Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for Boston University Department of Physics is a 20-PI network with 1 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (40% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis as the leading topic (5% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 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 H. Eugene Stanley (12.4 weighted works; Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Complex Network Analysis Techniques). The strongest pairings are H. Eugene Stanley and Dror Y. Kenett (4 shared works, weight 1.8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 2 PIs, 1 internal connections, weight 1.8, around Economics and Econometrics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Finance, led by H. Eugene Stanley, Dror Y. Kenett.