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The 2024-2026 picture for Boston University Department of Physics is a 19-PI network with 1 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (21% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (8% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels), and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 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 leading PI names are Ji‐Xin Cheng (21.4 weighted works; Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging); Qiang Cui (17.3 weighted works; Protein Structure and Dynamics, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior). The clearest collaboration lines are Ji‐Xin Cheng and Qiang Cui (1 shared works, weight 0.6). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 2 PIs, 1 internal connections, weight 0.6, around Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, led by Ji‐Xin Cheng, Qiang Cui.