What is a good h-index in Pharmaceutical Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 8,428 ranked researchers in Pharmaceutical Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Pharmaceutical Science?
In Pharmaceutical Science, among 8,428 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile and 60 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Pharmaceutical Science sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 12 h-index
- 75thpercentile 19 h-index
- 90thpercentile 30 h-index
- 95thpercentile 39 h-index
- 99thpercentile 60 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 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
The median h-index in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics is 12. Its subfields, with Pharmaceutical Science marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical Science | 8,428 | 12 | 30 | 60 |
| Pharmacology (Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics) | 6,063 | 10 | 27 | 62 |
| Toxicology | 1,503 | 12 | 29 | 60 |
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Questions about the h-index in Pharmaceutical Science
- What is a good h-index in Pharmaceutical Science?
- In Pharmaceutical Science, among 8,428 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 12. An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile and 60 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Pharmaceutical Science sits above the overall median (12 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Pharmaceutical Science?
- The median h-index of 8,428 ranked researchers in Pharmaceutical Science is 12 and the mean is 15.7.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Pharmaceutical Science?
- An h-index of 30 is at the 90th percentile in Pharmaceutical Science, and 39 at the 95th.