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Himalayan Rescue Association

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World rank, all time
#29,815
of 34,923
Rank in Nepal
#43
of 53
Research works
127
▲ 139% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Himalayan Rescue Association

Which fields of science does Himalayan Rescue Association work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research at Himalayan Rescue Association is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Environmental Science (18%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 29.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 18.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 24.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 23.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKHimalayan RescueAssociation48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences24%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science918.3%
    2. Engineering36.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.8%
    4. Computer Science11.5%
    5. Energy01.0%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences612.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Social Sciences815.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.8%
    3. Psychology12.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.0%
    5. Decision Sciences01.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    1. Medicine918.4%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Nursing00.6%
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: 2.62× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.67× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.67×9 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.62×6 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.06×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.67×4 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.48×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.25×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.25×8 works
  8. Nursing1.22×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.13×1 works
  10. Energy1.13×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.07×0 works
  12. Medicine0.95×9 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×1 works
  14. Psychology0.69×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×0 works
  16. Engineering0.41×3 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.36×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Himalayan Rescue Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Dhananjay Regmi and Buddha Basnyat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Himalayan Rescue Association.

  1. 1 Dhananjay Regmi Nepal · #1,409,790 worldwide 862 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Buddha Basnyat Nepal · #1,611,032 worldwide 2.8k citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at Himalayan Rescue Association

What are the most cited papers from Himalayan Rescue Association?

The most cited paper from Himalayan Rescue Association is "Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas" (William Frederick Laurance et al., 2012), with 1,223 citations. Next come "THE INCIDENCE, IMPORTANCE, AND PROPHYLAXIS OF ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS" (728) and "Decoupling of erosion and precipitation in the Himalayas" (603).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas William Frederick Laurance et al. · Nature Open access216 authors 24 Jul 2012 1,223
2 THE INCIDENCE, IMPORTANCE, AND PROPHYLAXIS OF ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS Peter M. Hackett · The Lancet Nov 1976 728
3 Decoupling of erosion and precipitation in the Himalayas Douglas W. Burbank, Ann E. Blythe, Jaakko K. Putkonen et al. · Nature Dec 2003 603
4 Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake Jeffrey S. Kargel et al. · Science Open access 16 Dec 2015 587
5 High-altitude illness Buddha Basnyat, David R. Murdoch · The Lancet Jun 2003 552
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Which keywords describe research at Himalayan Rescue Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Economic Growth, Land Use Change, Sustainability, Population Dynamics, Drought Tolerance and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Climate Change6▲ 4.9×24 topics
  2. Sustainability3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  3. Economic Growth2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  4. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Epidemiology2◆ 0.97×14 topics
  6. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  7. Land Use Change2▲ 12×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  9. Drought Tolerance2▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  11. Population Dynamics2▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  13. Conservation Biology1▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Innovation1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  15. Social Media1▲ 2.1×4 topics
  16. Genomics1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  17. Breeding1▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Medicinal Plants1▲ 6.2×6 topics
  19. Nutritional Quality1▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Antioxidant Properties1▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Environmental Impacts1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  22. Governance1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  23. Habitat Selection1▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Machine Learning1▼ 0.70×9 topics
  25. Poverty Reduction1▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.50×6 topics
  27. Voting Behavior1▲ 63×2 topics
  28. Cytotoxicity1▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Development Policies1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Environmental Impact1▲ 1.26×8 topics
  31. Foreign Aid1▲ 63×1 topic
  32. Global Collaboration1▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Health Biotechnology1▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Media Bias1▲ 167×1 topic
  35. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.27×5 topics
  36. Political Economy1▲ 8.1×1 topic
  37. Ridesharing1▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Shared Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Thyroid Dysfunction1▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Thyroid Hormone1▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Himalayan Rescue Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: International Development and Aid, Biotechnology and Related Fields, Media Influence and Politics and Thyroid Disorders and Treatments.

International Developmen…1International Development and Aid: 1 fractional worksBiotechnology and Relate…1Biotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional worksMedia Influence and Politics: 1 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Tr…1Thyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…1Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…1Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 1 fractional works
DevelopmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political ScienceEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6 others

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

  1. 1 International Development and Aid Development 1 works
  2. 2 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Media Influence and Politics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  5. 5 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  7. 7 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 1 works
  10. 10 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 1 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.5%domestic only57.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Himalayan Rescue Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 139% higher 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 Himalayan Rescue Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Himalayan Rescue Association0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Himalayan Rescue Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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