What is a good h-index in Materials Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 222,542 ranked researchers in Materials Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Materials Science?
In Materials Science, among 222,542 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 13. An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile and 69 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Materials Science sits above the overall median (13 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 13 h-index
- 75thpercentile 22 h-index
- 90thpercentile 34 h-index
- 95thpercentile 44 h-index
- 99thpercentile 69 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 in the subfields of Materials Science
Materials Science has 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomaterials | 16,754 | 13 | 33 | 65 |
| Ceramics and Composites | 1,504 | 10 | 26 | 52 |
| Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 20,425 | 12 | 31 | 63 |
| General Materials Science | 635 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Materials Chemistry | 217,948 | 13 | 34 | 69 |
| Polymers and Plastics | 25,304 | 12 | 29 | 59 |
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | 2,397 | 12 | 31 | 67 |
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Questions about the h-index in Materials Science
- What is a good h-index in Materials Science?
- In Materials Science, among 222,542 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 13. An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile and 69 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Materials Science sits above the overall median (13 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Materials Science?
- The median h-index of 222,542 ranked researchers in Materials Science is 13 and the mean is 17.6.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Materials Science?
- An h-index of 34 is at the 90th percentile in Materials Science, and 44 at the 95th.