What is a good h-index in Finance?
Percentiles of the h-index among 16,214 ranked researchers in Finance, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Finance?
In Finance, among 16,214 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 Finance 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 across Economics, Econometrics and Finance
The median h-index in Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 7. Its subfields, with Finance marked:
| 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 Finance
- What is a good h-index in Finance?
- In Finance, among 16,214 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 Finance sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Finance?
- The median h-index of 16,214 ranked researchers in Finance is 8 and the mean is 10.8.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Finance?
- An h-index of 21 is at the 90th percentile in Finance, and 29 at the 95th.