Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of California, Davis Department of Animal Science is a 33-PI network with 24 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (28% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Animal Science and Zoology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Animal Nutrition and Physiology as the leading topic (9% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Cassandra B. Tucker (18.3 weighted works; Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock). The strongest pairings are James D. Murray and Elizabeth A. Maga (7 shared works, weight 3.4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 11.8, around Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, led by E. Kebreab, Joy A. Mench, Anne E. Todgham.