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H-index in Engineering

What is a good h-index in Electrical and Electronic Engineering?

Percentiles of the h-index among 398,464 ranked researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and where any h-index stands. All fields.

What is a good h-index in Electrical and Electronic Engineering?

In Electrical and Electronic Engineering, among 398,464 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 26 is at the 90th percentile and 56 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Electrical and Electronic Engineering sits level with the overall median.

  1. 50thpercentile (the median) 10 h-index
  2. 75thpercentile 16 h-index
  3. 90thpercentile 26 h-index
  4. 95thpercentile 34 h-index
  5. 99thpercentile 56 h-index

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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 Electrical and Electronic Engineering marked:

SubfieldResearchersMedian90th99th
Aerospace Engineering87,010 61636
Architecture1,195 3817
Automotive Engineering9,997 81841
Biomedical Engineering119,035 123062
Building and Construction20,108 82145
Civil and Structural Engineering83,240 82247
Computational Mechanics43,434 102552
Control and Systems Engineering53,963 82250
Electrical and Electronic Engineering398,464 102656
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering)20,908 82146
Mechanical Engineering154,246 92348
Mechanics of Materials40,002 92451
Media Technology4,926 71943
Ocean Engineering23,915 81942
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5,818 72044

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Questions about the h-index in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

What is a good h-index in Electrical and Electronic Engineering?
In Electrical and Electronic Engineering, among 398,464 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 26 is at the 90th percentile and 56 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Electrical and Electronic Engineering sits level with the overall median.
What is the average h-index in Electrical and Electronic Engineering?
The median h-index of 398,464 ranked researchers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 10 and the mean is 13.2.
What h-index is in the top 10% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering?
An h-index of 26 is at the 90th percentile in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and 34 at the 95th.