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Historical Turkish Studies

Historical Turkish Studies is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 7k 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 covers a wide range of topics related to the history of the Ottoman Empire, the formation of the Turkish Republic, international relations, modernization efforts, diplomacy, nationalism, cultural heritage, education policy, economic development, and political history in the region. The papers provide insights into various aspects of historical events, policies, and societal changes in the context of Turkey and its interactions with other nations.

Ottoman Empire
Turkish Republic
International Relations
Modernization
Diplomacy
Nationalism
Cultural Heritage
Education Policy
Economic Development
Political History

Research works: 7k
In the world top 10%: 687
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +49%
Largest producer: Türkiye

Historical Turkish Studies

Which countries lead Historical Turkish Studies research?

By volume, Türkiye and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 77 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Türkiye 2.8k works
2 United States 77 works
3 ?? 62 works
4 Azerbaijan 29 works
5 Kazakhstan 25 works
6 Russia 23 works
7 Armenia 21 works
8 United Kingdom 16 works
9 Germany 15 works
10 Cyprus 13 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.

Türkiye2,844 · 91.1%United States77 · 2.5%??62 · 2.0%Azerbaijan29 · 0.9%6 others listed112 · 3.6%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Turkish Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University publishes the most Historical Turkish Studies research, followed by Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi and Marmara University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye 89 works
2 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 73 works
3 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 63 works
4 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 62 works
5 Istanbul UniversityTürkiye 62 works
6 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 53 works
7 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 50 works
8 Sakarya UniversityTürkiye 47 works
9 Van Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiTürkiye 45 works
10 Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Turkish Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Turkish Studies include Altan Onat and Mustafa Şahin.

1 Altan Onat Türkiye 35k citations
2 Mustafa Şahin United States 34k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Historical Turkish Studies?

The most cited paper in Historical Turkish Studies is "Ethnic Kurds in Turkey: A Demographic Study" (Servet Mutlu, 1996), with 142 citations. Next come "Democratization Reforms in Turkey, 1993–2004" (134) and "OTTOMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE CAPITULATIONS 1800-1914" (111).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Ethnic Kurds in Turkey: A Demographic Study Servet Mutlu · International Journal Middle East Studies	Nov 1996	142
2	Democratization Reforms in Turkey, 1993–2004 Ergun Özbudun · Turkish Studies	16 May 2007	134
3	OTTOMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE CAPITULATIONS 1800-1914 Farhan Jalees Ahmad · Journal of Islamic Studies	2000	111
4	Making Sense of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East under AKP Meliha Benli Altunışık, Lenore G. Martin · Turkish Studies Open access	Dec 2011	108
5	The Army and the Founding of the Turkish Republic Dankwart A. Rustow · World Politics	Jul 1959	108

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Where is Historical Turkish Studies research done?

The largest centres of Historical Turkish Studies research in 2022-now are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Izmir (Türkiye) and Konya (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nevşehir, Çankırı and Edirne.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 AnkaraTürkiye 479 works
2 IstanbulTürkiye 468 works
3 IzmirTürkiye 101 works
4 KonyaTürkiye 81 works
5 EskişehirTürkiye 59 works
6 ÇanakkaleTürkiye 53 works
7 AdapazarıTürkiye 47 works
8 ErzurumTürkiye 46 works
9 VanTürkiye 45 works
10 SamsunTürkiye 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

NevşehirTR · 23.8 works89×
ÇankırıTR · 24.5 works84×
EdirneTR · 33.4 works82×
BilecikTR · 24.6 works79×
KütahyaTR · 26.8 works73×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Historical Turkish Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Historical Turkish Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi 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	Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli UniversityTürkiye	78.4	13.7%	228.5×	89	+242.3%
2	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa ÜniversitesiTürkiye	74.9	17.5%	76.4×	36	+198.2%
3	Harran UniversityTürkiye	72.4	19.8%	46.3×	19	+79.6%
4	Tekirdağ Namık Kemal UniversityTürkiye	71.6	18.2%	62.6×	21	+102.8%
5	Marmara UniversityTürkiye	70.6	10.6%	64.6×	63	+23.2%
6	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye	69.8	11.4%	77.0×	53	+117.6%
7	Selçuk UniversityTürkiye	66.9	11.6%	50.2×	43	+121.8%
8	Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye	66.8	8.6%	31.7×	44	+42.5%
9	Ahi Evran UniversityTürkiye	66.1	14.5%	78.2×	24	+133.9%
10	Yozgat Bozok ÜniversitesiTürkiye	65.7	15.3%	62.1×	24	+50.2%
11	Istanbul UniversityTürkiye	65.4	9.4%	58.9×	62	+15.7%
12	Kastamonu UniversityTürkiye	64.7	13.8%	72.2×	30	+12.1%
13	Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam UniversityTürkiye	64.6	15.6%	54.9×	26	+47.1%
14	Dokuz Eylül UniversityTürkiye	64.3	10.9%	53.8×	45	+56.8%
15	Bitlis Eren UniversityTürkiye	64.2	17.0%	114.3×	20	+83.3%
16	Ankara UniversityTürkiye	63.7	8.8%	51.2×	62	+3.1%
17	Düzce ÜniversitesiTürkiye	63.7	14.0%	44.9×	20	+37.4%
18	Anadolu UniversityTürkiye	63.5	13.7%	84.6×	30	+36.1%
19	Middle East Technical UniversityTürkiye	62.8	16.1%	16.0×	8	+59.6%
20	Milli Savunma ÜniversitesiTürkiye	62.1	10.2%	363.5×	40	+392.5%
21	Mardin Artuklu UniversityTürkiye	61.6	11.7%	75.4×	18	+116.8%
22	Karabük UniversityTürkiye	61.1	14.7%	44.3×	20	+4.2%
23	Atatürk UniversityTürkiye	61.0	9.5%	39.3×	38	+23.6%
24	Çankırı Karatekin UniversityTürkiye	61.0	12.6%	94.7×	24	+106.8%
25	Istanbul Medeniyet UniversityTürkiye	60.9	12.4%	77.3×	27	+80.1%
26	Sakarya UniversityTürkiye	60.8	8.4%	61.7×	47	+55.4%
27	Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye	59.6	11.3%	11.5×	18	-5.0%
28	Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye	59.1	7.5%	161.4×	73	-2.1%
29	Ardahan UniversityTürkiye	58.7	17.8%	87.3×	10	+64.7%
30	Istanbul Medipol UniversityTürkiye	58.2	16.4%	19.9×	8	+86.5%
31	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan UniversityTürkiye	57.9	13.5%	41.0×	17	+90.4%
32	Inonu UniversityTürkiye	57.8	9.9%	48.1×	25	+27.2%
33	Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇Türkiye	57.7	10.6%	43.9×	32	+41.0%
34	Van Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiTürkiye	57.4	8.3%	74.9×	45	+222.1%
35	Aksaray UniversityTürkiye	57.2	12.9%	71.0×	24	+67.0%
36	Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli UniversityTürkiye	57.2	11.3%	97.1×	24	+130.2%
37	Ege UniversityTürkiye	57.1	8.4%	22.2×	21	+72.2%
38	Manisa Celal Bayar UniversityTürkiye	56.7	11.5%	58.5×	25	+49.3%
39	Giresun UniversityTürkiye	56.6	16.9%	45.4×	16	-4.4%
40	Cukurova UniversityTürkiye	56.5	16.2%	20.7×	14	-0.1%
41	Mersin ÜniversitesiTürkiye	53.6	9.4%	37.0×	17	+66.6%
42	Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan	48.1	4.3%	47.0×	18	+37.7%
43	İstanbul Nişantaşı ÜniversitesiTürkiye	47.2	10.3%	58.0×	8	+91.1%
44	Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye	41.5	4.4%	13.5×	13	+28.4%
45	Yeditepe UniversityTürkiye	41.4	7.2%	41.6×	8	+58.8%

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 Historical Turkish Studies, country by country

Is Historical Turkish Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Historical Turkish Studies.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Historical Turkish Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

Fractional works of Historical Turkish Studies 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 Historical Turkish Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Historical Turkish Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Turkish Studies?

What are the most cited papers in Historical Turkish Studies?

Where is Historical Turkish Studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Historical Turkish Studies?

Is Historical Turkish Studies 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