What is a good h-index in Philosophy?
Percentiles of the h-index among 19,556 ranked researchers in Philosophy, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Philosophy?
In Philosophy, among 19,556 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 14 is at the 90th percentile and 34 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Philosophy sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 4 h-index
- 75thpercentile 8 h-index
- 90thpercentile 14 h-index
- 95thpercentile 19 h-index
- 99thpercentile 34 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 Arts and Humanities
The median h-index in Arts and Humanities is 4. Its subfields, with Philosophy marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archeology (Arts and Humanities) | 35,270 | 5 | 14 | 32 |
| Classics | 4,084 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| Conservation | 2,436 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| General Arts and Humanities | 857 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| History | 28,040 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| History and Philosophy of Science | 5,406 | 5 | 17 | 37 |
| Language and Linguistics | 29,567 | 4 | 14 | 35 |
| Literature and Literary Theory | 48,535 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| Museology | 3,323 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| Music | 7,930 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| Philosophy | 19,556 | 4 | 14 | 34 |
| Religious studies | 8,901 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 9,031 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
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Questions about the h-index in Philosophy
- What is a good h-index in Philosophy?
- In Philosophy, among 19,556 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 14 is at the 90th percentile and 34 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Philosophy sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Philosophy?
- The median h-index of 19,556 ranked researchers in Philosophy is 4 and the mean is 6.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Philosophy?
- An h-index of 14 is at the 90th percentile in Philosophy, and 19 at the 95th.