What is a good h-index in Chemical Engineering?
Percentiles of the h-index among 3,744 ranked researchers in Chemical Engineering, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Chemical Engineering?
In Chemical Engineering, among 3,744 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile and 59 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Chemical Engineering sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 12 h-index
- 75thpercentile 19 h-index
- 90thpercentile 30 h-index
- 95thpercentile 38 h-index
- 99thpercentile 59 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 in the subfields of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering has 5 subfields with enough ranked researchers to compare. Each researcher is counted in the subfield where they have the most papers.
| 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 |
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Questions about the h-index in Chemical Engineering
- What is a good h-index in Chemical Engineering?
- In Chemical Engineering, among 3,744 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile and 59 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Chemical Engineering sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Chemical Engineering?
- The median h-index of 3,744 ranked researchers in Chemical Engineering is 12 and the mean is 15.4.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Chemical Engineering?
- An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile in Chemical Engineering, and 38 at the 95th.