Report summary

University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2015-2017 reads as a 28-PI network with 40 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Medicine as the leading field (64% of slots across 27 PIs; 27 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (35% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques as the leading topic (12% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 14 PIs across distinct clusters. The leading PI names are Rocky S. Tuan (20.5 weighted works; Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms). The most visible ties are Volker Musahl and Richard E. Debski (27 shared works, weight 13.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 62.4, around Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, led by Freddie H. Fu, Volker Musahl, Richard E. Debski.