All Turkish universities are ranked according to the scores they receive from the below-mentioned indicators. The new universities which have not graduated any students yet are not included in ranking. Number of articles, number of citations and number of documents of each university is obtained from InCites. Articles with more than 1,000 authors and articles published in Q4 group journals are excluded in URAP rankings. COVID-19 related preprints are also excluded in URAP rankings. Number of students, number of graduates and number of faculty members are obtained from Turkish Higher Education Council’s web page. All indicators have equal weights, they add up to 900 points. Universities are ranked according to the total points they receive from each indicator.

For subject ranking (62 subjects of URAP world university ranking are also used for Turkish universities) URAP uses the same methodology.

Nine indicators are used in the general ranking and ranking by subject:

Number of articles published in the previous year – 100 pts

The number of articles with a maximum of 1000 authors published in the journals that entered the SCI, SSCI and AHCI scans in the previous calendar year and that are in the top 75% (Q1, Q2, Q3).

Number of articles per faculty – 100 pts

Number of articles with a maximum of 1000 authors published in journals that entered the SCI, SSCI and AHCI scans in in the previous calendar year and that are in the top 75%/Number of faculty in the previous academic year.

Number of citations received during past 5 years – 100 pts

The number of citations to the Total Scientific Documents with a maximum of 1000 authors received during the past 5 years.

Number of citations per faculty – 100 pts

The number of citations received for the Total Scientific Document with a maximum of 1000 authors during the past five years/Number of faculty in the previous academic year.

Total number of documents published during past 5 years – 100 pts

Total number of documents per faculty – 100 pts

Number of PhD graduates – 100 pts

Number of PhD degrees given in the previous academic year.

Ph.D. student ratio – 100 pts

Number of doctoral students in the previous academic year/Total number of students in the same year.

Number of students per faculty – 100 pts

Total number of students in the previous academic year/Number of faculty in the same year.