What is a good h-index in Plant Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 251,499 ranked researchers in Plant Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Plant Science?
In Plant Science, among 251,499 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile and 53 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Plant Science sits level with the overall median.
- 50thpercentile (the median) 10 h-index
- 75thpercentile 16 h-index
- 90thpercentile 25 h-index
- 95thpercentile 33 h-index
- 99thpercentile 53 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 Agricultural and Biological Sciences
The median h-index in Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 9. Its subfields, with Plant Science marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 23,324 | 9 | 24 | 48 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | 25,306 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| Aquatic Science | 13,597 | 9 | 23 | 50 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 34,829 | 9 | 27 | 58 |
| Food Science | 49,956 | 9 | 26 | 54 |
| Forestry | 3,494 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| General Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15,925 | 5 | 13 | 34 |
| Horticulture | 216 | 8 | 18 | 37 |
| Insect Science | 22,148 | 11 | 26 | 52 |
| Plant Science | 251,499 | 10 | 25 | 53 |
| Soil Science | 16,420 | 9 | 28 | 61 |
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Questions about the h-index in Plant Science
- What is a good h-index in Plant Science?
- In Plant Science, among 251,499 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile and 53 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Plant Science sits level with the overall median.
- What is the average h-index in Plant Science?
- The median h-index of 251,499 ranked researchers in Plant Science is 10 and the mean is 12.6.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Plant Science?
- An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile in Plant Science, and 33 at the 95th.