Report summary

Michigan State University Department of Animal Science in 2021-2023 reads as a 26-PI network with 26 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (31% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), Agronomy and Crop Science as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock as the leading topic (10% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 15 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are A.L. Lock (11.2 weighted works; Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Fatty Acid Research and Health); B.J. Bradford (11.2 weighted works; Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology). The strongest pairings are Catherine W. Ernst and Janice M. Siegford (8 shared works, weight 4); Janice M. Siegford and Juan P. Steibel (7 shared works, weight 3.4). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 17.6, around Small Animals, Cancer Research, Genetics, led by Janice M. Siegford, Jinding Liu, Catherine W. Ernst.