Report summary

University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management in 2015-2017 reads as a 63-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Environmental Science as the leading field (32% of slots across 39 PIs; 39 labels), Ecology as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies as the leading topic (4% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The leading PI names are Jillian F. Banfield (17.3 weighted works; Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies). The most visible ties are Sara Knox and Dennis Baldocchi (11 shared works, weight 5.2); Wayne M. Getz and Eric R. Dougherty (7 shared works, weight 4.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 16.4, around Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, led by Dennis Baldocchi, Iryna Dronova, Eoin Brodie.