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H-index in Energy

What is a good h-index in General Energy?

Percentiles of the h-index among 243 ranked researchers in General Energy, and where any h-index stands. All fields.

What is a good h-index in General Energy?

In General Energy, among 243 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile and 33 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so General Energy sits below the overall median (4 against 10).

  1. 50thpercentile (the median) 4 h-index
  2. 75thpercentile 7 h-index
  3. 90thpercentile 12 h-index
  4. 95thpercentile 16 h-index
  5. 99thpercentile 33 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 Energy

The median h-index in Energy is 12. Its subfields, with General Energy marked:

SubfieldResearchersMedian90th99th
Energy Engineering and Power Technology273 81642
Fuel Technology176 41226
General Energy243 41233
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment27,513 123270

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Questions about the h-index in General Energy

What is a good h-index in General Energy?
In General Energy, among 243 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile and 33 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so General Energy sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
What is the average h-index in General Energy?
The median h-index of 243 ranked researchers in General Energy is 4 and the mean is 5.8.
What h-index is in the top 10% in General Energy?
An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile in General Energy, and 16 at the 95th.