What is a good h-index in Environmental Chemistry?
Percentiles of the h-index among 8,958 ranked researchers in Environmental Chemistry, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Environmental Chemistry?
In Environmental Chemistry, among 8,958 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 13. An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile and 65 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Environmental Chemistry sits above the overall median (13 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 13 h-index
- 75thpercentile 21 h-index
- 90thpercentile 34 h-index
- 95thpercentile 43 h-index
- 99thpercentile 65 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 Environmental Chemistry 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 |
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Questions about the h-index in Environmental Chemistry
- What is a good h-index in Environmental Chemistry?
- In Environmental Chemistry, among 8,958 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 13. An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile and 65 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Environmental Chemistry sits above the overall median (13 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Environmental Chemistry?
- The median h-index of 8,958 ranked researchers in Environmental Chemistry is 13 and the mean is 16.9.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Environmental Chemistry?
- An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile in Environmental Chemistry, and 43 at the 95th.