Report summary

University of California, Los Angeles Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2021-2023 reads as a 33-PI network with 23 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (28% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics as the leading subfield (21% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Animal Behavior and Reproduction as the leading topic (9% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Daniel T. Blumstein (26.6 weighted works; Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal and Plant Science Education). The strongest pairings are Morgan W. Tingley and Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg (5 shared works, weight 4.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 11.5, around Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, led by Daniel T. Blumstein, Noa Pinter‐Wollman, Pamela J. Yeh; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 6.8, around Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, led by Kirk E. Lohmueller, H. Bradley Shaffer, Gregory F. Grether.