What is a good h-index in Urban Studies?
Percentiles of the h-index among 8,628 ranked researchers in Urban Studies, and where any h-index stands. All fields.
What is a good h-index in Urban Studies?
In Urban Studies, among 8,628 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile and 29 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Urban Studies sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
- 50thpercentile (the median) 4 h-index
- 75thpercentile 7 h-index
- 90thpercentile 12 h-index
- 95thpercentile 17 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 Social Sciences
The median h-index in Social Sciences is 4. Its subfields, with Urban Studies marked:
| Subfield | Researchers | Median | 90th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | 16,635 | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| Archeology (Social Sciences) | 136 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| Communication | 7,947 | 6 | 18 | 39 |
| Cultural Studies | 9,148 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| Demography | 10,009 | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| Development | 2,288 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| Education | 187,319 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| Gender Studies | 5,931 | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| General Social Sciences | 2,222 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 4,548 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| Health | 3,616 | 10 | 26 | 63 |
| Human Factors and Ergonomics | 337 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| Law | 24,364 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| Library and Information Sciences | 2,271 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 477 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| Linguistics and Language | 3,785 | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 96,203 | 4 | 13 | 32 |
| Public Administration | 1,755 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| Safety Research | 3,986 | 7 | 20 | 48 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 271,131 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| Transportation | 24,479 | 2 | 14 | 40 |
| Urban Studies | 8,628 | 4 | 12 | 29 |
More on Urban Studies
- Urban Studies: leading countries, institutions and researchers
- The most cited researchers in Urban Studies
- What a good h-index is in every field
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Questions about the h-index in Urban Studies
- What is a good h-index in Urban Studies?
- In Urban Studies, among 8,628 ranked researchers, the median h-index is 4. An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile and 29 at the 99th. The median across all fields is 10, so Urban Studies sits below the overall median (4 against 10).
- What is the average h-index in Urban Studies?
- The median h-index of 8,628 ranked researchers in Urban Studies is 4 and the mean is 5.6.
- What h-index is in the top 10% in Urban Studies?
- An h-index of 12 is at the 90th percentile in Urban Studies, and 17 at the 95th.