Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Hungary has 367 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 4.9% from 350 in 2022. That places Hungary 38th in the world by number of listed scientists. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (44), followed by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem (35).

Single Year

286

-3 (-1.0%) vs 2022

Career Data

367

+17 (+4.9%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#38

No change vs 2022

Institutes

No change vs 2022

Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 30% 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%

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Rank in Hungary	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	3,071	FT Freund, Tamás F.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 292
2	4,305	EP Erdos, P.	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 9
3	4,650	LL Lovász, László	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 9
4	4,976	VT Vicsek, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 37
5	6,654	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 55
6	9,950	PM Palkovits, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 845
7	10,539	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 187
8	14,014	VE Vizi, E. Sylvester	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,154
9	14,792	UT Ungár, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 174
10	14,875	BF Benazzi, Franco	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 405
11	15,182	SJ Szejtli, J.	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 109
12	15,258	CG Csibra, Gergely	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 231
13	16,120	MI Mayer, István	Chemical Research Center, Budapest	Chemical Physics	Rank 390
14	17,195	CI Csiszár, Imre	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 142
15	18,444	SA Szallasi, Arpad	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 132
16	19,226	SF Solymosi, Frigyes	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 71
17	21,680	CP Csermely, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,019
18	21,843	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 187
19	22,457	SA Szolnoki, Attila	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 169
20	25,026	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,154
21	25,231	GB Győrffy, Balázs	Semmelweis Egyetem	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,146
22	25,446	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 77
23	25,633	AM Ajtai, Miklós	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 74
24	27,598	WI Winkler, István	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Experimental Psychology	Rank 390
25	27,842	VJ Varga, József	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 243
26	28,173	NZ Nusser, Zoltán	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,155
27	28,324	SJ Szolcsányi, János	University of Pécs Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,162
28	29,721	KT Kiss, Tamás	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,102
29	30,169	SJ Szebeni, János	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 255
30	32,393	GA Guttman, Andras	Pannon Egyetem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 204
31	33,124	GL Garamszegi, László Zsolt	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 102
32	33,866	SD Sperber, Dan	Central European University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 468
33	35,072	DL Diósi, Lajos	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 524
34	35,274	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 213
35	35,490	PL Patthy, László	Institute of Enzymology	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,543
36	35,699	HT Hortobágyi, Tibor	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 100
37	35,820	CA Császár, Attila G.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 785
38	37,230	RZ Rihmer, Zoltán	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 807
39	38,567	HJ Haller, József	University of Public Service	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,826
40	38,748	VI Vass, Imre	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,669
41	39,341	KK Kovács, Krisztina J.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,886
42	40,996	CG Cserni, Gábor	Bacs-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,810
43	42,333	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 143
44	42,638	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 365
45	42,660	GA Gali, Adam	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 1,105
46	44,217	DI Dékány, Imre	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Chemical Physics	Rank 947
47	45,623	ML Monostori, László	Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 335
48	45,894	SG Stepan, Gabor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 339
49	45,931	HK Héberger, Károly	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 303
50	46,102	FP Frankl, Peter	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 133
51	46,771	FF Fülöp, Ferenc	University of Szeged Faculty of Pharmacy	Organic Chemistry	Rank 895
52	46,843	FZ Füredi, Zoltán	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 136
53	49,052	GL Guczi, L.	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Physical Chemistry	Rank 171
54	49,274	PJ Padisák, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 374
55	49,838	MK Medzihradszky, Katalin F.	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,093
56	49,876	IG Inzelt, György	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Energy	Rank 589
57	50,992	SZ Szekanecz, Zoltán	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 357
58	51,201	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,894
59	51,221	KG Keseru, Gyorgy M.	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 151
60	51,311	BJ Baranyi, József	Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Microbiology	Rank 1,289
61	51,467	MA Mócsai, Attila	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Immunology	Rank 1,554
62	51,951	RZ Radak, Zsolt	University of Physical Education	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,163
63	52,927	SJ Szekeres-Bartho, Julia	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 492
64	52,943	VL Virág, László	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,198
65	54,513	FL Fésüs, László	Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,268
66	55,025	KS Keri, Szabolcs	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,845
67	55,256	ZM Zrínyi, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Polymers	Rank 486
68	55,279	HP Halász, Peter	University of Pécs Medical School	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,872
69	55,919	GL Gránásy, László	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Materials	Rank 715
70	56,101	KG Kaptay, George	Miskolci Egyetem	Materials	Rank 716
71	56,125	BP Baranyi, Péter	Széchenyi István University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,085
72	56,176	PL Polgár, László A.A.	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,317
73	56,272	AV Adam-Vizi, Vera	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,927
74	56,626	SA Schubert, András	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Science Studies	Rank 48
75	58,547	JF Joó, Ferenc	Debreceni Egyetem	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,111
76	59,283	PB Pikó, Bettina F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Psychiatry	Rank 1,151
77	59,426	SG Szabó, Gábor	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,108
78	59,566	SP Szalay, Péter G.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,245
79	60,349	ML Maródi, László	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 1,785
80	61,016	NÁ Nagy, Ágnes	Debreceni Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,270
81	61,306	RT Roska, Tamás	Pazmany Peter Katolikus Egyetem	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 163
82	62,199	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	Debreceni Egyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,017
83	62,624	PJ Podani, János	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,021
84	62,798	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 265
85	62,879	PT Pajkossy, Tamás	Természettudományi Kutatóközpont	Energy	Rank 759
86	63,613	VJ Varga, János	University of Szeged Faculty of Science and Informatics	Microbiology	Rank 1,615
87	63,873	TE Tombácz, Etelka	Pannon Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,320
88	64,384	PJ Parratt, James R.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 579
89	64,544	TT Tél, T.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 561
90	64,973	RA Rényi, Alfréd	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 282
91	66,232	MD Molnár, Dénes	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 451
92	67,973	IT Insperger, Tamas	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 506
93	68,215	TT Turányi, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Energy	Rank 830
94	68,376	MI Molnár-Perl, Ibolya	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 468
95	69,173	BM Bartók, Mihály	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 251
96	69,230	FJ Fodor, János	Obuda University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,303
97	70,065	KZ Kövecses, Zoltán	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 117
98	71,385	CG Csonka, Gábor I.	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,433
99	71,551	CT Csorgo, T.	MATE Institute of Technology	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,156
100	71,926	SM Sipiczki, M.	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,827
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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 career-long list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 44. It is followed by Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem with 35.

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 367 in 2023, a change of +30.1%.

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.