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2026-08-25 · Research focus · Middle East Technical University · Turkey

What drives Middle East Technical University's research

Ask where Middle East Technical University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 11,093 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 76 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies; High-Energy Particle Collisions Research; Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

The recorded collaborative funding footprint stands at €33M across the world's major funders, every award traceable to the funder's own public record. The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.3, against a world average of 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

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