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Police Academy

In research, Police Academy stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,731 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,228 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science (Political Science and International Relations is 14.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,325
of 22,385 · #15,089 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#200
of 297
Research works
663
▲ 96% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Police Academy

What is Police Academy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,731 of 9,585 9.8%201 #4515
Social SciencesField #2,228 of 5,988 9.0%141 #4101

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Police Academy 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 fields of science does Police Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Police Academy is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (60%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Psychology (7%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 244 fractional works · 83.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 175 fractional works · 59.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 70 fractional works · 24.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 20.8% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 9.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolice Academy292fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences84%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences17559.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities299.8%
    3. Psychology217.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting72.4%
    6. Decision Sciences41.3%
    1. Engineering113.7%
    2. Computer Science93.2%
    3. Environmental Science41.3%
    4. Chemistry20.8%
    5. Energy20.6%
    6. Materials Science10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine62.2%
    2. Health Professions62.0%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Police Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 60.9 works14×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 70.3 works6.7×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.38× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.72× its world share, 175 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.72×175 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.38×29 works
  3. Psychology2.32×21 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×9 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.37×4 works
  6. Health Professions0.77×6 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×7 works
  8. Energy0.62×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.49×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.41×9 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.27×4 works
  14. Engineering0.24×11 works
  15. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  21. Medicine0.11×6 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  23. Nursing0.08×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Police Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Alp Cenk Arslan, Yılmaz Çolak and Özer Aslan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Police Academy.

  1. 1 Alp Cenk Arslan Türkiye · #1,441,267 worldwide 22 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Yılmaz Çolak Türkiye · #2,191,685 worldwide 262 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Özer Aslan Türkiye · #2,393,343 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Nilgün Şen Türkiye · #2,488,423 worldwide 646 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Özgür Bulut Türkiye · #2,961,350 worldwide 377 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Hasan Sencer Peker Türkiye · #3,615,899 worldwide 28 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 İbrahim İrdem Türkiye · #3,694,092 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Recai Aydın Türkiye · #3,701,163 worldwide 237 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 M. Turgut Demirtepe Türkiye · #3,954,082 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Zakir Gül Türkiye · #3,958,914 worldwide 67 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Police Academy

What are the most cited papers from Police Academy?

The most cited paper from Police Academy is "Corrosion behaviour of dental metals and alloys in different media" (S. P. Kedici, A.A. Aksüt, Mehmet Ali Kılıçarslan et al., 1998), with 122 citations. Next come "Social Learning Theory" (110) and "Technology trends, Education 4.0 and beyond" (98).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Corrosion behaviour of dental metals and alloys in different media S. P. Kedici, A.A. Aksüt, Mehmet Ali Kılıçarslan et al. · Journal of Oral Rehabilitation Oct 1998 122
2 Social Learning Theory Nurhan Tütüncü Saka · Advances in educational technologies and instructional design book series Book chapter 7 Nov 2024 110
3 Technology trends, Education 4.0 and beyond Hafize Keser, Ali Semerci · Contemporary Educational Researches Journal Open access 31 Aug 2019 98
4 Occupational stress, supervisor support, job satisfaction, and work-related burnout: perceptions of Turkish National Police (TNP) members Sedat Kula · Police Practice and Research 7 Nov 2016 92
5 Investigation of groundwater quality in the Southern Coast of the Black Sea: application of computational health risk assessment in Giresun, Türkiye Mehmet Metin Yazman, Bayram Yüksel, Fikret Ustaoğlu et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 14 Aug 2024 82
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Police Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Public Policy, Globalization, Cultural Heritage, Nationalism, International Relations, Social Justice and International Law.

▲ 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-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
  1. Globalization29▲ 5.0×30 topics
  2. Human Rights26▲ 8.6×25 topics
  3. Public Policy24▲ 18×7 topics
  4. Cultural Heritage18▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Nationalism18▲ 13×10 topics
  6. International Relations16▲ 23×8 topics
  7. Social Justice16▲ 9.0×10 topics
  8. International Law15▲ 17×12 topics
  9. Mental Health14▲ 3.4×21 topics
  10. Governance14▲ 15×9 topics
  11. Democracy14▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Security13▲ 6.5×11 topics
  13. Ottoman Empire13▲ 60×3 topics
  14. Neoliberalism12▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Conflict11▲ 23×7 topics
  16. Global Health10▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Pandemics10▲ 117×2 topics
  18. Constitutional Law10▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Migration10▲ 9.8×9 topics
  20. Diplomacy10▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Politics10▲ 13×9 topics
  22. Authoritarianism9▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Economic Development9▲ 4.0×9 topics
  24. Global Governance9▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Legislation9▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Bureaucracy9▲ 158×1 topic
  27. Statecraft9▲ 333×1 topic
  28. Terrorism8▲ 63×3 topics
  29. Counterterrorism8▲ 100×2 topics
  30. Extremism8▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Radicalization8▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Islam8▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Community Development7▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Ethnic Conflict7▲ 55×3 topics
  35. Geopolitics7▲ 17×5 topics
  36. Civil Society7▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Local Governance7▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Social Services7▲ 54×2 topics
  39. Media7▲ 16×3 topics
  40. AKP7▲ 118×1 topic

Which research topics does Police Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Administration and Governance, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence, Turkey's Politics and Society and Turkish Urban and Social Issues.

Public Administration an…9Public Administration and Governance: 9 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterror…8Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 8 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 7 fractional worksTurkish Urban and Social Issues: 6 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 6 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 6 fractional worksPolitics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East: 5 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…5Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 5 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 4 fractional worksMedia Discourse and Social Analysis: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesHistory1 others

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

  1. 1 Public Administration and Governance Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  2. 2 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  4. 4 Turkish Urban and Social Issues Urban Studies 6 works
  5. 5 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 6 works
  6. 6 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  7. 7 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  8. 8 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 5 works
  9. 9 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Media Discourse and Social Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available68.1%not open31.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Police Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 96% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Police Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Police Academy0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Police Academy 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.

still counting5%10%15%Police Academy11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2025.

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