Ranking Philosophy Programs: Hirsch Number Rankings

This table ranks PHD philosophy depatments based on  h-values, JK method, and KD method. 99 programs ranked.

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Other info on rankings:

• Ranking Philosophy Programs: Philosophical Gourmet Vs. Academic Analytics
• Academic Analytics - How It Works & Graphs
• Ranking Philosophy Programs: Google Rankings Vs. Philosophical Gourmet Vs. Academic Analytics
• PhD Ranking - The National Research Council

See original post: http://el-prod.baylor.edu/certain_doubts/?page_id=774

From Certain Doubts:

Complete Hirsch Number Rankings of U.S. Philosophy PhD Programs

The first table is a simple (read: hamfisted) summary of the tables to following, generated by giving equal weight to the ordinal ranking achieved by the other measures (e.g., mean, sum h-values, JK method, and KD method). This summary compromises between measures (such as the mean) that ignore size of department and measures (such as summing h-values) that place a great deal of weight on size of department, since two of the four measures summarized by the following table are mean-driven and two are summation-of-h-value-driven.

#	Dept.
1	NYU
2	Rutgers
3	Stanford
4	Pittsburgh
5	Berkeley
6	Arizona
6	Princeton
7	Chicago
9	Duke
10	UNC
10	New School
12	UCSD
13	Harvard
13	Maryland
15	Miami
15	Notre Dame
15	MIT
18	Georgetown
19	Michigan
19	UCLA
21	Columbia
22	CUNY
23	Wisc
23	Texas
25	CMU
26	Umass
27	Syracuse
27	Indiana
29	USC
30	Washington
31	Irvine
31	Fl. State
31	Yale
34	Penn
34	Minnesota
36	Riverside
36	Temple
38	Virginia
38	Colorado
38	Brown
41	Cornell
42	Ariz St
42	Stony Brook
44	Wash U StL
44	Rochester
46	Ohio State
47	Northwestern
47	BU
49	South Fl.
50	St. Louis
51	Hawaii
52	Davis
52	Oklahoma
54	Johns Hopkins
54	Emory
54	Santa Barbara
57	Vanderbilt
57	Missouri
59	Cincinnati
60	Connect.
61	Rice
61	Illinois
63	Bowling Green
64	Purdue
65	Florida
65	Utah
67	Boston Coll
68	Loyola
69	Ill/Chicago
69	Michigan State
69	SUNY Buffalo
69	SUNY Albany
69	Texas A&M
74	S. Car.
74	Penn State
76	Iowa
77	Kentucky
78	Kansas
78	Baylor
80	Tennessee
81	Memphis
81	Nebraska
83	DePaul
84	Claremont
84	Tulane
86	Oregon
87	Georgia
88	Fordham
89	Santa Cruz
89	Villanova
91	CUA
91	SIU
92	Duquesne
94	New Mexico
95	SUNY Binghamton
95	Wayne State
97	Marquette
98	Arkansas
99	U of Dallas

Rank	Dept.	Mean	Median	Mode
1	NYU	10.01	11	12
2	Rutgers	9.63	6.5	4
3	Berkeley	8.53	4.5	3
4	MIT	7.92	7	10
5	Miami	7.79	6	6
6	New School	7.47	5	1
7	Stanford	7.16	5	3
8	Duke	7.09	7	3
9	Pittsburgh	6.58	4	3
10	Arizona	6.48	6	7
11	Harvard	6.31	3.625	0
12	Princeton	6.30	5	5
13	Chicago	6.29	5	0
14	UNC	6.09	6	6
15	UCSD	6.03	4.5	3
16	UCLA	6.00	3.5	2
17	Umass	6.00	6	9
18	Michigan	5.62	4	3
19	CMU	5.59	6	6
20	Wisc	5.38	5	8
21	Maryland	5.18	2.5	2
22	Brown	5.13	3	3
23	Columbia	5.00	3	0
24	Fl. State	4.80	4	4
25	Syracuse	4.74	5	5
26	Georgetown	4.67	4.5	6
27	USC	4.61	3	2
28	Indiana	4.39	4	1
29	Cornell	4.38	3.5	4
30	Texas	4.37	4	4
31	Penn	4.34	3.5	2
32	Rochester	4.31	4	4
33	Virginia	4.27	4	5
34	Washington	4.25	3	4
35	Johns Hopkins	4.22	4	1
36	Irvine	4.19	3	1
37	Notre Dame	4.19	3	2
38	Minnesota	4.10	4	5
39	Riverside	4.05	4	3
40	Northwestern	4.00	3	4
41	Temple	4.00	3	5
42	Wash U StL	4.00	3	1
43	Yale	3.95	3	0
44	Santa Barbara	3.91	3	6
45	Ariz St	3.82	3	2
46	Colorado	3.81	3	2
47	CUNY	3.56	3	3
48	South Fl.	3.53	3	2
49	Davis	3.52	2	1
50	Rice	3.50	1.5	1
51	Hawaii	3.46	4	5
52	BU	3.36	2	0
53	St. Louis	3.30	2	2
54	Stony Brook	3.27	2.5	2
55	Oklahoma	3.13	2	1
56	Ohio State	3.13	3	4
57	Emory	3.12	3	3
58	Bowling Green	3.00	2.5	3
59	Cincinnati	3.00	4	0
60	SUNY Albany	2.90	3	2
61	Missouri	2.88	2	1
62	Iowa	2.88	2.5	2
63	Illinois	2.87	2	2
64	Penn State	2.82	2	2
65	Florida	2.73	2	2
66	Connect.	2.65	2	2
67	Vanderbilt	2.62	3	1
68	Kentucky	2.60	2.5	0
69	Tennessee	2.60	2.5	3
70	Purdue	2.59	2.5	3
71	Utah	2.47	2	2
72	SUNY Buffalo	2.42	1	0
73	Oregon	2.40	2	2
74	Ill/Chicago	2.38	1.5	1
75	Kansas	2.31	2	1
76	Boston Coll	2.26	1	1
77	Tulane	2.22	1	0
78	Baylor	2.21	1	1
79	Santa Cruz	2.20	1.5	1
80	S. Car.	2.17	1	1
81	Texas A&M	2.14	2	1
82	Nebraska	2.07	2	1
83	Loyola	2.04	2	1
84	Memphis	2.00	1	0
85	Michigan State	2.00	1	0
86	Georgia	1.87	2	0
87	SIU	1.79	1	1
88	Claremont	1.78	1	1
89	DePaul	1.68	1	0
90	New Mexico	1.64	2	2
91	Duquesne	1.62	1	1
92	Fordham	1.48	1	0
93	CUA	1.47	1	0
94	Villanova	1.40	1	0
95	SUNY Binghamton	1.31	1	0
96	Wayne State	1.27	1	0
97	Arkansas	1.11	1	0
98	Marquette	0.68	0.5	0
99	U of Dallas	0.36	0	0

	Dept.	Sum H-values
1	Rutgers	289
2	NYU	220
3	Pittsburgh	197
4	Stanford	193
5	Notre Dame	180
6	CUNY	143
7	Georgetown	140
8	UNC	140
9	Berkeley	137
10	Arizona	136
11	Texas	136
12	Chicago	132
13	Harvard	126
14	Princeton	126
15	UCSD	121
16	Michigan	118
17	Maryland	114
18	Duke	114
19	Wisc	113
20	New School	112
21	Columbia	110
22	Indiana	101
23	UCLA	96
24	CMU	95
25	MIT	95
26	Miami	94
27	Syracuse	90
28	Irvine	88
29	Minnesota	86
30	Washington	85
31	BU	84
32	USC	83
33	Colorado	80
34	Yale	79
35	Brown	77
36	Riverside	77
37	Ohio State	75
38	Fl. State	72
39	Stony Brook	72
40	Umass	72
41	Cornell	70
42	Penn	70
43	Temple	68
44	Wash U StL	68
45	St. Louis	66
46	Ariz St	65
47	Virginia	64
48	Northwestern	60
49	South Fl.	60
50	Purdue	57
51	Rochester	56
52	Loyola	55
53	Vanderbilt	55
54	Emory	53
55	Boston Coll	52
56	Missouri	49
57	Oklahoma	47
58	Utah	47
59	Michigan State	46
60	SUNY Buffalo	46
61	Davis	46
62	Connect.	45
63	Hawaii	45
64	Texas A&M	45
65	Illinois	43
66	Santa Barbara	43
67	Bowling Green	42
68	Florida	41
69	Fordham	40
70	S. Car.	39
71	Ill/Chicago	38
72	Johns Hopkins	38
73	DePaul	37
74	Rice	35
75	Villanova	35
76	Cincinnati	33
77	Claremont	32
78	Baylor	31
79	Nebraska	31
80	Penn State	31
81	Kansas	30
82	Memphis	30
83	SUNY Albany	29
84	CUA	28
85	Georgia	28
86	Kentucky	26
87	Tennessee	26
88	SIU	25
89	Oregon	24
90	Iowa	23
91	Santa Cruz	22
92	Duquesne	21
93	Tulane	20
94	Marquette	19
95	New Mexico	18
96	SUNY Binghamton	17
97	Wayne State	14
98	Arkansas	10
99	U of Dallas	4

	Dept.	JK Method
1	NYU	11.07
2	Stanford	10.36
3	Pittsburgh	9.42
4	Berkeley	9.33
5	New School	9.00
6	Rutgers	8.89
7	Princeton	8.64
8	Maryland	8.56
9	Duke	8.45
10	Chicago	8.45
11	UCLA	8.43
12	MIT	8.13
13	Arizona	8.08
14	Columbia	8.00
15	UCSD	7.79
16	Miami	7.65
17	Harvard	7.33
18	Notre Dame	7.06
19	CUNY	7.00
20	USC	7.00
21	Umass	6.88
22	Yale	6.75
23	Penn	6.71
24	UNC	6.71
25	Washington	6.63
26	Michigan	6.42
27	CMU	6.36
28	Fl. State	6.29
29	Temple	6.29
30	Georgetown	6.25
31	Wisc	6.08
32	Ariz St	6.00
33	Irvine	6.00
34	Indiana	5.91
35	Virginia	5.88
36	Stony Brook	5.86
37	Syracuse	5.77
38	Minnesota	5.60
39	Colorado	5.56
40	Riverside	5.56
41	Texas	5.47
42	Ohio State	5.25
43	Cornell	5.14
44	Rochester	5.00
45	Brown	3.57
46	Wash U StL	3.56
47	Northwestern	3.43
48	Johns Hopkins	3.25
49	Santa Barbara	3.20
50	Hawaii	3.00
51	South Fl.	3.00
52	Davis	2.90
53	Emory	2.88
54	Oklahoma	2.79
55	Cincinnati	2.70
56	Rice	2.67
57	St. Louis	2.63
58	BU	2.58
59	Missouri	2.56
60	SUNY Albany	2.56
61	Bowling Green	2.46
62	Illinois	2.43
63	Iowa	2.43
64	Connect.	2.38
65	Vanderbilt	2.35
66	Purdue	2.33
67	Penn State	2.30
68	Florida	2.29
69	Kentucky	2.22
70	Utah	2.22
71	Ill/Chicago	2.13
72	Tennessee	2.11
73	Kansas	2.00
74	Texas A&M	1.95
75	S. Car.	1.94
76	Loyola	1.92
77	Nebraska	1.86
78	Oregon	1.78
79	Baylor	1.77
80	Tulane	1.75
81	Georgia	1.71
82	Boston Coll	1.68
83	Michigan State	1.68
84	SUNY Buffalo	1.67
85	Claremont	1.59
86	Memphis	1.57
87	Santa Cruz	1.56
88	DePaul	1.48
89	New Mexico	1.40
90	SIU	1.38
91	Fordham	1.31
92	CUA	1.22
93	Duquesne	1.08
94	Villanova	1.08
95	SUNY Binghamton	1.00
96	Wayne State	1.00
97	Arkansas	0.88
98	Marquette	0.59
99	U of Dallas	0.30

	Dept.	KD Method
1	Rutgers	240
2	NYU	188
3	Stanford	145
4	Pittsburgh	141
5	Notre Dame	120
6	UNC	114
7	Arizona	105
8	Georgetown	100
9	Princeton	95
10	Chicago	93
11	Texas	88
12	UCSD	86
13	Duke	85
14	Berkeley	84
15	CUNY	77
16	Maryland	77
17	Michigan	77
18	Miami	77
19	Syracuse	75
20	Harvard	73
21	Wisc	73
22	Columbia	72
23	New School	72
24	CMU	70
25	Indiana	65
26	MIT	65
27	UCLA	59
28	Minnesota	56
29	Umass	55
30	Irvine	54
31	Yale	54
32	Washington	53
33	Colorado	50
34	Riverside	50
35	USC	49
36	Penn	47
37	Virginia	47
38	Fl. State	44
39	Temple	44
40	Ohio State	42
41	Stony Brook	41
42	Wash U StL	40
43	BU	39
44	Ariz St	36
45	Cornell	36
46	Rochester	35
47	Northwestern	34
48	St. Louis	34
49	Oklahoma	31
50	Hawaii	29
51	Brown	28
52	Vanderbilt	28
53	South Fl.	27
54	Emory	25
55	Cincinnati	24
56	Connect.	24
57	Davis	24
58	Boston Coll	23
59	Michigan State	23
60	Santa Barbara	23
61	Missouri	22
62	Illinois	21
63	S. Car.	21
64	Johns Hopkins	19
65	Loyola	19
66	Florida	18
67	Ill/Chicago	18
68	Memphis	17
69	SUNY Buffalo	17
70	Texas A&M	17
71	Bowling Green	16
72	Rice	16
73	Utah	16
74	Baylor	15
75	DePaul	14
76	Purdue	14
77	Kansas	13
78	Claremont	12
79	Penn State	11
80	Tulane	11
81	Iowa	9
82	Kentucky	9
83	CUA	8
84	Nebraska	8
85	SUNY Albany	8
86	Georgia	8
87	Fordham	6
88	Duquesne	4
89	SIU	4
90	Tennessee	4
91	Villanova	4
92	New Mexico	0
93	Oregon	0
94	Santa Cruz	0
95	SUNY Binghamton	0
96	Wayne State	0
97	U of Dallas	-1
98	Arkansas	-3
99	Marquette	-3

*The data was obtained using Harzing’s Publish or Perish, which searches Google Scholar for the data to generate a Hirsch number for each scholar. Data was collected for each department based on faculty lists from the 2006-8 Leiter Report together with known changes to this list reported on Leiter’s blog, plus faculty lists from department websites, not counting affiliated faculty, visiting faculty, or emeritus faculty.

**The JK Method seeks to penalize departments that rate highly in the mean ranking because of a single superstar, and reward departments that have a large number of reputable scholars. It does so by eliminating the highest rated scholar in each department, and then looks to see if there are 7 or more scholars with a rating above the median. For departments with such a critical mass of scholars, the mean is then calculated for all faculty with a rating above the median, not including the highest-rated scholar. For departments without such a critical mass of scholars, the mean is calculated for all faculty, not including the highest rated scholar, except in cases where no faculty member is above the the median, in which case the negative of the mean is given as the rating.
The KD method seeks to reward larger departments, so long as the additional faculty count as reputable scholars. It is calculated by summing the individual ratings of all faculty whose rating is above the median, again minus the highest-rated scholar in the department.

Below is some further data about the entire data set.

Median All	Mean All	Mode All	# Fac All	Mean Fac	Median Faculty	Mode Faculty
3	3.945	1	1783	18.01	17	15
St. Dev.				St. Dev.
4.487				6.35