Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for Duke University Department of Biology is a 55-PI network with 23 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (28% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Animal Behavior and Reproduction as the leading topic (4% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 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 Ke Dong (8.6 weighted works; Insect and Pesticide Research, Ion channel regulation and function). The strongest pairings are Susan C. Alberts and Jenny Tung (17 shared works, weight 8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 9.7, around Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Pollution, Genetics, led by Jean P. Gibert, Emily S. Bernhardt, Jacqueline R. Gerson.