Report summary

The 2022-2026 picture for Stanford University Department of Surgery is a 98-PI network with 321 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (55% of slots across 88 PIs; 88 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 50 PIs; 50 labels), and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes as the leading topic (2% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 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 Kazunari Sasaki (39 weighted works; Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Liver Disease and Transplantation). The strongest pairings are Michael T. Longaker and Derrick C. Wan (76 shared works, weight 40.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 14 internal connections, weight 37.4, around Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by Jason T. Lee, Nicholas J. Leeper, Nazish Sayed; group 2 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 27.6, around Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, led by Bill Chiu, Ruben Yiqi Luo, Lü Tian.