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Turkish Urban and Social Issues

Turkish Urban and Social Issues is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 4.7k research works in it since 1951. 13.8% 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 urban studies, social policy analysis, and demographic transition. It includes research on urbanization, social services, home care, local governance, sustainability, community development, migration, public policy, and city planning.

  • Urbanization
  • Social Services
  • Demographic Transition
  • Home Care
  • Local Governance
  • Sustainability
  • Community Development
  • Migration
  • Public Policy
  • City Planning
Research works
4.7k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
652
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+168%
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Which countries lead Turkish Urban and Social Issues research?

By volume, Türkiye and ?? publish the most (1.9k and 42 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Türkiye 1.9k works
  2. 2 ?? 42 works
  3. 3 United States 28 works
  4. 4 Kazakhstan 21 works
  5. 5 Azerbaijan 15 works
  6. 6 Iraq 12 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 10 works
  8. 8 India 6 works
  9. 9 Germany 4 works
  10. 10 France 4 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.

Türkiye: 92.9%??: 2.1%United States: 1.4%Kazakhstan: 1.1%6 others listed: 2.6%93%largest
Türkiye1,860 · 92.9%??42 · 2.1%United States28 · 1.4%Kazakhstan21 · 1.1%6 others listed51 · 2.6%

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

Which institutions lead Turkish Urban and Social Issues research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi publishes the most Turkish Urban and Social Issues research, followed by Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi and Ankara University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 47 works
  2. 2 Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart ÜniversitesiTürkiye 42 works
  3. 3 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 31 works
  4. 4 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 30 works
  5. 5 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 30 works
  6. 6 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 29 works
  7. 7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 28 works
  8. 8 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 27 works
  9. 9 Karadeniz Technical UniversityTürkiye 27 works
  10. 10 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 26 works

Where is Turkish Urban and Social Issues research done?

The largest centres of Turkish Urban and Social Issues research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Ankara (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 Çanakkale.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 263 works
  2. 2 Ankara Türkiye 242 works
  3. 3 Izmir Türkiye 64 works
  4. 4 Konya Türkiye 56 works
  5. 5 Çanakkale Türkiye 43 works
  6. 6 Eskişehir Türkiye 36 works
  7. 7 Samsun Türkiye 34 works
  8. 8 Erzurum Türkiye 32 works
  9. 9 Trabzon Türkiye 30 works
  10. 10 Bursa Türkiye 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ÇanakkaleTR · 42.7 works88×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Turkish Urban and Social Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Turkish Urban and Social Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi and Ankara 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 20.75%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 28, 21.1%Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi: 47, 17.3%Ankara University: 31, 22.4%Ondokuz Mayıs University: 27, 21.3%Suleyman Demirel University: 20, 15.4%Selçuk University: 30, 20.6%Inonu University: 18, 23.1%Gümüşhane University: 15, 27.3%Manisa Celal Bayar University: 20, 22.1%Atatürk University: 29, 16.9%Ankara UniversityOndokuz Mayıs Univer…Sağlık Bilimleri Üni…Ankara Sosyal Biliml…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 53.021.1%25.7×28 +768.3%
2 Ankara Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiTürkiye 50.117.3%147.3×47 +280.4%
3 Ankara UniversityTürkiye 49.122.4%36.4×31 +155.5%
4 Ondokuz Mayıs UniversityTürkiye 48.521.3%50.8×27 +421.2%
5 Suleyman Demirel UniversityKazakhstan 47.815.4%74.7×20 +621.9%
6 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 47.620.6%49.1×30 +185.1%
7 Inonu UniversityTürkiye 45.723.1%50.5×18 +868.9%
8 Gümüşhane UniversityTürkiye 45.727.3%82.8×15 +202.1%
9 Manisa Celal Bayar UniversityTürkiye 45.422.1%65.8×20 +752.6%
10 Atatürk UniversityTürkiye 45.316.9%41.8×29 +454.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Turkish Urban and Social Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 168% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Turkish Urban 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.

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.