ITS Research Intelligence
Hungary University Research Rankings
Compare Hungary universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.
Research landscape
The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 43 index-ready universities in Hungary. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 3,429 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 16,616. The average publication-growth signal is 83.9%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.
Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.
Top research universities in Hungary
| Rank | University | Country | Score | 5-year works | 5-year citations | Growth |
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| #1 | Eötvös Loránd University | Hungary | 81.2 | 21,234 | 106,237 | -15.9% |
| #2 | Semmelweis University | Hungary | 81.0 | 16,236 | 126,126 | -8.5% |
| #3 | University of Debrecen | Hungary | 79.2 | 15,552 | 78,582 | -3.3% |
| #4 | University of Szeged | Hungary | 78.8 | 14,812 | 75,367 | -13.6% |
| #5 | University of Pecs | Hungary | 76.6 | 11,182 | 52,232 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 76.3 | 11,548 | 52,541 | 0.0% |
| #7 | Széchenyi István University | Hungary | 74.6 | 6,177 | 24,922 | 169.3% |
| #8 | Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem | Hungary | 70.5 | 5,838 | 37,308 | -29.6% |
| #9 | Obuda University | Hungary | 69.5 | 4,723 | 35,686 | 21.0% |
| #10 | Corvinus University of Budapest | Hungary | 68.2 | 4,855 | 19,307 | -4.1% |
| #11 | University of Pannonia | Hungary | 68.0 | 3,201 | 17,545 | -13.9% |
| #12 | University of Veterinary Medicine | Hungary | 67.8 | 4,556 | 11,590 | 10.3% |
| #13 | University of Miskolc | Hungary | 66.9 | 4,926 | 19,288 | -21.2% |
| #14 | Pázmány Péter Catholic University | Hungary | 64.1 | 2,490 | 7,452 | 11.6% |
| #15 | Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University | Hungary | 62.2 | 2,779 | 3,689 | 67.3% |
| #16 | University of Sopron | Hungary | 61.8 | 1,959 | 5,594 | 2.0% |
| #17 | Ludovika University of Public Service | Hungary | 60.9 | 4,111 | 7,010 | -16.0% |
| #18 | Hungarian University of Sports Science | Hungary | 60.6 | 1,654 | 3,199 | 27.3% |
| #19 | Budapest University of Economics and Business | Hungary | 59.6 | 1,903 | 5,452 | -14.8% |
| #20 | University of Dunaújváros | Hungary | 58.0 | 409 | 1,818 | 187.4% |
| #21 | University of Nyíregyháza | Hungary | 57.9 | 684 | 3,012 | 51.6% |
| #22 | John von Neumann University | Hungary | 57.8 | 1,037 | 6,744 | 29.6% |
| #23 | International Business School | Hungary | 57.4 | 816 | 1,390 | 103.9% |
| #24 | Veszprémi Érseki Hittudományi Fõiskola | Hungary | 54.0 | 125 | 569 | 109.1% |
| #25 | Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary | Hungary | 53.7 | 1,305 | 1,979 | 6.4% |
| #26 | Károly Róbert University College | Hungary | 53.5 | 331 | 3,641 | -25.2% |
| #27 | Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences | Hungary | 51.2 | 325 | 1,304 | 88.4% |
| #28 | University of Applied Science Budapest | Hungary | 51.1 | 445 | 1,414 | 43.8% |
| #29 | Wekerle Business School | Hungary | 47.6 | 149 | 338 | 2,016.7% |
| #30 | Sapientia College of Theology of Religious Orders | Hungary | 47.0 | 193 | 126 | 246.0% |
| #31 | Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University | Hungary | 46.1 | 167 | 1,302 | -60.8% |
| #32 | Andrássy University Budapest | Hungary | 45.3 | 161 | 237 | -12.5% |
| #33 | Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development | Hungary | 44.9 | 106 | 102 | 204.8% |
| #34 | Eötvös József Főiskola | Hungary | 43.6 | 127 | 115 | 74.4% |
| #35 | Debrecen Reformed Theological University | Hungary | 39.9 | 163 | 245 | 8.3% |
| #36 | Sárospatak Reformed Theological University | Hungary | 39.7 | 135 | 82 | 366.7% |
| #37 | University of Theatre and Film Arts | Hungary | 39.4 | 177 | 86 | 20.7% |
| #38 | Edutus University | Hungary | 38.8 | 148 | 177 | 10.9% |
| #39 | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design | Hungary | 38.6 | 207 | 218 | 14.1% |
| #40 | Hungarian University of Fine Arts | Hungary | 35.1 | 101 | 188 | -16.7% |
| #41 | Wesley János Lelkészképző Főiskola | Hungary | 34.4 | 109 | 134 | 14.6% |
| #42 | Gál Ferenc Főiskola | Hungary | 33.7 | 153 | 112 | -47.6% |
| #43 | Nemzeti Szakképzési és Felnőttképzési Hivatal | Hungary | 31.2 | 123 | 35 | 0.0% |
Transparent methodology
How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed
Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.
Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.
These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.