What is a good h-index in Theoretical Computer Science?
Percentiles of the h-index among 768 ranked researchers in Theoretical Computer Science, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Theoretical Computer Science?
In Theoretical Computer Science, among 768 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 14 is at the 90th percentile and 38 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Theoretical Computer Science sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 5 h-index
- 75thpercentile 8 h-index
- 90thpercentile 14 h-index
- 95thpercentile 18 h-index
- 99thpercentile 38 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 Mathematics
The median h-index in Mathematics is 8. Its subfields, with Theoretical Computer Science marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algebra and Number Theory | 4,730 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| Applied Mathematics | 17,146 | 8 | 21 | 42 |
| Computational Mathematics | 110 | 9 | 18 | 36 |
| Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 2,020 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| Geometry and Topology | 13,620 | 7 | 19 | 38 |
| Mathematical Physics | 10,944 | 8 | 21 | 42 |
| Modeling and Simulation | 2,336 | 10 | 26 | 61 |
| Numerical Analysis | 3,595 | 8 | 22 | 47 |
| Statistics and Probability | 14,819 | 10 | 30 | 67 |
| Theoretical Computer Science | 768 | 5 | 14 | 38 |
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H-index by field
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Questions about the h-index in Theoretical Computer Science
- What is a good h-index in Theoretical Computer Science?
- In Theoretical Computer Science, among 768 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 5. An h-index of 14 is at the 90th percentile and 38 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Theoretical Computer Science sits below the overall median (5 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Theoretical Computer Science?
- The median h-index of 768 ranked researchers in Theoretical Computer Science is 5 and the mean is 6.7.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Theoretical Computer Science?
- An h-index of 14 is at the 90th percentile in Theoretical Computer Science, and 18 at the 95th.