Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for University of California, Irvine Department of Psychological Science is a 25-PI network with 21 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Psychology as the leading field (37% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Clinical Psychology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development as the leading topic (7% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Daniel A. Nation (17.6 weighted works; Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances); Jessica L. Borelli (16.1 weighted works; Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Gender Roles and Identity Studies). The strongest pairings are E. Alison Holman and Roxane Cohen Silver (12 shared works, weight 7). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 12.4, around Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, led by Jessica L. Borelli, Kate R. Kuhlman, Stephen M. Schueller; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 16.2, around Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, led by Daniel A. Nation, Julian F. Thayer, DeWayne P. Williams.