What is a good h-index in General Materials Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 635 ranked researchers in General Materials Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in General Materials Science?
In General Materials Science, among 635 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 3. An h-index of 7 is at the 90th percentile and 16 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so General Materials Science sits below the overall median (3 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 3 h-index
- 75thpercentile 5 h-index
- 90thpercentile 7 h-index
- 95thpercentile 9 h-index
- 99thpercentile 16 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 Materials Science
The median h-index in Materials Science is 13. Its subfields, with General Materials Science marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomaterials | 16,754 | 13 | 33 | 65 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 1,504 | 10 | 26 | 52 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 20,425 | 12 | 31 | 63 |
| General Materials Science | 635 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Materials Chemistry | 217,948 | 13 | 34 | 69 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 25,304 | 12 | 29 | 59 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 2,397 | 12 | 31 | 67 |
More on General Materials Science
- General Materials Science: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in General Materials Science
- What a good h-index is in every field
H-index by field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Decision Sciences
- Dentistry
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Energy
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in General Materials Science
- What is a good h-index in General Materials Science?
- In General Materials Science, among 635 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 3. An h-index of 7 is at the 90th percentile and 16 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so General Materials Science sits below the overall median (3 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in General Materials Science?
- The median h-index of 635 ranked researchers in General Materials Science is 3 and the mean is 4.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in General Materials Science?
- An h-index of 7 is at the 90th percentile in General Materials Science, and 9 at the 95th.