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Near East University

In research, Near East University stands highest in Mathematics (#48 of 1,053 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#761 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#858 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Modeling and Simulation, Numerical Analysis and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics — Modeling and Simulation is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#881
of 28,054 · #2,337 all time
Rank in Cyprus
#1
of 25
Research works
7.4k
▲ 154% vs 2013–17
Citations
107k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Near East 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
MathematicsField #48 of 1,053 33.8%109 #773
Physical SciencesDomain #761 of 12,888 27.3%1,142 #2088
Social SciencesDomain #858 of 10,521 27.2%801 #1302
Health SciencesDomain #1,115 of 11,982 13.4%591 #2283
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #167 of 1,775 52.7%120 #612
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #129 of 1,272 57.8%100 #539
Environmental ScienceField #480 of 3,551 29.1%160 #1253
Information SystemsSubfield #227 of 1,291 37.5%84 #484
Social SciencesField #1,127 of 6,365 24.0%312 #1111
MedicineField #1,981 of 10,443 12.7%439 #3000

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Near East 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. Mathematics#773 #48
  2. Physical Sciences#2,088 #761
  3. Social Sciences#1,302 #858
  4. Health Sciences#2,283 #1,115
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#612 #167
  6. Economics and Econometrics#539 #129
  7. Environmental Science#1,253 #480
  8. Information Systems#484 #227
  9. Social Sciences#1,111 #1,127
  10. Medicine#3,000 #1,981
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 Near East University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Modeling and Simulation takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 51.6 works13×
  2. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 22.1 works9.4×
  3. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 46.2 works5.3×
  4. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 25.9 works4.9×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.33× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.44× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 275 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.14× its world share, 54 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 340 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 160 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.36× its world share, 109 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 69 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.34× its world share, 45 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 86 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 439 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 115 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 84 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.03× its world share, 120 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 142 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 312 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Near East University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hüseyin Uzunboylu, Fezile Özdamlı and Fadi Al‐Turjman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Near East University.

  1. 1 Hüseyin Uzunboylu Cyprus · #63,711 worldwide 168 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Fezile Özdamlı Cyprus · #95,034 worldwide 226 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Fadi Al‐Turjman Cyprus · #106,318 worldwide 637 citations · 143 works
  4. 4 Nadire Çavuş Cyprus · #181,215 worldwide 182 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Takehisa Nakagawa Cyprus · #195,556 worldwide 0 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Salih Gücel Cyprus · #237,443 worldwide 134 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Melike Şah Cyprus · #293,633 worldwide 173 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Hüseyin Bicen Cyprus · #295,946 worldwide 178 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Kamil Dimililer Cyprus · #443,709 worldwide 108 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 A. G. Usman Cyprus · #444,707 worldwide 91 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Near East University

Which keywords describe research at Near East University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, Nonlinear Equations, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Panel Data Analysis, Financial Development and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Machine Learning163▲ 1.81×80 topics
  2. Deep Learning146▲ 1.54×72 topics
  3. Renewable Energy129▲ 3.2×34 topics
  4. Epidemiology104◆ 0.95×114 topics
  5. Sustainability83▲ 1.23×60 topics
  6. Healthcare82▲ 2.6×19 topics
  7. Climate Change80◆ 1.08×69 topics
  8. Economic Growth73▲ 3.1×22 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence72▲ 1.91×38 topics
  10. Environmental Impact71▲ 1.52×41 topics
  11. Internet of Things69▲ 2.9×22 topics
  12. Mental Health69▲ 1.70×33 topics
  13. Nonlinear Equations68▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Education66▲ 1.40×48 topics
  15. COVID-1965▲ 1.73×26 topics
  16. Urbanization57▲ 5.0×7 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage52▲ 3.5×15 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks48▲ 2.4×13 topics
  19. Security48▲ 2.6×18 topics
  20. Panel Data Analysis47▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Financial Development47▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Energy Consumption46▲ 7.4×4 topics
  23. CO2 Emissions44▲ 8.6×4 topics
  24. Environmental Regulation43▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Kuznets Curve42▲ 14×1 topic
  26. Trade Openness42▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Fractional Calculus41▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Anomalous Diffusion39▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Smart Cities39▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Homotopy Analysis Method39▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Random Walk39▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Distance Education37▲ 6.5×4 topics
  33. Infectious Diseases36▲ 4.0×9 topics
  34. Professional Development31▲ 5.8×9 topics
  35. Respiratory Infections29▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Health Impacts26▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Household Fuel Use26▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Pollution26▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Household Behavior25▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Consumption25▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Near East University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Fractional Differential Equations Solutions, Energy and Environment Impacts and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies.

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 42 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 39 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…26Energy and Environment Impacts: 26 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…25Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 25 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 22 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 21 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…19Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 19 fractional worksAnalytical chemistry met…19Analytical chemistry methods development: 19 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 17 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 16 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsModeling and SimulationPollutionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment5 others

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

  1. 1 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 42 works
  2. 2 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 39 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 26 works
  4. 4 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  5. 5 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 22 works
  6. 6 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 21 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 19 works
  8. 8 Analytical chemistry methods development Analytical Chemistry 19 works
  9. 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 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.

openly available58.9%not open41.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.2%domestic only62.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Near East University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 154% 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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