Research.com has published this year’s ranking of the most successful scientists by discipline. In the field of psychology, we find only 18 Hungarian scientists among the best, including three researchers affiliated with the ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology: Zsolt Demetrovics, Attila Szabó, and Róbert Urbán.
Research.com, compiling various rankings in higher education, has been publishing its lists of the world’s top scientists since 2014. The platform also presents the international list of the best scientists by discipline, on the basis of the ranking of journals comprising their publications.
Position in the ranking depends on the scientist’s D-index, which only considers publications and citation data for the examined discipline. The top lists were made using the data of 166,880 researchers found in several bibliometric databases, and within that, more than 15,018 profiles in the field of psychology were assessed. The 18 Hungarian scientists ranked in the field of psychology include three professors from the ELTE Faculty of Education and Psychology. They are the only scholars in the ranking affiliated with the psychology institutes of Hungarian universities.
Zsolt Demetrovics is a full professor at the ELTE Institute of Psychology, head of the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming at the University of Gibraltar, and a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has outstanding achievements in basic psychological research on addictions and applied research combined with social sciences. A characteristic feature of his work is including behavioural addictions into the scope of research, which are normally overlooked in addictionology
Attila Szabó is a full professor at the Institute of Health Promotion and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Education and Psychology, ELTE, and holds the title of the Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is primarily engaged in behavioural addictions and the impact of sports on mental health. His scientific work focusing on the positive and negative psychological aspects of physical exercise has earned international recognition.
Róbert Urbán is a full professor at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, ELTE, and holds the title of the Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His primary research areas include health behaviour, health psychology, and the multidisciplinary analysis of smoking.
ELTE is represented by two more scientists (Ádám Miklósi and Vilmos Csányi). Additionally, five researchers from Central European University and four from Eötvös Loránd Research Network have been ranked among the best Hungarian researchers.The full list is published here
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