What is a good h-index in Cognitive Neuroscience?
Percentiles of the h-index among 69,814 ranked researchers in Cognitive Neuroscience, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Cognitive Neuroscience?
In Cognitive Neuroscience, among 69,814 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile and 77 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Cognitive Neuroscience sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 12 h-index
- 75thpercentile 21 h-index
- 90thpercentile 34 h-index
- 95thpercentile 46 h-index
- 99thpercentile 77 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 Neuroscience
The median h-index in Neuroscience is 14. Its subfields, with Cognitive Neuroscience marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 1,592 | 14 | 40 | 95 |
| Biological Psychiatry | 843 | 12 | 29 | 74 |
| Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 35,173 | 15 | 38 | 77 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 69,814 | 12 | 34 | 77 |
| Developmental Neuroscience | 888 | 12 | 30 | 79 |
| Endocrine and Autonomic Systems | 4,486 | 15 | 38 | 75 |
| Neurology (Neuroscience) | 8,623 | 11 | 28 | 64 |
| Sensory Systems | 3,417 | 13 | 33 | 61 |
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Questions about the h-index in Cognitive Neuroscience
- What is a good h-index in Cognitive Neuroscience?
- In Cognitive Neuroscience, among 69,814 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile and 77 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Cognitive Neuroscience sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Cognitive Neuroscience?
- The median h-index of 69,814 ranked researchers in Cognitive Neuroscience is 12 and the mean is 16.9.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Cognitive Neuroscience?
- An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile in Cognitive Neuroscience, and 46 at the 95th.