What is a good h-index in Catalysis?
Percentiles of the h-index among 3,616 ranked researchers in Catalysis, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Catalysis?
In Catalysis, among 3,616 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 31 is at the 90th percentile and 64 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Catalysis sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 12 h-index
- 75thpercentile 20 h-index
- 90thpercentile 31 h-index
- 95thpercentile 40 h-index
- 99thpercentile 64 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 Chemical Engineering
The median h-index in Chemical Engineering is 12. Its subfields, with Catalysis marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bioengineering | 732 | 11 | 26 | 62 |
| Catalysis | 3,616 | 12 | 31 | 64 |
| Filtration and Separation | 432 | 12 | 29 | 50 |
| Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes | 3,718 | 11 | 26 | 53 |
| Process Chemistry and Technology | 568 | 11 | 26 | 53 |
More on Catalysis
- Catalysis: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Catalysis
- 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
- 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
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Catalysis
- What is a good h-index in Catalysis?
- In Catalysis, among 3,616 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 31 is at the 90th percentile and 64 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Catalysis sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Catalysis?
- The median h-index of 3,616 ranked researchers in Catalysis is 12 and the mean is 15.9.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Catalysis?
- An h-index of 31 is at the 90th percentile in Catalysis, and 40 at the 95th.