Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Oklahoma Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology is a 36-PI network with 68 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Environmental Science as the leading field (34% of slots across 25 PIs; 25 labels), Ecology as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology as the leading topic (11% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 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 Jizhong Zhou (82.3 weighted works; Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics). The strongest pairings are Jizhong Zhou and Zhili He (75 shared works, weight 30); Jizhong Zhou and Liyou Wu (69 shared works, weight 28.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 115, around Ecology, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, led by Jizhong Zhou, Xiangming Xiao, Yiqi Luo; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 27.5, around Ecology, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, led by Christine C. Gaylarde, Joseph M. Suflita, Bradley S. Stevenson.