Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of California, Davis Department of Surgery is a 24-PI network with 15 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (58% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Burn Injury Management and Outcomes as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The top weighted PIs are Robert J. Canter (10.3 weighted works; Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses); David G. Greenhalgh (10 weighted works; Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Wound Healing and Treatments). The strongest pairings are Robert J. Canter and Sean J. Judge (12 shared works, weight 7); Tina L. Palmieri and Jason Heard (17 shared works, weight 6.2). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 5 PIs, 5 internal connections, weight 6.3, around Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, led by Aijun Wang, Junichiro Sageshima, Richard V. Perez.