Report summary

University of Southern California Department of Chemistry in 2021-2023 reads as a 44-PI network with 45 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Engineering as the leading field (17% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), Electrical and Electronic Engineering as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 15 PIs; 15 labels), and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 18 PIs across distinct clusters. The leading PI names are Oleg V. Prezhdo (47.1 weighted works; Perovskite Materials and Applications, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films). The most visible ties are Mark E. Thompson and Peter I. Djurovich (17 shared works, weight 8.4); Oleg V. Prezhdo and Weibin Chu (17 shared works, weight 7.1). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 14, around Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, led by Barry C. Thompson, Mark E. Thompson, Brent C. Melot.