Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2025
Turkey has 1,564 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.0% from 1,518 in 2024. That places Turkey 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (64), followed by Hacettepe Üniversitesi (46).
Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year
The single-year count has grown 82% since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 857 | 614 | ||
| 2021 | 1,150 | +34.2% | 828 | +34.9% |
| 2022 | 1,231 | +7.0% | 906 | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 1,395 | +13.3% | 1,040 | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 1,518 | +8.8% | 1,172 | +12.7% |
| 2025 | 1,564 | +3.0% | 1,308 | +11.6% |
Top 10 institutes in Turkey
By number of listed scientists
All 1,564 scientists
| Rank in Turkey | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 146 | Energy Technology Sila Science and Energy | Energy | Rank 5 | |
| 2 | 458 | Aǧrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 2 | |
| 3 | 497 |
SM
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Koç Üniversitesi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 1 |
| 4 | 932 | İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 20 | |
| 5 | 1,034 | Sabancı Üniversitesi | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 6 | |
| 6 | 1,147 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 11 | |
| 7 | 1,458 |
DE
|
Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 40 |
| 8 | 1,500 |
OA
|
İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 88 |
| 9 | 2,367 |
SA
|
Karadeniz Technical University | Energy | Rank 64 |
| 10 | 2,377 | Eastern Mediterranean University | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | Rank 14 | |
| 11 | 2,391 | Akdeniz Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 25 | |
| 12 | 2,827 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 152 | |
| 13 | 3,095 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 82 | |
| 14 | 3,138 |
CM
|
Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 74 |
| 15 | 3,464 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 43 | |
| 16 | 3,603 | Milli Savunma Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 197 | |
| 17 | 4,081 | Sakarya Üniversitesi | Applied Physics | Rank 102 | |
| 18 | 4,254 |
VM
|
Malatya Turgut Ozal University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 93 |
| 19 | 4,383 | Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company | Energy | Rank 118 | |
| 20 | 4,616 | Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi | Orthopedics | Rank 11 | |
| 21 | 4,973 | Akdeniz Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 259 | |
| 22 | 4,974 | Biruni Üniversitesi | Optics | Rank 25 | |
| 23 | 5,142 | Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi | Social Psychology | Rank 133 | |
| 24 | 5,328 |
SZ
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İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi | Environmental Engineering | Rank 22 |
| 25 | 5,340 |
SC
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Siirt Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 146 |
| 26 | 5,886 | Firat Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 59 | |
| 27 | 5,940 |
CE
|
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University | Energy | Rank 160 |
| 28 | 6,032 | Selçuk Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 40 | |
| 29 | 6,036 | Gaziantep Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 125 | |
| 30 | 6,239 |
BE
|
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi | Psychiatry | Rank 145 |
| 31 | 6,355 |
EÖ
|
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 19 |
| 32 | 6,476 | Istanbul Medeniyet University | Environmental Sciences | Rank 134 | |
| 33 | 6,769 | İstinye Üniversitesi | Information Systems | Rank 33 | |
| 34 | 6,780 | Eastern Mediterranean University | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 83 | |
| 35 | 6,960 | Bartin Üniversitesi | Building & Construction | Rank 58 | |
| 36 | 7,149 |
AR
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Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 29 |
| 37 | 7,607 |
EF
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Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 381 |
| 38 | 7,652 | Çukurova Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 58 | |
| 39 | 7,843 |
TM
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Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 35 |
| 40 | 7,855 | Selçuk Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 62 | |
| 41 | 7,967 | Atatürk Üniversitesi | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 88 | |
| 42 | 7,996 |
ÇG
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Iskenderun Technical University | Materials | Rank 140 |
| 43 | 8,067 | Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University | Education | Rank 108 | |
| 44 | 8,144 |
OI
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Gazi Üniversitesi | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 27 |
| 45 | 8,316 |
IM
|
Biruni Üniversitesi | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 12 |
| 46 | 8,647 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 73 | |
| 47 | 8,741 | Sabancı Üniversitesi | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 43 | |
| 48 | 8,837 | Atatürk Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 186 | |
| 49 | 9,025 | Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 159 | |
| 50 | 9,036 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Building & Construction | Rank 70 | |
| 51 | 9,553 |
IC
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Anadolu Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 206 |
| 52 | 9,919 | Eastern Mediterranean University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 94 | |
| 53 | 10,165 | Istanbul Okan University | Energy | Rank 274 | |
| 54 | 10,397 | Galatasaray Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 507 | |
| 55 | 10,669 | Erciyes Üniversitesi | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 45 | |
| 56 | 10,830 |
PK
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Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 533 |
| 57 | 10,968 | Manisa Celâl Bayar Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 103 | |
| 58 | 11,271 | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi | Polymers | Rank 79 | |
| 59 | 11,302 |
KM
|
Kadir Has Üniversitesi | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | Rank 53 |
| 60 | 11,345 | Hasan Kalyoncu University | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 49 | |
| 61 | 11,407 |
OS
|
Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 66 |
| 62 | 11,440 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 210 | |
| 63 | 11,587 | Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi | Building & Construction | Rank 89 | |
| 64 | 11,725 | Anadolu Üniversitesi | Education | Rank 160 | |
| 65 | 11,746 | Siirt Üniversitesi | Applied Mathematics | Rank 36 | |
| 66 | 11,886 | Firat Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 576 | |
| 67 | 11,906 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 106 | |
| 68 | 11,909 |
KC
|
Harran Üniversitesi | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 148 |
| 69 | 11,957 | Bilkent Üniversitesi | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 123 | |
| 70 | 12,018 | Atilim University | General Mathematics | Rank 40 | |
| 71 | 12,314 | Istanbul Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 588 | |
| 72 | 12,623 | Erciyes Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 607 | |
| 73 | 13,787 |
AA
|
Bülent Ecevit University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 666 |
| 74 | 13,789 | Koç Üniversitesi | Mathematical Physics | Rank 9 | |
| 75 | 13,898 | Marmara Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 40 | |
| 76 | 14,248 |
HA
|
Yaşar Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 398 |
| 77 | 14,509 | Harran Üniversitesi | Building & Construction | Rank 113 | |
| 78 | 14,524 | Milli Savunma Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 406 | |
| 79 | 14,529 | Bingöl Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 407 | |
| 80 | 14,594 | Recep Tayyip Erdogan University | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 168 | |
| 81 | 14,728 | Karadeniz Technical University | Energy | Rank 412 | |
| 82 | 14,743 | Firat Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 707 | |
| 83 | 15,545 | Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi | General Physics | Rank 118 | |
| 84 | 15,621 | Sakarya Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 350 | |
| 85 | 15,647 | Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 145 | |
| 86 | 15,739 |
ÇE
|
Düzce Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 436 |
| 87 | 15,782 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Biotechnology | Rank 53 | |
| 88 | 16,149 | Eastern Mediterranean University | Chemical Engineering | Rank 96 | |
| 89 | 16,251 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 450 | |
| 90 | 16,410 | Mustafa Kemal Mah. 2137. Sok. 8/14 | Toxicology | Rank 46 | |
| 91 | 16,569 |
ÖE
|
Bilkent Üniversitesi | Applied Physics | Rank 331 |
| 92 | 16,584 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 156 | |
| 93 | 16,709 | İstinye Üniversitesi | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 174 | |
| 94 | 16,732 | Milli Savunma Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 793 | |
| 95 | 16,782 |
KS
|
Koç Üniversitesi | Chemical Engineering | Rank 101 |
| 96 | 16,842 | Akdeniz Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 467 | |
| 97 | 17,194 | Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi | Education | Rank 223 | |
| 98 | 17,300 |
EM
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Firat Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 479 |
| 99 | 17,423 | Atilim University | Statistics & Probability | Rank 117 | |
| 100 | 17,665 | Kapadokya Üniversitesi | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 187 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Turkey are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
1,564 scientists affiliated with Turkey are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,308 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Turkey has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 single-year list, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 64. It is followed by Hacettepe Üniversitesi with 46.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Turkey changed since 2020?
On the single-year list, Turkey went from 857 scientists in 2020 to 1,564 in 2025, a change of +82.5%.
What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?
The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.
What is the official source of this data?
The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.