Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Cornell University Department of Communication is a 11-PI network with 2 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Social Sciences as the leading field (38% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), Sociology and Political Science as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels), and Asian Culture and Media Studies as the leading topic (6% 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 Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed (6.3 weighted works; African history and culture studies, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance). The strongest pairings are Drew Margolin and Roxana Mika Muenster (1 shared works, weight 1). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 2 internal connections, weight 1.6, around Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, led by Drew Margolin, Amanda Vilchez, Roxana Mika Muenster.