What is a good h-index in Structural Biology?
Percentiles of the h-index among 304 ranked researchers in Structural Biology, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Structural Biology?
In Structural Biology, among 304 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile and 51 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Structural Biology sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 9 h-index
- 75thpercentile 15 h-index
- 90thpercentile 25 h-index
- 95thpercentile 34 h-index
- 99thpercentile 51 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 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
The median h-index in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 14. Its subfields, with Structural Biology marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aging | 818 | 12 | 32 | 65 |
| Biochemistry (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) | 1,366 | 11 | 30 | 68 |
| Biophysics | 3,761 | 11 | 28 | 59 |
| Biotechnology | 3,616 | 12 | 31 | 60 |
| Cancer Research | 11,255 | 11 | 28 | 68 |
| Cell Biology | 8,622 | 12 | 33 | 75 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 1,933 | 12 | 30 | 66 |
| Developmental Biology | 317 | 12 | 36 | 55 |
| Endocrinology | 4,272 | 12 | 33 | 68 |
| Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) | 62,809 | 12 | 35 | 86 |
| Molecular Biology | 676,373 | 14 | 35 | 72 |
| Molecular Medicine | 4,063 | 13 | 32 | 71 |
| Physiology (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) | 1,323 | 14 | 37 | 71 |
| Structural Biology | 304 | 9 | 25 | 51 |
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Questions about the h-index in Structural Biology
- What is a good h-index in Structural Biology?
- In Structural Biology, among 304 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 9. An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile and 51 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Structural Biology sits below the overall median (9 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Structural Biology?
- The median h-index of 304 ranked researchers in Structural Biology is 9 and the mean is 12.4.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Structural Biology?
- An h-index of 25 is at the 90th percentile in Structural Biology, and 34 at the 95th.