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Sinop University

In research, Sinop University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,986 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,585 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,783 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science and Museology — Aquatic Science is 16.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,789
of 28,054 · #7,100 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#112
of 308
Research works
3.3k
▲ 131% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Sinop 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 #1,986 of 10,521 19.0%650 #3781
Physical SciencesDomain #3,585 of 12,888 14.4%450 #4347
Health SciencesDomain #3,783 of 11,982 9.1%143 #9708
Social SciencesField #2,415 of 6,365 21.9%289 #3468
Arts and HumanitiesField #786 of 1,998 18.1%153 #1391
EducationSubfield #880 of 1,892 31.9%90 #1397
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,684 of 3,409 10.7%116 #3539
EngineeringField #4,126 of 6,636 17.0%100 #5136
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,673 of 2,578 18.4%90 #2987
MathematicsField #736 of 1,053 17.8%61 #1779

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sinop 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#3,781 #1,986
  2. Physical Sciences#4,347 #3,585
  3. Health Sciences#9,708 #3,783
  4. Social Sciences#3,468 #2,415
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,391 #786
  6. Education#1,397 #880
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,539 #1,684
  8. Engineering#5,136 #4,126
  9. Sociology and Political Science#2,987 #1,673
  10. Mathematics#1,779 #736
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 Sinop University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 42.7 works17×
  2. MuseologySubfield · 22.0 works13×
← 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: 1.74× its world share, 116 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.87× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.68× its world share, 61 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.78× its world share, 153 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.85× its world share, 122 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 289 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sinop University?

Ranked on the composite score, Murat Sarıkaya, Murat Sezgi̇n and Fatih Şahin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sinop University.

  1. 1 Murat Sarıkaya Türkiye · #300,549 worldwide 196 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Murat Sezgi̇n Türkiye · #370,186 worldwide 110 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Fatih Şahin Türkiye · #521,919 worldwide 42 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Levent Bat Türkiye · #659,986 worldwide 151 citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Funda Üstün Türkiye · #684,181 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Kami̇l Demi̇rci̇ Türkiye · #778,969 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 İsmihan Karayücel Türkiye · #897,982 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Onur Şahın Türkiye · #910,204 worldwide 102 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Süleyman Özdemir Türkiye · #910,450 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Yakup Erdem Türkiye · #940,839 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Sinop University

Which keywords describe research at Sinop University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Mental Health, Ottoman Empire, Education, Professional Development, Aquaculture, Morphology and Sufism.

▲ 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 Heritage79▲ 10×11 topics
  2. Mental Health72▲ 3.5×28 topics
  3. Education57▲ 2.4×36 topics
  4. Climate Change52▲ 1.37×62 topics
  5. Sustainability50▲ 1.46×42 topics
  6. Qualitative Research41▲ 3.4×13 topics
  7. Teacher Training39▲ 4.4×12 topics
  8. Biodiversity35▲ 3.3×21 topics
  9. Ottoman Empire31▲ 30×3 topics
  10. Nutrition31▲ 4.9×9 topics
  11. Professional Development31▲ 11×10 topics
  12. Aquaculture31▲ 8.4×8 topics
  13. Morphology31▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Sufism30▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Culture30▲ 4.1×10 topics
  16. Psychological Functioning29▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Distance Education28▲ 9.8×4 topics
  18. Student Perceptions28▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Conservation27▲ 4.5×12 topics
  20. Learning26▲ 6.4×3 topics
  21. Therapy26▲ 9.5×2 topics
  22. Family Constellations26▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Genetic Processes26▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Teaching26▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Covid-19 Pandemic25▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Metaphors25▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Ethnography25▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Fatty Acids23▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Omega-3 Fatty Acids23▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Fish Feed22▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Sustainable Feeds22▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Rituals22▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Storytelling22▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Folklore21▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Turkish Culture21▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Freshwater20▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Educational Research20▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Quarantine20▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Content Analysis20▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Black Sea19▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Sinop University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Families in Therapy and Culture, Education Practices and Challenges, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth and Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies.

Families in Therapy and …26Families in Therapy and Culture: 26 fractional worksEducation Practices and …25Education Practices and Challenges: 25 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…22Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 22 fractional worksCultural and Sociopoliti…21Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 21 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 18 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 16 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Stud…15Ottoman and Turkish Studies: 15 fractional worksEducational Methods and Analysis: 14 fractional worksIslamic Thought and Society Studies: 14 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…12Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 12 fractional works
Social PsychologyPhilosophyAquatic ScienceMuseology5 others

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

  1. 1 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 26 works
  2. 2 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 25 works
  3. 3 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 22 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 21 works
  5. 5 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 18 works
  6. 6 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 16 works
  7. 7 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 15 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Analysis Education 14 works
  9. 9 Islamic Thought and Society Studies Religious studies 14 works
  10. 10 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 12 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sinop University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 131% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.