Mustafa Kemal University
In research, Mustafa Kemal University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,090 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,191 of 5,988 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,088 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Forestry and Agronomy and Crop Science (Museology is 13.0× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #5,532 of 22,385 · #10,118 all time
- Rank in Türkiye
- #123 of 297
- Research works
- 6.9k ▲ 41% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 84k 12.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.61× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 64% world 40%
- International
- 7% world 18%
What is Mustafa Kemal University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #3,090 of 9,585 | 9.3% | 846 | #8672 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,191 of 5,988 | 9.5% | 403 | #6261 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #2,088 of 3,157 | 5.6% | 328 | #2938 | |
| EducationSubfield | #1,299 of 1,930 | 10.1% | 140 | #2381 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,281 of 1,896 | 10.3% | 234 | #2875 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,503 of 6,403 | 5.2% | 498 | #8956 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,244 of 9,902 | 4.4% | 612 | #14188 | |
| MedicineField | #6,337 of 8,541 | 4.6% | 465 | #11995 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #978 of 1,317 | 5.2% | 148 | #1869 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,670 of 2,121 | 6.4% | 112 | #3177 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mustafa Kemal 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#8,672 #3,090
- Social Sciences#6,261 #2,191
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,938 #2,088
- Education#2,381 #1,299
- Arts and Humanities#2,875 #1,281
- Life Sciences#8,956 #4,503
- Health Sciences#14,188 #7,244
- Medicine#11,995 #6,337
- Plant Science#1,869 #978
- Psychology#3,177 #1,670
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Mustafa Kemal University work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research at Mustafa Kemal University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences96136.8%
- Social Sciences46517.8%
- Arts and Humanities2529.6%
- Psychology1315.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance542.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting401.5%
- Decision Sciences200.7%
- Health Sciences71827.5%
- Medicine54120.7%
- Health Professions823.1%
- Dentistry481.8%
- Nursing321.2%
- Veterinary150.6%
- Life Sciences56921.8%
- Physical Sciences36614.0%
- Environmental Science963.7%
- Engineering813.1%
- Computer Science642.4%
- Materials Science441.7%
- Chemistry240.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences170.6%
- Physics and Astronomy170.6%
- Energy120.5%
- Mathematics110.4%
- Chemical Engineering20.1%
What does Mustafa Kemal University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MuseologySubfield · 41.7 works13×
- ForestrySubfield · 25.1 works9.2×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 36.5 works5.9×
- Religious studiesSubfield · 25.6 works5.9×
- PhilosophySubfield · 62.9 works5.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary4.23×15 works
- Dentistry3.77×48 works
- Arts and Humanities3.33×252 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.02×375 works
- Nursing2.48×32 works
- Psychology1.64×131 works
- Social Sciences1.41×465 works
- Health Professions1.19×82 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×10 works
- Medicine1.08×541 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×137 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×54 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.90×24 works
- Decision Sciences0.77×20 works
- Environmental Science0.74×96 works
- Chemistry0.59×24 works
- Neuroscience0.54×23 works
- Energy0.50×12 works
- Materials Science0.48×44 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.47×40 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×17 works
- Mathematics0.34×11 works
- Computer Science0.31×64 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.29×17 works
- Engineering0.21×81 works
- Chemical Engineering0.17×2 works
- Veterinary 4.2×
- Dentistry 3.8×
- Arts and Humanities 3.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3.0×
- Nursing 2.5×
- Psychology 1.6×
- Social Sciences 1.4×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.1×
- Medicine 1.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.7×
- Chemistry 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.5×
- Energy 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Mustafa Kemal University?
Ranked on the quality score, Sinan Erdoğan, İlyas Okumuş and Murat Akar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mustafa Kemal University.
- 1
Sinan Erdoğan
Türkiye · #53,111 worldwide 3.2k citations · 108 works
- 2
İlyas Okumuş
Türkiye · #1,620,316 worldwide 1.5k citations · 41 works
- 3
Murat Akar
Türkiye · #1,967,753 worldwide 436 citations · 38 works
- 4
Ali Naci Çelik
Türkiye · #2,007,462 worldwide 3.3k citations · 45 works
- 5
Mustafa Erayman
Türkiye · #2,098,148 worldwide 2.1k citations · 41 works
- 6
Ali Acaravcı
Türkiye · #2,319,163 worldwide 5.5k citations · 66 works
- 7
Seher Toprak
Türkiye · #3,084,017 worldwide 136 citations · 26 works
- 8
Ömer Faruk Çoşkun
Türkiye · #3,745,232 worldwide 369 citations · 47 works
- 9
Yücel Dinç
Türkiye · #3,796,665 worldwide 298 citations · 22 works
- 10
Ahmet Uyar
Türkiye · #3,818,346 worldwide 176 citations · 48 works
Which keywords describe research at Mustafa Kemal University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Professional Development, Distance Education, Student Perceptions, Education, Teaching, Learning and Language Teaching.
- Psychological Functioning
- Reading Habits
- Bibliometric Analysis
- Turkish Culture
- Mythology
- Storytelling
- Content Analysis
- Ethnography
- 21st Century Skills
- Migration
- Metaphors
- Language Teaching
- Antioxidant
- Student Perceptions
- Professional Development
- Teacher Training
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Education
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Cultural Heritage
- Mental Health
- Oxidative Stress
- Qualitative Research
- Meta-Analysis
- Distance Education
- Learning
- Teaching
- Covid-19 Pandemic
- Teacher Perspectives
- Public Policy
- Educational Research
- Sufism
- Ottoman Empire
- Rituals
- Folklore
- Urbanization
- Curriculum Evaluation
- Phenolic Compounds
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology119◆ 1.15×113 topics
- Climate Change116▲ 1.64×67 topics
- Cultural Heritage113▲ 8.1×16 topics
- Education106▲ 2.4×41 topics
- Mental Health86▲ 2.3×35 topics
- Inflammation83▲ 1.49×73 topics
- Oxidative Stress79▲ 1.85×55 topics
- Sustainability77▲ 1.21×50 topics
- Qualitative Research77▲ 3.5×11 topics
- Teacher Training72▲ 4.5×14 topics
- Meta-Analysis68▲ 4.4×18 topics
- Professional Development63▲ 12×10 topics
- Distance Education61▲ 12×4 topics
- Student Perceptions60▲ 13×7 topics
- Learning58▲ 7.6×6 topics
- Antioxidant58▲ 3.2×44 topics
- Teaching58▲ 17×4 topics
- Language Teaching56▲ 8.1×6 topics
- Covid-19 Pandemic55▲ 15×3 topics
- Metaphors55▲ 65×1 topic
- Teacher Perspectives55▲ 54×1 topic
- Migration50▲ 5.6×8 topics
- Public Policy49▲ 4.0×6 topics
- 21st Century Skills49▲ 6.5×4 topics
- Educational Research47▲ 13×4 topics
- Ethnography47▲ 10×4 topics
- Sufism45▲ 37×2 topics
- Content Analysis45▲ 14×7 topics
- Ottoman Empire43▲ 23×3 topics
- Storytelling42▲ 33×2 topics
- Rituals42▲ 20×3 topics
- Mythology41▲ 31×2 topics
- Folklore41▲ 30×1 topic
- Turkish Culture41▲ 49×1 topic
- Urbanization40▲ 3.8×8 topics
- Bibliometric Analysis39▲ 27×2 topics
- Curriculum Evaluation38▲ 77×1 topic
- Reading Habits38▲ 43×1 topic
- Phenolic Compounds32▲ 6.7×9 topics
- Psychological Functioning29▲ 13×2 topics
Which research topics does Mustafa Kemal University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Educational Methods and Analysis and Families in Therapy and Culture.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 55 works
- 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 41 works
- 3 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 38 works
- 4 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 26 works
- 5 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 23 works
- 6 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 23 works
- 7 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 22 works
- 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 20 works
- 9 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 18 works
- 10 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 16 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Mustafa Kemal University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mustafa Kemal University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0086% in 2024.
Fractional works of Mustafa Kemal University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.3% in 2004.
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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