Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Duke University Department of Surgery is a 119-PI network with 377 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (49% of slots across 108 PIs; 108 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 31 PIs; 31 labels), and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses as the leading topic (2% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Adam D. DeVore (57.7 weighted works; Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes); Catherine A. Staton (53.7 weighted works; Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Traffic and Road Safety). The strongest pairings are Catherine A. Staton and João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci (118 shared works, weight 54.1). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 15 internal connections, weight 139.4, around Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Emergency Medicine, led by Catherine A. Staton, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Emily R. Smith; group 2 with 10 PIs, 15 internal connections, weight 73.1, around Cancer Research, Gender Studies, Genetics, led by Jennifer K. Plichta, Marc D. Ryser, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju.