What is a good h-index in Ocean Engineering?
Percentiles of the h-index among 23,915 ranked researchers in Ocean Engineering, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Ocean Engineering?
In Ocean Engineering, among 23,915 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 19 is at the 90th percentile and 42 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Ocean Engineering sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 12 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 Engineering
The median h-index in Engineering is 9. Its subfields, with Ocean Engineering 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 |
More on Ocean Engineering
- Ocean Engineering: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Ocean Engineering
- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in Ocean Engineering
- What is a good h-index in Ocean Engineering?
- In Ocean Engineering, among 23,915 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 19 is at the 90th percentile and 42 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Ocean Engineering sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Ocean Engineering?
- The median h-index of 23,915 ranked researchers in Ocean Engineering is 8 and the mean is 10.1.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Ocean Engineering?
- An h-index of 19 is at the 90th percentile in Ocean Engineering, and 25 at the 95th.