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Department of Health Services

In research, Department of Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,979 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,192 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,349
of 28,054 · #10,032 all time
Rank in Nepal
#14
of 56
Research works
833
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Department of Health Services 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 #3,979 of 11,982 22.9%139 #2496
MedicineField #4,192 of 10,443 20.7%90 #3847

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Health Services 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).

What does Department of Health Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 36.7 works11×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 45.2 works7.3×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.27× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.32× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.45× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Public Health, Social Support, Long-Term Care, Mental Health and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.2×72 topics
  2. Quality of Life16▲ 4.8×32 topics
  3. Primary Care16▲ 18×13 topics
  4. Public Health13▲ 3.9×32 topics
  5. Mental Health13▲ 3.7×28 topics
  6. Social Support10▲ 7.3×13 topics
  7. Long-Term Care9▲ 50×2 topics
  8. Depression9▲ 4.4×16 topics
  9. Quality Improvement8▲ 19×8 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Quality of Care8▲ 40×4 topics
  12. Inflammation8▲ 1.59×31 topics
  13. Nursing Home7▲ 78×1 topic
  14. Person-Centered Care7▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Mortality Risk7▲ 13×6 topics
  16. COVID-197▲ 2.1×15 topics
  17. Aging7▲ 5.2×10 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.3×22 topics
  19. Health System Reform6▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Anxiety6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  21. Behavior Change5▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Health Care Utilization5▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Patient Engagement5▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Elderly Patients5▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Global Burden5▲ 3.7×11 topics
  27. Continuity of Care5▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Patient-Centered Medical Home4▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Pay for Performance4▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Well-being4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Health Care Spending4▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Insurance Markets4▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Ethical Considerations4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  35. Medical Education4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  36. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Outcomes4▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Elderly4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  39. Elderly Care4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  40. Patient Care4▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does Department of Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Geriatric Care and Nursi…7Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 7 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…4Healthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 2 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsPsychiatry and Mental healthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  9. 9 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 2 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 available54.0%not open46.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.8%domestic only20.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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.

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