ITU, with 59 academicians in the "career-long impact" category and 51 academicians in the "annual impact" category, was ranked first among all other Turkish universities in this list. 

Our scientists Prof. Dr. Feridun Boylu, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sabri Çelik, Prof. Dr. Aral Okay, Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka, Prof. Dr. Celal Şengör, Prof. Dr. Hans Jensen Thybo, Prof. Dr. Yücel Yılmaz, and Prof. Dr. Nuh Bilgin related to the ITU Faculty of Mines  in the field of Mineral Processing, Geology, and Mining Engineering were included in the "annual impact and career-long impact" category in the list of the world's most influential scientists, which is held annually by Elsevier and Stanford University.