Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Michigan–ann Arbor Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences is a 27-PI network with 26 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (60% of slots across 26 PIs; 26 labels), Ophthalmology as the leading subfield (32% of slots across 21 PIs; 21 labels), and Retinal Diseases and Treatments as the leading topic (9% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The leading PI names are Hakan Demirci (13.2 weighted works; Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Ocular Oncology and Treatments); Joshua R. Ehrlich (10.9 weighted works; Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention). The clearest collaboration lines are Maria A. Woodward and Paula Anne Newman-Casey (12 shared works, weight 5.7). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 9.9, around Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, led by Hakan Demirci, Thomas J. Wubben, David A. Antonetti; group 2 with 7 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 11.8, around Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, Gender Studies, led by Joshua R. Ehrlich, Paula Anne Newman-Casey, Maria A. Woodward.