Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Hungary has 331 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 17.4% from 282 in 2020. That places Hungary 38th in the world by number of listed scientists. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (38), followed by Semmelweis Egyetem (32).

Single Year

285

+38 (+15.4%) vs 2020

Career Data

331

+49 (+17.4%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#38

No change vs 2020

Institutes

+8 (+14.5%) vs 2020

Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 17% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+17.4%

2022+5.7%

2023+4.9%

2024+4.9%

2025+10.1%

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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	2,664	FT Freund, Tamás F.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 245
2	4,367	EP Erdös, P.	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	General Mathematics	Rank 8
3	4,528	LL Lovász, László	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 9
4	4,899	VT Vicsek, Tamas	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 37
5	6,253	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 48
6	9,171	PM Palkovits, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 793
7	9,952	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 164
8	12,116	VE Vizi, Elek Sylvester	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,026
9	12,967	BF Benazzi, Franco	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 367
10	13,540	SJ Szejtli, J.	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 104
11	14,897	UT Ungár, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 173
12	15,441	CG Csibra, Gergely	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 231
13	16,513	CI Csiszar, Imre	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 131
14	16,999	MI Mayer, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Chemical Physics	Rank 423
15	17,123	SA Szallasi, Arpad	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 137
16	17,300	SF Solymosi, Frigyes	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 71
17	19,760	CP Csermely, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 999
18	22,159	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 197
19	23,075	SA Szolnoki, A.	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 181
20	25,353	VJ Varga, József	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 235
21	25,358	SJ Szolcsányi, János	University of Pécs Medical School	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 218
22	25,390	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 90
23	25,574	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,210
24	25,710	NZ Nusser, Zoltan	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,009
25	25,711	WI Winkler, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Experimental Psychology	Rank 362
26	27,151	KT Kiss, Tamás	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,122
27	28,668	KG Kovacs, Gyula	University of Pécs Medical School	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,307
28	29,906	LP Lakatos, P. L.	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 460
29	30,844	PL Patthy, Laszlo	Institute of Enzymology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,411
30	31,691	GA Guttman, Andras	Pannon Egyetem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 207
31	33,166	SJ Szebeni, János Gábor	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 294
32	33,935	CA Császár, Attila G.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 774
33	34,029	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 10
34	35,611	SE Szathmáry, Eörs	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 352
35	35,761	RZ Rihmer, Zoltan	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 796
36	36,134	GL Garamszegi, László Zsolt	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 131
37	36,251	DL Diósi, Lajos	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 597
38	36,576	KK Kovács, Krisztina J.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,697
39	37,751	VI Vass, Imre	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,682
40	37,932	HJ Haller, József	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,782
41	38,849	KA Koller, Akos	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,537
42	39,720	DI Dékány, I.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Chemical Physics	Rank 901
43	40,053	SD Sperber, Dan	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 542
44	40,359	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 356
45	40,430	CG Cserni, Gábor	Bacs-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,802
46	41,922	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 149
47	42,389	GL Guczi, L.	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Physical Chemistry	Rank 150
48	44,260	FF Fülöp, Ferenc	University of Szeged Faculty of Pharmacy	Organic Chemistry	Rank 842
49	44,614	TG Tóth, Géza	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	General Physics	Rank 313
50	45,162	FP Frankl, Peter	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 131
51	46,171	IG Inzelt, György	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Energy	Rank 491
52	46,708	GG Gergely, György	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 610
53	46,848	HK Héberger, Károly	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 310
54	46,969	BJ Baranyi, József	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,165
55	47,483	MK Medzihradszky, Katalin F.	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,072
56	47,562	KJ Kertész, János	Central European University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 427
57	48,139	FL Fésüs, László	Debreceni Egyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,102
58	48,214	SG Stepan, Gabor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 348
59	48,431	PJ Padisák, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 358
60	48,532	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,834
61	49,118	FZ Füredi, Zoltán	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 142
62	49,504	SJ Szekeres-Bartho, Julia	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 458
63	49,935	SZ Szekanecz, Zoltán	Debreceni Egyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 351
64	50,161	VL Virág, László	Debreceni Egyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,183
65	50,602	GA Gali, Adam	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 1,291
66	52,000	KG Keserű, György M.	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 156
67	52,609	PL Polgár, László A.A.	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,281
68	52,743	RZ Radak, Zsolt	University of Physical Education	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,283
69	52,847	AV Adam-Vizi, Vera	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,724
70	53,032	MA Mócsai, Attila	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Immunology	Rank 1,620
71	53,165	ZM Zrínyi, Miklós	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Polymers	Rank 496
72	53,386	SA Schubert, András	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Science Studies	Rank 39
73	53,946	JF Joó, Ferenc	Debreceni Egyetem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,035
74	54,345	ML Monostori, László	Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 396
75	54,417	HP Halasz, Peter	National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,837
76	54,969	PJ Parratt, James R.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 499
77	55,478	GL Gránásy, L.	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 1,421
78	55,605	KS Kéri, Szabolcs	National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,909
79	56,326	RT Roska, Tamás	Pazmany Peter Katolikus Egyetem	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 139
80	57,122	PT Pajkossy, Tamás	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Energy	Rank 616
81	57,402	Piko, Bettina F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 1,140
82	58,236	BP Baranyi, Peter	Széchenyi István University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 939
83	59,518	ML Maródi, László	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 1,799
84	59,551	NÁ Nagy, Ágnes	Debreceni Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,311
85	60,184	PJ Podani, János	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Ecology	Rank 976
86	60,222	SP Szalay, Péter G.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,317
87	60,878	VJ Varga, János	University of Szeged Faculty of Science and Informatics	Microbiology	Rank 1,539
88	62,140	RA Rényi, Alfréd	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 255
89	62,221	MH Moskowitz, Howard	Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Food Science	Rank 242
90	62,270	BM Bartók, Mihály	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 238
91	62,725	FJ Fodor, János	Obuda University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,000
92	62,802	MI Molnár-Perl, Ibolya	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 429
93	62,880	KG Kaptay, George	University of Miskolc	Materials	Rank 803
94	63,013	TT Tel, Tamás	MTA-ELTE Theoretical Physics Research Group	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 572
95	63,192	TT Turányi, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,364
96	63,475	TE Tombácz, Etelka	Pannon Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,370
97	63,614	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	MTA-DE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Group	Ecology	Rank 1,028
98	63,935	DB de Bot, Kees	Pannon Egyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 71
99	64,693	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 277
100	64,966	KC Koncz, Csaba	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 848
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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 career-long list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 38. It is followed by Semmelweis Egyetem with 32.

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

On the career-long list, Hungary went from 282 scientists in 2020 to 331 in 2021, a change of +17.4%.

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.