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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

In research, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,378 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 7.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,470
of 22,385 · #7,729 all time
Rank in Nepal
#41
of 49
Research works
676
▼ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

What is International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,378 of 10,670 11.0%63 #5254

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development 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 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (39%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (15%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 60.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 49 fractional works · 39.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 13.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 17 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalCentre for…125fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences23%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4939.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1915.1%
    3. Engineering54.0%
    4. Computer Science11.1%
    5. Energy10.5%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1713.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.6%
    6. Psychology10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1511.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine42.9%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 48.8 works7.9×
← 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: 2.45× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.63× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.87× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.63×19 works
  2. Environmental Science7.87×49 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.45×14 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.66×4 works
  5. Nursing1.33×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.09×17 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.65×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.62×2 works
  10. Energy0.49×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  12. Engineering0.27×5 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  14. Psychology0.17×1 works
  15. Medicine0.15×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development?

Ranked on the quality score, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Santosh Nepal and J. M. Shea lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.

  1. 1 Arun Bhakta Shrestha Nepal · #60,021 worldwide 17k citations · 187 works
  2. 2 Santosh Nepal Nepal · #88,994 worldwide 6.7k citations · 130 works
  3. 3 J. M. Shea Nepal · #126,502 worldwide 6.2k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Hammad Gilani Nepal · #168,811 worldwide 2.3k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Golam Rasul Nepal · #243,516 worldwide 4.9k citations · 126 works
  6. 6 Kabir Uddin Nepal · #265,672 worldwide 3.2k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Amina Maharjan Nepal · #277,352 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Abid Hussain Nepal · #340,006 worldwide 4.3k citations · 155 works
  9. 9 Dorothea Stumm Nepal · #375,264 worldwide 2.3k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Nakul Chettri Nepal · #402,679 worldwide 4.3k citations · 135 works
All ranked researchers at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

What are the most cited papers from International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development?

The most cited paper from International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is "Sustainability Science" (Robert W. Kates et al., 2001), with 2,556 citations. Next come "The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers" (2,293) and "Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers" (2,145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sustainability Science Robert W. Kates et al. · Science 27 Apr 2001 2,556
2 The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers Tobias Bolch, Anil Vishnupant Kulkarni, Andreas Kääb et al. · Science Open access 19 Apr 2012 2,293
3 Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers Walter Willem Immerzeel et al. · Nature Open access 9 Dec 2019 2,145
4 Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation Arthur Lutz, Walter Willem Immerzeel, Arun Bhakta Shrestha et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 30 May 2014 1,255
5 The Melting Himalayas: Cascading Effects of Climate Change on Water, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods Jianchu Xu, R. Edward Grumbine, Arun Bhakta Shrestha et al. · Conservation Biology 15 May 2009 1,011
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Hydrology, Land Use Change, Sea Level Rise, Biodiversity Conservation and Glacier.

▲ 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 Change47▲ 14×48 topics
  2. Remote Sensing25▲ 16×23 topics
  3. Sustainability16▲ 5.1×27 topics
  4. Hydrology11▲ 68×3 topics
  5. Land Use Change9▲ 24×6 topics
  6. Sea Level Rise8▲ 54×3 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation8▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Glacier7▲ 134×1 topic
  9. Water Availability7▲ 134×1 topic
  10. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Vulnerability7▲ 24×6 topics
  12. Adaptation6▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Environmental Impact6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  14. Globalization6▲ 2.6×11 topics
  15. Global Warming6▲ 12×9 topics
  16. Arctic6▲ 44×4 topics
  17. Biodiversity5▲ 5.6×8 topics
  18. Food Security5▲ 7.3×8 topics
  19. Water Resources5▲ 15×6 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  21. Social Networks4▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Agriculture4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  23. Satellite Imagery4▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Model Evaluation4▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Risk Perception4▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Flood Risk4▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Global Change4▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Livelihoods4▲ 90×2 topics
  30. Permafrost4▲ 70×2 topics
  31. Hazard4▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Landslide4▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Urbanization4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Environmental Services4▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Tropical Deforestation4▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Carbon Feedback4▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Ocean Circulation4▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Thawing4▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Conflict3▲ 17×4 topics
  40. Poverty3▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cryospheric studies and observations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Landslides and related hazards and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Cryospheric studies and …7Cryospheric studies and observations: 7 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksLandslides and related h…4Landslides and related hazards: 4 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…4Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…2Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawWater Science and Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 7 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  3. 3 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  4. 4 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 4 works
  6. 6 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  7. 7 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 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 available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.2%domestic only48.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development9.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.6% in 2015.

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