Report summary

University of California, Los Angeles Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2015-2026 reads as a 117-PI network with 328 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (23% of slots across 58 PIs; 58 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 48 PIs; 48 labels), and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms as the leading topic (3% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 26 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are K. N. Houk (161.2 weighted works; Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions, Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis). The strongest pairings are Xiangfeng Duan and Yu Huang (161 shared works, weight 84.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 142.2, around Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, led by Xiangfeng Duan, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Philippe Sautet; group 2 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 84.2, around Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, led by K. N. Houk, Yi Tang, Neil K. Garg.