Report summary

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Anesthesiology in 2021-2023 reads as a 55-PI network with 75 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (42% of slots across 43 PIs; 43 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 17 PIs; 17 labels), and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments as the leading topic (6% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 23 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Eric J. Lenze (16.4 weighted works; Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery); Joanna Abraham (16.4 weighted works; Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Clinical practice guidelines implementation). The strongest pairings are Thomas Kannampallil and Sunny S. Lou (11 shared works, weight 8.3). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 19 internal connections, weight 48.4, around Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Surgery, Health Information Management, led by Eric J. Lenze, Joanna Abraham, Thomas Kannampallil.