Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for The University of Texas at Austin Department of Integrative Biology is a 49-PI network with 29 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (23% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Ecology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Plant and animal studies as the leading topic (5% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The leading PI names are Thomas Juenger (13.1 weighted works; Bioenergy crop production and management, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity). The clearest collaboration lines are Robert K. Jansen and Tracey A. Ruhlman (11 shared works, weight 5.6). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 6.3, around Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, led by Felicity Muth, Eric S. Abelson, Deidre Zoll.