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URAP-TR: a national ranking for Turkish universities based on academic performance

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This study describes the basic methodological approach and the results of URAP-TR, the first national ranking system for Turkish universities. URAP-TR is based on objective bibliometric data resources and includes both size-dependent and size-independent indicators that balance total academic performance with performance per capita measures. In the context of Turkish national university rankings, the paper discusses the implications of employing multiple size-independent and size-dependent indicators on national university rankings. Fine-grained ranking categories for Turkish universities are identified through an analysis of ranking results across multiple indicators.

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The research reported in this article has been partially supported by METU Scientific Research Projects BAP-08-11-2012-008 ‘Academic Performance of World Universities’. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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    Oğuzhan Alaşehir, Murat Perit Çakır, Cengiz Acartürk, Nazife Baykal & Ural Akbulut

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Alaşehir, O., Çakır, M.P., Acartürk, C. et al. URAP-TR: a national ranking for Turkish universities based on academic performance. Scientometrics 101, 159–178 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-014-1333-4

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