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Marmara University

In research, Marmara University stands highest in Social Sciences (#459 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#316 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#108 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Orthodontics — Museology is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,528
of 28,054 · #2,568 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#16
of 308
Research works
25k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
277k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Marmara 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 #459 of 10,521 13.4%3,014 #992
Social SciencesField #316 of 6,365 14.5%1,369 #810
Arts and HumanitiesField #108 of 1,998 14.8%659 #450
Health SciencesDomain #723 of 11,982 7.8%2,172 #1524
EducationSubfield #151 of 1,892 21.1%333 #435
MedicineField #1,062 of 10,443 7.1%1,686 #1642
Physical SciencesDomain #1,978 of 12,888 11.3%1,572 #2634
PhilosophySubfield #49 of 290 27.2%125 #281
Health ProfessionsField #337 of 1,928 10.2%260 #844
EngineeringField #1,464 of 6,636 10.0%610 #2117

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Marmara 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#992 #459
  2. Social Sciences#810 #316
  3. Arts and Humanities#450 #108
  4. Health Sciences#1,524 #723
  5. Education#435 #151
  6. Medicine#1,642 #1,062
  7. Physical Sciences#2,634 #1,978
  8. Philosophy#281 #49
  9. Health Professions#844 #337
  10. Engineering#2,117 #1,464
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 Marmara University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 84.8 works9.4×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 100.0 works8.2×
  3. OrthodonticsSubfield · 53.7 works6.5×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 76.5 works5.4×
  5. DentistryField · 180.8 works5.1×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 143 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 277 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 83 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 88 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 285 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 50 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 610 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 156 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 235 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 48 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.08× its world share, 181 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 260 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 1,686 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 40 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 659 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 286 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 67 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 193 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.97× its world share, 440 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 1,369 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Marmara University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ufuk Abacıoğlu, Yusuf Yılmaz and Refika Ersu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Marmara University.

  1. 1 Ufuk Abacıoğlu · #45,426 worldwide 232 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Yusuf Yılmaz · #56,830 worldwide 333 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Refika Ersu · #87,094 worldwide 151 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Haluk Rahmi Topcuoglu · #97,862 worldwide 866 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 A. Akdaş · #146,352 worldwide 118 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Volkan Korten · #159,864 worldwide 107 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Nurdan Tözün · #160,552 worldwide 74 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Cenk Sayın · #163,041 worldwide 247 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Oğuzhan Deyneli · #169,393 worldwide 67 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Sema Akalın · #199,455 worldwide 60 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Marmara University

Which keywords describe research at Marmara University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Ottoman Empire, Sufism, Epidemiology, Therapy, Psychological Functioning and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology354▲ 1.22×127 topics
  2. Cultural Heritage347▲ 8.6×21 topics
  3. Mental Health312▲ 2.9×37 topics
  4. Education211▲ 1.68×59 topics
  5. Quality of Life187▲ 1.77×54 topics
  6. Ottoman Empire179▲ 33×3 topics
  7. Sufism164▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Teacher Training157▲ 3.4×16 topics
  9. Qualitative Research155▲ 2.4×16 topics
  10. Nationalism145▲ 4.3×20 topics
  11. Public Policy135▲ 3.7×12 topics
  12. Culture130▲ 3.4×18 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis125▲ 2.9×18 topics
  14. Therapy124▲ 8.6×8 topics
  15. Psychological Functioning122▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Professional Development118▲ 8.1×8 topics
  17. Distance Education114▲ 7.6×4 topics
  18. Social Systems114▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Student Perceptions113▲ 8.4×7 topics
  20. Learning110▲ 5.1×8 topics
  21. Family Constellations110▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Genetic Processes110▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Teaching108▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Covid-19 Pandemic104▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Metaphors101▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Teacher Perspectives101▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Ethnography100▲ 7.9×7 topics
  28. Content Analysis97▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Theology95▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Islamic Studies89▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Religious Language89▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Quarantine86▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Rituals81▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Folklore81▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Mythology81▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Traditional Beliefs80▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Turkish Culture80▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Educational Research80▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Diplomacy79▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Divan Poetry75▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Marmara University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Families in Therapy and Culture, Education Practices and Challenges, Islamic Thought and Society Studies and Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies.

Families in Therapy and …110Families in Therapy and Culture: 110 fractional worksEducation Practices and …101Education Practices and Challenges: 101 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…89Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 89 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…80Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 80 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 75 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 64 fractional worksEducational Methods and …62Educational Methods and Analysis: 62 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 60 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 55 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and So…53Turkey's Politics and Society: 53 fractional works
Social PsychologyPhilosophyReligious studiesMuseology4 others

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

  1. 1 Families in Therapy and CultureSocial Psychology 110 works
  2. 2 Education Practices and ChallengesPhilosophy 101 works
  3. 3 Islamic Thought and Society StudiesReligious studies 89 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesMuseology 80 works
  5. 5 Turkish Literature and CultureLiterature and Literary Theory 75 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish StudiesHistory 64 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and AnalysisEducation 62 works
  8. 8 Historical Turkish StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 60 works
  9. 9 Islamic Studies and HistoryPolitical Science and International Relations 55 works
  10. 10 Turkey's Politics and SocietyPolitical Science and International Relations 53 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 available68.3%not open31.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Marmara University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% 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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