Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Hungary has 285 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 15.4% from 247 in 2020. That places Hungary 41st in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (29), followed by Semmelweis Egyetem (29).

Single Year

285

+38 (+15.4%) vs 2020

Career Data

331

+49 (+17.4%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#41

down 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

+13 (+25.5%) vs 2020

Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 15% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Hungary

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Rank in Hungary	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,812	EP Erdös, P.	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	General Mathematics	Rank 14
2	6,680	VT Vicsek, Tamas	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 47
3	7,134	UT Ungár, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 112
4	7,423	LL Lovász, László	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 9
5	10,916	SA Szolnoki, A.	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 76
6	10,980	FT Freund, Tamás F.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 670
7	12,150	CG Csibra, Gergely	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 200
8	13,801	SJ Szebeni, János Gábor	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 67
9	15,927	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 126
10	16,193	ML Monostori, László	Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 168
11	17,460	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 34
12	18,214	MI Mayer, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Chemical Physics	Rank 340
13	18,785	GA Gali, Adam	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 389
14	20,846	LP Lakatos, P. L.	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 239
15	21,667	CI Csiszar, Imre	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 173
16	21,845	GB Gyorffy, Balázs	Semmelweis Egyetem	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 789
17	22,074	GL Garamszegi, László Zsolt	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 47
18	22,095	KG Kaptay, George	University of Miskolc	Materials	Rank 391
19	22,667	SJ Szejtli, J.	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 116
20	23,473	SD Sperber, Dan	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 351
21	23,725	GM Gajdács, Márió	University of Szeged Faculty of Pharmacy	Microbiology	Rank 543
22	24,657	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 218
23	25,277	MA Mócsai, Attila	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Immunology	Rank 636
24	27,098	SD Stone, Diane	Central European University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 161
25	28,881	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 17
26	29,738	BZ Botta-Dukát, Zoltán	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 651
27	31,175	DZ Dosztányi, Zsuzsanna	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Bioinformatics	Rank 92
28	32,225	TG Tóth, Géza	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	General Physics	Rank 185
29	32,627	DZ Demetrovics, Zsolt	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 651
30	34,014	KB Koszegi, Botond	Central European University	Economics	Rank 482
31	34,280	BP Baranyi, Peter	Széchenyi István University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 829
32	34,569	PJ Padisák, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 225
33	36,118	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 281
34	37,094	RZ Radak, Zsolt	University of Physical Education	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 846
35	37,246	SG Stepan, Gabor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 355
36	38,042	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 865
37	38,252	DB de Bot, Kees	Pannon Egyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 102
38	38,801	GJ Gubicza, J.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 719
39	39,118	BP Bai, Péter	Debreceni Egyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 891
40	39,286	KT Kiss, Tamás	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,212
41	39,521	WI Winkler, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Experimental Psychology	Rank 551
42	39,598	SF Solymosi, Frigyes	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 196
43	40,529	NP Nagy, Peter	Országos Onkológiai Intézet Budapest	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 923
44	40,614	PM Palkovits, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,259
45	41,689	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 209
46	41,744	KM Kállay, Mihály	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Chemical Physics	Rank 684
47	42,499	IT Insperger, Tamas	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 397
48	42,719	VJ Varga, József	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 382
49	42,767	TE Tombácz, Etelka	Pannon Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 705
50	44,090	Mosavi, Amirhosein	John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,045
51	44,349	FP Frankl, Peter	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 100
52	44,692	RA Rényi, Alfréd	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 226
53	44,728	CA Császár, Attila G.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 729
54	45,947	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group	Ecology	Rank 954
55	45,974	CP Csermely, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,055
56	46,402	SE Szathmáry, Eörs	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 390
57	46,881	CC Chinopoulos, Christos	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,076
58	47,408	BE Buzás, Edit I.	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 1,099
59	47,781	RZ Rihmer, Zoltan	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 871
60	48,772	HK Héberger, Károly	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 284
61	48,920	VI Vass, Imre	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,129
62	48,938	HG Holló, Gábor	Semmelweis Egyetem	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 247
63	49,398	HJ Haller, József	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,693
64	51,258	CT Czigany, Tibor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Materials	Rank 938
65	52,204	SA Szallasi, Arpad	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 321
66	52,371	GG Gergely, György	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 706
67	52,592	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 271
68	52,661	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 564
69	52,755	UJ Unger, János	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 998
70	52,772	Szabo, Attila	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 204
71	53,291	PJ Podani, János	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,104
72	53,408	NZ Nusser, Zoltan	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,886
73	57,237	KZ Kövecses, Zoltán	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 158
74	58,114	TT Turányi, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 920
75	58,403	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,617
76	58,648	SJ Szekeres-Bartho, Julia	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 371
77	58,997	HP Halasz, Peter	National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,138
78	59,011	Piko, Bettina F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 1,040
79	59,518	FZ Füredi, Zoltán	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 138
80	59,684	FA Fehér, Attila	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 885
81	60,173	ZM Zrínyi, Miklós	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Polymers	Rank 567
82	60,685	BA Báldi, András	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 1,241
83	61,777	VJ Vetter, János	University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest	Food Science	Rank 459
84	61,966	KJ Kornai, János	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem	Economics	Rank 808
85	61,987	KK Kovács, Krisztina J.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,279
86	62,408	ML Molnár, Lajos	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 326
87	62,439	CK Csizér, Kata	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 173
88	62,584	AV Adam-Vizi, Vera	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,304
89	62,647	VJ Varga, János	University of Szeged Faculty of Science and Informatics	Microbiology	Rank 1,412
90	63,896	BF Benazzi, Franco	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 1,120
91	64,466	SM Sipiczki, Matthias	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,464
92	65,346	SV Simon, Vilmos	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 38
93	65,804	MA Mesterhazy, Akos	Inst.Cereal Res.	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 987
94	66,061	MT Magura, Tibor	Debreceni Egyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,343
95	66,777	DM Deli, Mária A.	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,511
96	67,305	BP Batáry, Péter	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 1,364
97	68,661	DL Diósi, Lajos	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 850
98	68,887	KH Kozur, Heinz W.	not available	Paleontology	Rank 235
99	69,288	MB Merkely, Béla	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,871
100	69,723	DZ Donkó, Zoltán	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 1,418
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Hungary are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

285 scientists affiliated with Hungary are on the 2021 single-year list, and 331 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 29. It is followed by Semmelweis Egyetem with 29.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Hungary changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Hungary went from 247 scientists in 2020 to 285 in 2021, a change of +15.4%.

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.