Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Food Science and Nutrition is a 8-PI network with 3 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (27% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels), Biotechnology as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels), and Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety as the leading topic (14% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 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 Britt Burton‐Freeman (36.9 weighted works; Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet). The strongest pairings are Britt Burton‐Freeman and Indika Edirisinghe (87 shared works, weight 42). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 3 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 83.7, around Biochemistry, Epidemiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, led by Britt Burton‐Freeman, Amandeep Sandhu, Indika Edirisinghe.