Trackademia

Welcome to Trackademia

The idea behind Trackademia is to build on existing academic databases like Google Scholar and OpenAlex so that you can trust the data and use it for whatever you want. That comes down to two things.

More data, and more ways to use it. We aggregate publication data from every major source into a single dataset and add information pulled from faculty CVs. Then we let you slice it however you want: choose which sources to build from, write your own formulas, weight journals, adjust for department size.

More accurate, and honest about where it isn’t. We focus on a smaller set of schools so we can verify everything carefully. Faculty lists come from department websites rather than being inferred from publication records, so we know who should be in the data before we go looking. When we can’t find data on someone, we record the gap instead of dropping them. Every number comes with a coverage rate you can check against ground truth.

Everything in Trackademia is built from seven units. AI merges duplicate records across sources and tags each publication so these categories hold up:

  • Publication — citation counts, authors, journal, peer review status, and more
  • Publication group — versions of the same work combined into one entity, such as a working paper and the article it became
  • Academic
  • Department
  • University
  • Field
  • Journal

There are two modes. In Database mode you browse the underlying records and filter by any of the seven units. In Analytics mode you get graphs and comparisons, and you switch views to compare two departments, compare one department against the average of the others, or see them all at once. Tabs let you focus on a particular level of the data.
Trackademia
Value Statistic Unit

Departments

Citations per academic
1 Dartmouth Government Dartmouth · 28 academics 1,704
2 Columbia Political Science Columbia · 40 academics 1,648
3 Harvard Government Harvard · 41 academics 1,244
4 Penn Political Science Penn · 37 academics 1,055
5 Cornell Government Cornell · 35 academics 900
6 Princeton Politics Princeton · 56 academics 808
7 Yale Political Science Yale · 42 academics 659
8 Brown Political Science Brown · 30 academics 362

306,148 citations over 3,659 of 5,098 works (72% carry a count). 272 of 309 academics have at least one counted work. A work with no citation count is unknown here, never a zero.

Publications over time

Works published in each year
Statistic Unit Each point

Dartmouth GovernmentHarvard GovernmentYale Political SciencePrinceton PoliticsColumbia Political ScienceCornell GovernmentPenn Political ScienceBrown Political Science

Every selected work, by the year it was published. An undated work is in no year.

Citations over time

Citations received in each year
Value Statistic Unit Each point

Dartmouth GovernmentHarvard GovernmentYale Political SciencePrinceton PoliticsColumbia Political ScienceCornell GovernmentPenn Political ScienceBrown Political Science

Citations received in each year, from the academics’ verified Scholar profiles.

Makeup by rank

Academics at each rank
Series: Distinguished, Full, Associate, Assistant, Research, Postdoc, Unknown.0102030405060Dartmouth Government Distinguished 7Dartmouth Government Full 9Dartmouth Government Associate 9Dartmouth Government Assistant 328Harvard Government Distinguished 24Harvard Government Full 3Harvard Government Associate 1Harvard Government Assistant 6Harvard Government Research 1Harvard Government Unknown 641Yale Political Science Distinguished 11Yale Political Science Full 5Yale Political Science Associate 7Yale Political Science Assistant 11Yale Political Science Postdoc 1Yale Political Science Unknown 742Princeton Politics Distinguished 13Princeton Politics Full 15Princeton Politics Associate 6Princeton Politics Assistant 13Princeton Politics Unknown 956Columbia Political Science Distinguished 12Columbia Political Science Full 10Columbia Political Science Associate 5Columbia Political Science Assistant 8Columbia Political Science Unknown 540Cornell Government Distinguished 6Cornell Government Full 7Cornell Government Associate 10Cornell Government Assistant 8Cornell Government Unknown 435Penn Political Science Distinguished 15Penn Political Science Full 5Penn Political Science Associate 6Penn Political Science Assistant 7Penn Political Science Postdoc 1Penn Political Science Unknown 337Brown Political Science Distinguished 12Brown Political Science Full 3Brown Political Science Associate 7Brown Political Science Assistant 5Brown Political Science Unknown 330Dartmouth GovernmentYale Political ScienceColumbia Political ScienceBrown Political ScienceAcademicsDepartment

DistinguishedFullAssociateAssistantResearchPostdocUnknown

The current rank of every academic the filters keep (definitions section 7).

Output by rank

Median citations per academic at each rank
Value Statistic
Series: Dartmouth Government, Harvard Government, Yale Political Science, Princeton Politics, Columbia Political Science, Cornell Government, Penn Political Science, Brown Political Science.0.0500.01,000.01,500.02,000.0Distinguished Dartmouth Government over 7 academics 869.0Distinguished Harvard Government over 24 academics 612.0Distinguished Yale Political Science over 11 academics 496.0Distinguished Princeton Politics over 13 academics 594.0Distinguished Columbia Political Science over 12 academics 529.5Distinguished Cornell Government over 6 academics 1,919.0Distinguished Penn Political Science over 15 academics 819.0Distinguished Brown Political Science over 12 academics 137.5Full Dartmouth Government over 9 academics 282.0Full Harvard Government over 3 academics 1,437.0Full Yale Political Science over 5 academics 376.0Full Princeton Politics over 15 academics 257.0Full Columbia Political Science over 10 academics 135.0Full Cornell Government over 7 academics 816.0Full Penn Political Science over 5 academics 562.0Full Brown Political Science over 3 academics 49.0Associate Dartmouth Government over 9 academics 317.0Associate Harvard Government over 1 academics 492.0Associate Yale Political Science over 7 academics 501.0Associate Princeton Politics over 6 academics 1,398.5Associate Columbia Political Science over 5 academics 514.0Associate Cornell Government over 10 academics 687.5Associate Penn Political Science over 6 academics 690.0Associate Brown Political Science over 7 academics 252.0Assistant Dartmouth Government over 3 academics 95.0Assistant Harvard Government over 6 academics 235.5Assistant Yale Political Science over 11 academics 221.0Assistant Princeton Politics over 13 academics 243.0Assistant Columbia Political Science over 8 academics 679.5Assistant Cornell Government over 8 academics 170.0Assistant Penn Political Science over 7 academics 195.0Assistant Brown Political Science over 5 academics 135.0Unknown Harvard Government over 6 academics 0.0Unknown Yale Political Science over 7 academics 17.0Unknown Princeton Politics over 9 academics 0.0Unknown Columbia Political Science over 5 academics 0.0Unknown Cornell Government over 4 academics 3.5Unknown Penn Political Science over 3 academics 0.0Unknown Brown Political Science over 3 academics 0.0Other Harvard Government over 1 academics 857.0Other Yale Political Science over 1 academics 25.0Other Penn Political Science over 1 academics 425.0DistinguishedFullAssociateAssistantUnknownOtherMedian citations per academicRank

Dartmouth GovernmentHarvard GovernmentYale Political SciencePrinceton PoliticsColumbia Political ScienceCornell GovernmentPenn Political ScienceBrown Political Science

Each rank read on its own, so a department of thirty and one of sixty are comparable at the same career stage.

Academics ranked against academics

Each department's rank-n academic, citations
Value Ranks
Series: Dartmouth Government, Harvard Government, Yale Political Science, Princeton Politics, Columbia Political Science, Cornell Government, Penn Political Science, Brown Political Science.010000200003000040000500001 Dartmouth Government Brendan Nyhan 276811 Harvard Government Kosuke Imai 107901 Yale Political Science Joshua Kalla 35771 Princeton Politics Andrew M. Guess 131111 Columbia Political Science Andrew Gelman 416571 Cornell Government Sarah E. Kreps 55831 Penn Political Science Matthew Levendusky 104011 Brown Political Science Robert A. Blair 31862 Dartmouth Government Sean J. Westwood 82712 Harvard Government Dustin Tingley 100712 Yale Political Science Gregory Alain Huber 34602 Princeton Politics Jonathan Mummolo 51352 Columbia Political Science Donald P. Green 80522 Cornell Government Peter John Loewen 46392 Penn Political Science Guy Grossman 34572 Brown Political Science Jeff D. Colgan 18103 Dartmouth Government Jeremy Ferwerda 19673 Harvard Government Gary King 86653 Yale Political Science Milan Svolik 30673 Princeton Politics Rocío Titiunik 48863 Columbia Political Science John Marshall 21083 Cornell Government Thomas B. Pepinsky 45663 Penn Political Science Michael Horowitz 32713 Brown Political Science Jennifer Hadden 8574 Dartmouth Government John Michael Carey 10934 Harvard Government Joshua David Kertzer 34874 Yale Political Science P. M. Aronow 22494 Princeton Politics Arthur Spirling 24984 Columbia Political Science Nadia Urbinati 16314 Cornell Government Douglas L. Kriner 28154 Penn Political Science Diana C. Mutz 29834 Brown Political Science Mark McGann Blyth 8345 Dartmouth Government William C. Wohlforth 10095 Harvard Government Peter A. Hall 28055 Yale Political Science Hélène Landemore 18875 Princeton Politics Helen V. Milner 19885 Columbia Political Science Junyan Jiang 12985 Cornell Government Jamila Michener 19365 Penn Political Science Daniel J. Hopkins 26465 Brown Political Science Donghyun Danny Choi 5326 Dartmouth Government Jennifer Jerit 8696 Harvard Government Paul E. Peterson 15716 Yale Political Science Elisabeth Jean Wood 14276 Princeton Politics G. John Ikenberry 16716 Columbia Political Science Allison Carnegie 11736 Cornell Government Kenneth Roberts 11896 Penn Political Science Beth Simmons 20166 Brown Political Science Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro 4907 Dartmouth Government Benjamin A. Valentino 7487 Harvard Government Ryan D. Enos 14377 Yale Political Science Nicholas Sambanis 12247 Princeton Politics Hye Young You 14477 Columbia Political Science Nikhar Gaikwad 10377 Cornell Government Sabrina M. Karim 11577 Penn Political Science Parrish Bergquist 16417 Brown Political Science ROSE McDERMOTT 4638 Dartmouth Government Mia Costa 7228 Harvard Government Daniel Ziblatt 11598 Yale Political Science Shiro Kuriwaki 11428 Princeton Politics Rory Truex 13508 Columbia Political Science Elizabeth Nathan Saunders 10098 Cornell Government Suzanne Mettler 10238 Penn Political Science Daniel M. Smith 13838 Brown Political Science Reid B. C. Pauly 3649 Dartmouth Government Yang-Yang Zhou 6849 Harvard Government Steven Levitsky 9419 Yale Political Science Alan S. Gerber 11239 Princeton Politics Layna Mosley 9149 Columbia Political Science Eunji Kim 9879 Cornell Government Melissa Lee Sands 8979 Penn Political Science Sarah Bush 12689 Brown Political Science David Skarbek 29910 Dartmouth Government Jason Barabas 68110 Harvard Government James M. Snyder, Jr. 89210 Yale Political Science Daniel C. Mattingly 108110 Princeton Politics Rafaela Dancygier 82410 Columbia Political Science Yamil Ricardo Velez 83810 Cornell Government William R. Hobbs 88910 Penn Political Science Marc Meredith 109010 Brown Political Science Alexander Hirschman Gourevitch 25211 Dartmouth Government Daryl G. Press 67611 Harvard Government Alastair Iain Johnston 85711 Yale Political Science Adam Michael Auerbach 101911 Princeton Politics Leonard Wantchekon 80811 Columbia Political Science Andreas Wimmer 77811 Cornell Government Diana Fu 83111 Penn Political Science Amy Gutmann 99011 Brown Political Science Richard Owen Snyder 23312 Dartmouth Government Stephen G. Brooks 66212 Harvard Government Yuhua Wang 79612 Yale Political Science Peter E. Buisseret 50112 Princeton Politics Xu Xu 75012 Columbia Political Science Carlo Prato 75312 Cornell Government Gustavo A. Flores-Macías 81612 Penn Political Science Julia Gray 88112 Brown Political Science Tyler Jost 23313 Dartmouth Government JENNIFER M. LIND 55013 Harvard Government Elizabeth J. Perry 78813 Yale Political Science Jacob S. Hacker 49613 Princeton Politics Christopher Blair 72913 Columbia Political Science Timothy M. Frye 64713 Cornell Government Talbot M. Andrews 81613 Penn Political Science TARIQ THACHIL 81913 Brown Political Science Eric M. Patashnik 21514 Dartmouth Government Jason Lyall 46114 Harvard Government Melani Cammett 70414 Yale Political Science Kate Baldwin 47414 Princeton Politics James Raymond Vreeland 68214 Columbia Political Science Maria Victoria Murillo 59314 Cornell Government Daniel N.j. de Kadt 77014 Penn Political Science Michele F. Margolis 76714 Brown Political Science Ashutosh Varshney 21215 Dartmouth Government Deborah Jordan Brooks 31715 Harvard Government Pia J. Raffler 69515 Yale Political Science Allison P. Harris 44815 Princeton Politics Elizabeth R. Nugent 65515 Columbia Political Science Andrew J. Nathan 58715 Cornell Government Peter K. Enns 75815 Penn Political Science Michael Jones-Correa 65115 Brown Political Science Prerna Singh 210123456789101112131415CitationsRank

Dartmouth GovernmentHarvard GovernmentYale Political SciencePrinceton PoliticsColumbia Political ScienceCornell GovernmentPenn Political ScienceBrown Political Science

Rank 15 of 56 at the deepest; 8 of 8 departments still have somebody at the last rank drawn. Rank n of one department is not otherwise related to rank n of another - what this compares is the shape of the lists.

Years to promotion

From the PhD to each rank
Series: Dartmouth Government, Harvard Government, Yale Political Science, Princeton Politics, Columbia Political Science, Cornell Government, Penn Political Science, Brown Political Science.0.05.010.015.020.0Associate Dartmouth Government median of 6 academics 7.07.0Associate Harvard Government median of 4 academics 6.56.5Associate Yale Political Science median of 7 academics 8.08.0Associate Princeton Politics median of 7 academics 8.08.0Associate Columbia Political Science median of 4 academics 9.09.0Associate Cornell Government median of 8 academics 9.09.0Associate Penn Political Science median of 7 academics 7.07.0Associate Brown Political Science median of 6 academics 7.57.5Full or distinguished Dartmouth Government median of 7 academics 16.016.0Full or distinguished Harvard Government median of 3 academics 10.010.0Full or distinguished Yale Political Science median of 5 academics 12.012.0Full or distinguished Princeton Politics median of 10 academics 12.512.5Full or distinguished Columbia Political Science median of 3 academics 16.016.0Full or distinguished Cornell Government median of 8 academics 12.012.0Full or distinguished Penn Political Science median of 12 academics 11.511.5Full or distinguished Brown Political Science median of 3 academics 13.013.0AssociateFull or distinguishedYears since the PhDRank reached

Dartmouth GovernmentHarvard GovernmentYale Political SciencePrinceton PoliticsColumbia Political ScienceCornell GovernmentPenn Political ScienceBrown Political Science

The median years from the PhD year a CV states to the first year it states that rank. An academic whose CV dates neither is in neither figure.

Journals used

Where these departments place work, by works
Value
Series: value.Foreign AffairsForeign Affairs 366366The Journal of PoliticsThe Journal of Politics 198198American Journal of Political ScienceAmerican Journal of Political Science 150150American Political Science ReviewAmerican Political Science Review 119119Perspectives on PoliticsPerspectives on Politics 117117Comparative Political StudiesComparative Political Studies 7979Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 7474International OrganizationInternational Organization 7474British Journal of Political ScienceBritish Journal of Political Science 6969The Monkey CageThe Monkey Cage 6161Political BehaviorPolitical Behavior 5353Political AnalysisPolitical Analysis 51510100200300JournalWorks

The twelve venues highest on this reading, of 786.