What is a good h-index in Computer Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 389,326 ranked researchers in Computer Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Computer Science?
In Computer Science, among 389,326 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile and 49 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Computer Science sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 13 h-index
- 90thpercentile 21 h-index
- 95thpercentile 29 h-index
- 99thpercentile 49 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 Computer Science
Computer Science has 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 146,054 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 19,601 | 9 | 23 | 48 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 1,324 | 9 | 25 | 50 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 69,056 | 9 | 22 | 50 |
| Computer Science Applications | 3,969 | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 89,309 | 9 | 22 | 52 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 7,394 | 9 | 21 | 45 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 7,067 | 9 | 24 | 53 |
| Information Systems | 61,330 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| Signal Processing | 7,980 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| Software | 2,715 | 9 | 22 | 50 |
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H-index by field
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- Energy
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- Health Professions
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- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Computer Science
- What is a good h-index in Computer Science?
- In Computer Science, among 389,326 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile and 49 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Computer Science sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Computer Science?
- The median h-index of 389,326 ranked researchers in Computer Science is 8 and the mean is 10.9.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Computer Science?
- An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile in Computer Science, and 29 at the 95th.