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Research in Patan

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Patan, Nepal. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Patan Academy of Health Sciences, KIST Medical College and National Trust for Nature Conservation.

Research institutions
13
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.8k
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
5.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Patan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Patan Academy of Health SciencesUniversity 1,279 #12,441
2KIST Medical CollegeUniversity 677 #14,633
3National Trust for Nature ConservationNonprofit 187 #21,140
4Baidya and Banskota HospitalHospital / health system 153 #22,064
5Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research CenterHospital / health system 143 #21,544
6Helen Keller International NepalNonprofit 70 not ranked
7National Society for Earthquake TechnologyInstitution 45 not ranked
8Nick Simons InstituteHospital / health system 38 not ranked
9Nepal Family Development FoundationNonprofit 14 not ranked
10Nepal Fertility Care CenterNonprofit 2 not ranked
11Hospice NepalHospital / health system 2 not ranked
12Samata FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
13Nepal Centre for Contemporary ResearchNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Patan Academy of Health Sciences: 48.9%KIST Medical College: 25.9%National Trust for Nature Conservation: 7.2%Baidya and Banskota Hospital: 5.9%9 others listed: 12.2%49%largest
Patan Academy of Health Sciences1,279 · 48.9%KIST Medical College677 · 25.9%National Trust for Nature Conservation187 · 7.2%Baidya and Banskota Hospital153 · 5.9%9 others listed318 · 12.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Patan work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research in Patan is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Social Sciences (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 766 fractional works · 58.6% of its workMedicine: 664 fractional works · 50.8% of its workSurgery: 114 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 61 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 52 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 45 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 35 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 64 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 253 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 36 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 159 fractional works · 12.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 63 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 49 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 129 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 53 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPatan1,306fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine66450.8%
    2. Health Professions644.9%
    3. Dentistry171.3%
    4. Nursing171.3%
    5. Veterinary40.3%
    1. Social Sciences876.7%
    2. Psychology594.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting443.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance352.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities141.1%
    6. Decision Sciences120.9%
    1. Environmental Science634.9%
    2. Engineering493.8%
    3. Computer Science312.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.4%
    5. Mathematics40.3%
    6. Energy20.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Materials Science10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology534.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences332.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology241.9%
    4. Neuroscience110.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Patan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Diagnosis, Public Health, Pandemic, Treatment, Management and Risk Factors.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology161▲ 3.1×122 topics
  2. COVID-1953▲ 3.1×23 topics
  3. Public Health50▲ 2.6×46 topics
  4. Climate Change48▲ 1.34×59 topics
  5. Treatment45▲ 2.8×46 topics
  6. Diagnosis44▲ 3.6×37 topics
  7. Quality of Life43▲ 2.3×43 topics
  8. Inflammation43▲ 1.55×55 topics
  9. Pandemic42▲ 3.3×11 topics
  10. Risk Factors41▲ 2.9×32 topics
  11. Mental Health38▲ 2.0×28 topics
  12. Management38▲ 3.6×30 topics
  13. Depression36▲ 3.1×18 topics
  14. Complications31▲ 4.8×16 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 1.93×31 topics
  16. Global Burden26▲ 3.6×12 topics
  17. Mortality24▲ 3.3×13 topics
  18. Surgical Management24▲ 4.5×18 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 2.2×23 topics
  20. Maternal Mortality23▲ 7.8×5 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance22▲ 4.3×13 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases22▲ 5.2×9 topics
  23. Chemotherapy21▲ 2.3×21 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines19▲ 2.6×14 topics
  25. Psychological Distress19▲ 5.9×5 topics
  26. Pathogenesis19▲ 2.8×23 topics
  27. Prevalence18▲ 3.4×11 topics
  28. Vaccine18▲ 3.4×10 topics
  29. Population Dynamics18▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. Pathophysiology16▲ 4.1×11 topics
  31. Healthcare Workers15▲ 4.9×4 topics
  32. Habitat Selection14▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Global Health14▲ 6.7×6 topics
  34. Health Inequalities13▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Community Health Workers12▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Animal Movement12▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Occupancy Rates12▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Socio-economic Factors12▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Child Mortality12▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Health Systems12▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Patan?

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 11 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 11 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 9 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 8 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 8 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 8 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 7 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Patan5.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 2011.

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