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Chitwan Medical College

In research, Chitwan Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,049 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,783 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,775 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,225
of 28,054 · #18,271 all time
Rank in Nepal
#13
of 56
Research works
1.6k
▲ 113% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
93%
world 28%

What is Chitwan Medical College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,049 of 11,982 3.2%426 #8484
Social SciencesDomain #6,783 of 10,521 9.9%113 #11084
MedicineField #6,775 of 10,443 2.8%346 #10401
Life SciencesDomain #6,391 of 7,800 6.0%69 #9691
SurgerySubfield #1,755 of 1,816 2.3%64 #3920

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chitwan Medical College 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#8,484 #4,049
  2. Social Sciences#11,084 #6,783
  3. Medicine#10,401 #6,775
  4. Life Sciences#9,691 #6,391
  5. Surgery#3,920 #1,755
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Chitwan Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 26.4 works8.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.81× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.52× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.31× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.48× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 346 worksMedicineNursing: 3.09× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chitwan Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Hari Prasad Upadhyay, Shakti Shrestha and Rano Mal Piryani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chitwan Medical College.

  1. 1 Hari Prasad Upadhyay Nepal · #989,844 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Shakti Shrestha Nepal · #1,072,333 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Rano Mal Piryani Nepal · #1,264,198 worldwide 4 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Chitwan Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Chitwan Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, COVID-19, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease and Global Burden.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology83▲ 3.2×108 topics
  2. Quality of Life27▲ 2.9×35 topics
  3. COVID-1926▲ 2.9×20 topics
  4. Risk Factors25▲ 3.5×28 topics
  5. Treatment25▲ 3.1×39 topics
  6. Diagnosis24▲ 3.9×36 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 3.0×29 topics
  8. Inflammation20▲ 1.43×45 topics
  9. Public Health19▲ 1.99×33 topics
  10. Mental Health18▲ 1.85×22 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 3.3×17 topics
  12. Depression17▲ 3.0×17 topics
  13. Management17▲ 3.3×26 topics
  14. Pandemic17▲ 2.4×9 topics
  15. Global Burden16▲ 4.7×11 topics
  16. Mortality16▲ 4.2×12 topics
  17. Complications15▲ 4.7×15 topics
  18. Surgical Management14▲ 5.0×15 topics
  19. Risk Management12▲ 4.0×7 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance12▲ 4.1×8 topics
  21. Pathogenesis12▲ 3.7×17 topics
  22. Chemotherapy12▲ 2.5×18 topics
  23. Obesity11▲ 2.3×15 topics
  24. Vaccine11▲ 4.1×10 topics
  25. Guidelines10▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. Prevention10▲ 3.5×13 topics
  27. Maternal Mortality10▲ 6.6×5 topics
  28. Anxiety9▲ 3.0×7 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 4.9×9 topics
  30. Psychological Distress9▲ 5.4×5 topics
  31. Rehabilitation9▲ 3.5×8 topics
  32. Surgery9▲ 3.8×8 topics
  33. Healthcare Workers8▲ 4.7×5 topics
  34. Health Inequalities7▲ 8.7×4 topics
  35. Infection Prevention7▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Community Health Workers6▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Maternal and Child Undernutrition6▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Water Sanitation Hygiene6▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Child Mortality6▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Health Systems6▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Chitwan Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Dental Research and COVID-19.

Child Nutrition and Wate…6Child Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 4 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …4Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthClinical PsychologyGeneral Dentistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 4 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 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 available93.4%not open6.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chitwan Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 113% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

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