Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Purdue University West Lafayette Department of Animal Sciences is a 21-PI network with 22 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (36% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), Animal Science and Zoology as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and Animal Nutrition and Physiology as the leading topic (10% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 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 O. Adeola (26.8 weighted works; Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Livestock and Poultry Management). The strongest pairings are Kara R Stewart and Theresa Casey (9 shared works, weight 5). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 14, around Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology, led by Luiz F. Brito, Shihuan Kuang, Yuan H. Brad Kim.