Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Boston University Department of Earth and Environment is a 31-PI network with 18 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Environmental Science as the leading field (44% of slots across 27 PIs; 27 labels), Global and Planetary Change as the leading subfield (23% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), and Land Use and Ecosystem Services as the leading topic (4% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Benjamin K. Sovacool (50.5 weighted works; Energy and Environment Impacts, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance). The clearest collaboration lines are Sergio Fagherazzi and Cédric G. Fichot (8 shared works, weight 3.5); Jeffrey A. Geddes and Anthony Y. H. Wong (4 shared works, weight 3.1). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 10.1, around Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Atmospheric Science, led by Dan Li, Robert K. Kaufmann, Ranga B. Myneni; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 11.6, around Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, led by Sergio Fagherazzi, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Michael C. Dietze.