Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Turkey has 1,395 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 13.3% from 1,231 in 2022. That places Turkey 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (62), followed by Firat Üniversitesi (44).

Single Year

1,395

+164 (+13.3%) vs 2022

Career Data

1,040

+134 (+14.8%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#22

up 2 places vs 2022

Institutes

234

+19 (+8.8%) vs 2022

Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 63% 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 list2023

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1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi62
2Firat Üniversitesi44
3Hacettepe Üniversitesi42
4Koç Üniversitesi42
5Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi38
6Gazi Üniversitesi30
7Middle East Technical University (METU)30
8Karadeniz Technical University28
9Erciyes Üniversitesi27
10Ankara Üniversitesi24

All 1,395 scientists

Single-year list2023

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Rank in Turkey	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	182	Ozturk, Ilhan	Nisantasi Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 7
2	524	GI Gülçin, Ilhami	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2
3	630	BD Baleanu, Dumitru	Çankaya Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 2
4	704	TM Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 8
5	753	CI Cakmak, Ismail	Sabanci Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 6
6	1,139	OA Onan, Aytug	Izmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 61
7	1,669	DE Dogan, Eyup	Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 44
8	1,985	Al-Turjman, Fadi	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 16
9	2,030	CÖ Civalek, Ömer	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 40
10	2,317	SA Sengör, A. M.Celâl	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 31
11	2,526	BE Basar, Ertugrul	Koç Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 22
12	2,591	BF Bekun, Festus Victor	Istanbul Gelisim Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 36
13	2,612	PU Pata, Ugur Korkut	Osmaniye Korkut Ata University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 39
14	2,834	SU Sahin, Ugur	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Immunology	Rank 69
15	3,403	BE Bora, Emre	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 87
16	3,747	KC Kahraman, Cengiz	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 148
17	4,493	Kirikkaleli, Dervis	Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 66
18	4,537	SJ Sun, Jian	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 14
19	4,780	CM Cetin, Mehmet	Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 70
20	4,808	TM Tuzen, Mustafa	Tokat Gaziosmanpasa Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 16
21	5,102	ÖH Öztop, Hakan F.	Firat Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 50
22	5,624	EÖ Erel, Özcan	Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 18
23	5,661	BM Balat, Mustafa	Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company	Energy	Rank 120
24	5,857	KC Karaman, Ceren	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 87
25	6,321	Karapinar, Erdal	Çankaya Üniversitesi	General Mathematics	Rank 20
26	6,512	DD Delen, Dursun	Istinye Üniversitesi	Information Systems	Rank 26
27	6,636	SÇ Sekercioglu, Çagan H.	Koç Üniversitesi	Ecology	Rank 163
28	6,647	YM Yola, Mehmet Lütfi	Hasan Kalyoncu University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 26
29	6,712	DI Doymaz, Ibrahim	Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 44
30	6,741	DM Destek, Mehmet Akif	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 102
31	7,030	ÖM Özcan, Mehmet Musa	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 45
32	7,113	JA Jouyban, A.	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 37
33	7,605	Topcu, Ilker Bekir	Eskisehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 49
34	7,618	AZ Aksu, Zümriye	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 24
35	7,721	OI Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan	Gazi Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 25
36	7,837	OS Ozen, Seza	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 52
37	7,877	SM Simsek, Mesut	Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 122
38	8,164	EA Engin, Atilla	Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine	Toxicology	Rank 35
39	8,238	HA Hepbasli, Arif	Yasar Universitesi	Energy	Rank 174
40	8,258	TV Turan, Veysel	Bingöl Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 123
41	9,485	AR Apak, Resat	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 38
42	9,603	AS Akbas, Seref Doguscan	Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi	Civil Engineering	Rank 35
43	9,635	AE Arikan, Erdal	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 85
44	9,704	SF Selimefendigil, Fatih	Celal Bayar Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 92
45	9,814	SM Sahmaran, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 63
46	9,874	KM Kozak, Metin	Kadir Has Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 43
47	9,880	BH Baskonus, Haci Mehmet	Harran Üniversitesi	General Physics	Rank 65
48	9,889	BG Büyüközkan, Gülçin	Galatasaray Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 389
49	10,220	SN Sahiner, Nurettin	Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi	Polymers	Rank 67
50	10,663	VM Varol, Memet	Malatya Turgut Ozal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 159
51	10,685	Aydin, Gokhan	Karadeniz Technical University	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 4
52	10,708	YO Yildirim, Ozal	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 419
53	10,791	CM Canakci, M.	Kocaeli Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 230
54	10,833	YY Yildirim, Yakup	Biruni Üniversitesi	Optics	Rank 42
55	10,946	SM Soylak, Mustafa	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 47
56	10,986	KS Katircioglu, Salih	Isletme ve Ekonomi Fakültesi	Economics	Rank 179
57	11,105	SB Safaei, Babak	Eastern Mediterranean University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 103
58	11,321	KC Kaya, Cengiz	Harran Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 65
59	11,324	YF Yakuphanoglu, Fahrettin	Firat Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Applied Physics	Rank 229
60	11,448	OE Ozbay, Ekmel	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 230
61	11,566	SA Sofiyev, Abdullah H.	Istanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 188
62	11,712	KD Karaboga, Dervis	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 450
63	11,786	AC Atis, Cengiz Duran	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 76
64	11,803	AB Akay, Bahriye	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 458
65	11,870	GM Gul, Muhammet	Istanbul Üniversitesi	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 21
66	12,118	YA Yildiz, Ali Riza	Bursa Uludag Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 200
67	12,336	EM Esen, Mehmet	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 268
68	12,382	JE Jeppesen, Erik	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 65
69	12,489	PK Polat, Kemal	Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 483
70	12,943	KM Kobya, Mehmet	Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 68
71	13,169	ES Eryilmaz, Serkan	Atilim University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 93
72	13,180	MA Mostafazadeh, Ali	Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu	Mathematical Physics	Rank 10
73	13,254	AG Arslan, Gökmen	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi	Education	Rank 124
74	13,312	Akgül, Ali	Siirt Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 41
75	13,690	GE Güneyisi, Erhan	Harran Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 91
76	13,820	AB Alatas, Bilal	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 522
77	14,089	ZG Zengin, Gokhan	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 99
78	14,129	Atmanli, Alpaslan	Milli Savunma Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 311
79	14,248	UB Ustun, Bedirhan	Koç Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 306
80	14,837	ÇG Çam, Gürel	Iskenderun Technical University	Materials	Rank 253
81	14,946	CE Cuce, Erdem	Recep Tayyip Erdogan University	Energy	Rank 328
82	15,058	KK Kaygusuz, Kamil	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 329
83	15,376	AÜ Agbulut, Ümit	Düzce Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 334
84	15,403	AA Aslan, Alper	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 335
85	15,431	GC Gokceoglu, Candan	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 153
86	15,797	AI Arpaci, Ibrahim	Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University	Education	Rank 155
87	16,049	SA Sensoy, Ahmet	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Finance	Rank 72
88	16,254	ES Ercisli, Sezai	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 223
89	17,114	BA Baykasoglu, Adil	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 618
90	17,257	GV Gökmen, Vural	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 133
91	17,450	VV Vatanpour, Vahid	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 103
92	17,612	AS Aydin, S.	Firat Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 321
93	17,758	IC Isik, Cem	Anadolu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 265
94	18,106	YI Yilmaz, Isik	Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 183
95	18,317	AN Adsay, N. Volkan	Koç Üniversitesi	Pathology	Rank 32
96	18,329	KS Keskin, Seda	Koç Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 106
97	18,821	OA Okay, Aral I.	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 297
98	19,149	ÖM Özacar, Mahmut	Sakarya Üniversitesi	Chemical Physics	Rank 299
99	19,202	GE Goceri, Evgin	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 675
100	19,580	UM Uysal, Murat	Ozyegin University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 176
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Turkey are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,395 scientists affiliated with Turkey are on the 2023 single-year list, and 1,040 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 62. It is followed by Firat Üniversitesi with 44.

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 1,395 in 2023, a change of +62.8%.

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.