What is a good h-index in Astronomy and Astrophysics?
Percentiles of the h-index among 91,662 ranked researchers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Astronomy and Astrophysics?
In Astronomy and Astrophysics, among 91,662 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 11. An h-index of 40 is at the 90th percentile and 88 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Astronomy and Astrophysics sits above the overall median (11 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 11 h-index
- 75thpercentile 22 h-index
- 90thpercentile 40 h-index
- 95thpercentile 53 h-index
- 99thpercentile 88 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 Physics and Astronomy
The median h-index in Physics and Astronomy is 13. Its subfields, with Astronomy and Astrophysics marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoustics and Ultrasonics | 140 | 9 | 18 | 26 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 91,662 | 11 | 40 | 88 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 95,782 | 11 | 30 | 61 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 18,164 | 12 | 32 | 62 |
| Instrumentation | 600 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 161,893 | 16 | 54 | 122 |
| Radiation | 20,131 | 9 | 22 | 44 |
| Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 12,724 | 10 | 26 | 57 |
More on Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Astronomy and Astrophysics
- What a good h-index is in every field
H-index by field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Decision Sciences
- Dentistry
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Energy
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Astronomy and Astrophysics
- What is a good h-index in Astronomy and Astrophysics?
- In Astronomy and Astrophysics, among 91,662 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 11. An h-index of 40 is at the 90th percentile and 88 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Astronomy and Astrophysics sits above the overall median (11 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Astronomy and Astrophysics?
- The median h-index of 91,662 ranked researchers in Astronomy and Astrophysics is 11 and the mean is 17.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Astronomy and Astrophysics?
- An h-index of 40 is at the 90th percentile in Astronomy and Astrophysics, and 53 at the 95th.