Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife is a 20-PI network with 12 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Environmental Science as the leading field (33% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), Nature and Landscape Conservation as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Fish Ecology and Management Studies as the leading topic (12% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Jianguo Liu (19.3 weighted works; Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Environmental Impact and Sustainability). The clearest collaboration lines are Thomas P. Loch and Mohamed Faisal (11 shared works, weight 5.2). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 4.9, around Sociology and Political Science, Information Systems and Management, Conservation, led by Robert A. Montgomery, Kevin C. Elliott, Patricia A. Soranno; group 2 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 8, around Immunology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Physiology, led by Weiming Li, Kim T. Scribner, Mohamed Faisal.