Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Türkiye
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Naval Academy1,209 works
11.68
2Canik Başarı University167 works
7.33
3European University of Lefke2,885 works
6.66
4Milli Savunma Üniversitesi3,111 works
4.82
5Sabancı Üniversitesi12,564 works
4.80
6Istinye University10,991 works
4.27
7Boğaziçi University24,457 works
4.13
8Kadir Has University4,112 works
4.10
9Ankara Üniversitesi Deniz Hukuku Ulusal Araştırma Merkezi11 works
4.07
10Batman University5,202 works
4.01
11Sivas Bilim ve Teknoloji Üniversitesi1,413 works
4.00
12Abdullah Gül University2,693 works
3.95
13Anadolu University19,574 works
3.88
14Osmaniye Korkut Ata University5,429 works
3.80
15Iğdır Üniversitesi5,360 works
3.76
16Koç University24,555 works
3.69
17Tarsus University3,134 works
3.62
18Istanbul Bilim University1,854 works
3.57
19Adana Science and Technology University3,881 works
3.56
20Istanbul Technical University53,396 works
3.51
21Usak University11,474 works
3.47
22Kahramanmaraş İstiklal Üniversitesi897 works
3.28
23TOBB University of Economics and Technology6,976 works
3.26
24İskenderun Technical University3,821 works
3.25
25Okan University5,211 works
3.24
26Yıldız Technical University31,098 works
3.19
27Middle East Technical University50,066 works
3.16
28Izmir Institute of Technology8,251 works
3.15
29Erzurum Technical University4,262 works
3.15
30Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University14,187 works
3.13
31Konya Technical University4,235 works
3.11
32Gebze Technical University12,507 works
3.11
33Bingöl University8,084 works
3.05
34Sakarya University28,313 works
3.03
35Bilkent University21,389 works
2.99
36Turkish Air Force Academy1,036 works
2.99
37Siirt Üniversitesi7,441 works
2.98
38Atatürk University42,741 works
2.97
39Ardahan University2,861 works
2.96
40Bartin University8,701 works
2.94
41Harran University15,020 works
2.91
42İstanbul Nişantaşı Üniversitesi4,390 works
2.88
43Cukurova University33,768 works
2.83
44Altınbaş University4,058 works
2.80
45Özyeğin University5,134 works
2.77
46Piri Reis University1,584 works
2.74
47Giresun University10,176 works
2.73
48Konya Food and Agriculture University811 works
2.73
49Eskisehir Technical University5,771 works
2.70
50Karadeniz Technical University27,513 works
2.69
Highlights
Within Türkiye, Naval Academy ranks first in 2026 with 11.68, followed by Canik Başarı University (7.33) and European University of Lefke (6.66).
Naval Academy is 1.6 times higher than Canik Başarı University, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 11.68 (Naval Academy) to 2.69 (Karadeniz Technical University), with a median of 3.21.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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