Report summary

University of Southern California Department of Marshall in 2024-2026 reads as a 28-PI network with 1 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Business, Management and Accounting as the leading field (38% of slots across 18 PIs; 18 labels), Economics and Econometrics as the leading subfield (15% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels), and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance as the leading topic (4% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). That is of concern for a 28-PI roster; the strongest pairings may be carrying much of the visible collaboration. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Daniel E. O’Leary (20.1 weighted works; Topic Modeling, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)). The strongest pairings are Kristy A.E. Jansen and Wenhao Li (1 shared works, weight 0.6). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 2 PIs, 1 internal connections, weight 0.6, around Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Accounting, led by Kristy A.E. Jansen, Wenhao Li.