Report summary

For Boston University Department of Surgery in 2018-2020, the graph shows 24 visible PIs and 37 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (67% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Oncology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That is a healthy pattern, with enough links to reveal several interpretable groups rather than one undifferentiated component. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Jeffrey J. Siracuse (53.3 weighted works; Vascular Procedures and Complications, Peripheral Artery Disease Management). The clearest collaboration lines are Alik Farber and Jeffrey J. Siracuse (93 shared works, weight 49.4). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 15 internal connections, weight 85.3, around Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, led by Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Alik Farber, Teviah E. Sachs.