Report summary

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2018-2020 reads as a 18-PI network with 6 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (40% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Topological Materials and Phenomena as the leading topic (7% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is of concern for a 18-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The leading PI names are Sang‐Wook Cheong (9.4 weighted works; 2D Materials and Applications, Multiferroics and related materials); J. C. Phillips (8 weighted works; Protein Structure and Dynamics, Theoretical and Computational Physics). The most visible ties are Gabriel Kotliar and Kristjan Haule (2 shared works, weight 1.1); Weida Wu and Sang‐Wook Cheong (2 shared works, weight 1.1). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 4.7, around Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics, led by Sang‐Wook Cheong, Seongshik Oh, Gabriel Kotliar.