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 Harvard Government Harvard · 41 academics 9,577
2 Columbia Political Science Columbia · 40 academics 8,078
3 Penn Political Science Penn · 37 academics 4,594
4 Dartmouth Government Dartmouth · 28 academics 4,219
5 Princeton Politics Princeton · 56 academics 3,540
6 Yale Political Science Yale · 42 academics 3,184
7 Cornell Government Cornell · 35 academics 1,828
8 Brown Political Science Brown · 30 academics 1,778

1,375,052 citations over 9,198 of 12,944 works (71% carry a count). 283 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.0.02,000.04,000.06,000.08,000.010,000.012,000.0Distinguished Dartmouth Government over 7 academics 8,666.0Distinguished Harvard Government over 24 academics 4,089.0Distinguished Yale Political Science over 11 academics 6,814.0Distinguished Princeton Politics over 13 academics 4,007.0Distinguished Columbia Political Science over 12 academics 6,353.0Distinguished Cornell Government over 6 academics 4,678.0Distinguished Penn Political Science over 15 academics 5,758.0Distinguished Brown Political Science over 12 academics 1,649.5Full Dartmouth Government over 9 academics 1,635.0Full Harvard Government over 3 academics 3,151.0Full Yale Political Science over 5 academics 5,153.0Full Princeton Politics over 15 academics 4,155.0Full Columbia Political Science over 10 academics 2,704.5Full Cornell Government over 7 academics 2,052.0Full Penn Political Science over 5 academics 2,053.0Full Brown Political Science over 3 academics 1,748.0Associate Dartmouth Government over 9 academics 1,096.0Associate Harvard Government over 1 academics 1,473.0Associate Yale Political Science over 7 academics 1,371.0Associate Princeton Politics over 6 academics 1,793.5Associate Columbia Political Science over 5 academics 1,882.0Associate Cornell Government over 10 academics 925.0Associate Penn Political Science over 6 academics 1,312.5Associate Brown Political Science over 7 academics 1,035.0Assistant Dartmouth Government over 3 academics 95.0Assistant Harvard Government over 6 academics 248.0Assistant Yale Political Science over 11 academics 221.0Assistant Princeton Politics over 13 academics 243.0Assistant Columbia Political Science over 8 academics 759.5Assistant Cornell Government over 8 academics 194.5Assistant Penn Political Science over 7 academics 291.0Assistant 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 40.5Unknown Penn Political Science over 3 academics 0.0Unknown Brown Political Science over 3 academics 0.0Other Harvard Government over 1 academics 10,644.0Other Yale Political Science over 1 academics 25.0Other Penn Political Science over 1 academics 1,517.0DistinguishedFullAssociateAssistantUnknownOtherMedian 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.0500001000001500002000001 Dartmouth Government Brendan Nyhan 382251 Harvard Government Gary King 1031531 Yale Political Science Alan S. Gerber 243031 Princeton Politics Helen V. Milner 176321 Columbia Political Science Andrew Gelman 1531891 Cornell Government Sarah E. Kreps 86131 Penn Political Science Beth Simmons 233601 Brown Political Science Mark McGann Blyth 71422 Dartmouth Government Sean J. Westwood 140422 Harvard Government Kosuke Imai 585642 Yale Political Science Gregory Alain Huber 196472 Princeton Politics Rocío Titiunik 159172 Columbia Political Science Donald P. Green 485622 Cornell Government Thomas B. Pepinsky 76572 Penn Political Science Amy Gutmann 200092 Brown Political Science ROSE McDERMOTT 68913 Dartmouth Government William C. Wohlforth 108723 Harvard Government Peter A. Hall 420353 Yale Political Science Nicholas Sambanis 147623 Princeton Politics Andrew Moravcsik 150603 Columbia Political Science Andreas Wimmer 251783 Cornell Government Kenneth Roberts 69653 Penn Political Science Diana C. Mutz 193363 Brown Political Science Richard Owen Snyder 63614 Dartmouth Government John Michael Carey 96924 Harvard Government Dustin Tingley 379224 Yale Political Science Jennifer Gandhi 100294 Princeton Politics Andrew M. Guess 133464 Columbia Political Science John D. Huber 87584 Cornell Government Peter John Loewen 57494 Penn Political Science Edward D. Mansfield 173334 Brown Political Science Peter Andreas 44445 Dartmouth Government Jennifer Jerit 86665 Harvard Government James M. Snyder, Jr. 273815 Yale Political Science Jacob S. Hacker 79875 Princeton Politics Carles Boix 124665 Columbia Political Science Jack L. Snyder 75895 Cornell Government Peter Joachim Katzenstein 49395 Penn Political Science Matthew Levendusky 160025 Brown Political Science Jeff D. Colgan 42186 Dartmouth Government Stephen G. Brooks 56156 Harvard Government Steven Levitsky 236246 Yale Political Science Milan Svolik 77746 Princeton Politics James Raymond Vreeland 122226 Columbia Political Science Nadia Urbinati 70346 Cornell Government Suzanne Mettler 44176 Penn Political Science Daniel J. Hopkins 155976 Brown Political Science Robert A. Blair 38557 Dartmouth Government Jason Barabas 53207 Harvard Government Torben Iversen 142417 Yale Political Science Elisabeth Jean Wood 68147 Princeton Politics Leonard Wantchekon 108937 Columbia Political Science Maria Victoria Murillo 68147 Cornell Government Douglas L. Kriner 43637 Penn Political Science Michael Horowitz 77737 Brown Political Science Ashutosh Varshney 23588 Dartmouth Government Jason Lyall 39578 Harvard Government Stephen Daniel Ansolabehere 140018 Yale Political Science Joshua Kalla 52528 Princeton Politics Markus Prior 98058 Columbia Political Science Robert Y. Shapiro 63928 Cornell Government Peter K. Enns 34738 Penn Political Science Guy Grossman 57588 Brown Political Science Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro 23109 Dartmouth Government Benjamin A. Valentino 36369 Harvard Government Alastair Iain Johnston 106449 Yale Political Science P. M. Aronow 51539 Princeton Politics G. John Ikenberry 83449 Columbia Political Science Timothy M. Frye 63149 Cornell Government Jamila Michener 20529 Penn Political Science Erik Wibbels 53659 Brown Political Science David Skarbek 198010 Dartmouth Government Daryl G. Press 328310 Harvard Government Daniel Paul Carpenter 857010 Yale Political Science Hélène Landemore 436710 Princeton Politics Nolan McCarty 762010 Columbia Political Science Andrew J. Nathan 626210 Cornell Government Sabrina M. Karim 176210 Penn Political Science Brendan O'Leary 485910 Brown Political Science Katherine Tate 174811 Dartmouth Government Jeremy Ferwerda 213711 Harvard Government Paul E. Peterson 744811 Yale Political Science GERARD PADRÓ i MIQUEL 361711 Princeton Politics John Benedict Londregan 707211 Columbia Political Science Sharyn O’Halloran 539711 Cornell Government Gustavo A. Flores-Macías 160211 Penn Political Science Tulia G. Falleti 429711 Brown Political Science Juliet Hooker 165412 Dartmouth Government JENNIFER M. LIND 185512 Harvard Government Joshua David Kertzer 525412 Yale Political Science Adam Meirowitz 353112 Princeton Politics Jonathan Mummolo 580312 Columbia Political Science Justin H. Phillips 423112 Cornell Government Christopher Robert Way 154112 Penn Political Science Marc Meredith 385012 Brown Political Science Eric M. Patashnik 131913 Dartmouth Government Lisa Baldez 163513 Harvard Government Michael J. Hiscox 426913 Yale Political Science Ian Shapiro 313613 Princeton Politics Charles M. Cameron 546313 Columbia Political Science Jeffrey R. Lax 411213 Cornell Government William R. Hobbs 147113 Penn Political Science Julia Lynch 374913 Brown Political Science Jennifer Hadden 119714 Dartmouth Government Deborah Jordan Brooks 138714 Harvard Government Daniel Ziblatt 411714 Yale Political Science Isabela Mares 270314 Princeton Politics Amaney A. Jamal 498114 Columbia Political Science Alessandra M. Casella 388214 Cornell Government Rachel Beatty Riedl 112214 Penn Political Science Michael Jones-Correa 365714 Brown Political Science Margaret M. Weir 114715 Dartmouth Government Dean Lacy 110615 Harvard Government Elizabeth J. Perry 406115 Yale Political Science Ana De La O Torres 196115 Princeton Politics Tali Mendelberg 457815 Columbia Political Science Virginia Page Fortna 379215 Cornell Government patchen markell 108415 Penn Political Science Michele F. Margolis 254115 Brown Political Science Prerna Singh 1035123456789101112131415CitationsRank

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.0.05.010.015.0Associate Dartmouth Government median of 21 academics 7.07.0Associate Harvard Government median of 25 academics 5.05.0Associate Yale Political Science median of 20 academics 6.06.0Associate Princeton Politics median of 31 academics 7.07.0Associate Columbia Political Science median of 23 academics 6.06.0Associate Cornell Government median of 19 academics 8.08.0Associate Penn Political Science median of 26 academics 6.56.5Associate Brown Political Science median of 20 academics 7.07.0Full or distinguished Dartmouth Government median of 16 academics 14.514.5Full or distinguished Harvard Government median of 25 academics 8.08.0Full or distinguished Yale Political Science median of 14 academics 8.08.0Full or distinguished Princeton Politics median of 29 academics 12.012.0Full or distinguished Columbia Political Science median of 20 academics 10.510.5Full or distinguished Cornell Government median of 11 academics 12.012.0Full or distinguished Penn Political Science median of 21 academics 11.011.0Full or distinguished Brown Political Science median of 13 academics 12.012.0AssociateFull 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 665665The Journal of PoliticsThe Journal of Politics 359359American Journal of Political ScienceAmerican Journal of Political Science 349349American Political Science ReviewAmerican Political Science Review 347347Perspectives on PoliticsPerspectives on Politics 262262International OrganizationInternational Organization 193193Comparative Political StudiesComparative Political Studies 161161PS Political Science & PoliticsPS Political Science & Politics 144144Education nextEducation next 143143Political AnalysisPolitical Analysis 139139World PoliticsWorld Politics 132132Public Opinion QuarterlyPublic Opinion Quarterly 1251250250500JournalWorks

The twelve venues highest on this reading, of 1,419.