Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Earth and Ocean Atmospheric Sciences is a 5-PI network with 5 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Earth and Planetary Sciences as the leading field (38% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels), Atmospheric Science as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels), and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes as the leading topic (13% of slots across 2 PIs; 2 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Jianping Gan (31.9 weighted works; Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing). The clearest collaboration lines are Jianping Gan and Liuqian Yu (7 shared works, weight 3.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 5.6, around Oceanography, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, led by Jianping Gan, Liuqian Yu, Qixing Ji.