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Toros University

In research, Toros University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,658 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,979 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,805 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,818
of 28,054 · #19,977 all time
Rank in Türkiye
#180
of 308
Research works
914
▲ 196% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Toros 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 #4,658 of 10,521 15.9%193 #8536
Health SciencesDomain #5,979 of 11,982 10.3%119 #8505
Social SciencesField #3,805 of 6,365 13.7%76 #7317
Physical SciencesDomain #9,753 of 12,888 5.7%80 #18557
MedicineField #8,493 of 10,443 9.4%80 #15130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toros 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#8,536 #4,658
  2. Health Sciences#8,505 #5,979
  3. Social Sciences#7,317 #3,805
  4. Physical Sciences#18,557 #9,753
  5. Medicine#15,130 #8,493
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 Toros University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 20.5 works4.5×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.14× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 3.43× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.46× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.44× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.21× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.73× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toros University?

Ranked on the composite score, Orhan Aksoğan, Serkan Taş and Mustafa Bekmezci lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toros University.

  1. 1 Orhan Aksoğan Türkiye · #438,824 worldwide 99 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Serkan Taş Türkiye · #1,095,559 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mustafa Bekmezci Türkiye · #1,515,809 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Abdullah Çalışkan Türkiye · #1,618,547 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Kenan Orçanlı Türkiye · #1,624,881 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Toros University

Which keywords describe research at Toros University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Job Satisfaction, Depression, Leadership, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Healthcare Workers and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Mental Health25▲ 3.9×26 topics
  2. Epidemiology23▲ 1.33×57 topics
  3. Sustainability18▲ 1.70×34 topics
  4. Quality of Life16▲ 2.6×36 topics
  5. Depression15▲ 4.0×16 topics
  6. Job Satisfaction14▲ 7.5×10 topics
  7. COVID-1912▲ 2.1×14 topics
  8. Leadership12▲ 5.7×7 topics
  9. Economic Growth10▲ 2.8×11 topics
  10. Pandemic10▲ 2.1×7 topics
  11. Anxiety9▲ 4.4×8 topics
  12. Healthcare Workers8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  13. Social Support8▲ 3.5×12 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis8▲ 3.3×12 topics
  15. Language Teaching8▲ 7.1×2 topics
  16. Work Engagement8▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage7▲ 3.1×10 topics
  18. Health Benefits7▲ 5.2×8 topics
  19. Organizational Behavior7▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Human Resource Management7▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Transformational Leadership7▲ 9.2×2 topics
  22. Organizational Culture7▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Adolescents7▲ 4.1×8 topics
  24. Job Demands-Resources Model7▲ 25×1 topic
  25. Mediation Analysis7▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Stress7▲ 4.1×7 topics
  27. Psychological Impact6▲ 4.3×6 topics
  28. Tourism Development6▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Coping Strategies6▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Gender Roles6▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Digital Education6▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Rheological Properties6▲ 7.6×2 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy6▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. Psychological Factors6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Student Competencies6▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Teaching Methods6▲ 9.0×1 topic
  37. Distance Education5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  38. Stock Market5▲ 5.1×2 topics
  39. Content Analysis5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  40. Quarantine5▲ 7.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Toros University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Education, Innovation and Language Studies, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Gender Studies and Social Issues.

Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 7 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksGender Studies and Socia…3Gender Studies and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksFood composition and pro…3Food composition and properties: 3 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 3 fractional worksPolysaccharides Composition and Applications: 3 fractional worksEducational Leadership a…3Educational Leadership and Administration: 3 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEducationClinical PsychologyGender Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  2. 2 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 6 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Gender Studies and Social Issues Gender Studies 3 works
  5. 5 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  8. 8 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 3 works
  9. 9 Polysaccharides Composition and Applications Food Science 3 works
  10. 10 Educational Leadership and Administration Education 3 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 available77.9%not open22.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toros University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 196% 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.

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