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.

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Nature Chemical Biology

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Citation weight

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Each figure with its percentile among the ranked journals. A is the median, over the academics with a work here, of that academic’s citations to the works this site counts for them - never a Google Scholar profile total. Over every academic of this field, all years, whatever the filters select.

A · academics’ median13,139.5 · 58%
B · citations per work244.8 · 85%
N · works101 · 73%
P · academics24 · 66%
Formula result1.075

From this institution

Under these filters. A work with no citation count is unknown here, never a zero.

Works99
Citations21,290 over 86 of 99 works
Citations per counted work247.6
Weighted citations
Academics24
Departments6
First seen2005

Works placed per year

99 of these 99 works carry a year; an undated work is in no year. Works placed, under these filters.

Departments publishing there 6

DepartmentWorks
Harvard Chemistry33
Princeton Chemistry33
Penn Chemistry18
Yale Chemistry9
Cornell Chemistry6
Columbia Chemistry3

A work held by two departments counts once in each, so these add up to more than the works above.

Works placed there 99

YearTitleAcademicsCitations
2009Absolute metabolite concentrations and implied enzyme active site occupancy in Escherichia coliJoshua Rabinowitz2,317
2011Chemistry and biology of reactive oxygen species in signaling or stress responsesChristopher J. Chang2,200
2008Synthetic fluorescent sensors for studying the cell biology of metalsChristopher J. Chang1,262
2018How many human proteoforms are there?Sarah Slavoff · Tom Muir1,201
2015Minimum information about a biosynthetic gene cluster.Emily Balskus922
2013Peptidomic discovery of short open reading frame–encoded peptides in human cellsSarah Slavoff820
2006Allosteric Control of an Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor with an Optical SwitchDirk Trauner736
2016Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibitionDavid W. Christianson606
2015Small Molecule-Triggered Cas9 Protein with Improved Genome-Editing SpecificityDavid R. Liu560
2011H2B Ubiquitylation Disrupts Local and Higher-Order Chromatin CompactionTom Muir548
2016Metabolite concentrations, fluxes and free energies imply efficient enzyme usageJoshua Rabinowitz548
2007Molecular imaging of hydrogen peroxide produced for cell signalingChristopher J. Chang531
2007Small-molecule pheromones that control dauer development in Caenorhabditis elegansFrank C. Schroeder475
2020Targeted desialylation overcomes glyco-immune checkpoints and potentiates the anticancer immune response in vivoStacy Malaker426
2006How Pathogenic Bacteria Evade Mammalian Sabotage in the Battle for IronDavid R. Liu412
2020m6A-binding YTHDF proteins promote stress granule formationXiaowei Zhuang392
2017A human microprotein that interacts with the mRNA decapping complexSarah Slavoff372
2017Continuous Directed Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA SynthetasesDavid R. Liu357
2011Nox2 redox signaling maintains essential cell populations in the brainChristopher J. Chang352
2011α-Ketoglutarate coordinates carbon and nitrogen utilization via enzyme I inhibitionJoshua Rabinowitz299
2010Disulfide-directed histone ubiquitylation reveals plasticity in hDot1L activationTom Muir289
2016Copper regulates cyclic-AMP-dependent lipolysisChristopher J. Chang261
2015Searching for harmony in transition-metal signalingChristopher J. Chang234
2020A small molecule G6PD inhibitor reveals immune dependence on pentose phosphate pathwayJoshua Rabinowitz234
2011Structure and mechanism of the diterpene cyclase ent-copalyl diphosphate synthaseDavid W. Christianson218
2008Reconstitution of ThiC in thiamine pyrimidine biosynthesis expands the radical SAM superfamilySquire J. Booker200
2014Direct nitration and azidation of aliphatic carbons by an iron-dependent halogenase.Megan L. Matthews192
2023Functional spectrum and specificity of mitochondrial ferredoxins FDX1 and FDX2Squire J. Booker185
2018Copper regulates rest-activity cycles through the locus coeruleus-norepinephrine systemChristopher J. Chang184
2013Direct Detection of Protein Histidine Phosphorylation Using a Pan AntibodyTom Muir179
2012Chromatin as an Expansive Canvas for Chemical BiologyTom Muir166
2016Photoswitchable Diacylglycerols Enable Optical Control of Protein Kinase CDirk Trauner165
2005Photochemical Tools for Remote-Control of Ion Channels in Excitable CellsDirk Trauner161
2016A two-step activation mechanism controls the histone methyltransferase Suv39h1Tom Muir159
2021A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data miningJason M. Crawford151
2007Post-translational Enzyme Activation in an Animal Via Conditional Protein SplicingTom Muir126
2019CRISPR-suppressor scanning reveals a nonenzymatic role of LSD1 in AMLBrian Liau123
2021Oncohistone mutations enhance chromatin remodeling and alter cell fateTom Muir113
2014Design of activated serine-containing catalytic triads with atomic-level accuracy.Megan L. Matthews111
2021Target protein deglycosylation in living cells by a nanobody-fused split O-GlcNAcaseChristina Woo110
2015Chemical Proteomics Reveals a γH2AX-53BP1 Interaction in the DNA Damage ResponseRalph Kleiner110
2017Optogenetic control of kinetochore functionDavid M. Chenoweth108
2017Ubiquitin Utilizes an Acidic Surface Patch to Alter Chromatin StructureTom Muir108
2017A new strategy for aromatic ring alkylation in cylindrocyclophane biosynthesis.Emily Balskus107
2016Plant-like biosynthesis of isoquinoline alkaloids in Aspergillus fumigatusFrank C. Schroeder106
2017Bisphosphoglycerate mutase controls 3-phosphoglycerate concentration and thereby serine pathway fluxTom Muir103
2018Acetylation blocks DNA damage-induced chromatin ADP-ribosylationTom Muir102
2019Optical Control of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Formation and FunctionDirk Trauner96
2020A basic motif anchoring ISWI to the nucleosome acidic patch regulates nucleosome spacingTom Muir96
2020Chromatin as a key consumer in the metabolic economyTom Muir94
2010Branched Intermediate Formation Stimulates Peptide Bond Cleavage in the Mxe GyrA Intein Protein Splicing ReactionTom Muir92
2010An In Vitro Translation, Selection and Amplification System for Peptide Nucleic AcidDavid R. Liu · Ralph Kleiner90
2008Biomimetic Synthesis of the IDO Inhibitors Exiguamine A and BDirk Trauner75
2021Structural basis for non-radical catalysis by TsrM, a radical SAM methylaseSquire J. Booker74
2018Optical Control of L-Type Ca2+ Channels Using a Diltiazem PhotoswitchDirk Trauner69
2019An excreted small molecule promotes C. elegans reproductive development and agingFrank C. Schroeder65
2017Colibactin assembly line enzymes use S-adenosylmethionine to build a cyclopropane ring.Emily Balskus64
2018A De Novo Enzyme Catalyzes a Life-Sustaining Reaction in E. coliMichael Hecht64
2023Base editor scanning charts the DNMT3A activity landscapeBrian Liau63
2013A substrate radical intermediate in catalysis by the antibiotic resistance protein CfrSquire J. Booker63
2012Highly specific, bisubstrate-competitive Src inhibitors from DNA-templated macrocyclesDavid R. Liu · Ralph Kleiner62
2021Activity-based RNA-modifying enzyme probing reveals DUS3L-mediated dihydrouridylationRalph Kleiner61
2013Induction of innate and adaptive immunity in vivo by delivery of poly dA:dT to dendritic cellsTom Muir56
2023A small molecule inhibitor prevents gut bacterial genotoxin production.Emily Balskus54
2017GlcN6P cofactor serves multiple catalytic roles in the glmS ribozymeSharon Hammes-Schiffer54
2009Natural Amino Acids Do Not Require Their Native tRNAs for Efficient Selection by the RibosomeRuben L Gonzalez Jr · Virginia W. Cornish52
2021Escherichia coli small molecule metabolism at the host–microorganism interfaceJason M. Crawford46
2022Nascent alt-protein chemoproteomics reveals a pre-60S assembly checkpoint inhibitorSarah Slavoff43
2021Discovering new biology with drug-resistance allelesBrian Liau31
2023Structural basis of colibactin activation by the ClbP peptidase.Emily Balskus30
2023Profiling dynamic RNA-protein interactions using small molecule-induced RNA editingRalph Kleiner30
2010Synthetic Immunology to Engineer Human ImmunityDavid Spiegel28
2023Drug addiction unveils a repressive methylation ceiling in EZH2-mutant lymphomaBrian Liau23
2025Uncoupling histone modification crosstalk by engineering lysine demethylase LSD1Brian Liau19
2020Multiplexed genomic encoding of non-canonical amino acids for labeling large complexesRuben L Gonzalez Jr14
2025PCMT1 generates the C-terminal cyclic imide degron on CRBN substratesChristina Woo12
2014Sponge symbionts play defense.Emily Balskus7
2026Membrane editing with proximity labeling reveals regulators of lipid homeostasisJeremy M. Baskin5
2021There is a lock for every key: MEMBRANE PROTEINSJeremy M. Baskin4
2025All roads lead to OSBP: Lipid metabolismJeremy M. Baskin4
2026Xylosyltransferase engineering to manipulate proteoglycans in mammalian cellsStacy Malaker3
2008Navigating the RNA folding landscapeRuben L Gonzalez Jr2
2021Voices of chemical biologyMegan L. Matthews2
2025Building the first base editors: Genome editingBrian Liau1
2020Rolf Huisgen (1920–2020)Dirk Trauner1
2005A Glimpse at the GrailDirk Trauner0
2012Discovery and Biological Characterization of Geranylated RNA in BacteriaDavid R. Liu
2019Side-Chain Determinants of Biopolymer Function During Iterated Selection and ReplicationDavid R. Liu
2014Electrophilic Activity-Based RNA Probes Reveal a Self-Alkylating RNA for RNA LabelingDavid R. Liu
2017Crystal Structures Reveal an Elusive Functional Domain of Pyrrolysyl-tRNA SynthetaseDavid R. Liu
2009LC/MS Analysis of Cellular RNA Reveals NAD-Linked RNADavid R. Liu
2019Substrate-Selective Inhibitors that Reprogram the Activity of Insulin-Degrading EnzymeDavid R. Liu
2023Assigning Functionality to Cysteines by Base Editing of Cancer Dependency GenesDavid R. Liu
2014Negative Selection And Stringency Modulation Enable Phage-Assisted Continuous Evolution (PACE) of Enzymes with Altered SpecificityDavid R. Liu
2021Laboratory Evolution of a Sortase Enzyme that Modifies Amyloid-β ProteinDavid R. Liu
2022Discovery and Molecular Basis of Subtype-Selective Cyclophilin InhibitorsDavid R. Liu
2020The Developing Toolkit of Continuous Directed EvolutionDavid R. Liu
2021Reconstruction of Evolving Gene Variants and Fitness from Short Sequencing ReadsDavid R. Liu
2018Continuous Directed Evolution of Proteins with Improved Soluble ExpressionDavid R. Liu

Citations as counted, before any journal weight: 86 of these 99 works carry a count, and a work with no count is unknown, never a zero.