Report summary

University of Maryland, College Park Department of Geographical Sciences in 2015-2017 reads as a 28-PI network with 25 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Environmental Science as the leading field (42% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), Global and Planetary Change as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Remote Sensing in Agriculture as the leading topic (8% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). Overall the pattern is balanced: there is enough structure to identify active groups, while the field mix still leaves room for multiple research identities. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Molly E. Brown (12 weighted works; Climate change impacts on agriculture, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations); Shunlin Liang (11.3 weighted works; Spacecraft Design and Technology, Urban Heat Island Mitigation). The strongest pairings are Kuishuang Feng and Klaus Hubacek (25 shared works, weight 9.7). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 22, around Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, led by Shunlin Liang, Xiao‐Peng Song, Chengquan Huang.