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What is a good h-index in Management Science and Operations Research?

Percentiles of the h-index among 12,666 ranked researchers in Management Science and Operations Research, and where any h-index stands. All fields.

What is a good h-index in Management Science and Operations Research?

In Management Science and Operations Research, among 12,666 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 23 is at the 90th percentile and 53 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Management Science and Operations Research sits below the overall median (9 against 10).

  1. 50thpercentile (the median) 9 h-index
  2. 75thpercentile 14 h-index
  3. 90thpercentile 23 h-index
  4. 95thpercentile 31 h-index
  5. 99thpercentile 53 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 across Decision Sciences

The median h-index in Decision Sciences is 7. Its subfields, with Management Science and Operations Research marked:

SubfieldResearchersMedian90th99th
General Decision Sciences359 123881
Information Systems and Management6,882 41230
Management Science and Operations Research12,666 92353
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty4,267 92570

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Questions about the h-index in Management Science and Operations Research

What is a good h-index in Management Science and Operations Research?
In Management Science and Operations Research, among 12,666 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 23 is at the 90th percentile and 53 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Management Science and Operations Research sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
What is the average h-index in Management Science and Operations Research?
The median h-index of 12,666 ranked researchers in Management Science and Operations Research is 9 and the mean is 11.6.
What h-index is in the top 10% in Management Science and Operations Research?
An h-index of 23 is at the 90th percentile in Management Science and Operations Research, and 31 at the 95th.