MTMT: Hungarian Science Bibliography Explained

MTMT is the Hungarian national scientific bibliography: a single, freely searchable database of scholarly publications by researchers working in Hungary. The abbreviation stands for Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára, which the official English pages render as the Hungarian Science Bibliography. Authors register to enter and maintain their own publication lists; anyone can search the records without an account.

This guide is institution-neutral. Most existing instructions for MTMT are written by individual university libraries for their own staff, usually in Hungarian, and describe that one institution’s workflow. Here the focus is on what the system is, what is public and what needs an account, and how it sits next to identifiers such as ORCID iD and Scopus Author ID.

What MTMT is: official name, operator and funder

The official site is mtmt.hu, available in Hungarian and English. The two language versions give these details:

Official name: Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára (MTMT); in English, Hungarian Science Bibliography. The Hungarian home page describes it as the nemzeti tudományos bibliográfia, the national scientific bibliography.
Operator (labelled Működteti on the Hungarian page): the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA Könyvtár és Információs Központ).
Support (labelled Támogatás): the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH).
Scope: a uniform, freely accessible national database of scholarly publications.

Who must or should register

The English home page states that listing publications resulting from public funding is obligatory by law. In practice, researchers at Hungarian institutions are asked by their own universities and research institutes to keep an MTMT record. Debrecen University Library, for example, tells its researchers that research results published in Hungary must be recorded in MTMT, and doctoral programmes commonly expect students to keep their publication lists current. The exact obligation that applies to you depends on your institution and funding source, so confirm it with your institution’s MTMT administrator and the official site.

You do not need to register just to look something up. Registration is for authors who want to enter or edit data.

How to search MTMT without an account

The public search is open to all visitors. The English page offers four search categories, and the Hungarian page uses the matching labels:

English label	Hungarian label	Use it to find
Author	Szerző	an author’s publication list
Institution	Intézmény	records attached to an institution
Journal	Folyóirat	a journal’s entry and its rankings
Publication	Közlemény	a single publication record

On the Hungarian home page the open tools sit under Szabadon elérhető (freely available) and the registered-user area under Regisztrált felhasználóknak (for registered users). A third group, Részben nyilvános (partly public), holds some tools such as Frascati-based search and author and institution statistics.

How to register and enter publications

Open the English site and use the link labelled register here to enter data (shown as Registration elsewhere on the page). The Hungarian site has the equivalent registration link.
Complete the registration form. University guides, such as the one from PPKE, describe choosing your institution or doctoral school and an MTA discipline in the form, confirming your address through an emailed link, and then waiting for administrators to validate the registration.
Log in with Continue with Login. Registered authors can enter and edit publication data, save and print lists, and generate reports. A Forgot password link is available on the same page.
Add your publications by hand or by import. The Hungarian site mentions imports of Web of Science citation data (WoS-XML) and Scopus exports. Debrecen University Library documents one route: export your list from the university’s Tudostér profile as an RIS file, then in MTMT choose the import-from-database option and upload the file.

One change to know about: according to a notice on the Hungarian site, authors can no longer assign institutions to their own records as of 2025. Institutional administrators do it. If an affiliation is wrong or missing, contact your institution’s MTMT administrator rather than trying to edit it yourself. The site’s Helpdesk, FAQ and Documents sections, and a separate training database, are the official places for further help.

What a record contains and how the data is used

MTMT is a bibliography rather than a metrics service, but its records are connected to evaluation-related data. The official pages show the following:

Journal information: the journal section includes journal lists and rankings, including the Norwegian list and SJR values from Scimago. The English menu also lists journal lists of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences sections (as labelled on the site) and a journal search.
Citation data: citation information can be brought in from Web of Science (WoS-XML) and Scopus exports.
Classification: authors are classified by Frascati field and by MTA science classification, which the site’s statistics and Frascati search tools use.
Institutional structure: the Institutions menu groups records by HUN-REN institutions, higher education institutions, additional institutions and editorial offices.

Because the site states that listing publicly funded publications is obligatory by law, an accurate record matters: a missing affiliation, a wrong journal or a duplicate entry is easiest to fix at the source. Which specific indicators an evaluation or funding call asks for is set by that call, so check the call text and the official site for current requirements rather than assuming a rule from another institution.

Connecting MTMT to ORCID and Scopus

The official MTMT pages do not describe ORCID features, so treat any ORCID behaviour as institutional practice rather than a documented MTMT guarantee. Eötvös Loránd University’s library guidance on ORCID and strategic databases states that ORCID iD, ResearcherID and Scopus ID are transferred automatically from MTMT every day when they are missing from a person’s personal data section. If your university offers such a transfer, the sensible order is:

Create or confirm your ORCID iD and your Scopus Author ID, and note any legacy researcher identifier.
Add the identifiers to your MTMT profile, or ask your institutional administrator how your university handles it.
Check that the same publications appear in each system, since each one holds its own copy of your record. For the Scopus side, see Scopus.

MTMT works as a national research-information layer in the sense described in CRIS: a registry of outputs attached to people and institutions. Persistent identifiers are what let such registries line up; see persistent identifier (PID) for the general idea.

Common problems

Registration not active yet. University guides describe an administrator validation step after email confirmation, so access can lag behind sign-up. Ask your institution’s MTMT contact.
Wrong or missing institution. Since 2025 only institutional administrators assign institutions, per the site’s notice.
Duplicate or unmatched records. Importing the same list from several sources can create overlapping entries; review imported items before relying on them.
Language. Parts of the interface and documentation are in Hungarian. Use the English version for the home page and the labels in the table above to navigate the Hungarian screens.
Looking for a record without an account. Use the public search categories above; creating an account is only needed to edit.

FAQ

What does MTMT stand for?

Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára, in English the Hungarian Science Bibliography (MTMT).

Is MTMT free to use?

The official English page describes the database as freely accessible, and the public search is free for all visitors. Registration is needed to enter and edit data.

Who runs MTMT?

The Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences operates it, with support from the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH).

Do I have to list my publications in MTMT?

The site states that listing publications resulting from public funding is obligatory by law. Your institution will tell you how that applies to you.

Can I search MTMT without registering?

Yes. Search by author, institution, journal or publication on the public search page.

Does MTMT work with ORCID?

The official pages do not document ORCID features. At least one Hungarian university library reports that identifiers are transferred from MTMT into its own systems daily; ask your institution what applies to you.

Sources (official and institutional pages)

Hungarian Science Bibliography, English home page: mtmt.hu/en (read October 2026).
Magyar Tudományos Művek Tára, Hungarian home page: mtmt.hu (read October 2026).
University of Debrecen University and National Library, MTMT registration guidance: lib.unideb.hu/en/mtmt-registration (read October 2026).
ELTE library, ORCID and strategic databases: konyvtar.btk.elte.hu.
PPKE BTK, MTMT registration guide (PDF): btk.ppke.hu.