Report summary

Stanford University Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in 2015-2017 reads as a 34-PI network with 61 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (52% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), Otorhinolaryngology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Head and Neck Surgical Oncology as the leading topic (8% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 18 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Peter H. Hwang (20.1 weighted works; Sinusitis and nasal conditions, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology); Uchechukwu C. Megwalu (18.2 weighted works; Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Ear and Head Tumors). The strongest pairings are Stanley Yung‐Chuan Liu and Robson Capasso (11 shared works, weight 5.6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 15.8, around Otorhinolaryngology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, led by Uchechukwu C. Megwalu, Vasu Divi, Quynh‐Thu Le.