Report summary

University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Food Science in 2015-2017 reads as a 19-PI network with 46 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Agricultural and Biological Sciences as the leading field (26% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels), Food Science as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety as the leading topic (7% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 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 David Julian McClements (131.4 weighted works; Proteins in Food Systems, Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis). The strongest pairings are David Julian McClements and Hang Xiao (45 shared works, weight 22.5); David Julian McClements and Eric A. Decker (41 shared works, weight 20.8). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 93.7, around Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Food Science, led by David Julian McClements, Hang Xiao, Lili He.