Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Department of Physics and Astronomy is a 27-PI network with 15 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (45% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics as the leading topic (6% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Sang‐Wook Cheong (21.6 weighted works; Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Multiferroics and related materials). The strongest pairings are Sang‐Wook Cheong and G. Blumberg (4 shared works, weight 2.2); Sylvie Rangan and R. A. Bartynski (5 shared works, weight 1.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 9.2, around Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, led by Sang‐Wook Cheong, Seongshik Oh, Eva Y. Andrei.