What is a good h-index in Chemistry?
Percentiles of the h-index among 181,158 ranked researchers in Chemistry, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Chemistry?
In Chemistry, among 181,158 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile and 60 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Chemistry 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 60 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 Chemistry
Chemistry has 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytical Chemistry | 8,501 | 12 | 28 | 52 |
| Electrochemistry | 1,723 | 13 | 33 | 64 |
| Inorganic Chemistry | 10,996 | 12 | 31 | 68 |
| Organic Chemistry | 149,512 | 12 | 29 | 59 |
| Physical and Theoretical Chemistry | 3,965 | 9 | 24 | 52 |
| Spectroscopy | 17,240 | 13 | 31 | 60 |
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Questions about the h-index in Chemistry
- What is a good h-index in Chemistry?
- In Chemistry, among 181,158 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile and 60 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Chemistry sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Chemistry?
- The median h-index of 181,158 ranked researchers in Chemistry is 12 and the mean is 15.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Chemistry?
- An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile in Chemistry, and 38 at the 95th.