Report summary

Northwestern University Department of Medical Social Sciences in 2018-2020 reads as a 32-PI network with 40 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (34% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Clinical Psychology as the leading subfield (8% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy as the leading topic (4% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 18 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Jonathan I. Silverberg (91.3 weighted works; Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization). The strongest pairings are Michael E. Newcomb and Brian Mustanski (35 shared works, weight 19.7). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 28.5, around Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Oncology, Epidemiology, led by Jonathan I. Silverberg, David Cella, David Victorson.