Report summary

Pennsylvania State University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2018-2020 reads as a 68-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (37% of slots across 49 PIs; 49 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (25% of slots across 41 PIs; 41 labels), and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics as the leading topic (3% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). That is of concern for a 68-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Thomas K. Wood (22.9 weighted works; Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions). The strongest pairings are George‐Lucian Moldovan and Claudia M. Nicolae (11 shared works, weight 6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 13.4, around Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Immunology, led by Andrew D. Patterson, Shaun Mahony, Scott E. Lindner; group 2 with 9 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 22.6, around Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, led by Donald A. Bryant, Squire J. Booker, J. Martin Bollinger.