Gender Studies and Social Issues

Gender Studies and Social Issues is a research topic within Gender Studies. Science Explorer counts 4k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of gender roles, urban design, and social perception in Turkey. It covers topics such as public toilets, workplace discrimination, economic inequality, family dynamics, and community health, shedding light on the impact of gender on urban environments and societal attitudes.

Gender Roles
Public Toilets
Urban Design
Women's Health
Social Perception
Workplace Discrimination
Economic Inequality
Family Dynamics
Educational Attitudes
Community Health

Research works: 4k
In the world top 10%: 394
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +41%
Largest producer: Türkiye

Gender Studies and Social Issues

Which countries lead Gender Studies and Social Issues research?

By volume, Türkiye and ?? publish the most (1.6k and 46 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Türkiye 1.6k works
2 ?? 46 works
3 United States 39 works
4 Kazakhstan 23 works
5 India 19 works
6 United Kingdom 13 works
7 Iran 12 works
8 China 8 works
9 Indonesia 8 works
10 Azerbaijan 7 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Türkiye1,636 · 90.4%??46 · 2.6%United States39 · 2.1%Kazakhstan23 · 1.3%6 others listed66 · 3.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Gender Studies and Social Issues research?

By volume in 2022-now, Selçuk University publishes the most Gender Studies and Social Issues research, followed by Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi and Hacettepe University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 42 works
2 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 36 works
3 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 31 works
4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 30 works
5 Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye 30 works
6 Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye 26 works
7 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 26 works
8 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 25 works
9 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 24 works
10 Karadeniz Technical UniversityTürkiye 23 works

What are the most cited papers in Gender Studies and Social Issues?

The most cited paper in Gender Studies and Social Issues is "A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design" (Roger S. Ulrich, Craig Zimring, Xuemei Zhu et al., 2008), with 1,427 citations. Next come "A theory of holistic comfort for nursing" (353) and "PERCEIVED QUALITY OF CARE: THE INFLUENCE OF THE WAITING ROOM ENVIRONMENT" (184).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	A Review of the Research Literature on Evidence-Based Healthcare Design Roger S. Ulrich, Craig Zimring, Xuemei Zhu et al. · HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal	Apr 2008	1,427
2	A theory of holistic comfort for nursing Katharine Y. Kolcaba · Journal of Advanced Nursing	Jun 1994	353
3	PERCEIVED QUALITY OF CARE: THE INFLUENCE OF THE WAITING ROOM ENVIRONMENT Allison B. Arneill, Ann Sloan Devlin · Journal of Environmental Psychology	Dec 2002	184
4	Building safer public spaces: Exploring gender difference in the perception of safety in public space through urban design interventions Pablo Navarrete-Hernández, Arielle Vetro, Paz Concha · Landscape and Urban Planning Open access	10 Jul 2021	174
5	The Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Job Satisfaction: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach Nilgün Anafarta · International Journal of Business and Management Open access	Apr 2011	165

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Where is Gender Studies and Social Issues research done?

The largest centres of Gender Studies and Social Issues research in 2022-now are Istanbul (Türkiye), Ankara (Türkiye), Konya (Türkiye) and Izmir (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Trabzon.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 IstanbulTürkiye 266 works
2 AnkaraTürkiye 208 works
3 KonyaTürkiye 71 works
4 IzmirTürkiye 69 works
5 EskişehirTürkiye 39 works
6 SamsunTürkiye 31 works
7 ErzurumTürkiye 28 works
8 TrabzonTürkiye 27 works
9 SivasTürkiye 26 works
10 ÇanakkaleTürkiye 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

TrabzonTR · 27.4 works68×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gender Studies and Social Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gender Studies and Social Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Selçuk University and Harran University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye	60.6	12.5%	33.9×	30	+34.1%
2	Selçuk UniversityTürkiye	56.0	9.7%	83.5×	42	+74.3%
3	Harran UniversityTürkiye	55.1	22.1%	48.0×	12	+39.2%
4	Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityTürkiye	54.4	22.3%	46.0×	9	+186.9%
5	Yozgat Bozok ÜniversitesiTürkiye	53.7	17.9%	75.6×	17	+41.6%
6	Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye	51.7	9.4%	38.2×	31	+3.3%
7	Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan	51.5	9.5%	93.2×	21	+36.2%
8	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye	50.9	15.2%	62.6×	17	+72.2%
9	Dicle UniversityTürkiye	50.4	19.6%	46.2×	12	+114.5%
10	Afyon Kocatepe UniversityTürkiye	49.9	17.3%	57.0×	13	+96.8%
11	Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇Türkiye	49.4	14.9%	47.3×	20	+77.9%
12	Ankara UniversityTürkiye	48.5	14.8%	35.2×	25	-12.9%
13	İstanbul Nişantaşı ÜniversitesiTürkiye	48.3	20.4%	106.8×	9	+269.8%
14	Atatürk UniversityTürkiye	48.1	13.1%	41.2×	23	-4.9%
15	Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye	47.6	7.4%	62.0×	30	+41.0%
16	Bandırma Onyedi Eylül UniversityTürkiye	47.6	17.8%	86.5×	12	+283.5%
17	Istanbul University-CerrahpaşaTürkiye	46.8	10.3%	44.3×	17	+132.7%
18	Bartin UniversityTürkiye	46.4	15.2%	84.7×	14	+10.1%
19	Sivas Cumhuriyet ÜniversitesiTürkiye	46.0	7.8%	63.3×	26	+169.6%
20	Ege UniversityTürkiye	46.0	11.0%	29.4×	16	+82.6%
21	Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye	45.6	8.7%	138.2×	36	-12.4%
22	Giresun UniversityTürkiye	45.5	17.7%	55.1×	11	+70.5%
23	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye	45.2	8.3%	63.8×	26	+11.3%
24	Karabük UniversityTürkiye	44.7	12.4%	59.9×	16	+51.9%
25	Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye	43.2	8.3%	53.7×	24	+38.3%
26	Düzce ÜniversitesiTürkiye	42.5	9.8%	70.7×	18	+39.0%
27	Artvin Coruh UniversityTürkiye	42.2	13.4%	125.2×	13	+109.0%
28	Karadeniz Technical UniversityTürkiye	41.9	6.5%	73.7×	23	+22.9%
29	Cukurova UniversityTürkiye	41.9	16.8%	37.3×	15	-6.7%
30	Kırklareli UniversityTürkiye	41.3	12.8%	126.5×	14	+52.4%
31	Adnan Menderes UniversityTürkiye	40.1	8.4%	66.2×	18	+10.1%
32	Marmara UniversityTürkiye	39.6	12.4%	36.2×	20	-13.4%
33	Kocaeli ÜniversitesiTürkiye	39.2	6.0%	51.8×	20	+13.2%
34	Mersin ÜniversitesiTürkiye	39.1	7.4%	49.2×	13	+14.9%
35	Niğde Ömer Halisdemir ÜniversitesiTürkiye	38.9	10.5%	73.6×	14	+132.6%
36	Akdeniz UniversityTürkiye	38.8	16.4%	43.0×	16	-22.9%
37	Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye	38.0	5.6%	92.2×	21	+151.8%
38	Van Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiTürkiye	37.4	4.0%	54.9×	19	+75.5%
39	Manisa Celal Bayar UniversityTürkiye	37.1	7.9%	61.6×	15	+55.6%
40	Gazi UniversityTürkiye	36.9	8.2%	27.1×	20	-3.0%
41	Istanbul UniversityTürkiye	35.8	11.0%	31.9×	19	-16.2%
42	Istanbul Commerce UniversityTürkiye	34.1	12.2%	89.4×	9	+40.5%
43	Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye	23.2	1.9%	16.1×	9	+55.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Gender Studies and Social Issues, country by country

Is Gender Studies and Social Issues research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gender Studies and Social Issues.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gender Studies and Social Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0062% in 2024.

Fractional works of Gender Studies and Social Issues 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.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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Which countries lead Gender Studies and Social Issues research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Gender Studies and Social Issues research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Gender Studies and Social Issues?

Where is Gender Studies and Social Issues research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Gender Studies and Social Issues?

Is Gender Studies and Social Issues research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion