Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Michigan State University Department of Animal Science is a 58-PI network with 100 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (28% of slots across 32 PIs; 32 labels), Agronomy and Crop Science as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Animal Nutrition and Physiology as the leading topic (6% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 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 Mohamed Abouhawwash (69.5 weighted works; Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research, Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms). The strongest pairings are Juan P. Steibel and Catherine W. Ernst (35 shared works, weight 12.9); Andrea M Luttman and Catherine W. Ernst (16 shared works, weight 11.5). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 55.9, around Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Genetics, led by Janice M. Siegford, Juan P. Steibel, Andrea M Luttman.