Report summary

University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurosurgery in 2015-2026 reads as a 91-PI network with 773 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (60% of slots across 83 PIs; 83 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment as the leading topic (8% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 27 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Christopher P. Ames (104.9 weighted works; Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment). The strongest pairings are Arnau Benet and Michael T. Lawton (83 shared works, weight 56.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 254.4, around Genetics, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, led by Manish K. Aghi, Mitchel S. Berger, Shawn L. Hervey‐Jumper; group 2 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 204, around Neurology, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, led by Michael T. Lawton, John K. Yue, Arnau Benet.