Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of Illinois Chicago Department of Surgery is a 25-PI network with 14 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (63% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (21% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The top weighted PIs are Ajay V. Maker (17.2 weighted works; Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments). The strongest pairings are Nebojša Nick Knežević and Kenneth D. Candido (11 shared works, weight 8.8); Antonio Gangemi and Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti (8 shared works, weight 6.2). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 15.5, around Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Oncology, led by Antonio Gangemi, Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, José Oberholzer.