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Sabancı Üniversitesi

In research, Sabancı Üniversitesi stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,939 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,260 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,427 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics — Polymers and Plastics is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,519
of 28,054 · #2,930 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#48
of 308
Research works
6.4k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
136k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Sabancı Üniversitesi 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,939 of 12,888 17.6%844 #2377
EngineeringField #1,260 of 6,636 20.0%381 #1278
Social SciencesDomain #2,427 of 10,521 24.9%311 #2085
Social SciencesField #1,941 of 6,365 31.5%145 #2038
Materials ScienceField #1,046 of 2,468 17.6%136 #1865
Computer ScienceField #2,211 of 4,667 17.3%164 #1816
Life SciencesDomain #4,230 of 7,800 22.2%124 #3646
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,414 of 2,318 14.1%103 #1512
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #984 of 1,568 17.8%72 #1083
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,591 of 3,579 20.8%68 #3454

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sabancı Üniversitesi 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. Physical Sciences#2,377 #1,939
  2. Engineering#1,278 #1,260
  3. Social Sciences#2,085 #2,427
  4. Social Sciences#2,038 #1,941
  5. Materials Science#1,865 #1,046
  6. Computer Science#1,816 #2,211
  7. Life Sciences#3,646 #4,230
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,512 #1,414
  9. Biomedical Engineering#1,083 #984
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,454 #2,591
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 Sabancı Üniversitesi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 28.1 works5.2×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 164 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.79× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.90× its world share, 381 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.91× its world share, 136 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.22× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.41× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 53 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sabancı Üniversitesi?

Ranked on the composite score, Gözde Ünal, Müjdat Çetin and Gündüz Ulusoy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sabancı Üniversitesi.

  1. 1 Gözde Ünal Türkiye · #10,871 worldwide 1.3k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Müjdat Çetin Türkiye · #12,734 worldwide 957 citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Gündüz Ulusoy Türkiye · #22,106 worldwide 655 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Erhan Budak Türkiye · #44,374 worldwide 405 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 İsmail Çakmak Türkiye · #54,356 worldwide 603 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Kemal Kılıç Türkiye · #66,598 worldwide 310 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Hikmet Budak Türkiye · #74,349 worldwide 383 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Devrim Gözüaçık Türkiye · #118,779 worldwide 292 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 E. Fuat Keyman Türkiye · #121,180 worldwide 135 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Hakan Erdoğan Türkiye · #126,353 worldwide 337 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Sabancı Üniversitesi

Which keywords describe research at Sabancı Üniversitesi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Tissue Engineering, Nanomaterials, Graphene, Mechanical Properties, Energy Storage and Polymer Composites.

▲ 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. Deep Learning56▲ 1.22×61 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications54▲ 3.4×32 topics
  3. Nanocomposites48▲ 4.4×20 topics
  4. Nanomaterials47▲ 3.3×17 topics
  5. Machine Learning43◆ 0.99×53 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties41▲ 3.1×27 topics
  7. Tissue Engineering40▲ 5.0×13 topics
  8. Graphene40▲ 4.4×11 topics
  9. Nanoparticles36▲ 2.1×30 topics
  10. Energy Storage34▲ 3.9×9 topics
  11. Globalization30◆ 1.14×34 topics
  12. Drug Delivery28▲ 3.9×15 topics
  13. Nationalism26▲ 4.2×7 topics
  14. Biosensors24▲ 3.5×12 topics
  15. Polymer Composites24▲ 6.7×7 topics
  16. Additive Manufacturing22▲ 5.4×7 topics
  17. Neoliberalism22▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Authoritarianism21▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Metal-Organic Frameworks20▲ 3.7×5 topics
  20. Civil Society18▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Composite Materials18▲ 6.5×9 topics
  22. Cathode Materials17▲ 3.3×3 topics
  23. Democratization17▲ 20×2 topics
  24. AKP17▲ 64×1 topic
  25. Islam17▲ 6.0×1 topic
  26. Applications16▲ 4.4×6 topics
  27. Carbon Nanotubes16▲ 3.4×8 topics
  28. Two-Dimensional Materials14▲ 4.6×4 topics
  29. Cryptography14▲ 8.6×3 topics
  30. Carbon-Based Materials14▲ 9.8×1 topic
  31. Electrochemical Capacitors14▲ 9.8×1 topic
  32. Biomaterials14▲ 4.4×6 topics
  33. Hydrogels14▲ 5.6×5 topics
  34. Regenerative Medicine14▲ 4.0×4 topics
  35. Surface Roughness14▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Nanofibers14▲ 4.7×3 topics
  37. 3D Printing13▲ 4.2×4 topics
  38. Tool Wear12▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Graphene Oxide12▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Finite Element Method11▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Sabancı Üniversitesi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Turkey's Politics and Society, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials.

Turkey's Politics and Society: 17 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 14 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 9 fractional worksCoding theory and cryptography: 9 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 8 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of C…8Mechanical Behavior of Composites: 8 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 7 fractional worksGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications: 7 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…7Advanced machining processes and optimization: 7 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsAutomotive EngineeringBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  2. 2 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 14 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Coding theory and cryptography Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  8. 8 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 7 works
  9. 9 Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 7 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.4%domestic only72.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sabancı Üniversitesi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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