What is a good h-index in Algebra and Number Theory?
Percentiles of the h-index among 4,730 ranked researchers in Algebra and Number Theory, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Algebra and Number Theory?
In Algebra and Number Theory, among 4,730 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 7. An h-index of 17 is at the 90th percentile and 34 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Algebra and Number Theory sits below the overall median (7 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 7 h-index
- 75thpercentile 11 h-index
- 90thpercentile 17 h-index
- 95thpercentile 22 h-index
- 99thpercentile 34 h-index
Check an h-index
Every figure is the h-index OpenAlex holds for the researcher (author snapshot of 2026-09-23), compared with the 7,710,434 researchers Science Explorer ranks. Each is counted once in a field and once in a subfield, where they have the most papers. Career length is not recorded, and an h-index grows with years of publishing. Which h-index, and who is compared.
H-index across Mathematics
The median h-index in Mathematics is 8. Its subfields, with Algebra and Number Theory marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra and Number Theory | 4,730 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| Applied Mathematics | 17,146 | 8 | 21 | 42 |
| Computational Mathematics | 110 | 9 | 18 | 36 |
| Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 2,020 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| Geometry and Topology | 13,620 | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| Mathematical Physics | 10,944 | 8 | 21 | 42 |
| Modeling and Simulation | 2,336 | 10 | 26 | 61 |
| Numerical Analysis | 3,595 | 8 | 22 | 47 |
| Statistics and Probability | 14,819 | 10 | 30 | 67 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 768 | 5 | 14 | 38 |
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Questions about the h-index in Algebra and Number Theory
- What is a good h-index in Algebra and Number Theory?
- In Algebra and Number Theory, among 4,730 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 7. An h-index of 17 is at the 90th percentile and 34 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Algebra and Number Theory sits below the overall median (7 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Algebra and Number Theory?
- The median h-index of 4,730 ranked researchers in Algebra and Number Theory is 7 and the mean is 8.8.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Algebra and Number Theory?
- An h-index of 17 is at the 90th percentile in Algebra and Number Theory, and 22 at the 95th.