What is a good h-index in Gender Studies?
Percentiles of the h-index among 5,931 ranked researchers in Gender Studies, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Gender Studies?
In Gender Studies, among 5,931 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 20 is at the 90th percentile and 44 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Gender Studies sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 13 h-index
- 90thpercentile 20 h-index
- 95thpercentile 27 h-index
- 99thpercentile 44 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 Social Sciences
The median h-index in Social Sciences is 4. Its subfields, with Gender Studies marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | 16,635 | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| Archeology (Social Sciences) | 136 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| Communication | 7,947 | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| Cultural Studies | 9,148 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| Demography | 10,009 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| Development | 2,288 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| Education | 187,319 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| Gender Studies | 5,931 | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| General Social Sciences | 2,222 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 4,548 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| Health | 3,616 | 10 | 26 | 63 |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 337 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| Law | 24,364 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 2,271 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 477 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| Linguistics and Language | 3,785 | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 96,203 | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| Public Administration | 1,755 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| Safety Research | 3,986 | 7 | 20 | 48 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 271,131 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| Transportation | 24,479 | 2 | 14 | 40 |
| Urban Studies | 8,628 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
More on Gender Studies
- Gender Studies: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Gender Studies
- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in Gender Studies
- What is a good h-index in Gender Studies?
- In Gender Studies, among 5,931 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 20 is at the 90th percentile and 44 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Gender Studies sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Gender Studies?
- The median h-index of 5,931 ranked researchers in Gender Studies is 8 and the mean is 10.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Gender Studies?
- An h-index of 20 is at the 90th percentile in Gender Studies, and 27 at the 95th.