Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information is a 10-PI network with 1 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Social Sciences as the leading field (47% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), Sociology and Political Science as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels), and Advanced Malware Detection Techniques as the leading topic (4% of slots across 1 PIs; 1 labels). That is a thin collaboration pattern, useful for spotting individual pairs but less persuasive as a broad departmental network. The leading PI names are Sherali Zeadally (6.1 weighted works; Information and Cyber Security, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques); Shannon M. Oltmann (5.7 weighted works; Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection, Intellectual Property Rights and Media). The clearest collaboration lines are Fátima Espinoza Vasquez and Shannon M. Oltmann (4 shared works, weight 4). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 2 PIs, 1 internal connections, weight 4, around Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Political Science and International Relations, led by Shannon M. Oltmann, Fátima Espinoza Vasquez.