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Stanford University Department of Physics in 2015-2017 reads as a 45-PI network with 19 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Physics and Astronomy as the leading field (42% of slots across 33 PIs; 33 labels), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories as the leading topic (5% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is of concern for a 45-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Shanhui Fan (34.4 weighted works; Photonic and Optical Devices, Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies). The strongest pairings are Andrei Linde and Рената Каллош (8 shared works, weight 5.3); Biao Lian and Shou-Cheng Zhang (9 shared works, weight 5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 16.2, around Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, led by Zhi‐Xun Shen, Steven A. Kivelson, Biao Lian.