Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for Purdue University West Lafayette Department of Nutrition Science is a 45-PI network with 89 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (36% of slots across 32 PIs; 32 labels), Physiology as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Diet and metabolism studies as the leading topic (5% 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 Tzu-Wen Cross (219 weighted works; Gut microbiota and health, Diet and metabolism studies). The strongest pairings are Heather A. Eicher‐Miller and Regan L Bailey (23 shared works, weight 12.2); Heather A. Eicher‐Miller and Edward J. Delp (21 shared works, weight 12). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 57.5, around Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Genetics, led by Heather A. Eicher‐Miller, Connie M. Weaver, Regan L Bailey; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 22.4, around Physiology, Biochemistry, Cancer Research, led by Dorothy Teegarden, Shawn S. Donkin, Gregory C. Henderson.