Report summary

University of Virginia Department of Environmental Sciences in 2015-2026 reads as a 45-PI network with 54 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Environmental Science as the leading field (38% of slots across 33 PIs; 33 labels), Global and Planetary Change as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 12 PIs; 12 labels), and Marine and coastal plant biology 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 23 PIs across distinct clusters. The leading PI names are Kevin M. Grise (22.5 weighted works; Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models); Michael L. Pace (19.2 weighted works; Attention Economy in Education and Business, Fish Ecology and Management Studies). The most visible ties are Stephan F. J. De Wekker and Nevio Babić (6 shared works, weight 5.1). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 18.3, around Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, led by Xi Yang, Sally E. Pusede, Robert E. Davis; group 2 with 8 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 11.3, around Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, led by Kevin M. Grise, Michael L. Pace, Peter Berg.