What is a good h-index in Instrumentation?
Percentiles of the h-index among 600 ranked researchers in Instrumentation, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Instrumentation?
In Instrumentation, among 600 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 16 is at the 90th percentile and 32 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Instrumentation sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 11 h-index
- 90thpercentile 16 h-index
- 95thpercentile 18 h-index
- 99thpercentile 32 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 Physics and Astronomy
The median h-index in Physics and Astronomy is 13. Its subfields, with Instrumentation marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoustics and Ultrasonics | 140 | 9 | 18 | 26 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 91,662 | 11 | 40 | 88 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 95,782 | 11 | 30 | 61 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 18,164 | 12 | 32 | 62 |
| Instrumentation | 600 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 161,893 | 16 | 54 | 122 |
| Radiation | 20,131 | 9 | 22 | 44 |
| Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 12,724 | 10 | 26 | 57 |
More on Instrumentation
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Questions about the h-index in Instrumentation
- What is a good h-index in Instrumentation?
- In Instrumentation, among 600 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 16 is at the 90th percentile and 32 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Instrumentation sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Instrumentation?
- The median h-index of 600 ranked researchers in Instrumentation is 8 and the mean is 9.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Instrumentation?
- An h-index of 16 is at the 90th percentile in Instrumentation, and 18 at the 95th.