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Kocaeli Üniversitesi

In research, Kocaeli Üniversitesi stands highest in Health Sciences (#813 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,091 of 10,521 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#210 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Orthodontics — Museology is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,739
of 28,054 · #3,025 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#25
of 308
Research works
16k
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
171k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Kocaeli Üniversitesi 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 #813 of 11,982 8.0%1,285 #2199
Social SciencesDomain #1,091 of 10,521 13.8%1,525 #1832
Arts and HumanitiesField #210 of 1,998 15.5%342 #706
Physical SciencesDomain #1,579 of 12,888 13.2%1,799 #2486
MedicineField #1,520 of 10,443 7.3%1,072 #2463
EngineeringField #1,059 of 6,636 12.6%808 #1247
Computer ScienceField #883 of 4,667 14.8%299 #2071
Social SciencesField #1,236 of 6,365 14.0%680 #1757
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #420 of 1,351 12.3%179 #572
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,020 of 2,578 14.3%183 #1951

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kocaeli Üniversitesi 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#2,199 #813
  2. Social Sciences#1,832 #1,091
  3. Arts and Humanities#706 #210
  4. Physical Sciences#2,486 #1,579
  5. Medicine#2,463 #1,520
  6. Engineering#1,247 #1,059
  7. Computer Science#2,071 #883
  8. Social Sciences#1,757 #1,236
  9. Mechanical Engineering#572 #420
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,951 #1,020
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 Kocaeli Üniversitesi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 55.2 works9.0×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 39.1 works4.7×
  3. OrthodonticsSubfield · 23.0 works4.1×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 114 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 163 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 60 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 299 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 67 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 808 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 181 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 186 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 86 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.81× its world share, 68 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 127 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 1,072 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.38× its world share, 342 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 153 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 85 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 203 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 680 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 Kocaeli Üniversitesi?

Ranked on the composite score, Mustafa Çanakçı, Egemen Avcu and Tamer Sınmazçelik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kocaeli Üniversitesi.

  1. 1 Mustafa Çanakçı Türkiye · #89,910 worldwide 350 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Egemen Avcu Türkiye · #173,693 worldwide 255 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Tamer Sınmazçelik Türkiye · #179,448 worldwide 231 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Bülent Kara Türkiye · #181,279 worldwide 101 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 M. Aydin Türkiye · #195,553 worldwide 156 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Mustafa Özgür Bora Türkiye · #205,756 worldwide 203 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Zafer Bingül Türkiye · #230,333 worldwide 120 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Yavuz Gürkan Türkiye · #231,892 worldwide 86 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Murat Hoşöz Türkiye · #234,717 worldwide 210 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Alemdar Hasanov Türkiye · #237,112 worldwide 85 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Kocaeli Üniversitesi

Which keywords describe research at Kocaeli Üniversitesi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Ottoman Empire, Ethnography, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Epidemiology and Mythology.

▲ 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 Heritage192▲ 7.0×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology187◆ 0.95×120 topics
  3. Deep Learning179◆ 1.05×71 topics
  4. Machine Learning155◆ 0.95×72 topics
  5. Sustainability138◆ 1.13×64 topics
  6. Mental Health129▲ 1.77×36 topics
  7. Environmental Impact102▲ 1.20×46 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties101▲ 2.1×35 topics
  9. Education100▲ 1.17×44 topics
  10. Social Media96▲ 1.35×30 topics
  11. Nanocomposites92▲ 2.3×21 topics
  12. Sufism78▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Ottoman Empire76▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Public Policy74▲ 3.0×6 topics
  15. Teacher Training67▲ 2.2×11 topics
  16. Ethnography66▲ 7.7×4 topics
  17. Nationalism60▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Mythology57▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Folklore56▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Therapy54▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Rituals54▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Storytelling54▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Traditional Beliefs54▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Turkish Culture54▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Psychological Functioning49▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Professional Development46▲ 4.7×8 topics
  27. Student Perceptions44▲ 4.9×6 topics
  28. Social Systems44▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Family Constellations44▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Genetic Processes44▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Quarantine44▲ 5.5×2 topics
  32. Teaching42▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Divan Poetry41▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Turkish Literature41▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Content Analysis39▲ 6.2×7 topics
  36. Metaphors39▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Teacher Perspectives39▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Theology37▲ 7.8×3 topics
  39. Islamic Studies37▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Religious Language37▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Kocaeli Üniversitesi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Families in Therapy and Culture, Turkish Literature and Culture and Education Practices and Challenges.

Cultural and Sociopoliti…54Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 54 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …44Families in Therapy and Culture: 44 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…41Turkish Literature and Culture: 41 fractional worksEducation Practices and …39Education Practices and Challenges: 39 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 37 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 32 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies27Historical Turkish Studies: 27 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 24 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social Issues: 23 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 23 fractional works
MuseologySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 54 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 44 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 41 works
  4. 4 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 39 works
  5. 5 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 37 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 32 works
  7. 7 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 27 works
  8. 8 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  9. 9 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 23 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 23 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kocaeli Üniversitesi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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