What is a good h-index in Political Science and International Relations?
Percentiles of the h-index among 96,203 ranked researchers in Political Science and International Relations, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Political Science and International Relations?
In Political Science and International Relations, among 96,203 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 13 is at the 90th percentile and 32 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Political Science and International Relations sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 4 h-index
- 75thpercentile 8 h-index
- 90thpercentile 13 h-index
- 95thpercentile 18 h-index
- 99thpercentile 32 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 Social Sciences
The median h-index in Social Sciences is 4. Its subfields, with Political Science and International Relations marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | 16,635 | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| Archeology (Social Sciences) | 136 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| Communication | 7,947 | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| Cultural Studies | 9,148 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| Demography | 10,009 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| Development | 2,288 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| Education | 187,319 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| Gender Studies | 5,931 | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| General Social Sciences | 2,222 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 4,548 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| Health | 3,616 | 10 | 26 | 63 |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 337 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| Law | 24,364 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 2,271 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 477 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| Linguistics and Language | 3,785 | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 96,203 | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| Public Administration | 1,755 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| Safety Research | 3,986 | 7 | 20 | 48 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 271,131 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| Transportation | 24,479 | 2 | 14 | 40 |
| Urban Studies | 8,628 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
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Questions about the h-index in Political Science and International Relations
- What is a good h-index in Political Science and International Relations?
- In Political Science and International Relations, among 96,203 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 13 is at the 90th percentile and 32 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Political Science and International Relations sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Political Science and International Relations?
- The median h-index of 96,203 ranked researchers in Political Science and International Relations is 4 and the mean is 6.2.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Political Science and International Relations?
- An h-index of 13 is at the 90th percentile in Political Science and International Relations, and 18 at the 95th.