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 12,345
2 Columbia Political Science Columbia · 40 academics 11,387
3 Penn Political Science Penn · 37 academics 6,613
4 Dartmouth Government Dartmouth · 28 academics 5,012
5 Princeton Politics Princeton · 56 academics 4,790
6 Yale Political Science Yale · 42 academics 4,445
7 Brown Political Science Brown · 30 academics 2,787
8 Cornell Government Cornell · 35 academics 2,444

1,889,889 citations over 10,506 of 14,605 works (72% 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.0.05,000.010,000.015,000.020,000.0Distinguished Dartmouth Government over 7 academics 9,585.0Distinguished Harvard Government over 24 academics 6,659.5Distinguished Yale Political Science over 11 academics 11,476.0Distinguished Princeton Politics over 13 academics 7,545.0Distinguished Columbia Political Science over 12 academics 9,700.5Distinguished Cornell Government over 6 academics 8,687.0Distinguished Penn Political Science over 15 academics 9,047.0Distinguished Brown Political Science over 12 academics 2,984.0Full Dartmouth Government over 9 academics 2,289.0Full Harvard Government over 3 academics 3,740.0Full Yale Political Science over 5 academics 5,248.0Full Princeton Politics over 15 academics 6,323.0Full Columbia Political Science over 10 academics 2,934.5Full Cornell Government over 7 academics 2,651.0Full Penn Political Science over 5 academics 3,467.0Full Brown Political Science over 3 academics 4,640.0Associate Dartmouth Government over 9 academics 1,107.0Associate Harvard Government over 1 academics 1,473.0Associate Yale Political Science over 7 academics 1,599.0Associate Princeton Politics over 6 academics 2,024.0Associate Columbia Political Science over 5 academics 1,882.0Associate Cornell Government over 10 academics 1,108.5Associate Penn Political Science over 6 academics 1,483.5Associate Brown Political Science over 7 academics 1,746.0Assistant Dartmouth Government over 3 academics 95.0Assistant Harvard Government over 6 academics 249.0Assistant Yale Political Science over 11 academics 221.0Assistant Princeton Politics over 13 academics 301.0Assistant Columbia Political Science over 8 academics 833.5Assistant Cornell Government over 8 academics 201.0Assistant Penn Political Science over 7 academics 291.0Assistant Brown Political Science over 5 academics 145.0Unknown 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 132.0Unknown Penn Political Science over 3 academics 0.0Unknown Brown Political Science over 3 academics 0.0Other Harvard Government over 1 academics 15,764.0Other Yale Political Science over 1 academics 25.0Other Penn Political Science over 1 academics 1,726.0DistinguishedFullAssociateAssistantUnknownOtherMedian 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.0500001000001500002000002500001 Dartmouth Government Brendan Nyhan 383681 Harvard Government Gary King 1225071 Yale Political Science Alan S. Gerber 286411 Princeton Politics Helen V. Milner 269531 Columbia Political Science Andrew Gelman 2333901 Cornell Government Peter Joachim Katzenstein 100831 Penn Political Science Amy Gutmann 521671 Brown Political Science Mark McGann Blyth 133942 Dartmouth Government John Michael Carey 186322 Harvard Government Peter A. Hall 588752 Yale Political Science Nicholas Sambanis 205242 Princeton Politics Carles Boix 203022 Columbia Political Science Donald P. Green 612502 Cornell Government Kenneth Roberts 94632 Penn Political Science Beth Simmons 295662 Brown Political Science Peter Andreas 103683 Dartmouth Government William C. Wohlforth 150153 Harvard Government Kosuke Imai 587613 Yale Political Science Gregory Alain Huber 196763 Princeton Politics Rocío Titiunik 177713 Columbia Political Science Andreas Wimmer 305063 Cornell Government Sarah E. Kreps 94563 Penn Political Science Diana C. Mutz 263203 Brown Political Science ROSE McDERMOTT 80564 Dartmouth Government Sean J. Westwood 143474 Harvard Government Dustin Tingley 385894 Yale Political Science Jacob S. Hacker 175254 Princeton Politics Andrew Moravcsik 171494 Columbia Political Science Nadia Urbinati 129494 Cornell Government Suzanne Mettler 87254 Penn Political Science Edward D. Mansfield 221744 Brown Political Science Richard Owen Snyder 74915 Dartmouth Government Jennifer Jerit 95855 Harvard Government Steven Levitsky 382195 Yale Political Science Ian Shapiro 154055 Princeton Politics James Raymond Vreeland 146495 Columbia Political Science John D. Huber 118465 Cornell Government Thomas B. Pepinsky 86495 Penn Political Science Matthew Levendusky 201385 Brown Political Science Eric M. Patashnik 57186 Dartmouth Government Stephen G. Brooks 79476 Harvard Government James M. Snyder, Jr. 277346 Yale Political Science Jennifer Gandhi 127696 Princeton Politics Nolan McCarty 141306 Columbia Political Science Jack L. Snyder 118336 Cornell Government Peter John Loewen 57856 Penn Political Science Daniel J. Hopkins 168386 Brown Political Science Jeff D. Colgan 46967 Dartmouth Government Jason Barabas 53207 Harvard Government Paul E. Peterson 198537 Yale Political Science Milan Svolik 114767 Princeton Politics Markus Prior 138187 Columbia Political Science Andrew J. Nathan 108877 Cornell Government Douglas L. Kriner 51677 Penn Political Science Brendan O'Leary 112987 Brown Political Science Katherine Tate 46408 Dartmouth Government Benjamin A. Valentino 49298 Harvard Government Torben Iversen 175308 Yale Political Science Elisabeth Jean Wood 104638 Princeton Politics Andrew M. Guess 133468 Columbia Political Science Maria Victoria Murillo 91338 Cornell Government Peter K. Enns 42938 Penn Political Science Michael Horowitz 90478 Brown Political Science Robert A. Blair 39299 Dartmouth Government Jason Lyall 41569 Harvard Government Alastair Iain Johnston 157649 Yale Political Science Hélène Landemore 66489 Princeton Politics G. John Ikenberry 117419 Columbia Political Science Sharyn O’Halloran 85149 Cornell Government Richard F. Bensel 27309 Penn Political Science Guy Grossman 60549 Brown Political Science Margaret M. Weir 304110 Dartmouth Government Daryl G. Press 409510 Harvard Government Theda Skocpol 1561610 Yale Political Science Joshua Kalla 525210 Princeton Politics Atul Kohli 1148410 Columbia Political Science Robert Y. Shapiro 839410 Cornell Government Jamila Michener 265110 Penn Political Science Tulia G. Falleti 605310 Brown Political Science David Skarbek 292711 Dartmouth Government JENNIFER M. LIND 259311 Harvard Government Stephen Daniel Ansolabehere 1451411 Yale Political Science P. M. Aronow 524811 Princeton Politics Leonard Wantchekon 1103811 Columbia Political Science Timothy M. Frye 720011 Cornell Government Sabrina M. Karim 201711 Penn Political Science Erik Wibbels 578311 Brown Political Science Ashutosh Varshney 272012 Dartmouth Government Lisa Baldez 228912 Harvard Government Daniel Paul Carpenter 1381412 Yale Political Science Isabela Mares 425312 Princeton Politics John Benedict Londregan 798612 Columbia Political Science Virginia Page Fortna 617212 Cornell Government Gustavo A. Flores-Macías 189812 Penn Political Science Michael Jones-Correa 523812 Brown Political Science Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro 264713 Dartmouth Government Jeremy Ferwerda 213713 Harvard Government Elizabeth J. Perry 1100813 Yale Political Science Adam Meirowitz 396213 Princeton Politics Amaney A. Jamal 784113 Columbia Political Science Justin H. Phillips 448213 Cornell Government Rachel Beatty Riedl 171113 Penn Political Science Julia Lynch 501913 Brown Political Science Juliet Hooker 247714 Dartmouth Government Deborah Jordan Brooks 139914 Harvard Government Jennifer Hochschild 764414 Yale Political Science GERARD PADRÓ i MIQUEL 363014 Princeton Politics Tali Mendelberg 754514 Columbia Political Science Jeffrey R. Lax 411214 Cornell Government Christopher Robert Way 154114 Penn Political Science Marc Meredith 385214 Brown Political Science Alexander Hirschman Gourevitch 188715 Dartmouth Government Jeffrey A. Friedman 118115 Harvard Government Daniel Ziblatt 567515 Yale Political Science Steven I. Wilkinson 354615 Princeton Politics Charles M. Cameron 661715 Columbia Political Science Alessandra M. Casella 392715 Cornell Government William R. Hobbs 147115 Penn Political Science Rudra Sil 346715 Brown Political Science Jennifer Hadden 1746123456789101112131415CitationsRank

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 684684The 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 194194Cambridge University Press eBooksCambridge University Press eBooks 168168Comparative Political StudiesComparative Political Studies 167167PS Political Science & PoliticsPS Political Science & Politics 144144Education nextEducation next 143143Political AnalysisPolitical Analysis 139139World PoliticsWorld Politics 1321320250500JournalWorks

The twelve venues highest on this reading, of 1,491.