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In the ranking published in November 2022, our university has achieved an improvement in article score, citation score and international cooperation scores among world universities compared to the previous period. Our university, whose overall ranking score has improved by about 12%, however, has regressed 12 places in the ranking. Although there is a regression compared to the previous period due to the update made in the evaluation criteria in the field of total broadcast effect, it is predicted that the score of the relevant field will again enter an upward trend in the coming periods.

Our university has achieved an improvement trend compared to the previous period in terms of article scores and international cooperation scores among Turkish universities. Our university, which received 17 points more than the previous period in the general ranking, dropped 4 places in 2022. It has been determined that our university, whose citation score, scientific document score and total citation effect increased, dropped a few points in the ranking.

Our university is in 68th place in the URAP ranking of all universities announced in October 2021. Ranking 65th out of 166 universities in 2020, there has been a slight improvement in the percentile of our university.

URAP, which was announced in October 2020, is in 65th place in the ranking of all universities. Our university ranked 78th in 2019 and has improved 13 steps.

URAP, the University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Research Laboratory within the METU Informatics Institute, has ranked universities in Turkey according to their academic performance since 2009.

The scientific data used in the ranking are obtained from the Web of Science database, while the number of faculty members and students is obtained from the Higher Education Institution.

While our university improved the article score, citation score, scientific document score and doctoral graduate scores in the ranking, it decreased due to the increase in the number of students per faculty member.

The score type for the number of students per faculty member is low for many public universities that teach a large number of students. It can be expected that improvements in this indicator will be limited due to the external determination of quotas and the presence of staff constraints in the appointment of faculty members.

One of the most open aspects for improvement in terms of our university is the type of doctorate graduate. Our university is in 71st place with 74.50 points out of 200 points in the type of doctorate graduates in 2020. Therefore, it is the most critical area open to improvement. Before the quality is ignored, policies should be developed to increase the doctorate-student ratio and then the number of doctoral graduates.

The gradual raising of the criteria for appointment and promotion at our University in the last 3 years is effective in improving the scores of articles, citations, and scientific documents. In order to contribute to the continuation of the recovery, it may be recommended to implement the reward directive effectively.