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Abt Associates (Nepal)

In research, Abt Associates (Nepal) stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,722 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,301
of 34,923
Rank in Nepal
#14
of 53
Research works
411
▼ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Abt Associates (Nepal)

What is Abt Associates (Nepal) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,722 of 14,833 7.6%220

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abt Associates (Nepal) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Abt Associates (Nepal) work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Abt Associates (Nepal) is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (18%), Engineering (17%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 38.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 20.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 28.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 16.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 23.0% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 17.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAbt Associates(Nepal)35fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences38%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences720.4%
    2. Decision Sciences25.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting13.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities13.2%
    6. Psychology11.5%
    1. Engineering616.5%
    2. Environmental Science24.9%
    3. Computer Science12.5%
    4. Energy11.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.3%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Medicine617.5%
    2. Health Professions14.1%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences37.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.27× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.27×2 works
  2. Veterinary2.34×0 works
  3. Nursing2.17×0 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.10×2 works
  5. Energy1.82×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.66×3 works
  7. Social Sciences1.62×7 works
  8. Health Professions1.55×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.35×0 works
  10. Engineering1.10×6 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.10×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.98×2 works
  14. Medicine0.91×6 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.81×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.62×0 works
  17. Psychology0.48×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.32×1 works
  21. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Abt Associates (Nepal)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alvaro Cortes, Larry F. Buron and Johnny Blair lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abt Associates (Nepal).

  1. 1 Alvaro Cortes Nepal · #1,142,123 worldwide 1.1k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Larry F. Buron Nepal · #1,231,518 worldwide 983 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Johnny Blair Nepal · #1,430,195 worldwide 2.7k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Samuel R. Dastrup Nepal · #1,650,056 worldwide 696 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Claudia D. Solari Nepal · #1,770,870 worldwide 742 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 B. T. Kaul Nepal · #2,848,431 worldwide 58 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Abt Associates Nepal · #3,364,861 worldwide 723 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Anna Jefferson Nepal · #3,918,867 worldwide 88 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Amy Checkoway Nepal · #4,414,346 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Tamara Wilder Linkow Nepal · #4,682,811 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Abt Associates (Nepal)

What are the most cited papers from Abt Associates (Nepal)?

The most cited paper from Abt Associates (Nepal) is "Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health." (Steven L. Gortmaker, Karen E. Peterson, Jean L. Wiecha et al., 1999), with 1,311 citations. Next come "The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults" (889) and "The health economics of bladder cancer" (889).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health. Steven L. Gortmaker, Karen E. Peterson, Jean L. Wiecha et al. · PubMed Apr 1999 1,311
2 The state of hypertension care in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level data from 1·1 million adults Pascal Geldsetzer et al. · The Lancet Open access 18 Jul 2019 889
3 The health economics of bladder cancer Marc F Botteman, Chris Leo Pashos, Alberto Cesare Luigi Redaelli et al. · PharmacoEconomics Dec 2003 889
4 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
5 Risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with men Beryl A. Koblin, Marla J. Husnik, Grant Nash Colfax et al. · AIDS 2 Mar 2006 691
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Abt Associates (Nepal)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Qualitative Research, Complexity Theory, Cultural Analysis, Economic Growth, Social Networks, Climate Change and Concept Mapping.

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 3.7×13 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 2.2×11 topics
  3. Qualitative Research2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  4. Economic Growth2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  5. Globalization2▲ 2.3×3 topics
  6. Complexity Theory1▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Epidemiology1◆ 1.01×14 topics
  8. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.3×6 topics
  9. Cultural Analysis1▲ 82×2 topics
  10. Risk Factors1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  11. Social Networks1▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Education1▲ 1.94×3 topics
  13. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.3×6 topics
  14. Concept Mapping1▲ 88×1 topic
  15. Ethical Values1▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Screening1▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 190×1 topic
  18. Colonoscopy1▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Colorectal Cancer1▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.68×7 topics
  21. Social Management1▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Solidarity Economy1▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Urbanization1▲ 7.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Abt Associates (Nepal) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Social and Economic Solidarity and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Evaluation and Performan…1Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…1Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksSocial and Economic Soli…1Social and Economic Solidarity: 1 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…1Migration and Labor Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksArchitecture, Modernity,…1Architecture, Modernity, and Design: 1 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 0 fractional worksEducation and Character …0Education and Character Development: 0 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchOncologySociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Architecture, Modernity, and Design Architecture 1 works
  8. 8 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Education and Character Development Education 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.2%domestic only63.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Abt Associates (Nepal)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Abt Associates (Nepal) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Abt Associates (Nepal)0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Abt Associates (Nepal) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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