What is a good h-index in Law?
Percentiles of the h-index among 24,364 ranked researchers in Law, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Law?
In Law, among 24,364 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 3. An h-index of 8 is at the 90th percentile and 22 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Law sits below the overall median (3 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 3 h-index
- 75thpercentile 5 h-index
- 90thpercentile 8 h-index
- 95thpercentile 12 h-index
- 99thpercentile 22 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 Law 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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- Law: leading countries, institutions and researchers
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Questions about the h-index in Law
- What is a good h-index in Law?
- In Law, among 24,364 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 3. An h-index of 8 is at the 90th percentile and 22 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Law sits below the overall median (3 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Law?
- The median h-index of 24,364 ranked researchers in Law is 3 and the mean is 4.2.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Law?
- An h-index of 8 is at the 90th percentile in Law, and 12 at the 95th.