What is a good h-index in Nursing?
Percentiles of the h-index among 2,510 ranked researchers in Nursing, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Nursing?
In Nursing, among 2,510 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile and 59 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Nursing sits level with the overall median.
- 50thpercentile (the median) 10 h-index
- 75thpercentile 16 h-index
- 90thpercentile 25 h-index
- 95thpercentile 35 h-index
- 99thpercentile 59 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 Nursing
Nursing has 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues, ethics and legal aspects | 588 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| Leadership and Management | 269 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 19,105 | 11 | 30 | 64 |
| Research and Theory | 141 | 8 | 16 | 29 |
More on Nursing
- Nursing: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Nursing
- What a good h-index is in every field
H-index by field
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- Earth and Planetary Sciences
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- Energy
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- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Materials Science
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- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Nursing
- What is a good h-index in Nursing?
- In Nursing, among 2,510 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile and 59 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Nursing sits level with the overall median.
- What is the average h-index in Nursing?
- The median h-index of 2,510 ranked researchers in Nursing is 10 and the mean is 13.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Nursing?
- An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile in Nursing, and 35 at the 95th.