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Ministry of Health

In research, Ministry of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,489 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,963 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,996 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency Medicine and Ophthalmology — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,057
of 28,054 · #9,050 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#139
of 308
Research works
6.4k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
73k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health 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 #1,489 of 11,982 8.7%1,157 #2829
MedicineField #1,963 of 10,443 8.1%1,069 #2852
Life SciencesDomain #3,996 of 7,800 5.3%168 #5305
Social SciencesDomain #5,580 of 10,521 17.0%93 #7742
SurgerySubfield #1,115 of 1,816 8.3%151 #1617
EpidemiologySubfield #873 of 976 7.7%74 #1857
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,054 of 1,144 5.4%81 #1806
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,373 of 3,579 4.4%91 #5901

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health 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#2,829 #1,489
  2. Medicine#2,852 #1,963
  3. Life Sciences#5,305 #3,996
  4. Social Sciences#7,742 #5,580
  5. Surgery#1,617 #1,115
  6. Epidemiology#1,857 #873
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,806 #1,054
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,901 #3,373
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 Ministry of Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 42.7 works10×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 24.6 works6.9×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 23.9 works6.1×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.91× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 1,069 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Zeliha Koçak Tufan, Hülya Başar and Levent Ertuğrul İnan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health.

  1. 1 Zeliha Koçak Tufan Türkiye · #149,146 worldwide 68 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Hülya Başar Türkiye · #219,884 worldwide 47 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Levent Ertuğrul İnan Türkiye · #265,898 worldwide 94 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Gönül Tanır Türkiye · #305,124 worldwide 76 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Saliha Kanık Yüksek Türkiye · #305,155 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Ali Ünsal Türkiye · #308,842 worldwide 46 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Hakan Genç Türkiye · #335,884 worldwide 67 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Barış Nacir Türkiye · #336,405 worldwide 50 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Berkan Reşorlu Türkiye · #377,513 worldwide 40 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Ali Pekcan Demiröz Türkiye · #381,095 worldwide 16 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Health

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Management, Diagnosis, Oxidative Stress, Maternal Mortality and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology204▲ 3.5×127 topics
  2. Inflammation123▲ 4.0×78 topics
  3. Treatment72▲ 4.1×49 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress66▲ 2.7×54 topics
  5. Diagnosis61▲ 4.5×40 topics
  6. Management59▲ 5.1×29 topics
  7. Quality of Life57▲ 2.7×48 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease51▲ 3.1×37 topics
  9. Cancer49▲ 2.5×49 topics
  10. COVID-1944▲ 2.2×21 topics
  11. Risk Factors44▲ 2.8×33 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Complications38▲ 5.2×16 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality36▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Pandemic34▲ 2.2×8 topics
  16. Mortality33▲ 3.9×13 topics
  17. Thrombosis32▲ 7.8×6 topics
  18. Immune Response32▲ 3.8×21 topics
  19. Pathophysiology30▲ 6.9×11 topics
  20. Surgery30▲ 5.8×9 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-230▲ 6.2×6 topics
  22. Pregnancy28▲ 9.4×9 topics
  23. Guidelines28▲ 4.1×13 topics
  24. Pathogenesis28▲ 3.8×24 topics
  25. Rehabilitation27▲ 4.6×11 topics
  26. Surgical Management26▲ 4.4×20 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction25▲ 7.5×8 topics
  28. Prognosis25▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Immunity24▲ 4.1×8 topics
  30. Metastasis24▲ 4.7×11 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor23▲ 6.3×3 topics
  32. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes21▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis21▲ 9.9×7 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Health20▲ 7.0×7 topics
  35. Critical Care20▲ 5.9×8 topics
  36. Pain Management20▲ 6.0×9 topics
  37. Preeclampsia19▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Pregnancy Complications19▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Hypertensive Disorders18▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Placental Development18▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 18 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…12COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 12 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …11Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 11 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 7 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…7Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 7 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksPregnancy and Medication Impact: 6 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 6 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyOncologyInfectious DiseasesHealth Informatics4 others

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

  1. 1 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 18 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 14 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 12 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 11 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 7 works
  7. 7 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 7 works
  8. 8 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  9. 9 Pregnancy and Medication Impact Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 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 available50.2%not open49.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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