Report summary

University of California, Irvine Department of Dermatology in 2021-2023 reads as a 17-PI network with 27 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (54% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), Dermatology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 labels), and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases as the leading topic (8% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 13 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska (24.7 weighted works; Hair Growth and Disorders, Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research). The strongest pairings are Nathan W. Rojek and Bonnie Lee (6 shared works, weight 2.9); Kristen M. Kelly and Christopher B. Zachary (7 shared works, weight 2.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 15.8, around Dermatology, Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, led by Christina N. Kraus, Joel L. Cohen, Kristen M. Kelly.