What is a good h-index in Geography, Planning and Development?
Percentiles of the h-index among 4,548 ranked researchers in Geography, Planning and Development, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Geography, Planning and Development?
In Geography, Planning and Development, among 4,548 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 15 is at the 90th percentile and 36 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Geography, Planning and Development sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 5 h-index
- 75thpercentile 9 h-index
- 90thpercentile 15 h-index
- 95thpercentile 21 h-index
- 99thpercentile 36 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 Geography, Planning and Development 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 |
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Questions about the h-index in Geography, Planning and Development
- What is a good h-index in Geography, Planning and Development?
- In Geography, Planning and Development, among 4,548 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 15 is at the 90th percentile and 36 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Geography, Planning and Development sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Geography, Planning and Development?
- The median h-index of 4,548 ranked researchers in Geography, Planning and Development is 5 and the mean is 7.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Geography, Planning and Development?
- An h-index of 15 is at the 90th percentile in Geography, Planning and Development, and 21 at the 95th.