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Dhulikhel Hospital

In research, Dhulikhel Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,575 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,553 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,163
of 22,385 · #23,945 all time
Rank in Nepal
#28
of 49
Research works
611
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
81%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Dhulikhel Hospital

What is Dhulikhel Hospital known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,575 of 9,902 3.1%186 #11170
MedicineField #6,553 of 8,541 2.4%160 #10004

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dhulikhel Hospital 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 Dhulikhel Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Dhulikhel Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (6%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 207 fractional works · 78.4% of its workMedicine: 177 fractional works · 67.0% of its workSurgery: 32 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDhulikhelHospital264fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine17767.0%
    2. Health Professions176.5%
    3. Dentistry103.9%
    4. Nursing31.0%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology124.4%
    2. Social Sciences93.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology62.3%
    3. Neuroscience31.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science41.4%
    2. Computer Science31.1%
    3. Engineering31.0%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Energy00.0%
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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 7.98× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 177 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.98×10 works
  2. Medicine3.48×177 works
  3. Health Professions2.46×17 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.25×6 works
  5. Nursing2.01×3 works
  6. Psychology1.45×12 works
  7. Veterinary0.85×0 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.60×3 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×8 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×4 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.27×4 works
  15. Social Sciences0.27×9 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.14×3 works
  18. Engineering0.07×3 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  21. Energy0.05×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dhulikhel Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Krista Vaidya, Rajeev Shrestha and Shiva Ram Naga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dhulikhel Hospital.

  1. 1 Krista Vaidya Nepal · #1,134,152 worldwide 806 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Rajeev Shrestha Nepal · #1,172,598 worldwide 846 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Shiva Ram Naga Nepal · #1,221,947 worldwide 227 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Rajeev Shrestha Nepal · #1,262,776 worldwide 717 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Dipesh Tamrakar Nepal · #2,633,394 worldwide 58 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Sulata Karki Nepal · #2,726,623 worldwide 352 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Aastha Shrestha Nepal · #2,857,895 worldwide 138 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Rajeev Shrestha Nepal · #3,104,984 worldwide 84 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Bikash Parajuli Nepal · #3,318,322 worldwide 237 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Sahil Bade Nepal · #3,339,806 worldwide 67 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Dhulikhel Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Dhulikhel Hospital?

The most cited paper from Dhulikhel Hospital is "Diagnosis, prevalence estimation and burden measurement in population surveys of headache: presenting the HARDSHIP questionnaire" (Timothy J. Steiner, Gopalakrishna Gururaj, Colette Andrée et al., 2014), with 215 citations. Next come "Anxiety and depression in Nepal: prevalence, comorbidity and associations" (193) and "Barriers in the access, diagnosis and treatment completion for tuberculosis patients in central and western Nepal: A qualitative study among patients, community members and health care workers" (150).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnosis, prevalence estimation and burden measurement in population surveys of headache: presenting the HARDSHIP questionnaire Timothy J. Steiner, Gopalakrishna Gururaj, Colette Andrée et al. · The Journal of Headache and Pain Open access 8 Jan 2014 215
2 Anxiety and depression in Nepal: prevalence, comorbidity and associations Ajay Risal, Kedar Manandhar, Mattias Linde et al. · BMC Psychiatry Open access 14 Apr 2016 193
3 Barriers in the access, diagnosis and treatment completion for tuberculosis patients in central and western Nepal: A qualitative study among patients, community members and health care workers Sujan Babu Marahatta, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Deena Giri et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 15 Jan 2020 150
4 Blastocystis sp.: waterborne zoonotic organism, a possibility? Ii Li Lee, Tan Tian Chye, Biraj Man Karmacharya et al. · Parasites & Vectors Open access 28 Jun 2012 141
5 Incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: results of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project Denise Oliveira Garrett et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 14 Jun 2022 128
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dhulikhel Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Global Burden, Depression, Complications, Cardiovascular Disease and Diagnosis.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.9×92 topics
  2. Quality of Life16▲ 4.2×31 topics
  3. Risk Factors14▲ 4.7×29 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.2×34 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.6×23 topics
  6. Depression10▲ 4.4×14 topics
  7. Global Burden10▲ 7.1×11 topics
  8. Diagnosis10▲ 3.9×28 topics
  9. Public Health9▲ 2.4×29 topics
  10. Management9▲ 4.2×20 topics
  11. Treatment9▲ 2.8×32 topics
  12. Complications8▲ 6.4×14 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.8×14 topics
  14. Mortality8▲ 5.2×11 topics
  15. Mental Health8▲ 2.0×18 topics
  16. COVID-198▲ 2.2×19 topics
  17. Guidelines7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  18. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.9×17 topics
  19. Diabetes7▲ 5.2×6 topics
  20. Surgical Management6▲ 5.6×17 topics
  21. Surgery6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  23. Atherosclerosis5▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Quality Improvement5▲ 10×7 topics
  25. Rehabilitation5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Prevention5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  27. Psychological Distress5▲ 7.3×4 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance5▲ 3.9×3 topics
  30. Vaccine4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  31. Elderly4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  33. Psychological Impact4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 10.0×7 topics
  35. Endoscopic Surgery4▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Global Prevalence4▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Cholesterol3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  38. Lifestyle Intervention3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Corporate Political Activity3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Glucose Metabolism3▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Dhulikhel Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Global Maternal and Child Health and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Diabetes, Cardiovascular…3Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 3 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…3Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available81.0%not open19.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dhulikhel Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dhulikhel Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Dhulikhel Hospital0.00099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dhulikhel Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Dhulikhel Hospital4.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.0% in 2019.

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