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Science in Hungary

Hungary ranks #50 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#42 all time), with 69k research works and 14.6% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#50
of 192 · #42 all time
Works, 2022–2025
69k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
2 in the top 1,000
Open access
48%
world 63%

What is Hungary strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Hungary ranks highest in Social Sciences (#36 of 151), Geography, Planning and Development (#8 of 29) and Political Science and International Relations (#28 of 97). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geography, Planning and Development, Life-span and Life-course Studies and Archeology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #36 of 151 14.1%15,844 Institutions
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield #8 of 29 8.3%5,702 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #28 of 97 15.9%2,854 Institutions
MedicineField #51 of 155 13.4%9,301 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #46 of 126 18.5%4,070 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #50 of 131 14.4%4,118 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #48 of 122 17.0%2,906 Institutions
PsychologyField #43 of 109 15.9%2,615 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #42 of 106 14.2%3,482 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #52 of 125 16.5%3,147 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #45 of 108 15.0%3,300 Institutions
EngineeringField #56 of 134 10.9%7,786 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 5,702.0 works40×
  2. Life-span and Life-course StudiesSubfield · 73.5 works6.4×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 48.1 works4.6×
  4. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 118.4 works4.3×
  5. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 59.6 works4.3×
  6. General EnergySubfield · 64.6 works3.5×
  7. ArcheologySubfield · 662.5 works3.2×
  8. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 2,854.0 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 4,070 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 3,300 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 526 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 1,119 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 253 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 141 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 1,018 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 4,118 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1,152 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 464 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 7,786 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 3,147 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 1,447 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 1,030 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 1,593 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 260 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 1,340 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 9,301 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 231 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.68× its world share, 157 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.74× its world share, 3,482 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 2,191 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 695 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 1,868 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 2,615 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 16k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Hungary?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Globalization, Economic Development, Knowledge Management, Regional Disparities, Sustainability, Social Impact and Policy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability7,459▲ 4.4×136 topics
  2. Globalization7,314▲ 5.4×174 topics
  3. Innovation6,320▲ 8.7×89 topics
  4. Economic Development6,033▲ 11×56 topics
  5. Knowledge Management5,788▲ 15×40 topics
  6. Regional Disparities5,768▲ 163×2 topics
  7. Social Impact5,673▲ 21×25 topics
  8. Policy5,642▲ 37×16 topics
  9. Tourism5,608▲ 85×9 topics
  10. Environmental Influence5,541▲ 250×1 topic
  11. Climate Change2,402▲ 1.29×129 topics
  12. Epidemiology1,889▼ 0.69×139 topics
  13. Machine Learning1,667▼ 0.74×97 topics
  14. Education1,231◆ 1.04×152 topics
  15. Inflammation1,148▼ 0.80×83 topics
  16. Human Rights1,143▲ 1.61×90 topics
  17. Sustainable Development1,096◆ 1.00×110 topics
  18. Environmental Impact1,070◆ 0.91×73 topics
  19. Artificial Intelligence1,007◆ 1.06×65 topics
  20. European Union850▲ 5.4×29 topics
  21. Biodiversity837▲ 1.62×38 topics
  22. Identity789▲ 1.57×78 topics
  23. Invasive Species786▲ 2.7×21 topics
  24. Economic Growth769▲ 1.31×36 topics
  25. International Relations748▲ 4.5×31 topics
  26. Nationalism747▲ 2.3×34 topics
  27. Religion590▲ 1.80×43 topics
  28. European Integration559▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Geopolitics531▲ 5.0×12 topics
  30. Diplomacy474▲ 7.2×9 topics
  31. Eastern Europe458▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Soviet Union441▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Cold War429▲ 9.7×5 topics
  34. Postcolonial Theory384▲ 21×4 topics
  35. National Identity382▲ 4.8×11 topics
  36. Australia374▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Cultural Diplomacy358▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Social History323▲ 5.6×8 topics
  39. Soft Power306▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Bronze Age273▲ 9.3×3 topics

How many world-class institutions does Hungary hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

501st to 1,000th2

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 2 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Hungary lead research?

Semmelweis University, Eötvös Loránd University and University of Debrecen rank highest in Hungary on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%10%20%30%mean 15.7067%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Semmelweis University: 3,928, 16.2%Eötvös Loránd University: 5,562, 17.4%University of Debrecen: 5,890, 14.1%University of Szeged: 5,109, 14.4%Budapest University of Technology and Economics: 4,661, 12.9%University of Pecs: 4,166, 14.3%Obuda University: 1,670, 16.9%Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem: 1,988, 20.6%Corvinus University of Budapest: 1,947, 26.1%Széchenyi István University: 1,981, 17.3%Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics: 474, 12.1%University of Miskolc: 2,537, 10.5%HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences: 475, 16.5%University of Veterinary Medicine: 1,218, 7.8%HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research: 411, 18.5%Eötvös Loránd Univer…Semmelweis UniversityUniversity of SzegedUniversity of Debrecen
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Semmelweis UniversityUniversity · Budapest · #849 worldwide16.2% top 10% · 3.9k works
  2. 2Eötvös Loránd UniversityUniversity · Budapest · #932 worldwide17.4% top 10% · 5.6k works
  3. 3University of DebrecenUniversity · Debrecen · #1,152 worldwide14.1% top 10% · 5.9k works
  4. 4University of SzegedUniversity · Szeged · #1,267 worldwide14.4% top 10% · 5.1k works
  5. 5Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsUniversity · Budapest · #1,554 worldwide12.9% top 10% · 4.7k works
  6. 6University of PecsUniversity · Pécs · #1,701 worldwide14.3% top 10% · 4.2k works
  7. 7Obuda UniversityUniversity · Budapest · #1,780 worldwide16.9% top 10% · 1.7k works
  8. 8Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi EgyetemUniversity · Gödöllő · #2,193 worldwide20.6% top 10% · 2k works
  9. 9Corvinus University of BudapestUniversity · Budapest · #2,717 worldwide26.1% top 10% · 1.9k works
  10. 10Széchenyi István UniversityUniversity · Győr · #2,795 worldwide17.3% top 10% · 2k works
  11. 11Alfréd Rényi Institute of MathematicsResearch facility · Budapest · #3,134 worldwide12.1% top 10% · 474 works
  12. 12University of MiskolcUniversity · Miskolc · #3,156 worldwide10.5% top 10% · 2.5k works
  13. 13HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural SciencesResearch facility · Budapest · #4,256 worldwide16.5% top 10% · 475 works
  14. 14University of Veterinary MedicineUniversity · Budapest · #4,284 worldwide7.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  15. 15HUN-REN Centre for Energy ResearchResearch facility · Budapest · #4,483 worldwide18.5% top 10% · 411 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Hungary

Who are the top researchers in Hungary?

Béla Merkely, Béla Melegh and János Kornai rank highest among researchers based in Hungary.

  1. 1 Béla Merkely · #3,196 worldwide 3.1k citations · 309 works
  2. 2 Béla Melegh · #3,670 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 János Kornai · #6,626 worldwide 480 citations · 101 works
  4. 4 László Lovász · #8,402 worldwide 1.2k citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Miklos Z. Molnar · #9,932 worldwide 721 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 P. Erdös · #10,229 worldwide 815 citations · 99 works
  7. 7 G. Bodoky · #11,348 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  8. 8 László Babai · #14,340 worldwide 865 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 György Losonczy · #16,493 worldwide 496 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Levente Buttyán · #17,817 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
Top researchers in Hungary

Which cities in Hungary are research hubs?

  1. 1 Budapest Hungary 224k works
  2. 2 Szeged Hungary 34k works
  3. 3 Debrecen Hungary 32k works
  4. 4 Pécs Hungary 18k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Budapest: 72.7%Szeged: 11.1%Debrecen: 10.2%Pécs: 5.9%73%largest
Budapest224k · 72.7%Szeged34k · 11.1%Debrecen32k · 10.2%Pécs18k · 5.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

How open and international is Hungary's research?

48% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 24% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Hungary's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Hungary