Turkey's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Turkey has 1,308 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 11.6% from 1,172 in 2024. That places Turkey 25th in the world by number of listed scientists. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists (79), followed by Middle East Technical University (METU) (51).
Scientists in Turkey on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than doubled since 2020.
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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
All 1,308 scientists
| Rank in Turkey | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 117 | Energy Technology Sila Science and Energy | Energy | Rank 1 | |
| 2 | 1,872 | Sabancı Üniversitesi | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 6 | |
| 3 | 2,280 | Aǧrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 5 | |
| 4 | 2,582 |
SA
|
Karadeniz Technical University | Energy | Rank 29 |
| 5 | 2,658 |
SM
|
Koç Üniversitesi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 13 |
| 6 | 2,965 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 22 | |
| 7 | 3,474 | Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi | Orthopedics | Rank 13 | |
| 8 | 3,804 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 34 | |
| 9 | 4,705 |
TM
|
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 18 |
| 10 | 4,781 |
ÖE
|
Bilkent Üniversitesi | Applied Physics | Rank 131 |
| 11 | 5,945 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Biotechnology | Rank 15 | |
| 12 | 6,092 | Akdeniz Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 41 | |
| 13 | 6,794 | Erciyes Üniversitesi | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 30 | |
| 14 | 7,766 | Sila Science and Energy Unlimited Company | Energy | Rank 84 | |
| 15 | 7,829 |
HA
|
Yaşar Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 86 |
| 16 | 8,801 | Eastern Mediterranean University | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | Rank 12 | |
| 17 | 9,214 |
EÖ
|
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 41 |
| 18 | 10,443 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 225 | |
| 19 | 10,920 | Firat Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 74 | |
| 20 | 10,978 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 145 | |
| 21 | 11,291 | Selçuk Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 46 | |
| 22 | 11,430 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 47 | |
| 23 | 11,870 | Firat Üniversitesi | Applied Physics | Rank 288 | |
| 24 | 12,052 |
SZ
|
İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi | Environmental Engineering | Rank 38 |
| 25 | 12,985 | Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 94 | |
| 26 | 13,365 | Koç Üniversitesi | Pathology | Rank 45 | |
| 27 | 13,451 |
OS
|
Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 123 |
| 28 | 13,612 |
BE
|
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi | Psychiatry | Rank 380 |
| 29 | 14,480 | Koç Üniversitesi | Mathematical Physics | Rank 9 | |
| 30 | 14,686 | Karadeniz Technical University | Energy | Rank 160 | |
| 31 | 16,188 | Kocaeli Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 180 | |
| 32 | 16,408 | Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 200 | |
| 33 | 16,548 |
YY
|
İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Polymers | Rank 135 |
| 34 | 17,423 | Düzce Üniversitesi | General Mathematics | Rank 47 | |
| 35 | 18,766 |
OO
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İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Polymers | Rank 150 |
| 36 | 18,950 | Galatasaray Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 424 | |
| 37 | 19,313 | Atilim University | General Mathematics | Rank 59 | |
| 38 | 20,438 |
EM
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İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,558 |
| 39 | 20,472 | İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 306 | |
| 40 | 20,507 | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi | Polymers | Rank 168 | |
| 41 | 20,762 |
BE
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Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,585 |
| 42 | 21,343 | Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi | Building & Construction | Rank 45 | |
| 43 | 22,113 |
BE
|
Sabancı Üniversitesi | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 156 |
| 44 | 22,278 |
AR
|
Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 121 |
| 45 | 22,435 |
OI
|
Gazi Üniversitesi | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 67 |
| 46 | 22,622 | Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 485 | |
| 47 | 22,848 | Academic Hospital | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 182 | |
| 48 | 22,923 |
KM
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Kadir Has Üniversitesi | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | Rank 32 |
| 49 | 23,129 |
DE
|
Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 266 |
| 50 | 23,302 |
KM
|
Middle East Technical University (METU) | Energy | Rank 268 |
| 51 | 23,644 |
BY
|
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 291 |
| 52 | 25,178 |
AS
|
Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 542 |
| 53 | 25,350 | Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,915 | |
| 54 | 25,493 |
IM
|
Biruni Üniversitesi | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 51 |
| 55 | 26,152 | Hasan Kalyoncu University | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 150 | |
| 56 | 26,880 | Bilkent Üniversitesi | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 227 | |
| 57 | 27,030 | İstinye Üniversitesi | Information Systems | Rank 63 | |
| 58 | 27,594 | Atatürk Üniversitesi | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 321 | |
| 59 | 27,681 | Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi | Chemical Engineering | Rank 109 | |
| 60 | 27,700 | Erciyes Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 601 | |
| 61 | 27,847 | Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi | Biotechnology | Rank 66 | |
| 62 | 27,930 | Trakya Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 342 | |
| 63 | 28,333 | TOBB University of Economics and Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 617 | |
| 64 | 28,671 | Gazi Üniversitesi | Biotechnology | Rank 68 | |
| 65 | 28,988 | Sakarya Üniversitesi | Chemical Physics | Rank 627 | |
| 66 | 29,268 | Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 362 | |
| 67 | 30,032 | Inönü Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,330 | |
| 68 | 30,593 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 131 | |
| 69 | 30,881 | Middle East Technical University (METU) | Sociology | Rank 82 | |
| 70 | 31,426 | İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 199 | |
| 71 | 32,473 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 191 | |
| 72 | 33,781 |
OA
|
İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 740 |
| 73 | 33,974 | Kapadokya Üniversitesi | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 157 | |
| 74 | 33,976 |
GA
|
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 257 |
| 75 | 34,234 |
CM
|
Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi | Environmental Sciences | Rank 223 |
| 76 | 35,045 |
ÖS
|
Middle East Technical University (METU) | Organic Chemistry | Rank 660 |
| 77 | 35,542 | İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 450 | |
| 78 | 35,733 | Bülent Ecevit University | Applied Mathematics | Rank 79 | |
| 79 | 36,135 |
OA
|
Istanbul Üniversitesi | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,425 |
| 80 | 36,401 |
ÔZ
|
Koç Üniversitesi | International Relations | Rank 31 |
| 81 | 37,288 |
KS
|
Koç Üniversitesi | Chemical Engineering | Rank 146 |
| 82 | 37,327 |
PK
|
Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 824 |
| 83 | 38,032 | Yeditepe University | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 110 | |
| 84 | 38,113 | Firat Üniversitesi | Energy | Rank 480 | |
| 85 | 38,398 | Manisa Celâl Bayar Üniversitesi | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 247 | |
| 86 | 38,746 | Atilim University | Statistics & Probability | Rank 163 | |
| 87 | 38,918 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Building & Construction | Rank 84 | |
| 88 | 39,690 |
AB
|
Erciyes Üniversitesi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 871 |
| 89 | 39,697 | Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 189 | |
| 90 | 39,800 | Ege Üniversitesi | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | Rank 56 | |
| 91 | 40,027 | İstinye Üniversitesi | Microbiology | Rank 1,010 | |
| 92 | 40,350 | Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi | Chemical Physics | Rank 831 | |
| 93 | 40,590 | VKV Amerikan Hastanesi | Microbiology | Rank 1,024 | |
| 94 | 40,689 | Marmara Üniversitesi | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 295 | |
| 95 | 40,721 | Gaziantep Üniversitesi | Food Science | Rank 183 | |
| 96 | 41,160 | Boğaziçi Üniversitesi | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 346 | |
| 97 | 41,284 | Recep Tayyip Erdogan University | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 620 | |
| 98 | 41,287 | İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi | Materials | Rank 540 | |
| 99 | 41,477 | İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 348 | |
| 100 | 41,696 | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 198 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Turkey are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
1,564 scientists affiliated with Turkey are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,308 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Turkey has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi has the most listed scientists from Turkey, with 79. It is followed by Middle East Technical University (METU) with 51.
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 1,308 in 2025, a change of +113.0%.
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.