Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Turkey has 1,518 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 8.8% from 1,395 in 2023. That places Turkey 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists. Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (66), followed by Hacettepe Üniversitesi (47).

Single Year

1,518

+123 (+8.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

1,172

+132 (+12.7%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#22

No change vs 2023

Institutes

235

+1 (+0.4%) vs 2023

Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 77% 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 list2024

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1Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi66
2Hacettepe Üniversitesi47
3Koç Üniversitesi47
4Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi45
5Firat Üniversitesi44
6Karadeniz Technical University41
7Gazi Üniversitesi37
8Middle East Technical University (METU)33
9Erciyes Üniversitesi30
10Atatürk Üniversitesi27

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Single-year list2024

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Rank in Turkey	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	493	GI Gülçin, Ilhami	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2
2	705	SM Sitti, Metin	Koç Üniversitesi	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 3
3	732	CI Cakmak, Ismail	Sabanci Üniversitesi	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 6
4	866	TM Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 8
5	902	DE Dogan, Eyup	Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 27
6	1,042	BF Bekun, Festus Victor	Istanbul Gelisim Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 19
7	1,103	OA Onan, Aytug	Izmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 66
8	1,494	SA Sari, Ahmet	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 41
9	1,561	CM Cetin, Mehmet	Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 32
10	1,715	BE Basar, Ertugrul	Koç Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 14
11	1,793	Al-Turjman, Fadi	Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 17
12	1,845	Kirikkaleli, Dervis	Lefke Avrupa Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 36
13	2,130	KO Karatepe, Osman M.	Eastern Mediterranean University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 9
14	2,425	SA Sengör, A. M.Celâl	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 23
15	3,372	KC Kahraman, Cengiz	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 169
16	4,066	TM Tuzen, Mustafa	Tokat Gaziosmanpasa Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 12
17	4,381	TV Turan, Veysel	Bingöl Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 80
18	4,727	DM Destek, Mehmet Akif	Gaziantep Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 84
19	5,174	BM Balat, Mustafa	Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company	Energy	Rank 120
20	5,233	VM Varol, Memet	Malatya Turgut Ozal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 96
21	5,736	KC Kaya, Cengiz	Harran Üniversitesi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 66
22	5,991	EÖ Erel, Özcan	Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 18
23	6,080	BE Bora, Emre	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 144
24	6,305	YM Yola, Mehmet Lütfi	Hasan Kalyoncu University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 26
25	6,403	SZ Sen, Zekâi	Istanbul Medipol Üniversitesi	Environmental Engineering	Rank 28
26	6,497	DM Deveci, Muhammet	Deniz Harp Okulu	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 308
27	6,746	ÖH Öztop, Hakan F.	Firat Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 69
28	6,888	DD Delen, Dursun	Istinye Üniversitesi	Information Systems	Rank 30
29	6,891	SÇ Sekercioglu, Çagan H.	Koç Üniversitesi	Ecology	Rank 172
30	6,956	GO Gencel, Osman	Bartin Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 49
31	7,101	Karapinar, Erdal	Çankaya Üniversitesi	General Mathematics	Rank 25
32	7,151	BG Büyüközkan, Gülçin	Galatasaray Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 344
33	7,252	ÖM Özcan, Mehmet Musa	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 46
34	7,422	AG Arslan, Gökmen	Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi	Education	Rank 82
35	7,539	AÜ Agbulut, Ümit	Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 181
36	7,814	KC Karaman, Ceren	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 189
37	8,165	AZ Aksu, Zümriye	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Biotechnology	Rank 24
38	8,263	SF Selimefendigil, Fatih	Manisa Celâl Bayar Üniversitesi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 84
39	8,308	EF Ecer, Fatih	Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 153
40	8,349	OI Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan	Gazi Üniversitesi	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 24
41	8,415	AR Apak, Resat	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 34
42	8,718	AE Arikan, Erdal	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 80
43	8,821	IM Inc, Mustafa	Firat Üniversitesi	General Physics	Rank 58
44	9,171	SM Sahmaran, Mustafa	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 67
45	9,424	IC Isik, Cem	Anadolu Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 178
46	9,491	DI Doymaz, Ibrahim	Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 64
47	9,657	ÖS Özen, Seza	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 55
48	9,831	EA Engin, Atilla	Gazi Üniversitesi	Toxicology	Rank 39
49	9,993	SC Saka, Cafer	Siirt Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 240
50	10,021	TI Topçu, Ilker Bekir	Eskisehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 74
51	10,276	HA Hepbasli, Arif	Yasar Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 244
52	10,416	YO Yildirim, Ozal	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 470
53	10,556	SM Soylak, Mustafa	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 50
54	10,628	AI Arpaci, Ibrahim	Bandirma Onyedi Eylül University	Education	Rank 126
55	10,694	PK Polat, Kemal	Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 483
56	10,797	Övgün, A.	Eastern Mediterranean University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 120
57	11,296	AC Atis, Cengiz Duran	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 83
58	11,476	ES Ercisli, Sezai	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 145
59	11,761	AB Akay, B.	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 522
60	11,805	ZG Zengin, Gokhan	Selçuk Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 82
61	11,936	Akgül, Ali	Siirt Üniversitesi	Applied Mathematics	Rank 40
62	11,962	SM Simsek, Mesut	Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 209
63	12,056	YA Yildiz, Ali Riza	Bursa Uludag Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 213
64	12,513	JE Jeppesen, Erik	Middle East Technical University (METU)	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 55
65	12,645	GM Gul, Muhammet	Istanbul Üniversitesi	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 22
66	12,798	KM Kozak, Metin	Kadir Has Üniversitesi	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 53
67	12,886	OE Ozbay, Ekmel	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 252
68	13,050	YM Yildirim, Murat	Agri Ibrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi	Public Health	Rank 132
69	13,251	ÖY Özkiliç, Yasin Onuralp	Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi	Civil Engineering	Rank 53
70	13,324	Aydin, Gokhan	Karadeniz Technical University	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 3
71	13,425	KD Karaboga, Dervis	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 590
72	13,519	CA Caglar, Abdullah Emre	Atatürk Üniversitesi	Environmental Sciences	Rank 259
73	13,551	BH Baskonus, Haci Mehmet	Harran Üniversitesi	General Physics	Rank 91
74	13,565	ÇG Çam, Gürel	Iskenderun Technical University	Materials	Rank 244
75	13,806	TM Togaçar, Mesut	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 600
76	14,189	CE Capanoglu, Esra	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 109
77	14,251	SA Sensoy, Ahmet	Bilkent Üniversitesi	Finance	Rank 72
78	14,404	AB Alatas, Bilal	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 624
79	14,423	KS Katircioglu, Salih	Eastern Mediterranean University	Economics	Rank 257
80	14,512	YE Yilmaz, Erol	Recep Tayyip Erdogan University	Building & Construction	Rank 105
81	15,095	KS Keskin, Seda	Koç Üniversitesi	Chemical Engineering	Rank 84
82	15,393	GE Goceri, Evgin	Akdeniz Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 657
83	15,415	MA Mostafazadeh, Ali	Koç Üniversitesi	Mathematical Physics	Rank 12
84	15,540	ÖF Özogul, Fatih	Çukurova Üniversitesi	Food Science	Rank 118
85	15,561	Atmanli, Alpaslan	Milli Savunma Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 373
86	15,655	GE Güneyisi, Erhan	Harran Üniversitesi	Building & Construction	Rank 117
87	15,792	UB Ustun, Bedirhan	Koç Üniversitesi	Psychiatry	Rank 326
88	15,851	KK Kaygusuz, Kamil	Karadeniz Technical University	Energy	Rank 384
89	15,865	TT Tuncer, Turker	Firat Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 674
90	15,931	YB Yildiz, Bulent Okan	Hacettepe Üniversitesi	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 265
91	15,987	AS Akbas, Seref Doguscan	Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi	Civil Engineering	Rank 62
92	16,080	SA Sofiyev, A. H.	Istanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi	Materials	Rank 285
93	16,181	ES Eryilmaz, Serkan	Atilim University	Statistics & Probability	Rank 107
94	16,421	SM Sarikaya, Mehmet	Düzce Üniversitesi	General Mathematics	Rank 61
95	16,457	BA Baykasoglu, Adil	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 704
96	16,512	CM Canakci, M.	Kocaeli Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 398
97	16,897	OA Okay, Aral I.	Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 236
98	17,101	AA Aslan, Alper	Erciyes Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 413
99	18,009	YF Yakuphanoglu, Fahrettin	Firat Üniversitesi	Applied Physics	Rank 354
100	18,126	EM Esen, Mehmet	Firat Üniversitesi	Energy	Rank 445
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Turkey are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,518 scientists affiliated with Turkey are on the 2024 single-year list, and 1,172 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 66. It is followed by Hacettepe Üniversitesi with 47.

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 1,518 in 2024, a change of +77.1%.

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.