Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for University of California, San Diego Department of Surgery is a 58-PI network with 82 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (52% of slots across 50 PIs; 50 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), and Ear Surgery and Otitis Media as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 Robert M. Hoffman (60.1 weighted works; Cancer Research and Treatments, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics). The clearest collaboration lines are Robert M. Hoffman and Michael Bouvet (67 shared works, weight 35). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 17.7, around Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, led by Rodney A. Gabriel, Joseph A. Califano, Ryan K. Orosco; group 2 with 8 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 21.4, around Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, led by Antonio De Maio, Alexander A. Khalessi, Todd W. Costantini.