What is a good h-index in Nuclear and High Energy Physics?
Percentiles of the h-index among 161,893 ranked researchers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Nuclear and High Energy Physics?
In Nuclear and High Energy Physics, among 161,893 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 16. An h-index of 54 is at the 90th percentile and 122 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Nuclear and High Energy Physics sits above the overall median (16 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 16 h-index
- 75thpercentile 30 h-index
- 90thpercentile 54 h-index
- 95thpercentile 77 h-index
- 99thpercentile 122 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 Physics and Astronomy
The median h-index in Physics and Astronomy is 13. Its subfields, with Nuclear and High Energy Physics marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoustics and Ultrasonics | 140 | 9 | 18 | 26 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 91,662 | 11 | 40 | 88 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 95,782 | 11 | 30 | 61 |
| Condensed Matter Physics | 18,164 | 12 | 32 | 62 |
| Instrumentation | 600 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 161,893 | 16 | 54 | 122 |
| Radiation | 20,131 | 9 | 22 | 44 |
| Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 12,724 | 10 | 26 | 57 |
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Questions about the h-index in Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- What is a good h-index in Nuclear and High Energy Physics?
- In Nuclear and High Energy Physics, among 161,893 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 16. An h-index of 54 is at the 90th percentile and 122 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Nuclear and High Energy Physics sits above the overall median (16 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Nuclear and High Energy Physics?
- The median h-index of 161,893 ranked researchers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 16 and the mean is 24.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Nuclear and High Energy Physics?
- An h-index of 54 is at the 90th percentile in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and 77 at the 95th.