Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of California, Irvine Department of Neurobiology and Behavior is a 30-PI network with 16 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Neuroscience as the leading field (42% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research as the leading topic (9% 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 Oswald Steward (8.7 weighted works; Nerve injury and regeneration, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms). The strongest pairings are Ian F. Smith and Ian Parker (8 shared works, weight 4). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 5.1, around Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, led by Mathew Blurton‐Jones, Frank M. LaFerla, Andrea J. Tenner.