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Koç University

In research, Koç University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#757 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#751 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#763 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology — Reproductive Medicine is 4.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,010
of 28,054 · #1,313 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#3
of 308
Research works
10k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
192k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Koç 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
Physical SciencesDomain #757 of 12,888 18.6%904 #1100
Health SciencesDomain #751 of 11,982 14.1%1,140 #1902
MedicineField #763 of 10,443 13.5%1,051 #2100
Social SciencesDomain #1,426 of 10,521 24.5%684 #956
Social SciencesField #971 of 6,365 27.6%330 #771
Life SciencesDomain #1,457 of 7,800 16.9%358 #3186
EngineeringField #1,254 of 6,636 18.0%363 #1330
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #303 of 1,201 30.7%98 #258
Physics and AstronomyField #534 of 1,646 17.5%90 #677
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #946 of 2,578 25.8%110 #691

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Koç 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. Physical Sciences#1,100 #757
  2. Health Sciences#1,902 #751
  3. Medicine#2,100 #763
  4. Social Sciences#956 #1,426
  5. Social Sciences#771 #971
  6. Life Sciences#3,186 #1,457
  7. Engineering#1,330 #1,254
  8. Political Science and International Relations#258 #303
  9. Physics and Astronomy#677 #534
  10. Sociology and Political Science#691 #946
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 Koç University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Reproductive Medicine takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 29.7 works4.3×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 27.3 works3.1×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 212 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 81 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 44 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 182 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 363 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 110 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.31× its world share, 90 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 69 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.77× its world share, 1,051 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 76 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 61 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 152 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 330 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Koç University?

Ranked on the composite score, Özgür B. Akan, Mehmet Gönen and Emel Yılgör lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Koç University.

  1. 1 Özgür B. Akan Türkiye · #47,021 worldwide 609 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Mehmet Gönen Türkiye · #61,169 worldwide 408 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Emel Yılgör Türkiye · #62,301 worldwide 425 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 İskender Yılgör Türkiye · #69,586 worldwide 400 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 İsmail Lazoğlu Türkiye · #73,901 worldwide 215 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Volkan Adsay Türkiye · #83,138 worldwide 247 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Attila Gürsoy Türkiye · #91,219 worldwide 485 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ertuğrul Başar Türkiye · #95,520 worldwide 748 citations · 120 works
  9. 9 Burak Erman Türkiye · #95,599 worldwide 543 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Zіya Önіş Türkiye · #98,666 worldwide 205 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Koç University

Which keywords describe research at Koç University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Authoritarianism, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy and Civil Society.

▲ 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. Epidemiology165▲ 1.35×119 topics
  2. Machine Learning92◆ 0.91×58 topics
  3. Deep Learning81▼ 0.77×69 topics
  4. Quality of Life80▲ 1.79×46 topics
  5. Inflammation79▲ 1.23×77 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease65▲ 1.90×35 topics
  7. Nationalism61▲ 4.3×17 topics
  8. Chemotherapy61▲ 2.8×25 topics
  9. Immunotherapy61▲ 2.8×18 topics
  10. Treatment60▲ 1.61×44 topics
  11. Globalization59◆ 0.97×53 topics
  12. Mental Health57▲ 1.26×30 topics
  13. Neoliberalism56▲ 5.1×14 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress56◆ 1.11×56 topics
  15. Cancer55▲ 1.32×47 topics
  16. Nanoparticles51▲ 1.32×34 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications51▲ 1.40×31 topics
  18. Catalysis49▲ 2.4×21 topics
  19. Diagnosis45▲ 1.58×38 topics
  20. Risk Factors44▲ 1.30×32 topics
  21. Authoritarianism43▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome42▲ 1.68×22 topics
  23. Management42▲ 1.74×29 topics
  24. Depression42▲ 1.54×19 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines42▲ 2.5×14 topics
  26. Drug Delivery38▲ 2.3×16 topics
  27. Biomarkers37▲ 1.77×17 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations37▲ 2.8×23 topics
  29. Civil Society36▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors35▲ 2.6×14 topics
  31. Islam34▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. Radiotherapy34▲ 2.9×12 topics
  33. AKP34▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Kurdish question34▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Metal-Organic Frameworks32▲ 2.5×6 topics
  36. CO2 Capture27▲ 5.7×4 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment23▲ 3.8×6 topics
  38. Methane Storage22▲ 5.7×2 topics
  39. Fertility Preservation19▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation19▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Koç University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Turkey's Politics and Society, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Turkey's Politics and So…34Turkey's Politics and Society: 34 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 19 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 12 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 12 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 11 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health10COVID-19 and Mental Health: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 10 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 9 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 9 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInorganic ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 34 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  3. 3 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 16 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 12 works
  5. 5 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 12 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 10 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 9 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Koç University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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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