Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Hungary has 289 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 1.4% from 285 in 2021. That places Hungary 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (30), followed by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (27).

Single Year

289

+4 (+1.4%) vs 2021

Career Data

350

+19 (+5.7%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#43

down 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

-4 (-6.2%) vs 2021

Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 17% 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	4,561	GB Gyorffy, Balázs	Semmelweis Egyetem	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 159
2	5,182	VT Vicsek, Tamas	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 34
3	5,218	EP Erdos, P.	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 15
4	7,889	LL Lovász, László	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 11
5	11,068	FT Freund, Tamás F.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 672
6	11,969	SA Szolnoki, Attila	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 79
7	13,434	ML Monostori, László	Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 125
8	13,662	SJ Szebeni, János	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 66
9	14,220	GM Gajdács, Márió	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Microbiology	Rank 327
10	15,750	SD Sperber, Dan	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 249
11	16,049	SD Stone, Diane	Central European University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 101
12	16,879	GA Gali, A.	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 357
13	17,199	CI Csiszár, Imre	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 139
14	18,794	GL Garamszegi, László Z.	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 38
15	19,441	MI Mayer, István	Chemical Research Center, Budapest	Chemical Physics	Rank 333
16	21,213	Mosavi, Amirhosein	John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics	Energy	Rank 423
17	22,273	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 173
18	22,617	MA Mócsai, Attila	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Immunology	Rank 608
19	22,670	AM Ajtai, Miklós	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 43
20	23,110	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 183
21	24,707	DZ Dosztányi, Zsuzsanna	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Bioinformatics	Rank 90
22	24,900	LP Lakatos, Peter L.	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 302
23	25,291	BZ Botta-dukát, Zoltán	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 569
24	25,712	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 57
25	25,751	VN Von Neumann, John	Obuda University	General Mathematics	Rank 103
26	26,984	DZ Demetrovics, Zsolt	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 545
27	28,212	KG Kaptay, George	Miskolci Egyetem	Materials	Rank 452
28	32,683	BP Bai, Péter	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 781
29	33,604	KT Kiss, Tamás	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,047
30	33,614	HK Héberger, Károly	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 161
31	34,613	KB Koszegi, Botond	Central European University	Economics	Rank 457
32	34,718	SJ Szejtli, J.	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 177
33	35,197	SE Szathmáry, Eörs	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 299
34	35,267	RA Rényi, Alfréd	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 152
35	35,412	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 853
36	35,879	FP Frankl, Peter	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 78
37	36,336	Szabo, Attila	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 144
38	37,244	PJ Padisak, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 233
39	37,680	SM Smith, Melanie K.	Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 142
40	37,767	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 344
41	38,678	CC Chinopoulos, Christos	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 933
42	38,952	NP Nagy, Péter	Országos Onkológiai Intézet Budapest	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 939
43	40,810	BE Buzás, Edit Irén	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 1,039
44	40,969	SG Stepan, Gabor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 370
45	41,010	WI Winkler, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Experimental Psychology	Rank 566
46	42,241	KZ Kövecses, Zoltán	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 148
47	42,567	KM Kállay, Mihály	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Chemical Physics	Rank 644
48	42,596	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 173
49	42,997	DB de Bot, Kees	Pannon Egyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 151
50	43,186	DL Diósi, Lajos	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 536
51	43,673	MB Merkely, Béla	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,291
52	46,178	CK Csizér, Kata	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 161
53	46,372	CP Csermely, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,116
54	46,984	BP Baranyi, Peter	Széchenyi István University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,303
55	49,032	CT Czigany, Tibor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Materials	Rank 814
56	50,801	KJ Kornai, János	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem	Economics	Rank 645
57	51,177	PM Palkovits, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,807
58	51,369	GJ Gubicza, Jeno	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 851
59	52,768	PJ Podani, János	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,078
60	53,674	CA Császár, Attila G.	Komplex Kémiai Rendszerek Kutatócsoport	Chemical Physics	Rank 782
61	53,876	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 628
62	53,895	FZ Füredi, Zoltán	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 114
63	54,149	PB Pikó, Bettina	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 972
64	55,142	RZ Radák, Zsolt	University of Physical Education	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,296
65	55,908	GG Gergely, György	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 733
66	56,126	NZ Nusser, Zoltan	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,044
67	56,581	VI Vass, Imre	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,331
68	56,583	DM Deli, Maria A.	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,064
69	58,421	RZ Rihmer, Zoltán	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 1,031
70	58,681	HJ Haller, József	University of Public Service	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,170
71	59,464	TT Turányi, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 855
72	59,499	TE Tombácz, Etelka	Pannon Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 857
73	59,544	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 436
74	59,724	VJ Varga, János	University of Szeged Faculty of Science and Informatics	Microbiology	Rank 1,422
75	60,672	VJ Varga, József	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 523
76	60,785	Jeney, Viktória	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,423
77	61,084	VL Vécsei, László	Szegedi Tudományegyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,284
78	61,434	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 288
79	61,712	IT Insperger, Tamas	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 551
80	62,039	SF Solymosi, Frigyes	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 256
81	62,719	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	Debreceni Egyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,262
82	63,076	KG Keseru, György M.	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 192
83	63,167	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,790
84	63,442	BP Batáry, Péter	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 1,277
85	64,246	ZM Zrínyi, Miklós	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Polymers	Rank 548
86	64,584	HF Horváth, Frank	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,098
87	64,959	SV Simon, Vilmos	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 37
88	67,055	KK Kovács, Krisztina J.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,560
89	67,620	PJ Popp, József	John von Neumann University	Energy	Rank 1,461
90	67,747	SZ Szekanecz, Zoltán	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 416
91	68,067	SM Sipiczki, Matthias	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,618
92	68,293	VJ Vetter, János	University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest	Food Science	Rank 543
93	69,267	MA Mesterhazy, Akos	Cereal Research Non-profit Ltd.	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,098
94	69,648	KG Knoblich, Günther	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 876
95	70,718	DZ Donkó, Z.	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 1,435
96	70,916	AV Adam-Vizi, Vera	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,761
97	74,383	UJ Unger, János	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,393
98	74,967	HG Holló, Gábor	Tutkimusz Ltd	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 406
99	75,016	FA Fehér, Attila	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,175
100	75,706	VE Vizi, E. Sylvester	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,983
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Hungary are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

289 scientists affiliated with Hungary are on the 2022 single-year list, and 350 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 30. It is followed by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem with 27.

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 289 in 2022, a change of +17.0%.

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.