Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of California, San Diego Department of Neuroscience is a 90-PI network with 192 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (32% of slots across 58 PIs; 58 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 29 PIs; 29 labels), and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments as the leading topic (6% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 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 Dilip V. Jeste (65.2 weighted works; Aging and Gerontology Research, Health disparities and outcomes); John R. Crawford (58.6 weighted works; Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments). The strongest pairings are Karen Pierce and Eric Courchesne (35 shared works, weight 16.6); Douglas Galasko and David P. Salmon (50 shared works, weight 15.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 52.1, around Physiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, led by Robert A. Rissman, Eliezer Masliah, Stuart A. Lipton; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 57.1, around Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental health, led by Dilip V. Jeste, Anders M. Dale, Lisa T. Eyler.