Report summary

University of California, San Diego Department of Surgery in 2015-2017 reads as a 41-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (45% of slots across 32 PIs; 32 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Cancer Research and Treatments as the leading topic (2% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 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 Robert M. Hoffman (67.2 weighted works; Cancer Research and Treatments, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics). The strongest pairings are Michael Bouvet and Robert M. Hoffman (61 shared works, weight 34). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 63.2, around Surgery, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, led by Robert M. Hoffman, Michael Bouvet, Jason K. Sicklick; group 2 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 10.6, around Epidemiology, Oncology, Hepatology, led by Clark C. Chen, David A. Brenner, Tatiana Kisseleva.