Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for University of California, Davis Department of Animal Science is a 36-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (34% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Animal Science and Zoology as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Animal Nutrition and Physiology as the leading topic (8% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are E. Kebreab (19.4 weighted works; Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology). The strongest pairings are Xunde Li and Yanhong Liu (14 shared works, weight 7.7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 16.3, around Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, led by Alison L. Van Eenennaam, Hao Cheng, Huaijun Zhou; group 2 with 6 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 5.8, around Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, led by E. Kebreab, Frank M. Mitloehner, Anna C. Denicol.