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Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi

In research, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,289 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,149 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,817 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Archeology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts — Museology is 46.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,179
of 28,054 · #18,137 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#173
of 308
Research works
1.8k
▲ 168% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,289 of 10,521 13.7%543 #5885
Social SciencesField #2,149 of 6,365 14.1%218 #3855
Physical SciencesDomain #5,817 of 12,888 11.5%213 #10938
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,134 of 1,998 15.2%245 #2124
EngineeringField #4,907 of 6,636 9.0%98 #9026

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar 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. Social Sciences#5,885 #3,289
  2. Social Sciences#3,855 #2,149
  3. Physical Sciences#10,938 #5,817
  4. Arts and Humanities#2,124 #1,134
  5. Engineering#9,026 #4,907
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 Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 46.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 46.1 works46×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 53.9 works22×
  3. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 27.3 works20×
  4. Urban StudiesSubfield · 29.2 works13×
  5. Arts and HumanitiesField · 245.4 works10×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 10.41× its world share, 245 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 218 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi?

Ranked on the composite score, Ümit Işıkdağ lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi.

  1. 1 Ümit Işıkdağ Türkiye · #506,940 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi

Which keywords describe research at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Ethnography, Neoliberalism, Education, Rituals, Cultural Exchange, Folklore 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 Heritage131▲ 29×21 topics
  2. Education57▲ 4.0×30 topics
  3. Sustainability57▲ 2.8×34 topics
  4. Ethnography55▲ 39×10 topics
  5. Globalization49▲ 3.0×30 topics
  6. Neoliberalism43▲ 15×10 topics
  7. Rituals40▲ 56×4 topics
  8. Cultural Exchange39▲ 37×4 topics
  9. Folklore39▲ 89×2 topics
  10. Mythology39▲ 92×2 topics
  11. Traditional Beliefs38▲ 140×1 topic
  12. Turkish Culture38▲ 140×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Development36▲ 2.8×18 topics
  14. Nationalism33▲ 8.8×11 topics
  15. Urban Development33▲ 11×9 topics
  16. Cultural Studies32▲ 10×14 topics
  17. Ottoman Empire29▲ 48×3 topics
  18. Cultural Sustainability28▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Urbanization28▲ 8.2×7 topics
  20. Sufism28▲ 68×2 topics
  21. Public Policy26▲ 6.6×7 topics
  22. Semiotics26▲ 83×3 topics
  23. Immigration26▲ 28×4 topics
  24. Art and Architecture26▲ 145×3 topics
  25. Identity25▲ 4.3×22 topics
  26. European Immigration24▲ 308×1 topic
  27. Human Agency24▲ 308×1 topic
  28. Community Participation24▲ 8.1×3 topics
  29. Community Health23▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Adaptive Reuse23▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Intangible Heritage23▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Divan Poetry22▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Turkish Literature22▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Virtual Reality22▲ 5.3×9 topics
  35. Urban Design20▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Community Development18▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Gender Roles18▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Media18▲ 15×7 topics
  39. Sociology18▲ 16×9 topics
  40. Art18▲ 25×8 topics

Which research topics does Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, History and Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation and Turkish Literature and Culture.

Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 38 fractional worksHistory and Cultural Heritage: 24 fractional worksCultural Heritage Manage…23Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 23 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…22Turkish Literature and Culture: 22 fractional worksGender Studies and Social Issues: 16 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 15 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies15Historical Turkish Studies: 15 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Social Studies: 13 fractional worksVisual Culture and Art Theory: 12 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 12 fractional works
MuseologyCultural StudiesArcheologyLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 38 works
  2. 2 History and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 24 works
  3. 3 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 23 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 22 works
  5. 5 Gender Studies and Social Issues Gender Studies 16 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 15 works
  7. 7 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  8. 8 Diverse Cultural and Social Studies Literature and Literary Theory 13 works
  9. 9 Visual Culture and Art Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts 12 works
  10. 10 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 12 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 available80.1%not open19.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 168% 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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