Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Kent State University School of Communication Studies is a 13-PI network with 3 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Social Sciences as the leading field (52% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), Communication as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels), and Social Media and Politics as the leading topic (9% 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 leading PI names are Téwodros W. Workneh (14.1 weighted works; Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics). The clearest collaboration lines are Mei‐Chen Lin and Téwodros W. Workneh (1 shared works, weight 1). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 3 internal connections, weight 1.7, around Communication, Demography, Social Psychology, led by Téwodros W. Workneh, Jeffrey T. Child, Mei‐Chen Lin.