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Ordu University

In research, Ordu University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,293 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,540 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,006 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Orthodontics and Oral Surgery — Museology is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,709
of 28,054 · #8,232 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#95
of 308
Research works
5.4k
▲ 164% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Ordu 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 #1,293 of 10,521 18.1%933 #2627
Health SciencesDomain #1,540 of 11,982 8.9%637 #3799
Social SciencesField #1,006 of 6,365 20.0%409 #1867
Arts and HumanitiesField #360 of 1,998 18.5%274 #1161
EducationSubfield #552 of 1,892 24.4%148 #1100
DentistryField #138 of 367 19.0%82 #281
MedicineField #3,989 of 10,443 6.0%435 #8231
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,352 of 3,409 9.5%275 #2242
Physical SciencesDomain #5,730 of 12,888 10.2%379 #9326
Health ProfessionsField #995 of 1,928 14.5%82 #2188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ordu 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#2,627 #1,293
  2. Health Sciences#3,799 #1,540
  3. Social Sciences#1,867 #1,006
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,161 #360
  5. Education#1,100 #552
  6. Dentistry#281 #138
  7. Medicine#8,231 #3,989
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,242 #1,352
  9. Physical Sciences#9,326 #5,730
  10. Health Professions#2,188 #995
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 Ordu University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 46.7 works16×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 26.9 works10×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 36.5 works8.0×
  4. DentistryField · 82.0 works7.1×
← 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: 2.45× its world share, 275 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 102 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.48× its world share, 41 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.14× its world share, 82 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 435 worksMedicineNursing: 3.14× its world share, 36 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.01× its world share, 274 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 56 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.93× its world share, 139 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 409 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ordu University?

Ranked on the composite score, Erhan Set, Zekai Tarakçı and Sezai Alkan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ordu University.

  1. 1 Erhan Set · #71,606 worldwide 251 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Zekai Tarakçı · #375,336 worldwide 63 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Sezai Alkan · #415,769 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Ali Güncan · #525,858 worldwide 56 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Burhan Öztürk · #544,864 worldwide 81 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 İsmet Balık · #582,783 worldwide 16 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Ahmet Ali Bayhan · #596,542 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Mehmet Aydın · #732,369 worldwide 48 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Süleyman Kutalmış Büyük · #781,990 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Ülkü Karaman · #823,716 worldwide 20 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Ordu University

Which keywords describe research at Ordu University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Meta-Analysis, Teacher Training, Sufism, Education, Distance Education, Professional Development and Phenolic Compounds.

▲ 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 Heritage126▲ 9.7×15 topics
  2. Epidemiology107◆ 1.14×112 topics
  3. Education95▲ 2.3×45 topics
  4. Climate Change85▲ 1.34×53 topics
  5. Mental Health82▲ 2.4×28 topics
  6. Meta-Analysis72▲ 5.2×18 topics
  7. Teacher Training70▲ 4.8×14 topics
  8. Qualitative Research63▲ 3.1×14 topics
  9. Sufism55▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Distance Education50▲ 10×4 topics
  11. Professional Development50▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Antioxidants49▲ 4.7×15 topics
  13. Phenolic Compounds48▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Ethnography48▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Folklore46▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Mythology46▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Rituals46▲ 22×4 topics
  18. Student Perceptions46▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Learning46▲ 6.5×4 topics
  20. Storytelling45▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Traditional Beliefs45▲ 57×1 topic
  22. Turkish Culture45▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Teaching45▲ 15×3 topics
  24. 21st Century Skills44▲ 6.2×4 topics
  25. Covid-19 Pandemic43▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Educational Research43▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Metaphors43▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Teacher Perspectives43▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Language Teaching41▲ 6.8×5 topics
  30. Morphology40▲ 9.8×5 topics
  31. Content Analysis39▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Ottoman Empire38▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Migration38▲ 4.8×8 topics
  34. Bibliometric Analysis33▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Curriculum Evaluation33▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Reading Habits33▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Divan Poetry33▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Turkish Literature33▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Psychological Functioning30▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Etymology28▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Ordu University publish most on?

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

Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 45 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 43 fractional worksEducational Methods and …33Educational Methods and Analysis: 33 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…33Turkish Literature and Culture: 33 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and Culture: 27 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural Studies: 26 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…22Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 22 fractional worksNuts composition and effects: 18 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural Development Research: 17 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 16 fractional works
MuseologyPhilosophyEducationLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical StudiesMuseology 45 works
  2. 2 Education Practices and ChallengesPhilosophy 43 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and AnalysisEducation 33 works
  4. 4 Turkish Literature and CultureLiterature and Literary Theory 33 works
  5. 5 Families in Therapy and CultureSocial Psychology 27 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Cultural StudiesLanguage and Linguistics 26 works
  7. 7 Islamic Thought and Society StudiesReligious studies 22 works
  8. 8 Nuts composition and effectsNutrition and Dietetics 18 works
  9. 9 Agricultural and Rural Development ResearchForestry 17 works
  10. 10 Ottoman and Turkish StudiesHistory 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ordu University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 164% 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.

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.