Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurosurgery is a 38-PI network with 131 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (68% of slots across 38 PIs; 38 labels), Genetics as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment as the leading topic (12% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 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 Arnau Benet (47.1 weighted works; Meningioma and schwannoma management, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases); Michael T. Lawton (45.4 weighted works; Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment). The clearest collaboration lines are Arnau Benet and Michael T. Lawton (61 shared works, weight 43.5). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 17 internal connections, weight 60.3, around Genetics, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, led by Manish K. Aghi, Mitchel S. Berger, Annette M. Molinaro.