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Science in Nepal

Nepal ranks #80 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#85 all time), with 33k research works and 8.6% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#80
of 192 · #85 all time
Works, 2022–2025
33k
▲ 125% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
78%
world 63%

What is Nepal strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Nepal ranks highest in Medicine (#71 of 155), Social Sciences (#79 of 151) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#68 of 126). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Drug Discovery, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and General Dentistry.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #71 of 155 4.5%8,612 Institutions
Social SciencesField #79 of 151 12.7%4,031 Institutions
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #68 of 126 10.4%2,755 Institutions
EngineeringField #73 of 134 6.5%3,089 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #72 of 125 11.6%1,912 Institutions
EducationSubfield #67 of 115 16.8%1,050 Institutions
Health ProfessionsField #67 of 108 9.3%1,182 Institutions
PsychologyField #72 of 109 9.0%1,007 Institutions
Computer ScienceField #88 of 131 8.5%2,016 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #82 of 122 11.7%1,089 Institutions
Plant ScienceSubfield #62 of 92 10.3%1,198 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #72 of 106 16.0%990 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Drug DiscoverySubfield · 24.1 works8.6×
  2. Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologySubfield · 78.4 works4.8×
  3. General DentistrySubfield · 60.9 works4.3×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 237.7 works3.1×
  5. MicrobiologySubfield · 5.8 works3.0×
  6. PeriodonticsSubfield · 120.5 works2.7×
  7. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 89.5 works2.6×
  8. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 203.7 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 2,755 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1,008 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 312 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 233 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 143 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 246 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 2,016 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 253 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 167 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 3,089 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 1,912 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 494 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 292 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 195 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.43× its world share, 386 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 1,182 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 8,612 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 276 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 41 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 990 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 1,379 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 458 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.70× its world share, 1,187 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 1,007 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 4,031 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Nepal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Globalization, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Conflict, COVID-19 and Deep Learning.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology2,137▲ 1.65×135 topics
  2. Climate Change1,559▲ 1.77×117 topics
  3. Machine Learning1,267▲ 1.18×95 topics
  4. Deep Learning1,171◆ 1.05×85 topics
  5. Sustainability1,116▲ 1.40×105 topics
  6. Globalization1,106▲ 1.72×119 topics
  7. COVID-19837▲ 1.87×31 topics
  8. Education772▲ 1.38×104 topics
  9. Treatment676▲ 1.70×52 topics
  10. Economic Growth672▲ 2.4×32 topics
  11. Public Health669▲ 1.41×59 topics
  12. Quality of Life632▲ 1.34×57 topics
  13. Environmental Impact614◆ 1.10×66 topics
  14. Pandemic610▲ 1.74×13 topics
  15. Sustainable Development603▲ 1.16×92 topics
  16. Risk Factors598▲ 1.66×37 topics
  17. Mental Health594▲ 1.24×45 topics
  18. Diagnosis588▲ 1.93×41 topics
  19. Renewable Energy548▲ 1.16×55 topics
  20. Remote Sensing502▲ 1.24×42 topics
  21. Healthcare468▲ 1.27×36 topics
  22. Depression458▲ 1.59×25 topics
  23. Risk Management445▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Management443▲ 1.73×38 topics
  25. Conflict440▲ 8.2×10 topics
  26. Food Security434▲ 2.4×21 topics
  27. Surgical Management327▲ 2.4×20 topics
  28. Poverty321▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Social Impact313▲ 2.4×16 topics
  30. Ethnicity309▲ 2.5×20 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality301▲ 4.2×5 topics
  32. Social Inequality284▲ 3.2×11 topics
  33. Democratization242▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Identity Politics231▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Maoist Insurgency231▲ 193×1 topic
  36. Youth Employment231▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Health Inequalities211▲ 5.4×5 topics
  38. Community Health Workers210▲ 7.6×2 topics
  39. Child Mortality191▲ 8.3×1 topic
  40. Health Systems191▲ 8.3×1 topic

Which universities in Nepal lead research?

Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu University and Institute of Engineering rank highest in Nepal on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 10.8867%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tribhuvan University: 8,847, 10.4%Kathmandu University: 1,956, 13.0%Institute of Engineering: 3,973, 6.9%Agriculture and Forestry University: 1,363, 11.6%Pokhara University: 1,596, 9.0%College of Medical Sciences: 558, 6.6%Nepal Development Research Institute: 409, 14.8%Government of Nepal: 333, 14.2%Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital: 1,295, 4.3%Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital: 1,194, 4.2%B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences: 860, 4.2%International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development: 104, 28.8%Chitwan Medical College: 655, 4.7%Department of Health Services: 236, 21.9%Purbanchal University: 334, 8.7%Kathmandu UniversityAgriculture and Fore…Tribhuvan UniversityInstitute of Enginee…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Tribhuvan UniversityUniversity · Kathmandu · #1,443 worldwide10.4% top 10% · 8.8k works
  2. 2Kathmandu UniversityUniversity · Kathmandu · #3,242 worldwide13.0% top 10% · 2k works
  3. 3Institute of EngineeringUniversity · Pulchowk · #3,613 worldwide6.9% top 10% · 4k works
  4. 4Agriculture and Forestry UniversityUniversity · Bharatpur · #5,363 worldwide11.6% top 10% · 1.4k works
  5. 5Pokhara UniversityUniversity · Pokhara · #6,804 worldwide9.0% top 10% · 1.6k works
  6. 6College of Medical SciencesHospital / health system · Bharatpur · #7,337 worldwide6.6% top 10% · 558 works
  7. 7Nepal Development Research InstituteNonprofit · Kathmandu · #7,977 worldwide14.8% top 10% · 409 works
  8. 8Government of NepalGovernment institution · Kathmandu · #8,627 worldwide14.2% top 10% · 333 works
  9. 9Tribhuvan University Teaching HospitalHospital / health system · Kathmandu · #8,688 worldwide4.3% top 10% · 1.3k works
  10. 10Nepal Medical College Teaching HospitalUniversity · Kathmandu · #8,791 worldwide4.2% top 10% · 1.2k works
  11. 11B.P. Koirala Institute of Health SciencesUniversity · Dharān · #10,383 worldwide4.2% top 10% · 860 works
  12. 12International Centre for Integrated Mountain DevelopmentNonprofit · Kathmandu · #10,847 worldwide28.8% top 10% · 104 works
  13. 13Chitwan Medical CollegeInstitution · Bharatpur · #11,225 worldwide4.7% top 10% · 655 works
  14. 14Department of Health ServicesGovernment institution · Kathmandu · #12,349 worldwide21.9% top 10% · 236 works
  15. 15Purbanchal UniversityUniversity · Biratnagar · #12,920 worldwide8.7% top 10% · 334 works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Nepal

Who are the top researchers in Nepal?

Meghnath Dhimal, B. Rowe and Buddha Basnyat rank highest among researchers based in Nepal.

  1. 1 Meghnath Dhimal · #11,108 worldwide 1k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 B. Rowe · #36,379 worldwide 399 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Buddha Basnyat · #48,525 worldwide 343 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 David Molden · #56,301 worldwide 423 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 A. B. Shrestha · #68,613 worldwide 301 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Golam Rasul · #77,373 worldwide 243 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 M. T. Parker · #82,686 worldwide 189 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Betty C. Hobbs · #102,278 worldwide 166 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Philip P. Mortimer · #115,689 worldwide 190 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Tyrone L. Pitt · #116,896 worldwide 202 citations · 32 works
Top researchers in Nepal

Which cities in Nepal are research hubs?

  1. 1 Kathmandu Nepal 48k works

How open and international is Nepal's research?

78% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 25% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available77.8%not open22.2%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Nepal's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 125% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Nepal