What is a good h-index in Psychology?
Percentiles of the h-index among 114,313 ranked researchers in Psychology, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Psychology?
In Psychology, among 114,313 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 29 is at the 90th percentile and 69 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Psychology sits level with the overall median.
- 50thpercentile (the median) 10 h-index
- 75thpercentile 17 h-index
- 90thpercentile 29 h-index
- 95thpercentile 40 h-index
- 99thpercentile 69 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 in the subfields of Psychology
Psychology has 7 subfields with enough ranked researchers to compare. Each researcher is counted in the subfield where they have the most papers.
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Psychology | 1,525 | 10 | 29 | 83 |
| Clinical Psychology | 81,270 | 10 | 28 | 68 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 15,043 | 10 | 27 | 60 |
| Experimental and Cognitive Psychology | 12,397 | 10 | 30 | 70 |
| General Psychology | 318 | 7 | 20 | 35 |
| Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology | 343 | 8 | 24 | 69 |
| Social Psychology | 29,593 | 9 | 26 | 62 |
More on Psychology
- Psychology: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Psychology
- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in Psychology
- What is a good h-index in Psychology?
- In Psychology, among 114,313 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 10. An h-index of 29 is at the 90th percentile and 69 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Psychology sits level with the overall median.
- What is the average h-index in Psychology?
- The median h-index of 114,313 ranked researchers in Psychology is 10 and the mean is 14.2.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Psychology?
- An h-index of 29 is at the 90th percentile in Psychology, and 40 at the 95th.