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🎓 Top Research Universities in Türkiye

Universities and colleges in Türkiye ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations50 entries🇹🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Hacettepe University83,285 papers
3,839,981
2
Istanbul University88,709 papers
3,711,317
3
Cukurova University33,708 papers
2,900,399
4
Middle East Technical University50,040 papers
2,661,868
5
Ankara University71,385 papers
2,608,519
6
Istanbul Technical University53,344 papers
2,378,386
7
Boğaziçi University24,440 papers
2,035,623
8
Ege University53,219 papers
1,970,699
9
Gazi University61,288 papers
1,820,265
10
Bilkent University21,384 papers
1,560,897
11
Atatürk University42,638 papers
1,457,493
12
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa40,929 papers
1,446,797
13
Marmara University47,316 papers
1,377,380
14
Dokuz Eylül University42,013 papers
1,355,193
15
Erciyes University35,625 papers
1,252,496
16
Selçuk University38,739 papers
994,993
17
Fırat University29,810 papers
993,431
18
Karadeniz Technical University27,456 papers
899,131
19
Koç University24,528 papers
875,376
20
Akdeniz University31,695 papers
867,273
21
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi53,831 papers
860,471
22
Gaziantep University21,776 papers
827,936
23
Yıldız Technical University30,982 papers
827,139
24
Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇30,330 papers
781,879
25
Ondokuz Mayıs University32,697 papers
738,222
26
Inonu University23,636 papers
650,091
27
Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi24,053 papers
636,257
28
Kocaeli Üniversitesi25,927 papers
632,901
29
Başkent University22,955 papers
632,326
30
Sakarya University28,239 papers
617,804
31
Eskişehir Osmangazi University23,532 papers
599,752
32
Anadolu University19,540 papers
592,367
33
Sabancı Üniversitesi12,553 papers
576,612
34
Dicle University19,531 papers
516,963
35
Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi22,798 papers
487,252
36
Mersin Üniversitesi19,807 papers
485,264
37
Pamukkale University23,474 papers
477,597
38
Gebze Technical University12,488 papers
451,266
39
Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi21,924 papers
449,049
40
Manisa Celal Bayar University18,335 papers
380,746
41
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi22,287 papers
372,614
42
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi15,825 papers
371,830
43
Harran University14,981 papers
366,251
44
Trakya University15,979 papers
351,115
45
Adnan Menderes University17,665 papers
344,299
46
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University15,725 papers
333,393
47
Yeditepe University11,227 papers
325,756
48
Afyon Kocatepe University14,512 papers
321,948
49
Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University13,189 papers
313,524
50
Istanbul Medeniyet University13,006 papers
311,070

Highlights

Within Türkiye, Hacettepe University ranks first in 2026 with 3,839,981, followed by Istanbul University (3,711,317) and Cukurova University (2,900,399).

Across 50 entries, values run from 3,839,981 (Hacettepe University) to 311,070 (Istanbul Medeniyet University), with a median of 694,157.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.