ITU, with 72 academicians in the "career-long impact" category and 66 academicians in the "annual impact" category, was ranked first among all other Turkish universities in this list. In the list of the world's most influential scientists, there were 8 academicians in the top 100, 41 in the top 500, and 61 in the top 1000 according to the field ranking from ITU.

Our scientists Prof. Dr. Aral Okay, Prof. Dr. Ataç Başçetin, Prof. Dr. Aykut Barka, Prof. Dr. Celâl Şengör, Prof. Dr. Feridun Boylu, Prof. Dr. Gülay Bulut, Prof. Dr. Gündüz Ateşok, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Keskin, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sabri Çelik, Prof. Dr. Nuh Bilgin, Prof. Dr. Orhan Özdemir, Prof. Dr. Yücel Yılmaz 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.