What is a good h-index in Occupational Therapy?
Percentiles of the h-index among 3,375 ranked researchers in Occupational Therapy, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Occupational Therapy?
In Occupational Therapy, among 3,375 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 7. An h-index of 19 is at the 90th percentile and 42 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Occupational Therapy sits below the overall median (7 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 7 h-index
- 75thpercentile 11 h-index
- 90thpercentile 19 h-index
- 95thpercentile 25 h-index
- 99thpercentile 42 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 Health Professions
The median h-index in Health Professions is 7. Its subfields, with Occupational Therapy marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complementary and Manual Therapy | 1,168 | 10 | 27 | 52 |
| Emergency Medical Services | 2,521 | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| General Health Professions | 117,431 | 8 | 23 | 53 |
| Health Information Management | 2,468 | 6 | 18 | 43 |
| Medical Laboratory Technology | 186 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| Occupational Therapy | 3,375 | 7 | 19 | 42 |
| Pharmacy | 661 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 5,741 | 5 | 18 | 51 |
| Radiological and Ultrasound Technology | 2,845 | 9 | 19 | 38 |
| Speech and Hearing | 2,495 | 7 | 20 | 42 |
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Questions about the h-index in Occupational Therapy
- What is a good h-index in Occupational Therapy?
- In Occupational Therapy, among 3,375 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 7. An h-index of 19 is at the 90th percentile and 42 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Occupational Therapy sits below the overall median (7 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Occupational Therapy?
- The median h-index of 3,375 ranked researchers in Occupational Therapy is 7 and the mean is 9.0.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Occupational Therapy?
- An h-index of 19 is at the 90th percentile in Occupational Therapy, and 25 at the 95th.