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Selçuk University

In research, Selçuk University stands highest in Social Sciences (#283 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#487 of 10,521 worldwide) and Museology (#2 of 34 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Forestry and Biochemistry — Museology is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,717
of 28,054 · #2,154 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#24
of 308
Research works
23k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
272k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Selçuk 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 SciencesField #283 of 6,365 15.7%1,011 #834
Social SciencesDomain #487 of 10,521 15.4%2,410 #1227
MuseologySubfield #2 of 34 22.5%115 #46
Arts and HumanitiesField #196 of 1,998 18.2%639 #698
Health SciencesDomain #1,464 of 11,982 9.0%1,591 #2357
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #433 of 3,409 13.0%796 #692
Physical SciencesDomain #2,040 of 12,888 16.4%1,232 #1790
MedicineField #1,849 of 10,443 8.8%1,193 #3136
Life SciencesDomain #1,676 of 7,800 11.9%1,282 #2756
EngineeringField #1,609 of 6,636 14.6%428 #1325

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Selçuk 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#834 #283
  2. Social Sciences#1,227 #487
  3. Museology#46 #2
  4. Arts and Humanities#698 #196
  5. Health Sciences#2,357 #1,464
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#692 #433
  7. Physical Sciences#1,790 #2,040
  8. Medicine#3,136 #1,849
  9. Life Sciences#2,756 #1,676
  10. Engineering#1,325 #1,609
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 Selçuk University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 114.9 works14×
  2. ForestrySubfield · 63.6 works9.4×
  3. BiochemistrySubfield · 57.7 works7.2×
  4. Religious studiesSubfield · 73.1 works6.7×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 87.7 works6.1×
  6. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 141.8 works4.1×
← 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: 2.57× its world share, 796 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 316 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 53 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 85 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 116 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 206 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 37 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 428 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 149 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 132 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 71 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.95× its world share, 93 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 191 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 1,193 worksMedicineNursing: 2.58× its world share, 82 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.54× its world share, 31 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.40× its world share, 639 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 212 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 134 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 362 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 1,011 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Selçuk University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ayhan Demirbaş, Abdurrahman Aktümsek and Musa Özcan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Selçuk University.

  1. 1 Ayhan Demirbaş Türkiye · #2,406 worldwide 2.6k citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Abdurrahman Aktümsek Türkiye · #101,536 worldwide 237 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Musa Özcan Türkiye · #116,542 worldwide 275 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Turan Paksoy Türkiye · #137,477 worldwide 275 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Ahmet Şaban Türkiye · #166,911 worldwide 146 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Salih Güneş Türkiye · #183,579 worldwide 290 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Murat Gül Türkiye · #193,972 worldwide 125 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Ahmet Eşítken Türkiye · #210,595 worldwide 183 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Ramazan Ceylan Türkiye · #220,999 worldwide 202 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Nihat Akın Türkiye · #231,338 worldwide 98 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Selçuk University

Which keywords describe research at Selçuk University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Sufism, Mental Health, Ethnography, Antioxidant, Ottoman Empire, Storytelling and Rituals.

▲ 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 Heritage356▲ 10.0×21 topics
  2. Mental Health255▲ 2.7×37 topics
  3. Epidemiology245◆ 0.95×125 topics
  4. Sustainability205▲ 1.29×66 topics
  5. Climate Change197◆ 1.12×68 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress189▲ 1.78×59 topics
  7. Antioxidant164▲ 3.7×50 topics
  8. Sufism153▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Social Media153▲ 1.64×29 topics
  10. Antioxidants132▲ 4.5×14 topics
  11. Ethnography130▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Antioxidant Activity121▲ 2.9×31 topics
  13. Public Policy117▲ 3.6×12 topics
  14. Ottoman Empire112▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Storytelling111▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Rituals110▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Folklore109▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Mythology109▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Culture108▲ 3.1×20 topics
  20. Traditional Beliefs108▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Turkish Culture108▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Phenolic Compounds107▲ 8.8×9 topics
  23. Flavonoids106▲ 6.2×12 topics
  24. Medicinal Plants104▲ 4.0×17 topics
  25. Migration102▲ 4.7×17 topics
  26. Psychological Functioning100▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Therapy96▲ 7.4×7 topics
  28. Social Systems92▲ 25×4 topics
  29. Family Constellations91▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Genetic Processes91▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Divan Poetry82▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Turkish Literature82▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Theology75▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Islamic Studies71▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Mu'tazilite Thought70▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Religious Language70▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Polyphenols70▲ 6.1×6 topics
  38. Quarantine68▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Livestock64▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Vegetation64▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Selçuk University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies, Families in Therapy and Culture, Turkish Literature and Culture and Islamic Thought and Society Studies.

Cultural and Sociopoliti…108Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 108 fractional worksFamilies in Therapy and …91Families in Therapy and Culture: 91 fractional worksTurkish Literature and C…82Turkish Literature and Culture: 82 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Soci…70Islamic Thought and Society Studies: 70 fractional worksAgricultural and Rural Development Research: 60 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 51 fractional worksEducation Practices and …49Education Practices and Challenges: 49 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…49Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 49 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…45Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 45 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies: 41 fractional works
MuseologySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary TheoryReligious studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 108 works
  2. 2 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 91 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 82 works
  4. 4 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 70 works
  5. 5 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Forestry 60 works
  6. 6 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 51 works
  7. 7 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 49 works
  8. 8 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 49 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 45 works
  10. 10 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 41 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Selçuk University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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.

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