Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Department of Surgery is a 39-PI network with 22 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (54% of slots across 37 PIs; 37 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes as the leading topic (3% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The leading PI names are Howard L. Kaufman (28.6 weighted works; CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers). The clearest collaboration lines are Andrew Zloza and Howard L. Kaufman (13 shared works, weight 7.2). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 10.3, around Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by Aziz M. Merchant, Ana Berlin, Ravi J. Chokshi.