What is a good h-index in Artificial Intelligence?
Percentiles of the h-index among 146,054 ranked researchers in Artificial Intelligence, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Artificial Intelligence?
In Artificial Intelligence, among 146,054 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 50 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Artificial Intelligence sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 14 h-index
- 90thpercentile 22 h-index
- 95thpercentile 29 h-index
- 99thpercentile 50 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 Computer Science
The median h-index in Computer Science is 8. Its subfields, with Artificial Intelligence marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 146,054 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 19,601 | 9 | 23 | 48 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 1,324 | 9 | 25 | 50 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 69,056 | 9 | 22 | 50 |
| Computer Science Applications | 3,969 | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 89,309 | 9 | 22 | 52 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 7,394 | 9 | 21 | 45 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 7,067 | 9 | 24 | 53 |
| Information Systems | 61,330 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| Signal Processing | 7,980 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| Software | 2,715 | 9 | 22 | 50 |
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Questions about the h-index in Artificial Intelligence
- What is a good h-index in Artificial Intelligence?
- In Artificial Intelligence, among 146,054 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 50 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Artificial Intelligence sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Artificial Intelligence?
- The median h-index of 146,054 ranked researchers in Artificial Intelligence is 8 and the mean is 11.1.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Artificial Intelligence?
- An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile in Artificial Intelligence, and 29 at the 95th.