Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for Iowa State University Department of Animal Science is a 44-PI network with 110 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (36% of slots across 33 PIs; 33 labels), Animal Science and Zoology as the leading subfield (22% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), and Animal Nutrition and Physiology as the leading topic (9% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 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 L.H. Baumgard (20.2 weighted works; Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock). The strongest pairings are L.H. Baumgard and Jason W. Ross (23 shared works, weight 9.1); Rohan L. Fernando and Dorian J. Garrick (17 shared works, weight 8.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 63.7, around Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, led by L.H. Baumgard, Joshua T. Selsby, Nicholas K Gabler.