Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for University of Utah Department of Surgery is a 54-PI network with 82 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (57% of slots across 51 PIs; 51 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), and Tracheal and airway disorders as the leading topic (2% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 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 Alexander W. Pastuszak (20.6 weighted works; Hormonal and reproductive studies, Sexual function and dysfunction studies). The strongest pairings are Alexander W. Pastuszak and James M. Hotaling (33 shared works, weight 15.9). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 65.7, around Molecular Biology, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, led by Alexander W. Pastuszak, James M. Hotaling, Jayant Agarwal; group 2 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 32, around Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, led by Benjamin S. Brooke, Joseph E. Tonna, Brian T. Bucher.