 39 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 842 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 272 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 152 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.45× its world share, 49 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 663 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 201 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 107 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 112 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 402 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karadeniz Technical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kamıl Kaygusuz, A. Demirbaş and İftihar Köksal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karadeniz Technical University.

  1. 1 Kamıl Kaygusuz Türkiye · #106,963 worldwide 456 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 A. Demirbaş Türkiye · #111,370 worldwide 463 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 İftihar Köksal Türkiye · #213,595 worldwide 104 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Alemdar Bayraktar Türkiye · #253,371 worldwide 194 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Orhan Aydın Türkiye · #254,292 worldwide 346 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Mete Avcı Türkiye · #256,600 worldwide 210 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Haluk Özmen Türkiye · #277,932 worldwide 121 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Haluk Sarıhan Türkiye · #301,902 worldwide 64 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Mehmet Sönmez Türkiye · #306,541 worldwide 83 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Murat Topbaş Türkiye · #307,615 worldwide 69 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Karadeniz Technical University

Which keywords describe research at Karadeniz Technical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mechanical Properties, Sustainability, Climate Change, Urbanization, Deep Learning, Environmental Impact and Ottoman Empire.

▲ 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. Sustainability155▲ 1.54×70 topics
  2. Deep Learning150◆ 1.06×73 topics
  3. Climate Change149▲ 1.34×82 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties131▲ 3.3×34 topics
  5. Machine Learning121◆ 0.90×68 topics
  6. Epidemiology115▼ 0.70×120 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage113▲ 5.0×20 topics
  8. Environmental Impact104▲ 1.49×48 topics
  9. Remote Sensing81▲ 1.59×28 topics
  10. Renewable Energy80▲ 1.35×34 topics
  11. Mental Health77▲ 1.28×33 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress74◆ 1.09×56 topics
  13. Economic Growth70▲ 1.98×23 topics
  14. Nanoparticles69▲ 1.33×35 topics
  15. Urbanization68▲ 4.0×8 topics
  16. Microstructure65▲ 3.0×17 topics
  17. Public Policy59▲ 2.9×7 topics
  18. Heat Transfer56▲ 2.7×14 topics
  19. Antioxidant54▲ 1.91×42 topics
  20. Migration46▲ 3.3×11 topics
  21. Ottoman Empire42▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Biogeography41▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Flavonoids39▲ 3.6×12 topics
  24. Ethnography38▲ 5.2×2 topics
  25. Antimicrobial Activity36▲ 5.1×9 topics
  26. Community Health36▲ 5.3×4 topics
  27. Phenolic Compounds35▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Community Development34▲ 4.5×6 topics
  29. Quarantine34▲ 5.1×2 topics
  30. Demographic Transition31▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Folklore31▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Storytelling31▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Mythology30▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Rituals30▲ 8.3×1 topic
  35. Turkish Culture30▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Vegetation29▲ 6.6×4 topics
  37. Social Services28▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Home Care27▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Local Governance27▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Fuzzy Sets26▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Karadeniz Technical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkish Urban and Social Issues, Gender Studies and Social Issues and Ottoman and Turkish Studies.

Cultural and Sociopoliti…30Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 30 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social…27Turkish Urban and Social Issues: 27 fractional worksGender Studies and Social Issues: 22 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 20 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 20 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 20 fractional worksMulti-Criteria Decision Making: 19 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…17Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 17 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 17 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 17 fractional works
MuseologyUrban StudiesGender StudiesHistory6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 30 works
  2. 2 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 27 works
  3. 3 Gender Studies and Social Issues Gender Studies 22 works
  4. 4 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 20 works
  5. 5 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 20 works
  7. 7 Multi-Criteria Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 19 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 17 works
  9. 9 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 17 works
  10. 10 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 17 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karadeniz Technical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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.

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