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What is a good h-index in Radiation?

Percentiles of the h-index among 20,131 ranked researchers in Radiation, and where any h-index stands. All fields.

What is a good h-index in Radiation?

In Radiation, among 20,131 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 44 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Radiation sits below the overall median (9 against 10).

  1. 50thpercentile (the median) 9 h-index
  2. 75thpercentile 14 h-index
  3. 90thpercentile 22 h-index
  4. 95thpercentile 29 h-index
  5. 99thpercentile 44 h-index

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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 Physics and Astronomy

The median h-index in Physics and Astronomy is 13. Its subfields, with Radiation marked:

SubfieldResearchersMedian90th99th
Acoustics and Ultrasonics140 91826
Astronomy and Astrophysics91,662 114088
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics95,782 113061
Condensed Matter Physics18,164 123262
Instrumentation600 81632
Nuclear and High Energy Physics161,893 1654122
Radiation20,131 92244
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics12,724 102657

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Questions about the h-index in Radiation

What is a good h-index in Radiation?
In Radiation, among 20,131 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 44 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Radiation sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
What is the average h-index in Radiation?
The median h-index of 20,131 ranked researchers in Radiation is 9 and the mean is 11.5.
What h-index is in the top 10% in Radiation?
An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile in Radiation, and 29 at the 95th.