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Social Sciences research in Hungary

Eötvös Loránd University ranks first in Hungary for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#304 worldwide), followed by Corvinus University of Budapest and Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Hungary's world rank
#31
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
27k
Top-10% rate
9.2%
Ranked institutions
41

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Hungary?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Eötvös Loránd UniversityBudapest #30437.610.7%3,341
2Corvinus University of BudapestBudapest #47232.814.4%1,531
3Hungarian Academy of SciencesBudapest #58430.59.3%2,455
4Hungarian Research NetworkBudapest #72528.212.7%676
5Ludovika University of Public ServiceBudapest #74727.85.6%1,819
6Pázmány Péter Catholic UniversityBudapest #1,09523.76.6%715
7Széchenyi István UniversityGyőr #1,23322.412.2%695
8University of DebrecenDebrecen #1,27622.07.8%2,210
9Budapest University of Economics and BusinessBudapest #1,30421.810.0%571
10Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsBudapest #1,45020.69.6%657
11University of SzegedSzeged #1,62219.48.1%1,840
12Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi EgyetemGödöllő #1,67719.014.5%569
13Obuda UniversityBudapest #1,95417.411.3%520
14Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in HungaryBudapest #1,98217.27.1%524
15University of PannoniaVeszprém #2,35215.38.0%435
16University of PecsPécs #2,54314.58.7%1,686
17University of SopronSopron #2,59914.29.3%209
18Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic UniversityEger #2,79813.45.9%273
19University of MiskolcMiskolc #3,30211.67.2%819
20Historical ArchivesBudapest #3,31611.65.8%231
21National Research, Development and Innovation OfficeBudapest #3,9079.812.5%162
22Semmelweis UniversityBudapest #3,9609.68.9%411
23John von Neumann UniversityKecskemét #4,1689.114.1%125
24Buda Health CenterBudapest #4,6547.98.7%173
25University of Applied Science BudapestBudapest #4,7977.68.2%126
26ELTE Research Centre for LinguisticsBudapest #4,8627.412.4%123
27Hungarian National MuseumBudapest #4,9577.213.3%88
28International Business SchoolBudapest #5,1646.810.5%144
29Financial Research (Hungary)Budapest #5,3586.37.4%218
30Hungarian National BankBudapest #5,3676.311.0%112
31University of DunaújvárosDunaújváros #5,4176.27.6%78
32Országos Gyógyintézeti KözpontBudapest #5,6425.89.2%94
33Museum of Fine ArtsBudapest #5,9895.15.4%103
34University of NyíregyházaNyíregyháza #6,0625.06.6%86
35Andrássy University BudapestBudapest #6,1314.99.8%70
36Gál Ferenc FőiskolaSzeged #6,2504.72.3%69
37Hungarian University of Sports ScienceBudapest #6,7563.86.4%136
38Hungarian School Sport FederationMihályi #6,8473.715.0%77
39Ministry of InteriorBudapest #7,3093.05.9%130
40Ethnographic MuseumBudapest #7,5282.66.3%76
41Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBudapest #8,0511.95.2%70

Institutions in Hungary above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Hungary?

Zsolt Demetrovics, Attila Szolnoki and Orsolya Király rank highest among researchers based in Hungary, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Zsolt Demetrovics#13,068 worldwide overall188.2 of 421 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Attila Szolnoki#5,052 worldwide overall87.0 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Orsolya Király#15,123 worldwide overall53.3 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Gábor Orosz#35,608 worldwide overall56.1 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Anna Kende#77,798 worldwide overall41.2 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Abderahman Rejeb#8,541 worldwide overall39.6 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7István Tóth‐Király#74,066 worldwide overall40.6 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Domokos Esztergár‐Kiss#134,412 worldwide overall34.4 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Balázs Aczél#35,137 worldwide overall30.6 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ágnes Zsila#79,811 worldwide overall29.2 of 69 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Hungary on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Hungary compares with other countries in Social Sciences