Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Hungary has 286 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, down 1.0% from 289 in 2022. That places Hungary 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (33), followed by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (28).

Single Year

286

-3 (-1.0%) vs 2022

Career Data

367

+17 (+4.9%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#43

No change vs 2022

Institutes

+5 (+8.3%) vs 2022

Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 16% 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	2,209	GB Gyorffy, Balázs	Semmelweis Egyetem	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 63
2	5,486	EP Erdos, P.	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 18
3	7,185	LL Lovász, László	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 10
4	7,231	Mosavi, Amirhosein	John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics	Energy	Rank 151
5	7,372	UT Ungár, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 112
6	8,078	VT Vicsek, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 54
7	13,175	SJ Szebeni, János	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 64
8	14,513	CG Csibra, Gergely	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 224
9	16,043	SD Sperber, Dan	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 241
10	16,249	FT Freund, Tamás F.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 884
11	18,214	GM Gajdács, Márió	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Microbiology	Rank 409
12	20,129	ML Monostori, László	Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 197
13	20,304	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 150
14	21,167	MI Mayer, István	Chemical Research Center, Budapest	Chemical Physics	Rank 326
15	22,154	SC Schneider, Carsten Q.	Central European University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 134
16	22,685	GA Gali, Adam	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 447
17	23,117	SA Szolnoki, Attila	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 157
18	23,346	KZ Kövecses, Zoltán	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 96
19	24,600	KG Kaptay, George	Miskolci Egyetem	Materials	Rank 419
20	26,228	AM Ajtai, Miklós	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 55
21	26,562	CI Csiszár, Imre	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 237
22	26,679	GL Garamszegi, László Zsolt	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 48
23	26,724	ST Singh, Tej	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 455
24	27,010	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 206
25	27,037	DZ Dosztányi, Zsuzsanna	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Bioinformatics	Rank 89
26	28,112	RT Röszer, Tamás	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,477
27	28,283	KB Koszegi, Botond	Central European University	Economics	Rank 397
28	30,803	DZ Demetrovics, Zsolt	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 597
29	31,187	BZ Botta-Dukát, Zoltán	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 618
30	31,685	CK Csizér, Kata	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 128
31	31,701	Szabo, Attila	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 124
32	31,708	BP Bai, Péter	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 645
33	32,501	SM Smith, Melanie Kay	Budapesti Metropolitan Egyetem	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 144
34	34,990	MA Mócsai, Attila	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Immunology	Rank 785
35	35,308	CT Czigany, Tibor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Materials	Rank 614
36	36,074	BP Baranyi, Péter	Széchenyi István University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,188
37	36,119	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 147
38	36,808	MB Merkely, Béla	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,146
39	37,441	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 70
40	38,080	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 782
41	38,588	WI Winkler, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Experimental Psychology	Rank 503
42	38,641	HK Héberger, Károly	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 203
43	39,540	SJ Szejtli, J.	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 210
44	39,823	BE Buzás, Edit I.	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 901
45	40,528	RA Rényi, Alfréd	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 170
46	41,224	RZ Radak, Zsolt	University of Physical Education	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 835
47	41,358	GJ Gubicza, Jeno	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 725
48	41,784	SG Stepan, Gabor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 411
49	42,097	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 167
50	44,146	KM Kállay, M.	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Chemical Physics	Rank 616
51	45,172	BP Batáry, Péter	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 860
52	45,830	NP Nagy, Péter	Országos Onkológiai Intézet Budapest	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 926
53	46,903	PJ Popp, József	John von Neumann University	Energy	Rank 1,123
54	47,980	FA Fehér, Attila	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 780
55	48,267	DL Diósi, Lajos	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 555
56	48,997	HT Hortobágyi, Tibor	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 208
57	50,377	HG Holló, Gábor	Tutkimusz Ltd	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 254
58	50,748	KT Kiss, Tamás	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,336
59	51,066	VL Vécsei, László	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,603
60	51,476	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 360
61	53,403	HJ Haller, József	University of Public Service	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,710
62	54,160	UJ Unger, János	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,044
63	55,609	SV Simon, Vilmos	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 36
64	57,202	IT Insperger, Tamas	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 557
65	57,390	PJ Podani, János	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,076
66	58,103	CC Chinopoulos, Christos	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,179
67	58,241	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 676
68	58,383	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 554
69	58,611	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	Debreceni Egyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,093
70	58,673	PM Palkovits, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,916
71	58,962	PJ Padisák, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 340
72	59,102	HP Hegyi, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 688
73	59,236	PB Pozsgay, Balázs	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 417
74	59,678	KG Keseru, Gyorgy M.	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 197
75	60,871	KI Katona, István	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,017
76	61,967	SA Schedler, Andreas	Central European University	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 391
77	64,423	MN Miskolczi, Norbert	Pannon Egyetem	Energy	Rank 1,544
78	64,524	CG Cserni, Gábor	Bacs-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,331
79	64,668	FP Frankl, Peter	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 141
80	65,026	VI Vass, Imre	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,312
81	65,243	Jeney, Viktória	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,322
82	68,239	MB Meskó, Bertalan	Semmelweis Egyetem	Medical Informatics	Rank 81
83	68,770	HP Halász, Peter	University of Pécs Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,357
84	69,770	Gergely, László Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 794
85	70,078	GL Góth, László	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 25
86	70,336	NZ Nusser, Zoltán	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,440
87	70,426	SZ Szekanecz, Zoltán	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 405
88	70,598	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,984
89	70,923	RZ Rihmer, Zoltán	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 1,215
90	71,076	CP Csermely, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,436
91	71,153	KJ Katona, Jozsef	Obuda University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,272
92	74,319	TÁ Tabák, Ádám G.	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,224
93	74,413	DM Deli, Mária A.	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,613
94	74,773	PB Pikó, Bettina F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 1,263
95	75,266	DZ Donkó, Zoltán	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 1,458
96	75,329	GA Guttman, Andras	Pannon Egyetem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 490
97	77,043	KK Kovács, Krisztina J.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,730
98	77,286	JG Juhász, Gábor	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,987
99	78,186	MA Mesterhazy, Akos	Cereal Research Non-profit Ltd.	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,323
100	78,452	SL Szabados, László	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,328
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Hungary are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

286 scientists affiliated with Hungary are on the 2023 single-year list, and 367 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 33. It is followed by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem with 28.

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 286 in 2023, a change of +15.8%.

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.