Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for Arizona State University Department of Physics is a 37-PI network with 14 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (32% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), Nuclear and High Energy Physics as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications as the leading topic (5% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The top weighted PIs are Jingyue Liu (16.9 weighted works; Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science). The strongest pairings are J. Menéndez and John Kouvetakis (27 shared works, weight 14.8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 18.7, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, led by David J. Smith, J. Menéndez, John Kouvetakis.