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The 2024-2026 picture for Johns Hopkins University Department of Pediatrics is a 48-PI network with 25 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (48% of slots across 41 PIs; 41 labels), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as the leading subfield (8% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research as the leading topic (4% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Erin D. Michos (21.6 weighted works; Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Diabetes Management and Research). The strongest pairings are Cedric Manlhiot and Shelby Kutty (5 shared works, weight 2.8); Raul Chavez‐Valdez and Frances J. Northington (9 shared works, weight 2.7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 11.1, around Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, led by Xiaobin Wang, Hilary J. Vernon, Khyzer B. Aziz.