Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Ludong University School of Life Sciences is a 45-PI network with 60 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (24% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Genetic diversity and population structure as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Hongxia Zhang (35.9 weighted works; Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance). The clearest collaboration lines are Hongyan Wu and Zhiguang Xu (18 shared works, weight 10.3). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 27.6, around Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Pollution, led by Hongxia Zhang, Xingxiao Zhang, Yuping Hou.