Hungary's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Hungary has 301 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 5.2% from 286 in 2023. That places Hungary 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists. Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE) (32).

Single Year

301

+15 (+5.2%) vs 2023

Career Data

385

+18 (+4.9%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#43

No change vs 2023

Institutes

-4 (-6.2%) vs 2023

Scientists in Hungary on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 22% 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	2,310	GB Gyorffy, Balázs	Semmelweis Egyetem	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 60
2	2,924	Mosavi, Amirhosein	John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics	Energy	Rank 71
3	4,050	EP Erdos, P.	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 12
4	6,060	UT Ungár, Tamas	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 96
5	6,410	BE Buzás, Edit I.	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 158
6	7,136	LL Lovász, László	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 11
7	7,176	VT Vicsek, Tamás	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 44
8	13,000	GA Gali, Adam	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Applied Physics	Rank 257
9	15,971	SA Szolnoki, Attila	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 104
10	17,906	MI Mayer, István	Chemical Research Center, Budapest	Chemical Physics	Rank 293
11	19,004	GM Gajdács, Márió	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Microbiology	Rank 388
12	19,768	PD Petz, Dénes	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	General Mathematics	Rank 82
13	19,966	KZ Kövecses, Zoltán	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 100
14	22,009	KJ Karger-Kocsis, József	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Polymers	Rank 165
15	22,389	FT Freund, Tamás F.	Institute of Experimental Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,089
16	22,682	MÁ Miklósi, Ádám	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 33
17	22,708	UZ Ungvari, Zoltan	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 710
18	24,390	RT Röszer, Tamás	Debreceni Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,184
19	24,408	Gani, Rafiqul	Széchenyi István University	Chemical Engineering	Rank 151
20	24,679	AM Ajtai, Miklós	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 48
21	25,712	ST Singh, Tej	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 451
22	26,289	GL Garamszegi, László Zsolt	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 39
23	26,547	CI Csiszár, Imre	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 257
24	27,072	ML Monostori, László	Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 281
25	28,801	TG Tóth, Géza	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	General Physics	Rank 185
26	28,862	KM Kállay, Mihály	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Chemical Physics	Rank 429
27	28,909	LP Lakatos, Peter L.	Semmelweis Egyetem	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 332
28	29,971	MB Meskó, Bertalan	The Medical Futurist Institute	Medical Informatics	Rank 27
29	30,253	Szabo, Attila	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 119
30	30,624	DL Diósi, Lajos	Wigner Research Centre for Physics	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 371
31	31,297	FP Frankl, Péter	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 60
32	31,533	GJ Gubicza, Jeno	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Materials	Rank 575
33	31,665	DZ Dosztányi, Zsuzsanna	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Bioinformatics	Rank 103
34	32,774	RA Rejeb, Abderahman	Széchenyi István University	Business & Management	Rank 861
35	33,154	MB Merkely, Béla	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 980
36	33,241	BP Bai, Péter	Debreceni Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 597
37	34,370	BZ Botta-Dukát, Zoltán	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 693
38	34,779	BP Baranyi, Peter	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,406
39	35,921	KG Kaptay, George	Miskolci Egyetem	Materials	Rank 658
40	36,695	PB Pukánszky, Béla	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Polymers	Rank 305
41	38,445	MA Mócsai, Attila	Semmelweis Egyetem	Immunology	Rank 791
42	38,903	NP Nagy, Péter	Országos Onkológiai Intézet Budapest	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 689
43	38,982	RA Rényi, Alfréd	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	General Mathematics	Rank 180
44	39,322	SJ Szejtli, J.	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 196
45	39,877	HK Héberger, Károly	Research Centre for Natural Sciences	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 216
46	40,669	HT Hortobágyi, Tibor	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Sport Sciences	Rank 161
47	43,497	SA Szallasi, Arpad	Semmelweis Egyetem	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 219
48	44,697	SG Szabó, György	Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 304
49	44,753	TB Tóthmérész, Béla	Debreceni Egyetem	Ecology	Rank 883
50	45,054	BP Batáry, Péter	Institute of Ecology and Botany	Ecology	Rank 892
51	45,116	SV Simon, Vilmos	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Design Practice & Management	Rank 26
52	45,298	OL Otvos, Laszlo	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 817
53	45,398	WI Winkler, István	Research Centre for Natural Sciences	Experimental Psychology	Rank 612
54	45,509	FA Fehér, Attila	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 693
55	47,173	CK Csizér, Kata	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 223
56	47,331	VL Vécsei, László	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,287
57	49,965	SG Stépán, Gábor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 525
58	50,013	SE Szathmáry, Eörs	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 326
59	50,397	PJ Padisák, Judit	Pannon Egyetem	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 261
60	54,144	CT Czigany, Tibor	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Materials	Rank 1,043
61	57,777	MN Miskolczi, Norbert	Pannon Egyetem	Energy	Rank 1,524
62	57,854	RZ Rihmer, Zoltán	Semmelweis Egyetem	Psychiatry	Rank 996
63	58,411	RG Rozvany, George	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 572
64	59,422	CA Czeizel, Andrew E.	Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 656
65	60,166	PJ Podani, Janos	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Ecology	Rank 1,157
66	60,592	PM Palkovits, Miklós	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,858
67	62,200	GL Góth, László	Debreceni Egyetem	General Clinical Medicine	Rank 21
68	63,162	HP Hegyi, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 689
69	63,257	HJ Haller, József	Ludovika University of Public Service	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,958
70	65,453	CC Chinopoulos, Christos	Semmelweis Egyetem	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,155
71	65,570	Gergely, László Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 804
72	66,111	VJ Vetter, János	University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest	Food Science	Rank 649
73	66,944	MÁ Molnár, Árpád	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 280
74	67,737	KJ Kornai, János	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem	Economics	Rank 914
75	68,001	KG Keseru, György M.	Research Centre for Natural Sciences	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 216
76	68,463	SZ Szekanecz, Zoltán	Debreceni Egyetem	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 362
77	69,452	OJ Oláh, Judit	Debreceni Egyetem	Energy	Rank 1,858
78	72,165	TT Turányi, T.	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Energy	Rank 1,933
79	73,496	NK Németh, Károly	Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,053
80	74,477	BA Buzogány, Aron	Institute for Political Science	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 574
81	76,772	TE Tombácz, Etelka	Pannon Egyetem	Chemical Physics	Rank 993
82	76,886	VB Vásárhelyi, Balázs	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 714
83	77,441	IT Insperger, Tamas	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 806
84	77,490	MF Móricz, F.	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	General Mathematics	Rank 391
85	77,528	HJ Hebling, János	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Optics	Rank 346
86	77,679	SM Sipiczki, Matthias	Debreceni Egyetem	Microbiology	Rank 1,625
87	77,976	SJ Szolcsányi, János	Pécsi Tudományegyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,539
88	78,072	KZ Kolbert, Zsuzsanna	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,292
89	78,745	FP Ferdinandy, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,030
90	79,628	HP Halász, Péter	Semmelweis Egyetem	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,601
91	79,971	FZ Füredi, Zoltán	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 163
92	80,004	KO Király, Orsolya	Institute for Psychology, Budapest	Psychiatry	Rank 1,297
93	80,564	CL Csató, László	Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem	Operations Research	Rank 373
94	80,599	GL Gyongyosi, Laszlo	Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 861
95	81,743	UJ Unger, János	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,450
96	84,617	DM Deli, Maria A.	Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpontjának	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,785
97	84,713	MA Mesterhazy, Akos	Cereal Research Non-profit Ltd.	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,402
98	84,750	TM Tanaka, Masaru	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,814
99	85,395	JG Juhász, Gábor	Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,006
100	85,795	MM Mayer, Martin János	Budapest University of Technology and Economics	Energy	Rank 2,362
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Hungary are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

301 scientists affiliated with Hungary are on the 2024 single-year list, and 385 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Budapest University of Technology and Economics has the most listed scientists from Hungary, with 37. It is followed by Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE) with 32.

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 301 in 2024, a change of +21.9%.

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.