H-Index & i10-Index
| Database (snapshot October 27, 2026) | h-index | i10-index | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex A5037710835 ↗ 446 works indexed |
82 | 139 | 66,446 |
| Google Scholar profile ↗ auto-generated profile — not self-maintained | 62 | 102 | 125,020 |
A rare reversal: Feynman's OpenAlex h-index (82) exceeds his Scholar h (62) — Scholar splits his book editions and lecture volumes across many low-cited records. We sampled the OpenAlex record for misassigned works — none found. OpenAlex counts journal-era output conservatively; Scholar also indexes books, theses, preprints and grey literature — Scholar figures typically run higher.
Top-cited works in OpenAlex
Used for identity verification — the landmark papers you would expect to be here are.
| Work (top-cited first) | Year | Cited by |
|---|---|---|
| Simulating physics with computers ↗ | 1982 | 7,682 |
| Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics ↗ | 1948 | 4,278 |
| Forces in Molecules ↗ | 1939 | 3,873 |
| The Feynman Lectures on Physics ↗ | 1964 | 2,941 |
| The theory of a general quantum system interacting with a linear dissipative system ↗ | 1963 | 2,891 |
| Theory of the Fermi Interaction ↗ | 1958 | 2,148 |
| The Character of Physical Law ↗ | 2017 | 1,882 |
| Very High-Energy Collisions of Hadrons ↗ | 1969 | 1,780 |
Identity & disambiguation
- OpenAlex author ID: A5037710835
- ORCID: — (record predates or lacks an ORCID)
- Google Scholar: auto-generated public profile (not self-maintained)
- Verification: Top works match the canon: 'Simulating Physics with Computers' (1982), the 1948 path-integral paper, 'Forces in Molecules' (1939), the Feynman Lectures.
How does 82 compare to the field? The OpenAlex benchmark dataset (63,665 authors) puts a senior physics researcher's median h-index far below these numbers — profiles like Feynman's sit in the extreme tail of the distribution. Compare against field × career-stage benchmarks.
Benchmark Yourself
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OpenAlex data snapshot October 27, 2026; Scholar values read from public profiles October 2026. Metrics drift over time and differ across databases — see methodology.