Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for University of California, Irvine Department of Neurobiology and Behavior is a 27-PI network with 27 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Neuroscience as the leading field (37% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms as the leading topic (9% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Michael A. Yassa (10.9 weighted works; Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications). The strongest pairings are Hayk Davtyan and Mathew Blurton‐Jones (9 shared works, weight 3.6). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 12.1, around Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, led by Marcelo A. Wood, Frank M. LaFerla, Kim N. Green.