What is a good h-index in Software?
Percentiles of the h-index among 2,715 ranked researchers in Software, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Software?
In Software, among 2,715 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 50 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Software sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 9 h-index
- 75thpercentile 14 h-index
- 90thpercentile 22 h-index
- 95thpercentile 30 h-index
- 99thpercentile 50 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 Computer Science
The median h-index in Computer Science is 8. Its subfields, with Software marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 146,054 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| Computational Theory and Mathematics | 19,601 | 9 | 23 | 48 |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | 1,324 | 9 | 25 | 50 |
| Computer Networks and Communications | 69,056 | 9 | 22 | 50 |
| Computer Science Applications | 3,969 | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 89,309 | 9 | 22 | 52 |
| Hardware and Architecture | 7,394 | 9 | 21 | 45 |
| Human-Computer Interaction | 7,067 | 9 | 24 | 53 |
| Information Systems | 61,330 | 5 | 14 | 33 |
| Signal Processing | 7,980 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| Software | 2,715 | 9 | 22 | 50 |
More on Software
- Software: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Software
- What a good h-index is in every field
H-index by field
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- Economics, Econometrics and Finance
- Energy
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- Environmental Science
- Health Professions
- Immunology and Microbiology
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Veterinary
Questions about the h-index in Software
- What is a good h-index in Software?
- In Software, among 2,715 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile and 50 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Software sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Software?
- The median h-index of 2,715 ranked researchers in Software is 9 and the mean is 11.5.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Software?
- An h-index of 22 is at the 90th percentile in Software, and 30 at the 95th.