Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Duke University Department of Surgery is a 61-PI network with 88 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (50% of slots across 54 PIs; 54 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 Krista Haines (14.1 weighted works; Migration, Health and Trauma, Nutrition and Health in Aging); Jennifer K. Plichta (13.1 weighted works; Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics). The strongest pairings are Stuart J. Knechtle and Jean Kwun (16 shared works, weight 9.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 27, around Surgery, Transplantation, Epidemiology, led by Lisa M. McElroy, Stuart J. Knechtle, Jean Kwun.