What is a good h-index in Ecology?
Percentiles of the h-index among 74,556 ranked researchers in Ecology, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Ecology?
In Ecology, among 74,556 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 31 is at the 90th percentile and 63 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Ecology sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 12 h-index
- 75thpercentile 19 h-index
- 90thpercentile 31 h-index
- 95thpercentile 40 h-index
- 99thpercentile 63 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 Environmental Science
The median h-index in Environmental Science is 11. Its subfields, with Ecology marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecological Modeling | 757 | 10 | 27 | 58 |
| Ecology | 74,556 | 12 | 31 | 63 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 8,958 | 13 | 34 | 65 |
| Environmental Engineering | 18,128 | 10 | 28 | 60 |
| Global and Planetary Change | 61,006 | 11 | 31 | 70 |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | 40,495 | 13 | 35 | 71 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Environmental Science) | 7,531 | 9 | 23 | 49 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 17,399 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | 18,416 | 11 | 29 | 63 |
| Pollution | 16,943 | 13 | 33 | 66 |
| Water Science and Technology | 31,203 | 10 | 27 | 61 |
More on Ecology
- Ecology: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Ecology
- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in Ecology
- What is a good h-index in Ecology?
- In Ecology, among 74,556 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 31 is at the 90th percentile and 63 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Ecology sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Ecology?
- The median h-index of 74,556 ranked researchers in Ecology is 12 and the mean is 15.2.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Ecology?
- An h-index of 31 is at the 90th percentile in Ecology, and 40 at the 95th.