What is a good h-index in Neuroscience?
Percentiles of the h-index among 84,432 ranked researchers in Neuroscience, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Neuroscience?
In Neuroscience, among 84,432 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 14. An h-index of 36 is at the 90th percentile and 78 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Neuroscience sits above the overall median (14 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 14 h-index
- 75thpercentile 23 h-index
- 90thpercentile 36 h-index
- 95thpercentile 48 h-index
- 99thpercentile 78 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 Neuroscience
Neuroscience has 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 1,592 | 14 | 40 | 95 |
| Biological Psychiatry | 843 | 12 | 29 | 74 |
| Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 35,173 | 15 | 38 | 77 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 69,814 | 12 | 34 | 77 |
| Developmental Neuroscience | 888 | 12 | 30 | 79 |
| Endocrine and Autonomic Systems | 4,486 | 15 | 38 | 75 |
| Neurology (Neuroscience) | 8,623 | 11 | 28 | 64 |
| Sensory Systems | 3,417 | 13 | 33 | 61 |
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Questions about the h-index in Neuroscience
- What is a good h-index in Neuroscience?
- In Neuroscience, among 84,432 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 14. An h-index of 36 is at the 90th percentile and 78 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Neuroscience sits above the overall median (14 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Neuroscience?
- The median h-index of 84,432 ranked researchers in Neuroscience is 14 and the mean is 18.4.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Neuroscience?
- An h-index of 36 is at the 90th percentile in Neuroscience, and 48 at the 95th.