Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Department of Surgery is a 41-PI network with 41 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (58% of slots across 37 PIs; 37 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes as the leading topic (2% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 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 Ioannis P. Androulakis (14.8 weighted works; Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Spaceflight effects on biology). The strongest pairings are Mark S. Granick and Edward S. Lee (19 shared works, weight 10.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 19 internal connections, weight 23.2, around Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by Aziz M. Merchant, Stephanie Bonne, David H. Livingston.