Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Boston University Department of Chemistry is a 33-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (22% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Protein Structure and Dynamics as the leading topic (4% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Ji‐Xin Cheng (32.1 weighted works; Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging); Mark W. Grinstaff (31.5 weighted works; Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms). The clearest collaboration lines are Ji‐Xin Cheng and Chen Yang (6 shared works, weight 3.3); Sándor Vajda and Adrian Whitty (6 shared works, weight 3.3). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 8.3, around Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, led by Ji‐Xin Cheng, Qiang Cui, Björn M. Reinhard.