Report summary

University of California, Los Angeles Department of Neurosurgery in 2018-2020 reads as a 26-PI network with 28 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (55% of slots across 26 PIs; 26 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (22% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Neurological disorders and treatments as the leading topic (6% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 16 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Isaac Yang (20.6 weighted works; Meningioma and schwannoma management, Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases). The strongest pairings are Martin M. Monti and Paul Vespa (8 shared works, weight 3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 19 internal connections, weight 18.6, around Neurology, Epidemiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, led by Isaac Yang, Nader Pouratian, Percy Lee.