What is a good h-index in Research and Theory?
Percentiles of the h-index among 141 ranked researchers in Research and Theory, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Research and Theory?
In Research and Theory, among 141 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 16 is at the 90th percentile and 29 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Research and Theory sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 8 h-index
- 75thpercentile 12 h-index
- 90thpercentile 16 h-index
- 95thpercentile 18 h-index
- 99thpercentile 29 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 Nursing
The median h-index in Nursing is 10. Its subfields, with Research and Theory marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues, ethics and legal aspects | 588 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| Leadership and Management | 269 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 19,105 | 11 | 30 | 64 |
| Research and Theory | 141 | 8 | 16 | 29 |
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- What a good h-index is in every field
H-index by field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Arts and Humanities
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Decision Sciences
- Dentistry
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Energy
- Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Research and Theory
- What is a good h-index in Research and Theory?
- In Research and Theory, among 141 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 8. An h-index of 16 is at the 90th percentile and 29 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Research and Theory sits below the overall median (8 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Research and Theory?
- The median h-index of 141 ranked researchers in Research and Theory is 8 and the mean is 9.3.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Research and Theory?
- An h-index of 16 is at the 90th percentile in Research and Theory, and 18 at the 95th.