Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Pennsylvania State University Department of Agricultural Economics Sociology and Education is a 65-PI network with 66 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Social Sciences as the leading field (27% of slots across 37 PIs; 37 labels), Sociology and Political Science as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), and Organic Food and Agriculture 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 Brian C. Thiede (24.8 weighted works; Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics). The strongest pairings are Stephan J. Goetz and Luyi Han (9 shared works, weight 7.7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 15.2, around Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science, led by Brian C. Thiede, J. Tom Mueller, Christopher S. Fowler.