Careers · Demo University

01Field

What field are you interested in?

Compare academics within the same field, where publication and citation practices are more similar.

Field of study

02Institutions

What kind of comparison are you trying to make?

Compare two institutionsShow one line for each institution’s department.One institution against the othersCompare one department with the average of all other departments in this field.Compare all institutionsShow every available department in this field on the same graphs.

First institution Second institution

03Academics

Which academic ranks should count?

These are current ranks. Select every rank you want to include.

Should academics need particular sources?

Leave these unchecked to include everyone in the selected ranks. These requirements select people; the publication questions below select their works.

Has a CVHas a verified Scholar profileHas a verified OpenAlex identity

Any selected source (OR)Every selected source (AND)

May we use OpenAlex data?

Yes, allow OpenAlexUse its stored citation data for eligible works. No, use Google Scholar citationsOpenAlex identities and citation counts will not be used.

04Publications

What kinds of publications?

Which publication years?

Leave either end blank for no limit. These dates select publications for both graphs; they do not restrict when those works received citations.

From publication yearThrough publication year

05Publication sources

Where must a publication be listed?

OR includes a work found in either selected source. AND requires it in every selected source. Select one source to use that source alone. OpenAlex-only authorship suggestions are excluded until supported by a CV or Scholar.

CVListed on the academic’s CV.Google ScholarListed among their Scholar publications.

Any selected source (OR)Every selected source (AND)

06Citations

For the selected publications, where should citations come from?

Google Scholar, then OpenAlexUse OpenAlex as the fallback when a publication’s annual Scholar history is unavailable.Google Scholar onlyStored Scholar histories cover whole profiles. A filtered annual citation graph is unavailable with this choice.OpenAlex onlyUse stored annual citation histories for the selected publications.

The citation graph counts citations in the year they were received. Stored per-publication annual histories currently come from OpenAlex, so the fallback option uses OpenAlex here.

07Citation weights

Should citations from some journals count more?

Weights multiply each publication’s citation count. They do not change publication counts.

No weightsEvery citation counts equally. Custom weightsChoose a multiplier for individual journals in this comparison. Use the journal formulaUse a formula that assigns different weights to journals, configured on the Journals page.

Set the journal weighting formula on the Journals page ↗ (opens in a new tab, so you can keep these answers). Edit the visible formula, then save your weights.

Unlisted journals use 1×. Choose any multiplier from 0 to 10. Your existing custom weights are filled in to start.

08Career aggregation

What should each graph’s vertical axis measure?

Academics are aligned by years since their PhD. Each career year includes only academics who have reached it.

Publication graph

Citation graph

Aggregation formulas use total, mean, median, and people; for example mean * log(1 + people). Journal weights are chosen separately above.