What is a good h-index in Periodontics?
Percentiles of the h-index among 12,112 ranked researchers in Periodontics, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Periodontics?
In Periodontics, among 12,112 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 27 is at the 90th percentile and 58 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Periodontics sits level with the overall median.
- 50thpercentile (the median) 10 h-index
- 75thpercentile 17 h-index
- 90thpercentile 27 h-index
- 95thpercentile 36 h-index
- 99thpercentile 58 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 Periodontics 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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- What a good h-index is in every field
H-index by field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Decision Sciences
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Energy
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Periodontics
- What is a good h-index in Periodontics?
- In Periodontics, among 12,112 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 27 is at the 90th percentile and 58 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Periodontics sits level with the overall median.
- What is the average h-index in Periodontics?
- The median h-index of 12,112 ranked researchers in Periodontics is 10 and the mean is 13.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Periodontics?
- An h-index of 27 is at the 90th percentile in Periodontics, and 36 at the 95th.