Turkey in the Top 2% Scientists list 2026: 1,776 scholars, fields, and institutions
Live ABS Nexora analytics: Turkey lists 1,776 Top 2% scientists in the 2026 single-year cohort (~0.72% of the SY analytics total), led by Enabling & Strategic Technologies (278) and İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (70).
How many Top 2% scientists are from Turkey?
Direct answer: ABS Nexora’s latest single-year country profile for Turkey (tur) lists 1,776 Top 2% scientists for selected year 2026 — about 0.72% of the Directory’s single-year country-analytics cohort (~247,376 researchers). Average citations in this snapshot are about 639, with average h-index near 10.9, across 261 distinct institutions.
Turkey’s Top 2% profile is unusually balanced across Enabling & Strategic Technologies, Engineering, Clinical Medicine, and Chemistry — less Clinical Medicine–dominated than many European peers — with strong growth since 2020.
Regional: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Germany.
Who are the top 10 Top 2% scientists in Turkey?
Direct answer: In ABS Nexora’s Turkey country profile (tur, single-year 2026), the top 10 listed scholars by Directory ranking start with Gülçın, İlhami (Atatürk Üniversitesi; Chemistry; global rank 175; ~6,309 citations). The table below uses # in country for order within this national list and Global rank for the scholar’s overall rank_all in the single-year listing.
| # in country | Researcher | Institution | Field | Global rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gülçın, İlhami | Atatürk Üniversitesi | Chemistry | 175 | 6,309 |
| 2 | Pata, Ugur Korkut | Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi | Earth & Environmental Sciences | 237 | 3,923 |
| 3 | DemirbaÅ, Ayhan Hilal | Energy Technology Sila Science and Energy | Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 244 | 2,655 |
| 4 | Sitti, Metin | Koç University | Engineering | 564 | 6,735 |
| 5 | Turkyilmazoglu, Mustafa | Hacettepe Üniversitesi | Engineering | 1,409 | 1,428 |
| 6 | Cakmak, Ismail | Sabancı Üniversitesi | Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry | 1,510 | 2,471 |
| 7 | Victor Bekun, Festus Vıctor | İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi | Earth & Environmental Sciences | 1,758 | 3,212 |
| 8 | Övgün, A. | Eastern Mediterranean University | Physics & Astronomy | 2,195 | 2,556 |
| 9 | Karatepe, Osman M. | Eastern Mediterranean University | Economics & Business | 2,405 | 1,919 |
| 10 | Kianfar, Ehsan | Istanbul Medeniyet University | Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 2,513 | 2,602 |
Open any linked name for the full Directory scholar profile. Country order follows the live top_researchers panel on Turkey analytics.
What are Turkey’s strongest fields?
Turkey’s largest Top 2% field cohort is Enabling & Strategic Technologies with 278 listed scholars. The next fields in the live profile are:
| Field | Listed scholars |
|---|---|
| Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 278 |
| Engineering | 265 |
| Clinical Medicine | 252 |
| Chemistry | 245 |
| Information & Communication Technologies | 222 |
Which institutions lead in Turkey?
The largest institutional cohort in the Turkey profile is İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (70 listed scholars). Other leading affiliations:
| Institution | Listed scholars |
|---|---|
| İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi | 70 |
| Hacettepe Üniversitesi | 48 |
| Karadeniz Technical University | 43 |
| Firat Üniversitesi | 43 |
| Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi | 42 |
How has Turkey’s Top 2% cohort changed from 2020 to 2026?
In the country-profile timeline, Turkey moved from 857 listed scholars (2020) to 1,776 (2026) — a change of 919 (~+107%).
| Edition year | Listed scholars |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 857 |
| 2021 | 1,149 |
| 2022 | 1,232 |
| 2023 | 1,395 |
| 2024 | 1,518 |
| 2025 | 1,565 |
| 2026 | 1,776 |
Snapshot metrics (single-year 2026)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Listed scholars | 1,776 |
| Share of global (SY analytics) | 0.72% |
| Avg. citations | 639 |
| Avg. h-index | 10.9 |
| Best rank (in profile) | 175 |
| Distinct institutions | 261 |
| Leading field | Enabling & Strategic Technologies (278) |
One highly ranked profile example in this snapshot: Gülçın, İlhami (Atatürk Üniversitesi; Chemistry). Rankings shift with listing type and year — always verify on the live Directory.
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FAQ
How many Top 2% scientists does Turkey have in 2026? 1,776 listed scholars in ABS Nexora’s single-year country profile for selected year 2026.
What share of the global list is that? About 0.72% of the single-year country-analytics cohort (~247,376 researchers in the matching dashboard snapshot).
Which field is strongest in Turkey? Enabling & Strategic Technologies, with 278 listed scholars in the live profile.
Which institution has the most listed scholars? İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, with 70 in this snapshot (affiliation coding follows the underlying dataset).
Did Turkey grow between 2020 and 2026? Yes — from 857 to 1,776 listed scholars (~+107%) in the country timeline.
Who ranks highest among Turkey’s Top 2% scientists? In this snapshot, Gülçın, İlhami leads the country top_researchers list (see the top-10 table above for linked profiles).
Where can I verify these figures? Open the live Turkey country page or Analytics on ABS Nexora; numbers refresh with the Directory database. Data source: Elsevier / Stanford–Ioannidis World’s Top 2% Scientists lists via ABS Nexora.