Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Turkey has 857 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Turkey 25th in the world by number of listed scientists. Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (45), followed by Firat Üniversitesi (29).

Single Year

857

First year listed

Career Data

614

First year listed

World rank by count

#25

First year listed

Institutes

180

First year listed

Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+34.2%

2022+7.0%

2023+13.3%

2024+8.8%

2025+3.0%

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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

Single-year list2020

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1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi45
2Firat Üniversitesi29
3Koç Üniversitesi29
4Gazi Üniversitesi27
5Bilkent Üniversitesi24
6Hacettepe Üniversitesi24
7Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi23
8Middle East Technical University (METU)22
9Atatürk Üniversitesi20
10Yildiz Technical University19

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Rank in Turkey	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	576	Ozturk, Ilhan	Çag Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 17
2	988	CI Cakmak, Ismail	Sabanci Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 6
3	1,020	TM Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 16
4	1,191	BD Baleanu, Dumitru	Çankaya Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 6
5	1,261	GI Gülçin, Ilhami	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 3
6	1,673	SA Sengör, A. M.Celal	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 23
7	2,835	SM Simsek, Mesut	-	Materials	Rank 58
8	3,134	KO Karatepe, Osman M.	Dogu Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 9
9	3,370	BM Balat, Mustafa	Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company	Energy	Rank 66
10	3,604	BE Bora, Emre	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Psychiatry	Rank 100
11	3,914	ÖH Öztop, Hakan F.	Firat Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 40
12	4,503	AZ Aksu, Zümriye	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 16
13	4,914	CM Canakci, Mustafa	Kocaeli Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 102
14	4,935	YA Yildiz, Ali Riza	-	Materials	Rank 85
15	5,473	HA Hepbasli, A.	Yasar Universitesi	Energy	Rank 109
16	5,628	YM Yola, Mehmet Lütfi	Iskenderun Technical University	Energy	Rank 114
17	5,680	BG Büyüközkan, Gülçin	Galatasaray Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 189
18	5,934	OE Ozbay, Ekmel	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 131
19	5,941	KC Kahraman, Cengiz	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 206
20	6,348	AB Akay, Bahriye	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 214
21	6,377	OA Okay, Aral I.	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 111
22	6,585	AE Arikan, Erdal	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 58
23	6,743	SM Soylak, Mustafa	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 25
24	7,193	EO Erel, Ozcan	Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 25
25	7,299	DI Doymaz, Ibrahim	Yildiz Technical University	Food Science	Rank 32
26	7,389	YF Yakuphanoglu, Fahrettin	Firat Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 160
27	7,659	KD Karaboga, Dervis	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 256
28	7,871	BE Basar, Ertugrul	Koç Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 74
29	8,194	TI Topçu, Ilker Bekir	Eskisehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 36
30	8,377	KM Kozak, Metin	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 27
31	8,768	CM Cetin, Mehmet	Kastamonu University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 81
32	8,827	BT Baran, Talat	Aksaray Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 65
33	9,099	SÇ Sekercioglu, Çagan H.	Koç Üniversitesi	Ecology	Rank 242
34	9,101	Aydogdu, Metin	Trakya Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 162
35	9,455	SA Sofiyev, Abdullah H.	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 166
36	10,003	ÜE Übeyli, Elif Derya	TOBB University of Economics and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 325
37	10,060	KS Katircioglu, Salih	Dogu Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Economics	Rank 172
38	10,384	KM Kobya, M.	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 64
39	11,140	SN Sahiner, Nurettin	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 82
40	11,249	EM Esen, Mehmet	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 210
41	11,288	YI Yilmaz, Isik	Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 91
42	11,745	MA Mostafazadeh, Ali	Koç Üniversitesi	Mathematical Physics	Rank 8
43	11,846	DE Dogan, Eyup	Abdullah Gul Universitesi	Energy	Rank 221
44	12,152	Al-Turjman, Fadi	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 123
45	12,390	ÖS Özen, Seza	Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 76
46	12,461	BA Baykasoglu, Adil	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 380
47	12,744	KM Kök, Mustafa Versan	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Energy	Rank 241
48	13,254	IM Inc, Mustafa	Firat Üniversitesi	Optics	Rank 74
49	13,269	YY Yagci, Yusuf	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 96
50	13,587	SF Selimefendigil, Fatih	Celal Bayar Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 137
51	14,245	SM Sahmaran, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 67
52	14,728	BE Budak, Erhan	Sabanci Üniversitesi	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 179
53	15,019	ÖM Özcan, Mehmet Musa	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 73
54	15,099	GC Gokceoglu, Candan	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 123
55	15,120	AC Atis, Cengiz Duran	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 75
56	15,268	UM Uysal, Murat	Ozyegin University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 163
57	15,320	OO Okay, Oguz	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 122
58	15,502	SH Sahin, H.	Izmir Yüksek Teknoloji Enstitüsü	Applied Physics	Rank 338
59	15,698	KS Kahraman, Sair	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 132
60	15,832	KK Kaygusuz, Kamil	Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 297
61	16,061	AA Akcil, A.	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 5
62	16,238	SR Solmaz, R.	Bingöl Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 305
63	16,386	MM Maskan, M.	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 78
64	17,170	OI Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan	Gazi Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 50
65	17,248	BY Birol, Yucel	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 314
66	17,346	AV Adsay, Volkan	Koç Üniversitesi	Pathology	Rank 31
67	17,499	AR Apak, Resat	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 90
68	18,865	Atmanli, Alpaslan	National Defense University	Energy	Rank 374
69	19,190	BE Basar, Erol	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Experimental Psychology	Rank 291
70	19,501	BK Baser, K. Hüsnü Can	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 56
71	19,920	GE Güneyisi, E.	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 95
72	20,019	AE Akpinar, Ebru Kavak	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 408
73	20,533	ÖM Özacar, Mahmut	Sakarya Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 405
74	20,821	GV Gökmen, Vural	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 103
75	21,370	EH Erbil, H. Yildirim	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 419
76	21,440	EH Esen, Hikmet	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 433
77	21,636	ES Ercisli, Sezai	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 257
78	22,178	GA Gul, A.	Istanbul Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 129
79	22,294	EA Engin, Atilla	Gazi Üniversitesi	Surgery	Rank 69
80	22,783	EM Emre, Murat	Istanbul Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,328
81	23,075	BA Bener, Abdulbari	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 260
82	23,118	FF Findik, Fehim	Sakarya Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 437
83	23,135	CE Cuce, Erdem	Recep Tayyip Erdogan University	Energy	Rank 466
84	23,532	EO Erdinç, Ozan	Yildiz Technical University	Energy	Rank 476
85	23,629	DR Demirboga, Ramazan	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 114
86	23,727	ES Eryilmaz, Serkan	Atilim University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 140
87	24,015	SC Sayin, Cenk	Marmara Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 486
88	24,471	PK Polat, Kemal	Abant Izzet Baysal Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 675
89	24,909	KM Kiran, Mustafa Servet	Konya Technical University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 691
90	25,216	NM Nazıroğlu, Mustafa	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,472
91	25,361	Tosun, Cevat	Gazi Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 79
92	25,905	AN Atar, Necip	Pamukkale Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 520
93	26,196	ÇG Çam, G.	Iskenderun Technical University	Materials	Rank 494
94	28,595	AM Arica, M. Yakup	Gazi Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 92
95	28,605	KH Komurcugil, Hasan	Dogu Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 96
96	28,668	AC Acar, Canan	Bahçesehir Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 593
97	28,948	AB Akgöz, Bekir	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 539
98	28,973	GV Gungor, Vehbi Cagri	Abdullah Gul Universitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 297
99	29,387	AS Aydin, Suleyman	Firat Üniversitesi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 566
100	29,658	AA Aslan, Alper	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 618
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Turkey are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

857 scientists affiliated with Turkey are on the 2020 single-year list, and 614 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Turkey has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2020 single-year list, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 45. It is followed by Firat Üniversitesi with 29.

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.