What is a good h-index in Immunology and Microbiology?
Percentiles of the h-index among 32,709 ranked researchers in Immunology and Microbiology, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Immunology and Microbiology?
In Immunology and Microbiology, among 32,709 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 14. An h-index of 37 is at the 90th percentile and 83 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Immunology and Microbiology sits above the overall median (14 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 14 h-index
- 75thpercentile 23 h-index
- 90thpercentile 37 h-index
- 95thpercentile 49 h-index
- 99thpercentile 83 h-index
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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 in the subfields of Immunology and Microbiology
Immunology and Microbiology has 5 subfields with enough ranked researchers to compare. Each researcher is counted in the subfield where they have the most papers.
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 913 | 9 | 23 | 53 |
| Immunology | 86,864 | 14 | 35 | 78 |
| Microbiology (Immunology and Microbiology) | 4,337 | 12 | 31 | 61 |
| Parasitology | 13,525 | 12 | 29 | 58 |
| Virology | 2,866 | 14 | 40 | 88 |
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Questions about the h-index in Immunology and Microbiology
- What is a good h-index in Immunology and Microbiology?
- In Immunology and Microbiology, among 32,709 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 14. An h-index of 37 is at the 90th percentile and 83 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Immunology and Microbiology sits above the overall median (14 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Immunology and Microbiology?
- The median h-index of 32,709 ranked researchers in Immunology and Microbiology is 14 and the mean is 19.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Immunology and Microbiology?
- An h-index of 37 is at the 90th percentile in Immunology and Microbiology, and 49 at the 95th.