Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Boston University Department of Physics is a 19-PI network with 4 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (29% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena as the leading topic (4% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 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 Ji‐Xin Cheng (32.1 weighted works; Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging). The strongest pairings are Pankaj Mehta and Dries Sels (2 shared works, weight 1.1). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 1.8, around Molecular Biology, Management Science and Operations Research, Computer Networks and Communications, led by Kirill S. Korolev, Daniel Segrè, Pankaj Mehta.