Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Turkey has 1,231 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.0% from 1,150 in 2021. That places Turkey 24th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (51), followed by Hacettepe Üniversitesi (46).

Single Year

1,231

+81 (+7.0%) vs 2021

Career Data

906

+78 (+9.4%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#24

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

215

+7 (+3.4%) vs 2021

Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 44% since 2020.

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 list2022

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1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi51
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi46
3Firat Üniversitesi38
4Koç Üniversitesi36
5Gazi Üniversitesi31
6Middle East Technical University (METU)30
7Karadeniz Technical University29
8Erciyes Üniversitesi28
9Yildiz Technical University28
10Bogaziçi Üniversitesi22

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Single-year list2022

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Rank in Turkey	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	495	BD Baleanu, Dumitru	Çankaya Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 2
2	676	GI Gülçin, Ilhami	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 3
3	733	CI Cakmak, Ismail	Sabanci Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 6
4	811	TM Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 10
5	1,320	SA Sari, Ahmet	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 29
6	1,344	SM Sitti, Metin	Koç Üniversitesi	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 6
7	2,387	SA Sengör, A. M.Celâl	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 32
8	2,471	CÖ Civalek, Ömer	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 43
9	2,521	BE Basar, Ertugrul	Koç Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 23
10	2,608	Al-Turjman, Fadi	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 24
11	3,141	BE Bora, Emre	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 82
12	3,708	DE Dogan, Eyup	Abdullah Gul Universitesi	Energy	Rank 73
13	3,921	EO Erel, Ozcan	Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 13
14	3,951	Karapinar, Erdal	Çankaya Üniversitesi	General Mathematics	Rank 12
15	4,498	BM Balat, Mustafa	Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company	Energy	Rank 85
16	4,940	ÖH Öztop, Hakan F.	Firat Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 47
17	5,233	TM Tuzen, Mustafa	Tokat Gaziosmanpasa Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 15
18	5,479	KC Kahraman, Cengiz	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 184
19	5,502	OA Onan, Aytug	Izmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 185
20	5,852	IM Inc, Mustafa	Biruni Üniversitesi	General Physics	Rank 36
21	5,853	DI Doymaz, Ibrahim	Yildiz Technical University	Food Science	Rank 31
22	6,399	SM Simsek, Mesut	Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 83
23	7,235	YM Yola, Mehmet Lutfi	Hasan Kalyoncu University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 23
24	7,408	BH Baskonus, Haci Mehmet	Harran Üniversitesi	General Physics	Rank 43
25	7,767	AZ Aksu, Zümriye	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 21
26	7,841	OS Ozen, Seza	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 55
27	7,952	YA Yildiz, Ali Riza	Bursa Uludag Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 106
28	7,984	SZ Sen, Zekâi	Istanbul Medipol Universitesi	Environmental Engineering	Rank 37
29	8,124	Topcu, Ilker Bekir	Eskisehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 42
30	8,328	OI Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan	Gazi Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 24
31	8,565	HA Hepbasli, A.	Yasar Universitesi	Energy	Rank 160
32	8,732	SF Selimefendigil, Fatih	Celal Bayar Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 78
33	8,833	KD Karaboga, Dervis	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 293
34	9,186	ÖM Özcan, Mehmet Musa	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 49
35	9,216	BG Büyüközkan, Gülçin	Galatasaray Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 307
36	9,399	AB Akay, Bahriye	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 311
37	9,827	AD Akbas, D.	Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi	Civil Engineering	Rank 34
38	10,068	SA Sofiyev, Abdullah H.	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 147
39	10,089	CM Canakci, M.	Kocaeli Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 192
40	10,229	AE Arikan, Erdal	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 81
41	10,766	KM Kozak, Metin	Kadir Has Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 44
42	10,998	EA Engin, Atilla	Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine	Toxicology	Rank 46
43	11,033	YF Yakuphanoglu, Fahrettin	Firat Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Applied Physics	Rank 226
44	11,040	OE Ozbay, Ekmel	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 227
45	11,356	YO Yildirim, Ozal	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 371
46	11,403	KM Kobya, Mehmet	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 53
47	11,458	VM Varol, Memet	Malatya Turgut Ozal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 123
48	11,624	KS Katircioglu, Salih	Isletme ve Ekonomi Fakültesi	Economics	Rank 183
49	12,063	GG Gozgor, Giray	Istanbul Medeniyet University	Economics	Rank 194
50	12,166	EM Esen, Mehmet	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 235
51	12,252	AC Atis, Cengiz Duran	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 68
52	12,434	AR Apak, Resat	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 46
53	12,539	YI Yilmaz, Isik	Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 97
54	12,589	SM Soylak, Mustafa	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 47
55	12,665	KC Kaya, Cengiz	Harran Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 75
56	12,755	SM Sahmaran, M.	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 70
57	12,855	KK Kaygusuz, Kamil	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 251
58	13,396	PU Pata, Ugur Korkut	Osmaniye Korkut Ata University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 157
59	13,456	JE Jeppesen, Erik	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 78
60	13,690	GC Gokceoglu, C.	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 107
61	13,809	CM Cetin, Mehmet	Kastamonu University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 162
62	14,441	UB Ustun, Bedirhan	Koç Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 319
63	14,970	Atmanli, Alpaslan	Milli Savunma Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 294
64	15,493	GE Güneyisi, E.	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 87
65	15,512	DM Destek, Mehmet Akif	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 183
66	15,570	TV Turan, Veysel	Bingöl Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 184
67	15,827	Aydogdu, Metin	Trakya Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 246
68	15,903	YY Yagci, Yusuf	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 114
69	16,490	CE Cuce, Erdem	Recep Tayyip Erdogan University	Energy	Rank 329
70	16,706	BT Baran, Talat	Aksaray Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 122
71	17,028	ES Eryilmaz, Serkan	Atilim University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 113
72	17,314	BA Baykasoglu, Adil	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 542
73	17,421	BE Budak, Erhan	Sabanci Üniversitesi	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 160
74	17,507	PK Polat, Kemal	Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 549
75	17,625	KS Kahraman, Sair	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 149
76	17,656	KA Kavak Akpinar, Ebru	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 348
77	17,707	EH Erbil, H. Yildirim	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 299
78	18,024	AS Aydin, Süleyman	Firat Üniversitesi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 345
79	18,549	AI Arpaci, Ibrahim	Tokat Gaziosmanpasa Üniversitesi	Education	Rank 138
80	18,807	AA Aslan, Alper	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 365
81	18,818	MA Mostafazadeh, Ali	Koç Üniversitesi	Mathematical Physics	Rank 13
82	19,158	AY Al-Douri, Y.	Bahçesehir Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 400
83	19,238	Yavuz, Mehmet	Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 58
84	19,266	Akgül, Ali	Siirt Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 59
85	19,750	AN Adsay, Nazmi V.	Koç Üniversitesi	Pathology	Rank 34
86	19,850	OO Okay, Oguz	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 152
87	19,961	AA Altan, Aytaç	Bülent Ecevit University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 612
88	20,415	AA Akcil, Ata	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 4
89	20,612	ES Ercisli, Sezai	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 266
90	20,647	MM Maskan, Medeni	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 125
91	20,760	VV Vatanpour, Vahid	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 108
92	21,033	BE Basar, Erol	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,228
93	21,282	GV Gökmen, Vural	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 130
94	21,325	OA Okay, Aral I.	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 370
95	21,536	ÖM Özacar, Mahmut	Sakarya Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 362
96	21,598	EM Emre, Murat	Istanbul Tip Fakültesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,262
97	21,717	SB Safaei, Babak	Eastern Mediterranean University	Civil Engineering	Rank 74
98	22,135	SR Solmaz, Ramazan	Bingöl Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 439
99	22,246	YH Yazici, Halit	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 120
100	22,432	SM Sarikaya, Mehmet Zeki	Düzce Üniversitesi	General Mathematics	Rank 88
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Turkey are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,231 scientists affiliated with Turkey are on the 2022 single-year list, and 906 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 51. 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 1,231 in 2022, a change of +43.6%.

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.