Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Kentucky Department of Surgery is a 64-PI network with 182 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (55% of slots across 57 PIs; 57 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments 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 top weighted PIs are Roberto Gedaly (32 weighted works; Liver Disease and Transplantation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment); B. Mark Evers (29.4 weighted works; Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Diet and metabolism studies). The strongest pairings are B. Mark Evers and Piotr Rychahou (44 shared works, weight 23.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 76.3, around Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, led by Roberto Gedaly, J. Scott Roth, Daniel L. Davenport.