Report summary

University of California, Irvine Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2018-2020 reads as a 55-PI network with 49 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (28% of slots across 29 PIs; 29 labels), Biomedical Engineering as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 16 PIs; 16 labels), and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 most prominent PIs by weighted works are Hamid R. Djalilian (54.1 weighted works; Vestibular and auditory disorders, Meningioma and schwannoma management). The strongest pairings are Brian J. F. Wong and Andrew E. Heidari (6 shared works, weight 3.3); Brian J. F. Wong and Zhongping Chen (6 shared works, weight 3.3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 7.5, around Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, led by Abraham P. Lee, Michelle Khine, Szu‐Wen Wang.