What is a good h-index in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences?
Percentiles of the h-index among 15,925 ranked researchers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences?
In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, among 15,925 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 13 is at the 90th percentile and 34 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so General Agricultural and Biological Sciences sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 5 h-index
- 75thpercentile 8 h-index
- 90thpercentile 13 h-index
- 95thpercentile 19 h-index
- 99thpercentile 34 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 Agricultural and Biological Sciences
The median h-index in Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 9. Its subfields, with General Agricultural and Biological Sciences marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 23,324 | 9 | 24 | 48 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | 25,306 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| Aquatic Science | 13,597 | 9 | 23 | 50 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 34,829 | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| Food Science | 49,956 | 9 | 26 | 54 |
| Forestry | 3,494 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| General Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15,925 | 5 | 13 | 34 |
| Horticulture | 216 | 8 | 18 | 37 |
| Insect Science | 22,148 | 11 | 26 | 52 |
| Plant Science | 251,499 | 10 | 25 | 53 |
| Soil Science | 16,420 | 9 | 28 | 61 |
More on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- What is a good h-index in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences?
- In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, among 15,925 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 13 is at the 90th percentile and 34 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so General Agricultural and Biological Sciences sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences?
- The median h-index of 15,925 ranked researchers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 5 and the mean is 6.7.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences?
- An h-index of 13 is at the 90th percentile in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and 19 at the 95th.