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Muğla University

In research, Muğla University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,349 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,432 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,458 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Forestry and Philosophy — Museology is 11.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,760
of 28,054 · #5,428 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#96
of 308
Research works
9.2k
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Citations
79k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Muğla 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 #1,349 of 10,521 13.0%1,360 #1552
Health SciencesDomain #2,432 of 11,982 7.8%838 #4046
Social SciencesField #1,458 of 6,365 13.4%572 #1258
Arts and HumanitiesField #539 of 1,998 14.0%338 #1172
MedicineField #2,847 of 10,443 6.8%679 #3750
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #950 of 3,409 10.3%229 #1650
Physical SciencesDomain #4,025 of 12,888 11.1%677 #5440
PsychologyField #835 of 2,181 12.0%213 #1821
EducationSubfield #748 of 1,892 18.9%188 #794
Life SciencesDomain #3,454 of 7,800 9.0%433 #5741

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Muğla 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#1,552 #1,349
  2. Health Sciences#4,046 #2,432
  3. Social Sciences#1,258 #1,458
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,172 #539
  5. Medicine#3,750 #2,847
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,650 #950
  7. Physical Sciences#5,440 #4,025
  8. Psychology#1,821 #835
  9. Education#794 #748
  10. Life Sciences#5,741 #3,454
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 Muğla University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 46.3 works11×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 20.6 works6.0×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 70.1 works4.9×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 41.3 works4.1×
  5. Speech and HearingSubfield · 24.5 works4.0×
← 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: 1.46× its world share, 229 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 130 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 117 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 133 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 68 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 108 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 679 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.54× its world share, 338 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 119 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 42 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 213 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 572 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Muğla University?

Ranked on the composite score, Metin Kozak, Mustafa Gülsu and Ali Serhan Tarkan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Muğla University.

  1. 1 Metin Kozak · #111,513 worldwide 506 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Mustafa Gülsu · #158,510 worldwide 111 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ali Serhan Tarkan · #201,476 worldwide 140 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Kemal Güngördük · #361,528 worldwide 46 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Nurdan Saraç · #371,099 worldwide 76 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mehmet Emin Duru · #477,685 worldwide 84 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Semra Gümüş Demi̇rbi̇lek · #478,886 worldwide 43 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mehmet Öztürk · #500,142 worldwide 123 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Burcu Kasap · #502,088 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Halit Filiz · #511,263 worldwide 47 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Muğla University

Which keywords describe research at Muğla University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Professional Development, Student Perceptions, Distance Education, Ottoman Empire, Teaching and Education.

▲ 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 Heritage150▲ 8.3×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology139◆ 1.06×119 topics
  3. Mental Health125▲ 2.6×36 topics
  4. Education119▲ 2.1×47 topics
  5. Sustainability104▲ 1.29×64 topics
  6. Qualitative Research86▲ 3.0×10 topics
  7. Teacher Training79▲ 3.8×18 topics
  8. Professional Development69▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Student Perceptions66▲ 11×7 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis66▲ 3.4×19 topics
  11. Distance Education64▲ 9.4×4 topics
  12. Learning64▲ 6.5×3 topics
  13. Ottoman Empire62▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Teaching62▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Public Policy61▲ 3.8×8 topics
  16. Language Teaching59▲ 7.1×7 topics
  17. Covid-19 Pandemic58▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Metaphors58▲ 51×1 topic
  19. Teacher Perspectives58▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Antioxidant56▲ 2.5×46 topics
  21. Sufism55▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Ethnography53▲ 9.2×5 topics
  23. 21st Century Skills50▲ 5.1×4 topics
  24. Content Analysis48▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Well-being48▲ 3.8×14 topics
  26. Rituals46▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Quarantine45▲ 8.6×2 topics
  28. Storytelling45▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Folklore44▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Turkish Culture44▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Migration44▲ 4.0×14 topics
  32. Educational Research41▲ 8.5×6 topics
  33. Divan Poetry36▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Turkish Literature36▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Bibliometric Analysis36▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Curriculum Evaluation36▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Reading Habits36▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Psychological Functioning35▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Medical History32▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Disease Control30▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Muğla University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Turkish Literature and Culture and Educational Methods and Analysis.

Education Practices and Challenges: 58 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 44 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…36Turkish Literature and Culture: 36 fractional worksEducational Methods and …36Educational Methods and Analysis: 36 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 30 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 29 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies26Historical Turkish Studies: 26 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural Development Research: 19 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 19 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 18 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologyLiterature and Literary TheoryEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and ChallengesPhilosophy 58 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesMuseology 44 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and CultureLiterature and Literary Theory 36 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and AnalysisEducation 36 works
  5. 5 Ottoman and Turkish StudiesHistory 30 works
  6. 6 Families in Therapy and CultureSocial Psychology 29 works
  7. 7 Historical Turkish StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 26 works
  8. 8 Agricultural and Rural Development ResearchForestry 19 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 19 works
  10. 10 Islamic Thought and Society StudiesReligious studies 18 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Muğla University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.