Boğaziçi Among The Top 200 Universities In The World

   Boğaziçi among the top 200 universities in the world

   Boğaziçi University is the only Turkish university among the top 200 universities in the Best Global Universities Rankings for 2018 produced by US News & World Report.US News & World Report issued their Best Global Universities Rankings on October 25, 2017.  Boğaziçi University ranked 190th in the global ranking; with a global score of 58.3, it is the best among Turkish universities.

   In the field of Physics, Boğaziçi is among the top 50 universities in the world

   Boğaziçi University ranked at number 22 in the Asian universities category. Boğaziçi ranked 49th among 600 universities in Physics, and 226th in the field of Engineering.

   Rankings in Physics category are based on publications in international scientific journals on the classical and modern theories on the subject. Publications within this category deal with a variety of subjects related to the properties and interactions of matter and energy, from classical studies on Galilean relativity, thermodynamics and Newton's laws of motion to the modern studies of quantum mechanics and Einsteinian relativity, deal with the properties and interactions of matter and energy. The rankings take into account international citations as well.

   The twelve indicators and their weights used in the ranking formula are as follows: Global research reputation (12.5%), Regional research reputation (12.5%), Publications (10%), Books (2.5%) , Conferences (2.5%) , Normalized citation impact (10%), Total citations (7.5%), Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited (12.5%), Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited (10%), International collaboration (5%), Percentage of total publications with international collaboration (5%),  Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field (5%), and Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers (5%).

For more information on US News Best Global Universities Rankings and the ranking of Turkey:

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/turkey

 

Date:  October 27, 2017