Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for University of Utah Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is a 24-PI network with 27 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (65% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (33% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes as the leading topic (11% of slots across 8 PIs; 8 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 Man Hung (25.4 weighted works; Dental Health and Care Utilization, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research); Stephen K. Aoki (23.6 weighted works; Hip disorders and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty). The strongest pairings are Stephen K. Aoki and Justin J. Ernat (18 shared works, weight 9.4); Stephen K. Aoki and Travis G. Maak (26 shared works, weight 8.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 33.7, around Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology, led by Stephen K. Aoki, Justin J. Ernat, Daniel M. Cushman; group 2 with 6 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 50, around Surgery, General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, led by Jeremy M. Gililland, Lucas A. Anderson, Christopher E. Pelt.