Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of California, Los Angeles Department of Neurosurgery is a 27-PI network with 32 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (60% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (20% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances 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 leading PI names are Isaac Yang (33.2 weighted works; Meningioma and schwannoma management, Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases). The clearest collaboration lines are Tania Kaprealian and Isaac Yang (10 shared works, weight 5.5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 21.8, around Epidemiology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, led by Isaac Yang, Nader Pouratian, William H. Yong.