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What is a good h-index in Forestry?

Percentiles of the h-index among 3,494 ranked researchers in Forestry, and where any h-index stands. All fields.

What is a good h-index in Forestry?

In Forestry, among 3,494 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile and 27 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Forestry sits below the overall median (5 against 10).

  1. 50thpercentile (the median) 5 h-index
  2. 75thpercentile 8 h-index
  3. 90thpercentile 12 h-index
  4. 95thpercentile 16 h-index
  5. 99thpercentile 27 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 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The median h-index in Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 9. Its subfields, with Forestry marked:

SubfieldResearchersMedian90th99th
Agronomy and Crop Science23,324 92448
Animal Science and Zoology25,306 92447
Aquatic Science13,597 92350
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics34,829 92758
Food Science49,956 92654
Forestry3,494 51227
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences15,925 51334
Horticulture216 81837
Insect Science22,148 112652
Plant Science251,499 102553
Soil Science16,420 92861

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Questions about the h-index in Forestry

What is a good h-index in Forestry?
In Forestry, among 3,494 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile and 27 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Forestry sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
What is the average h-index in Forestry?
The median h-index of 3,494 ranked researchers in Forestry is 5 and the mean is 6.1.
What h-index is in the top 10% in Forestry?
An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile in Forestry, and 16 at the 95th.