What is a good h-index in Oral Surgery?
Percentiles of the h-index among 20,256 ranked researchers in Oral Surgery, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Oral Surgery?
In Oral Surgery, among 20,256 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 48 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Oral Surgery sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 14 h-index
- 90thpercentile 22 h-index
- 95thpercentile 29 h-index
- 99thpercentile 48 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 Dentistry
The median h-index in Dentistry is 9. Its subfields, with Oral Surgery marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Dentistry | 166 | 5 | 11 | 18 |
| Oral Surgery | 20,256 | 8 | 22 | 48 |
| Orthodontics | 10,744 | 9 | 25 | 56 |
| Periodontics | 12,112 | 10 | 27 | 58 |
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Questions about the h-index in Oral Surgery
- What is a good h-index in Oral Surgery?
- In Oral Surgery, among 20,256 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 48 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Oral Surgery sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Oral Surgery?
- The median h-index of 20,256 ranked researchers in Oral Surgery is 8 and the mean is 10.9.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Oral Surgery?
- An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile in Oral Surgery, and 29 at the 95th.