Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Turkey has 906 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.4% from 828 in 2021. That places Turkey 27th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (60), followed by Middle East Technical University (METU) (38).

Single Year

1,231

+81 (+7.0%) vs 2021

Career Data

906

+78 (+9.4%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#27

up 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

192

+13 (+7.3%) vs 2021

Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 48% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+34.9%

2022+9.4%

2023+14.8%

2024+12.7%

2025+11.6%

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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

Career-long list2022

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1İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi60
2Middle East Technical University (METU)38
3Hacettepe Üniversitesi37
4Koç Üniversitesi32
5Firat Üniversitesi30
6Bilkent Üniversitesi26
7Gazi Üniversitesi25
8Karadeniz Technical University23
9Yildiz Technical University23
10Boğaziçi Üniversitesi22

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Rank in Turkey	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,537	CI Cakmak, Ismail	Sabancı Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 7
2	3,311	SA Sari, Ahmet	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 33
3	3,660	ŞA Şengör, A. M.Celâl	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 31
4	4,311	OE Ozbay, Ekmel	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 135
5	4,481	Gİ Gülçin, İlhami	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 10
6	4,964	BD Baleanu, Dumitru	Çankaya Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 14
7	5,089	TM Tuzen, Mustafa	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 24
8	5,236	AZ Aksu, Zümriye	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 13
9	5,426	SM Sitti, Metin	Koç Üniversitesi	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 34
10	6,020	TM Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 32
11	7,487	SM Soylak, Mustafa	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 31
12	8,206	HA Hepbasli, A.	Yaşar Universitesi	Energy	Rank 72
13	8,575	BM Balat, Mustafa	Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company	Energy	Rank 78
14	9,411	CÖ Civalek, Ömer	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 112
15	10,260	OA Okay, Aral I.	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 133
16	11,022	EO Erel, Ozcan	Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 59
17	12,924	UB Ustun, Bedirhan	Koç Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 365
18	12,933	YF Yakuphanoğlu, Fahrettin	Firat Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Applied Physics	Rank 327
19	13,969	AN Adsay, Nazmi V.	Koç Üniversitesi	Pathology	Rank 51
20	14,104	MA Mostafazadeh, Ali	Koç Üniversitesi	Mathematical Physics	Rank 11
21	15,155	CM Canakci, M.	Kocaeli Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 137
22	15,430	DI Doymaz, Ibrahim	Yildiz Technical University	Food Science	Rank 42
23	16,173	ÖH Öztop, Hakan F.	Firat Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 97
24	16,355	KK Kaygusuz, Kamil	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 153
25	17,025	ŞZ Şen, Zekâi	Istanbul Medipol Universitesi	Environmental Engineering	Rank 56
26	17,041	KC Kahraman, Cengiz	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 324
27	17,269	ÖM Özcan, Mehmet Musa	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 51
28	17,301	OS Ozen, Seza	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 140
29	17,684	YY Yagci, Yusuf	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 152
30	18,360	BE Bora, Emre	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 490
31	19,164	OO Okay, Oguz	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 166
32	19,492	EM Emre, Murat	İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,568
33	20,048	DL de la Rosette, Jean J.M.C.H.	Medipol Mega University Hospital	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 223
34	21,472	YH Yazici, H.	Academic Hospital	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 168
35	21,507	BE Başar, Erol	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,743
36	22,403	BA Bener, Abdülbari	İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 319
37	22,592	AS Arik, Sabri	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 413
38	22,723	YA Yıldız, Ali Rıza	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 263
39	23,472	KM Kok, Mustafa Versan	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Energy	Rank 223
40	23,775	ÜE Übeyli, Elif Derya	TOBB University of Economics and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 432
41	24,108	Topcu, Ilker Bekir	Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 32
42	24,906	BE Budak, Erhan	Sabancı Üniversitesi	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 179
43	24,936	KF Kargi, Fikret	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 56
44	25,007	BG Büyüközkan, Gülçin	Galatasaray Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 453
45	25,474	JE Jeppesen, Erik	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 180
46	25,813	AM Arica, M. Yakup	Gazi Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 60
47	25,879	BY Birol, Yücel	TUBITAK Marmara Research Center	Materials	Rank 296
48	26,590	CB Carr, Brian I.	Inönü Üniversitesi	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,218
49	28,019	KM Kozak, Metin	Kadir Has Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 31
50	28,605	BA Baykasoğlu, Adil	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 538
51	29,440	SA Sofiyev, Abdullah H.	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 334
52	29,718	ŞM Şimşek, Mesut	Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 336
53	30,159	KD Karaboga, Dervis	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 572
54	30,813	NM Nazıroğlu, Mustafa	Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,336
55	31,975	Aydogdu, Metin	Trakya Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 366
56	33,161	AE Arıkan, Erdal	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 267
57	33,231	GA Gul, Ahmet	İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 235
58	33,585	KM Kobya, Mehmet	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 116
59	34,266	BE Biglieri, Ezio	Boğaziçi Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 280
60	34,412	OA Onat, Altan	İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,382
61	34,934	Karapinar, Erdal	Çankaya Üniversitesi	General Mathematics	Rank 117
62	35,210	ÖM Özacar, Mahmut	Sakarya Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 793
63	35,389	DA Denizli, Adil	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 314
64	35,679	UM Uysal, Murat	Ozyegin University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 295
65	35,926	OI Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan	Gazi Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 95
66	37,063	AR Apak, Reşat	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 245
67	38,266	BA Barka, Aykut	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 646
68	38,536	YA Yildirim, Ahmet	Ege Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 224
69	38,702	SA Sahin, Ahmet Z.	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 403
70	39,076	YE Yeşilada, Erdem	Yeditepe University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 105
71	39,163	MM Maskan, Medeni	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 139
72	40,017	GC Gokceoglu, C.	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 161
73	42,046	CS Ciraci, Salim	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 1,105
74	42,334	BE Bozkurt, Erdin	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 726
75	43,240	ÖZ Öniş, Ziya	Koç Üniversitesi	International Relations	Rank 26
76	43,950	AH Arslan, Huseyin	Istanbul Medipol Universitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 360
77	44,571	DH Direskeneli, Haner	Marmara Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 315
78	44,674	ES Ercisli, Sezai	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 552
79	45,062	KA Kavak Akpinar, Ebru	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 488
80	45,166	AB Akay, Bahriye	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 833
81	45,322	YI Yılmaz, Işık	Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 176
82	45,480	GV Gökmen, Vural	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 167
83	46,531	EH Erbil, H. Yildirim	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,032
84	46,967	ÖS Özkar, Saim	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Organic Chemistry	Rank 936
85	47,659	SD Sponza, Delia Teresa	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 118
86	48,145	KM Kanter, Mehmet	Trakya Üniversitesi	Toxicology	Rank 207
87	48,228	HM Haberal, Mehmet	Baskent University Faculty of Medicine	Surgery	Rank 405
88	48,471	BE Basar, Ertugrul	Koç Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 411
89	48,818	IM Inc, Mustafa	Biruni Üniversitesi	General Physics	Rank 319
90	49,943	KS Kahraman, Sair	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 190
91	50,864	YY Yılmaz, Yücel	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 870
92	51,285	EÖ Ergönül, Önder	Koç Üniversitesi	Microbiology	Rank 1,291
93	51,938	EN Erk, Nevin	Ankara Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 336
94	52,455	IM Işcan, M. Yaşar	Istanbul Üniversitesi	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 12
95	52,634	PE Piskin, Erhan	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 217
96	52,652	YM Yola, Mehmet Lutfi	Hasan Kalyoncu University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 339
97	53,060	BO Baskurt, Oguz Kerim	Koç Üniversitesi	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,959
98	56,145	AI Arslan-Alaton, Idil	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 283
99	56,745	SR Solmaz, Ramazan	Bingöl Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 632
100	56,777	AO Aydin, Orhan	Karadeniz Technical University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 344
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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 career-long list, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 60. It is followed by Middle East Technical University (METU) with 38.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Turkey changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Turkey went from 614 scientists in 2020 to 906 in 2022, a change of +47.6%.

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.