Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for Northwestern University Department of Chemistry is a 61-PI network with 218 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Materials Science as the leading field (27% of slots across 36 PIs; 36 labels), Materials Chemistry as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques as the leading topic (4% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 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 Omar K. Farha (53.7 weighted works; Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Covalent Organic Framework Applications); Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (44.7 weighted works; Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices, Perovskite Materials and Applications). The strongest pairings are Omar K. Farha and Joseph T. Hupp (137 shared works, weight 53.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 72.2, around Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, led by Tobin J. Marks, J. Fraser Stoddart, Mark C. Hersam.