What is a good h-index in Atmospheric Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 52,243 ranked researchers in Atmospheric Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Atmospheric Science?
In Atmospheric Science, among 52,243 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 36 is at the 90th percentile and 73 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Atmospheric Science sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 12 h-index
- 75thpercentile 22 h-index
- 90thpercentile 36 h-index
- 95thpercentile 47 h-index
- 99thpercentile 73 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 Earth and Planetary Sciences
The median h-index in Earth and Planetary Sciences is 11. Its subfields, with Atmospheric Science marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Science | 52,243 | 12 | 36 | 73 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 6,740 | 10 | 27 | 53 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 3,175 | 10 | 27 | 55 |
| Geology | 4,631 | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| Geophysics | 51,358 | 11 | 30 | 61 |
| Oceanography | 28,774 | 12 | 32 | 62 |
| Paleontology | 10,409 | 12 | 30 | 56 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 139 | 6 | 17 | 39 |
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H-index by field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
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- Decision Sciences
- Dentistry
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Energy
- Engineering
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- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Atmospheric Science
- What is a good h-index in Atmospheric Science?
- In Atmospheric Science, among 52,243 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 36 is at the 90th percentile and 73 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Atmospheric Science sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Atmospheric Science?
- The median h-index of 52,243 ranked researchers in Atmospheric Science is 12 and the mean is 17.2.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Atmospheric Science?
- An h-index of 36 is at the 90th percentile in Atmospheric Science, and 47 at the 95th.