What is a good h-index in Public Administration?
Percentiles of the h-index among 1,755 ranked researchers in Public Administration, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Public Administration?
In Public Administration, among 1,755 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 43 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Public Administration sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 14 h-index
- 90thpercentile 22 h-index
- 95thpercentile 28 h-index
- 99thpercentile 43 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 Public Administration 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 |
More on Public Administration
- Public Administration: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Public Administration
- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in Public Administration
- What is a good h-index in Public Administration?
- In Public Administration, among 1,755 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 43 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Public Administration sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Public Administration?
- The median h-index of 1,755 ranked researchers in Public Administration is 8 and the mean is 10.8.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Public Administration?
- An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile in Public Administration, and 28 at the 95th.