Prof. Dr. John P.A. Loannidis and his team created a publicly available database of top-cited scientists, which provides information about scientists’ career-long and single recent year impact. The team from Stanford University classified scientists into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification using all Scopus author profiles as of October 1, 2023. A total of 290 thousand 199 scientists were evaluated in the "annual impact" category according to the publications of 2022. 26 names from KTU took place in the list of the world's most influential scientists.  Regarding the "career-long impact" category, a total of 204,644 scientists were evaluated according to the calculations of the citation effect of the last five years of publications. 17 names from KTU appear in this list.

Scientists who feature in the "Annual Impact" category are as follows:

• Prof. Dr. Gökhan AYDIN/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Engineering and Technology
• Prof. Dr. Kâmil KAYGUSUZ/ Faculty of Science, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
• Prof. Dr. Orhan AYDIN/ Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut ÜZAR/ Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Economics, Economic Policy
• Prof. Dr. Selçuk BİLGEN/ Faculty of Science, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
• Prof. Dr. Aykut AKGÜN/ Faculty of Engineering, Geological Engineering, Applied Geology
• Prof. Dr. Aykut ÇANAKÇI/ Faculty of Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Materials
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül Deniz ÇAYLI/ Faculty of Science, Mathematics, General Algebraic Systems
• Prof. Dr. İzzet KARAKURT/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Engineering and Technology
• Prof. Dr. Tayfun DEDE/ Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management
• Prof. Dr. Hacı DEVECİ/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Temel VAROL/ Faculty of Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Production Metallurgy
• Prof. Dr. Ahmet Can ALTUNIŞIK/ Faculty of Dentistry, Civil Engineering, Structure
• Prof. Dr. Bayram ERÇIKDI/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Operation
• Prof. Dr. Vedat TOĞAN/ Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management
• Prof. Dr. İlhan ALTINOK/ Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences, Fisheries Technology Engineering, Marine Ecology
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul AYYILDIZ/ Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operational Research
• Prof. Dr. Ayhan KESİMAL/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Operation
• Prof. Dr. Sibel YILDIZ/ Faculty of Forestry, Forest Industry Engineering, Forest Biology and Wood Protection Technology
• Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Önder AYDEMİR/ Faculty of Engineering, Electrical-Electronics, Biomedical
• Prof. Dr. Murat TOPBAŞ/ Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine Sciences, Public Health
• Prof. Dr. Zekeriya BIYIKLIOĞLU/ Faculty of Science, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
• Prof. Dr. İbrahim ALP/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferdi CİHANGİR/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Operation
• Prof. Dr. İsa ÇÖMEZ/ Mechanical Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersin Yener YAZICI/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing

Scientists who feature in the " Career-Long Impact " category are as follows:

• Prof. Dr. Kâmil KAYGUSUZ/ Faculty of Science, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
• Prof. Dr. Orhan AYDIN/ Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Thermodynamics
• Prof. Dr. Gökhan AYDIN/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Engineering and Technology
• Prof. Dr. Hacı DEVECİ/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing
• Prof. Dr. Aykut ÇANAKÇI/ Faculty of Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Materials
• Prof. Dr. Gençağa PÜRÇEK/ Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials
• Prof. Dr. Selçuk BİLGEN/ Faculty of Science, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
• Prof. Dr. Gökay Nemli/ Faculty of Forestry, Forest Industry Engineering, Wood Mechanics and Technology
• Prof. Dr. Zekeriya Bıyıklıoğlu/ Faculty of Science, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
• Prof. Dr. Ahmet Can ALTUNIŞIK/ Faculty of Dentistry, Civil Engineering, Structure
• Prof. Dr. Vedat TOĞAN/ Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management
• Prof. Dr. Murat TOPBAŞ/ Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine Sciences, Public Health
• Prof. Dr. Nurettin Yaylı/ Faculty of Pharmacy, Professional Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacognosy
• Prof. Dr. Ayhan KESİMAL/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Operation
• Prof. Dr. İzzet KARAKURT/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Engineering and Technology
• Prof. Dr. İbrahim ALP/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mineral Processing
• Prof. Dr. Bayram ERÇIKDI/ Faculty of Engineering, Mining Engineering, Mining Operation