Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Hungary has 247 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Hungary 40th in the world by number of listed scientists. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (30), followed by Eötvös Loránd University (24).

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247

First year listed

Career Data

282

First year listed

World rank by count

#40

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Institutes

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Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+15.4%

2022+1.4%

2023-1.0%

2024+5.2%

2025+14.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	247		282
2021	285	+15.4%	331	+17.4%
2022	289	+1.4%	350	+5.7%
2023	286	-1.0%	367	+4.9%
2024	301	+5.2%	385	+4.9%
2025	345	+14.6%	424	+10.1%

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Rank in Hungary	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,004	WE Wigner, Eugene P.	Eötvös Loránd University	-	Rank 0
2	4,468	EP Erdös, Paul	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 7
3	5,309	VT Vicsek, Tamas	Eötvös Loránd University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 46
4	6,448	UT Ungár, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd University	Materials	Rank 117
5	7,738	LL Lovász, László	Eötvös Loránd University	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 10
6	8,815	SA Szolnoki, Attila	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 76
7	10,303	CI Csiszar, Imre	Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 103
8	12,476	FT Freund, Tamás	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 756
9	12,978	SP Surai, Peter F.	Szent István Egyetem	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 16
10	13,379	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 98
11	13,627	ML Monostori, László	Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 165
12	19,664	LP Lakatos, Peter L.	Semmelweis Egyetem	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 224
13	19,914	MI Mayer, István	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Chemical Physics	Rank 388
14	20,150	FM Fuxreiter, Monika	Debreceni Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 390
15	21,135	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 185
16	21,684	TG Tóth, Géza	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	General Physics	Rank 129
17	22,415	SJ Szebeni, János	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 102
18	22,884	SJ Szejtli, József	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Organic Chemistry	Rank 389
19	22,932	MD Marx, Dániel	Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 46
20	23,921	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd University	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 58
21	25,503	KG Kaptay, George	University of Miskolc	Materials	Rank 480
22	25,741	KB Koszegi, Botond	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Economics	Rank 382
23	26,792	MA Mócsai, Attila	Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine	Immunology	Rank 624
24	28,600	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 18
25	28,710	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 260
26	29,202	WI Winkler, István	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Experimental Psychology	Rank 430
27	30,091	SD Stone, Diane	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 171
28	30,247	GB Gyorffy, Balázs	Semmelweis Egyetem	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,072
29	30,471	PT Peixoto, Tiago P.	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 279
30	30,721	SD Sperber, Dan	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Experimental Psychology	Rank 454
31	31,986	RA Rényi, Alfred	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	-	Rank 0
32	32,030	NP Nagy, Péter	Országos Onkológiai Intézet Budapest	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 626
33	33,813	PM Palkovits, Miklos	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,938
34	34,890	RZ Radak, Zsolt	Testnevelesi es Sporttudomanyi Kar Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 675
35	35,168	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 190
36	36,267	CP Csermely, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 696
37	36,297	PJ Padisák, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 236
38	36,439	IT Insperger, Tamás	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 413
39	36,511	VJ Varga, József	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 330
40	36,785	FP Frankl, Peter	Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 79
41	37,369	BP Baranyi, Peter	Széchényi István Egyetem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,000
42	37,604	KM Kállay, Mihály	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Chemical Physics	Rank 653
43	37,943	GA Gali, Adam	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 821
44	38,425	TE Tombácz, Etelka	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Chemical Physics	Rank 664
45	39,079	SG Stepan, Gabor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 440
46	40,219	SC Schneider, Carsten Q.	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 252
47	40,345	GJ Gubicza, J.	Eötvös Loránd University	Materials	Rank 766
48	40,399	HK Héberger, Károly	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 261
49	41,708	DZ Dosztányi, Zsuzsanna	MTA-ELTE Egerváry Research Group	Bioinformatics	Rank 122
50	41,921	HJ Haller, József	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,369
51	41,954	BZ Botta-Dukát, Zoltán	Institute of Ecology and Botany Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Ecology	Rank 897
52	42,380	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 245
53	42,997	PJ Podani, János	Eötvös Loránd University	Ecology	Rank 915
54	43,051	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,208
55	45,287	TT Turányi, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd University	Energy	Rank 954
56	45,381	SF Solymosi, Frigyes	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 253
57	45,853	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group	Ecology	Rank 964
58	46,274	PB Pikó, Bettina F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 834
59	48,585	VI Vass, Imre	Biological Research Center at Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 660
60	48,913	ZM Zrinyi, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Polymers	Rank 467
61	49,223	UJ Unger, János	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 934
62	49,958	HP Halász, Péter	National Institute of Neuroscience	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,783
63	50,605	HG Holló, Gábor	Semmelweis Egyetem	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 222
64	50,692	BP Bai, Peter	Debreceni Egyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 995
65	51,252	KK Kovács, Krisztina J.	Institute of Experimental Medicine Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,848
66	51,429	RZ Rihmer, Zoltan	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 921
67	51,552	KT Kiss, Tamás	Biological Research Center at Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,605
68	52,044	CA Császár, Attila G.	Eötvös Loránd University	Chemical Physics	Rank 874
69	54,238	KG Knoblich, Gunther Klaus	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Experimental Psychology	Rank 729
70	54,333	KJ Kornai, János	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem	Economics	Rank 701
71	54,412	KI Katona, István	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,000
72	54,965	CT Czigány, Tibor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 541
73	55,634	HF Horváth, Frank	Eötvös Loránd University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,086
74	56,009	BF Benazzi, Franco	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 988
75	56,354	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,086
76	56,471	GG Gergely, György	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Experimental Psychology	Rank 747
77	57,118	BJ Berdy, Janos	Eötvös Loránd University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 175
78	57,507	AV Adam-Vizi, Vera	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,146
79	57,696	VE Vizi, E. S.	Institute of Experimental Medicine Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,159
80	58,055	HJ Hebling, János	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Optics	Rank 299
81	58,911	DL Diósi, Lajos	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 633
82	59,602	GL Góth, László	Debreceni Egyetem	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 642
83	60,059	NZ Nusser, Zoltan	Institute of Experimental Medicine Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,273
84	60,099	BE Buzás, Edit I.	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 1,293
85	60,253	Szabo, Attila	Eötvös Loránd University	Sport Sciences	Rank 202
86	60,364	SM Sipiczki, Matthias	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,287
87	61,555	FA Fehér, Attila	Biological Research Center at Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 893
88	61,851	DZ Demetrovics, Zsolt	Eötvös Loránd University	Psychiatry	Rank 1,078
89	62,796	BA Báldi, András	Institute of Ecology and Botany Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Ecology	Rank 1,281
90	63,169	SM Smith, Melanie Kay	Budapest Metropolitan University	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 195
91	63,754	FZ Füredi, Zoltán	Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 144
92	64,187	BJ Baranyi, J.	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,365
93	64,658	VG Várhegyi, Gábor	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Energy	Rank 1,406
94	65,712	KJ Kertész, János	Közép-Európai Egyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 573
95	65,868	FJ Fodor, János	Obuda University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,667
96	66,077	MF Móricz, F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem Bolyai Intézet	General Mathematics	Rank 308
97	67,811	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Mathematical Physics	Rank 36
98	69,147	KH Kozur, Heinz W.	-	Paleontology	Rank 259
99	69,642	BP Batáry, Péter	Institute of Ecology and Botany Hungarian Academy of Sciences	Ecology	Rank 1,416
100	69,769	SJ Szekeres-Bartho, Julia	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 433
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Hungary are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

247 scientists affiliated with Hungary are on the 2020 single-year list, and 282 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Hungary has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2020 single-year list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 30. It is followed by Eötvös Loránd University with 24.

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.