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Pamukkale University

In research, Pamukkale University stands highest in Social Sciences (#828 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#573 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,871 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Religious studies and Philosophy — Museology is 10.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,702
of 28,054 · #3,759 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#58
of 308
Research works
13k
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
139k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Pamukkale 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 #828 of 10,521 15.4%1,634 #1318
Social SciencesField #573 of 6,365 17.5%644 #964
Physical SciencesDomain #2,871 of 12,888 10.8%988 #3035
EducationSubfield #458 of 1,892 24.1%208 #532
Arts and HumanitiesField #495 of 1,998 15.2%383 #1098
Health SciencesDomain #3,100 of 11,982 5.4%1,017 #4706
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #914 of 3,409 9.8%187 #2047
EngineeringField #2,239 of 6,636 10.2%441 #2072
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #918 of 2,578 15.7%159 #1604
MedicineField #4,213 of 10,443 4.3%813 #5813

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pamukkale 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#1,318 #828
  2. Social Sciences#964 #573
  3. Physical Sciences#3,035 #2,871
  4. Education#532 #458
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,098 #495
  6. Health Sciences#4,706 #3,100
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,047 #914
  8. Engineering#2,072 #2,239
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,604 #918
  10. Medicine#5,813 #4,213
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 Pamukkale University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 52.8 works11×
  2. Religious studiesSubfield · 43.1 works6.4×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 82.5 works4.8×
  4. ArcheologySubfield · 44.8 works3.7×
  5. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 72.0 works3.3×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 187 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 140 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 117 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 42 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 441 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 109 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 111 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 58 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.25× its world share, 44 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 126 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 813 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.28× its world share, 383 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 140 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 143 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.20× its world share, 271 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 644 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pamukkale University?

Ranked on the composite score, Necip Atar, Erkan Yüce and Şaban Nazlıoğlu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pamukkale University.

  1. 1 Necip Atar Türkiye · #84,960 worldwide 335 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Erkan Yüce Türkiye · #89,543 worldwide 213 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Şaban Nazlıoğlu Türkiye · #102,570 worldwide 366 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Mehmet Lütfi Yola Türkiye · #103,373 worldwide 330 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Latif Elçı Türkiye · #216,441 worldwide 201 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Mehmet Cihat Alçiçek Türkiye · #244,320 worldwide 149 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Erdinç Duru Türkiye · #289,844 worldwide 54 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Yakup Kaska Türkiye · #312,344 worldwide 141 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Raşit Urhan Türkiye · #312,651 worldwide 70 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Ümmühan Baş Aslan Türkiye · #391,090 worldwide 40 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Pamukkale University

Which keywords describe research at Pamukkale University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Sufism, Professional Development, Student Perceptions, Distance Education, Teaching and Covid-19 Pandemic.

▲ 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 Heritage172▲ 7.8×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology170◆ 1.06×116 topics
  3. Mental Health162▲ 2.7×35 topics
  4. Education122▲ 1.75×47 topics
  5. Qualitative Research93▲ 2.6×9 topics
  6. Teacher Training85▲ 3.4×13 topics
  7. Economic Growth80▲ 2.3×24 topics
  8. Meta-Analysis80▲ 3.4×18 topics
  9. Sufism78▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Professional Development77▲ 9.6×9 topics
  11. Student Perceptions74▲ 10.0×6 topics
  12. Distance Education73▲ 8.7×3 topics
  13. Learning69▲ 5.8×7 topics
  14. Teaching68▲ 14×4 topics
  15. Covid-19 Pandemic66▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Metaphors66▲ 48×1 topic
  17. Teacher Perspectives66▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Ethnography58▲ 8.3×6 topics
  19. Ottoman Empire57▲ 19×3 topics
  20. 21st Century Skills52▲ 4.3×4 topics
  21. Psychological Functioning51▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Language Teaching51▲ 5.0×6 topics
  23. Therapy50▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Educational Research50▲ 8.4×5 topics
  25. Folklore49▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Mythology49▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Rituals49▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Quarantine48▲ 7.5×2 topics
  29. Storytelling48▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Traditional Beliefs48▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Turkish Culture48▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Content Analysis47▲ 9.3×6 topics
  33. Family Constellations47▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Genetic Processes47▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Theology41▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Islamic Studies41▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Mu'tazilite Thought40▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Religious Language40▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Bibliometric Analysis40▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Curriculum Evaluation39▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Pamukkale University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Practices and Challenges, Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Families in Therapy and Culture and Islamic Thought and Society Studies.

Education Practices and …66Education Practices and Challenges: 66 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…48Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 48 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …47Families in Therapy and Culture: 47 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…40Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 40 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 39 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 38 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…30Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 30 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 24 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 24 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 20 fractional works
PhilosophyMuseologySocial PsychologyReligious studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 66 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 48 works
  3. 3 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 47 works
  4. 4 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 40 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 39 works
  6. 6 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 38 works
  7. 7 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 30 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 24 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 24 works
  10. 10 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 20 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 available63.6%not open36.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pamukkale University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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