What is a good h-index in Mechanics of Materials?
Percentiles of the h-index among 40,002 ranked researchers in Mechanics of Materials, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Mechanics of Materials?
In Mechanics of Materials, among 40,002 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 24 is at the 90th percentile and 51 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Mechanics of Materials sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 9 h-index
- 75thpercentile 15 h-index
- 90thpercentile 24 h-index
- 95thpercentile 32 h-index
- 99thpercentile 51 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 Engineering
The median h-index in Engineering is 9. Its subfields, with Mechanics of Materials marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | 87,010 | 6 | 16 | 36 |
| Architecture | 1,195 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| Automotive Engineering | 9,997 | 8 | 18 | 41 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 119,035 | 12 | 30 | 62 |
| Building and Construction | 20,108 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| Civil and Structural Engineering | 83,240 | 8 | 22 | 47 |
| Computational Mechanics | 43,434 | 10 | 25 | 52 |
| Control and Systems Engineering | 53,963 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 398,464 | 10 | 26 | 56 |
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering) | 20,908 | 8 | 21 | 46 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 154,246 | 9 | 23 | 48 |
| Mechanics of Materials | 40,002 | 9 | 24 | 51 |
| Media Technology | 4,926 | 7 | 19 | 43 |
| Ocean Engineering | 23,915 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 5,818 | 7 | 20 | 44 |
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Questions about the h-index in Mechanics of Materials
- What is a good h-index in Mechanics of Materials?
- In Mechanics of Materials, among 40,002 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 24 is at the 90th percentile and 51 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Mechanics of Materials sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Mechanics of Materials?
- The median h-index of 40,002 ranked researchers in Mechanics of Materials is 9 and the mean is 12.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Mechanics of Materials?
- An h-index of 24 is at the 90th percentile in Mechanics of Materials, and 32 at the 95th.