Report summary

Washington University in St. Louis Department of Molecular Microbiology in 2015-2017 reads as a 28-PI network with 29 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (31% of slots across 19 PIs; 19 labels), Epidemiology as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria as the leading topic (5% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 17 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Michael Diamond (21.7 weighted works; Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Viral Infections and Vectors). The strongest pairings are Jonathan J. Miner and Michael Diamond (11 shared works, weight 7.8). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 16.6, around Molecular Medicine, Epidemiology, Parasitology, led by Carey‐Ann D. Burnham, Gautam Dantas, L. David Sibley.