Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Duke University Department of Physics is a 30-PI network with 8 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (50% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Nuclear and High Energy Physics as the leading subfield (22% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies as the leading topic (10% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 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 Igor Akushevich (15.8 weighted works; Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research). The strongest pairings are H. Gao and Tianbo Liu (5 shared works, weight 3.2). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 4 internal connections, weight 3.5, around Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, led by Tianbo Liu, H. Gao, Y. Wu.