Research influence · Established
g-index
The largest number g such that a researcher’s g most-cited papers have at least g² citations together.
At a glance
ScienceDex researchers with papers in OpenAlex, an open index of published research, as of September 23, 2026. Profiles that mix papers from different people with the same name are left out.
- Researchers
- 50,136
- Median
- 53
- Half are at or below
- Middle half
- 32 to 82
- 25th to 75th percentile
- 90th percentile
- 125
- 9 in 10 are at or below
Researchers by g-index
Each bar counts the researchers in one range. Select a bar to list them below.
Show the numbers
| Range | Researchers | Share of researchers |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 19 | 5,673 | 11.3% |
| 20 to 39 | 11,692 | 23.3% |
| 40 to 59 | 11,218 | 22.4% |
| 60 to 79 | 8,132 | 16.2% |
| 80 to 99 | 4,857 | 9.7% |
| 100 to 119 | 2,963 | 5.9% |
| 120 to 139 | 1,906 | 3.8% |
| 140 to 159 | 1,129 | 2.3% |
| 160 to 179 | 791 | 1.6% |
| 180 to 199 | 529 | 1.1% |
| 200 to 219 | 346 | 0.7% |
| 220 to 239 | 272 | 0.5% |
| 240 to 259 | 182 | 0.4% |
| 260 or more | 446 | 0.9% |
Explore researchers
Sort order describes this measure; it is not an overall assessment of a researcher.
Showing 4,857 researchers with g-index 80 to 99.Show all researchers
4,857 researchers · Page 4. Table bars compare sizes within this page.
| Researcher | g-index |
|---|---|
| Irving C Allen | 99 |
| Levitt, Roy C. | 99 |
| Goldberg, Caren S | 99 |
| Bendavid, Eran | 99 |
| Wolchik, Sharlene Ann | 99 |
| Ke Xu | 99 |
| Sergei Borisovich Koralov | 99 |
| Young, Deborah R. | 99 |
| Wadler, Scott H | 99 |
| Norbert E Kaminski | 99 |
| Houdusse, Anne | 99 |
| Glish, Gary L | 99 |
| McKenna, Kevin E | 99 |
| Luijten, Erik | 99 |
| Jianlong Wang | 99 |
| Uttal, David H | 99 |
| Spivey, Michael J | 99 |
| Fitchett, George | 99 |
| Bennett, Kristin P | 99 |
| Michael Ploug | 99 |
| York, David A. | 99 |
| Howard, John A. | 99 |
| Guergana K. Savova | 99 |
| Lapchak, Paul A | 99 |
| Laties, Alan M | 99 |
Agreement with other citation measures
How closely each measure below puts researchers in the same order as g-index, among researchers who have both (Spearman rank correlation). 1 means the same order, 0 means no relation, and −1 means the reverse order.
- OpenAlex-indexed citations50,136 researchers0.97
- h-index50,136 researchers0.96
- OpenAlex i10-index50,136 researchers0.94
- hm-index50,136 researchers0.86
- Impact depth47,917 researchers-0.63
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