Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of California, San Diego Department of Anesthesiology is a 49-PI network with 103 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (59% of slots across 46 PIs; 46 labels), Physiology as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments as the leading topic (6% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The top weighted PIs are Rodney A. Gabriel (109 weighted works; Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Anesthesia and Pain Management). The strongest pairings are Raphael Cuomo and Tim K. Mackey (55 shared works, weight 35.6); John J. Finneran and Brian M. Ilfeld (42 shared works, weight 33.5). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 15 internal connections, weight 93.2, around Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, led by Tim K. Mackey, Atul Malhotra, Raphael Cuomo; group 2 with 10 PIs, 15 internal connections, weight 166.3, around Surgery, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by Rodney A. Gabriel, Brian M. Ilfeld, John J. Finneran.