Report summary

For Iowa State University Department of Animal Science in 2018-2020, the graph shows 41 visible PIs and 119 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (36% of slots across 32 PIs; 32 labels), Animal Science and Zoology as the leading subfield (24% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), and Animal Nutrition and Physiology as the leading topic (12% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels). That is a healthy pattern, with enough links to reveal several interpretable groups rather than one undifferentiated component. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are L.H. Baumgard (25.5 weighted works; Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock). The clearest collaboration lines are Nicholas K Gabler and Eric Burrough (24 shared works, weight 12.3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 39.7, around Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Cell Biology, led by John F. Patience, Nicholas K Gabler, Stephanie L Hansen.