What is a good h-index in Economics, Econometrics and Finance?
Percentiles of the h-index among 82,397 ranked researchers in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Economics, Econometrics and Finance?
In Economics, Econometrics and Finance, among 82,397 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 7. An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile and 50 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Economics, Econometrics and Finance sits below the overall median (7 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 7 h-index
- 75thpercentile 13 h-index
- 90thpercentile 21 h-index
- 95thpercentile 29 h-index
- 99thpercentile 50 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 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Economics, Econometrics and Finance has 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | 102,915 | 7 | 21 | 50 |
| Finance | 16,214 | 8 | 21 | 49 |
| General Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7,365 | 5 | 16 | 43 |
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Questions about the h-index in Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- What is a good h-index in Economics, Econometrics and Finance?
- In Economics, Econometrics and Finance, among 82,397 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 7. An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile and 50 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Economics, Econometrics and Finance sits below the overall median (7 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Economics, Econometrics and Finance?
- The median h-index of 82,397 ranked researchers in Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 7 and the mean is 10.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Economics, Econometrics and Finance?
- An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and 29 at the 95th.