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Okan University

In research, Okan University stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,431 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,211 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,797 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,417
of 28,054 · #9,283 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#122
of 308
Research works
2.4k
▲ 102% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Okan 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,431 of 11,982 8.3%287 #6258
Physical SciencesDomain #4,211 of 12,888 18.0%216 #6895
Social SciencesDomain #3,797 of 10,521 15.8%308 #3848
Social SciencesField #2,611 of 6,365 16.2%136 #2309
EngineeringField #3,850 of 6,636 15.5%99 #6453
MedicineField #7,032 of 10,443 6.9%191 #11663
Life SciencesDomain #6,261 of 7,800 12.7%62 #12225

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Okan 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. Health Sciences#6,258 #3,431
  2. Physical Sciences#6,895 #4,211
  3. Social Sciences#3,848 #3,797
  4. Social Sciences#2,309 #2,611
  5. Engineering#6,453 #3,850
  6. Medicine#11,663 #7,032
  7. Life Sciences#12,225 #6,261
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 Okan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 52.1 works12×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.08× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 12.29× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 191 worksMedicineNursing: 2.40× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.72× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 136 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Okan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tuğba Özdal, Gökhan Apaydın and Ömer Cihan Kıvanç lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Okan University.

  1. 1 Tuğba Özdal Türkiye · #327,515 worldwide 153 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Gökhan Apaydın Türkiye · #455,300 worldwide 69 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Ömer Cihan Kıvanç Türkiye · #497,710 worldwide 87 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Alp Gürkan Türkiye · #674,231 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 A. Zafer Acar Türkiye · #919,510 worldwide 66 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Veli Shakhmurov Türkiye · #1,054,948 worldwide 71 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Dheyaa J. Jasim Türkiye · #1,335,803 worldwide 53 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Tolga Yarman Türkiye · #1,373,343 worldwide 22 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Okan University

Which keywords describe research at Okan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Psychological Factors, Cultural Heritage, Sustainability, Inflammation, Neoliberalism and Distance 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. Epidemiology42▲ 1.20×86 topics
  2. Sustainability31▲ 1.46×44 topics
  3. Inflammation29▲ 1.60×55 topics
  4. Quality of Life28▲ 2.3×38 topics
  5. Globalization21▲ 1.21×37 topics
  6. Education21▲ 1.38×18 topics
  7. Mental Health19▲ 1.51×28 topics
  8. Cultural Heritage19▲ 4.0×14 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management17▲ 2.1×15 topics
  10. COVID-1917▲ 1.42×17 topics
  11. Clinical Trials17▲ 2.8×13 topics
  12. Economic Growth16▲ 2.1×20 topics
  13. Neoliberalism15▲ 4.8×11 topics
  14. Psychological Factors15▲ 7.9×5 topics
  15. Job Satisfaction14▲ 3.7×8 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 1.91×19 topics
  17. Public Policy13▲ 3.0×4 topics
  18. Urbanization12▲ 3.5×7 topics
  19. Digital Transformation12▲ 2.6×9 topics
  20. Distance Education12▲ 6.8×3 topics
  21. Professional Development12▲ 6.9×4 topics
  22. Social Justice12▲ 2.3×6 topics
  23. Student Perceptions12▲ 7.2×4 topics
  24. Learning11▲ 4.3×2 topics
  25. Teaching11▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Covid-19 Pandemic11▲ 9.2×3 topics
  27. Customer Satisfaction11▲ 3.8×4 topics
  28. Metaphors10▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Teacher Perspectives10▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Dental Materials10▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Restorative Dentistry10▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Monetary Policy9▲ 4.0×7 topics
  33. Ethnography8▲ 5.4×4 topics
  34. Human Resource Management8▲ 5.6×3 topics
  35. Career Choice7▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Dental Caries7▲ 8.4×2 topics
  37. Infection Control7▲ 9.4×2 topics
  38. Dental Practice7▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Transmission Routes7▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Periodontal Disease7▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Okan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Dental materials and restorations, Dental Research and COVID-19 and Organizational and Employee Performance.

Education Practices and Challenges: 10 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 10 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 7 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 6 fractional worksDental Radiography and Imaging: 6 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 6 fractional worksPublic Administration an…6Public Administration and Governance: 6 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 5 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 5 fractional worksTeacher Professional Dev…5Teacher Professional Development and Motivation: 5 fractional works
PhilosophyOrthodonticsGeneral DentistryArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 10 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 10 works
  3. 3 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 7 works
  4. 4 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  5. 5 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Governance Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  8. 8 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Teacher Professional Development and Motivation Education 5 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 available64.1%not open35.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Okan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 102% 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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