What is a good h-index in Civil and Structural Engineering?
Percentiles of the h-index among 83,240 ranked researchers in Civil and Structural Engineering, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Civil and Structural Engineering?
In Civil and Structural Engineering, among 83,240 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 47 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Civil and Structural Engineering sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 14 h-index
- 90thpercentile 22 h-index
- 95thpercentile 29 h-index
- 99thpercentile 47 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 Engineering
The median h-index in Engineering is 9. Its subfields, with Civil and Structural Engineering marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | 87,010 | 6 | 16 | 36 |
| Architecture | 1,195 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| Automotive Engineering | 9,997 | 8 | 18 | 41 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 119,035 | 12 | 30 | 62 |
| Building and Construction | 20,108 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 83,240 | 8 | 22 | 47 |
| Computational Mechanics | 43,434 | 10 | 25 | 52 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 53,963 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 398,464 | 10 | 26 | 56 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering) | 20,908 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 154,246 | 9 | 23 | 48 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 40,002 | 9 | 24 | 51 |
| Media Technology | 4,926 | 7 | 19 | 43 |
| Ocean Engineering | 23,915 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 5,818 | 7 | 20 | 44 |
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Questions about the h-index in Civil and Structural Engineering
- What is a good h-index in Civil and Structural Engineering?
- In Civil and Structural Engineering, among 83,240 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 47 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Civil and Structural Engineering sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Civil and Structural Engineering?
- The median h-index of 83,240 ranked researchers in Civil and Structural Engineering is 8 and the mean is 11.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Civil and Structural Engineering?
- An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile in Civil and Structural Engineering, and 29 at the 95th.