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Kanti Children's Hospital

In research, Kanti Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,972 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,014 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry (Dentistry is 28.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,407
of 22,385 · #28,276 all time
Rank in Nepal
#36
of 49
Research works
419
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
93%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Kanti Children's Hospital

What is Kanti Children's 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 #7,972 of 9,902 1.8%101 #14416
MedicineField #7,014 of 8,541 2.1%70 #12648

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Kanti Children's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Dentistry (14%), Health Professions (7%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 111 fractional works · 73.7% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 51.2% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 21 fractional works · 13.7% of its workOral Surgery: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKanti Children'sHospital151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences13%

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. Medicine7751.2%
    2. Dentistry2113.7%
    3. Health Professions106.8%
    4. Nursing32.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology85.1%
    2. Social Sciences63.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.4%
    2. Neuroscience21.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science42.4%
    2. Engineering32.2%
    3. Environmental Science10.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kanti Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 28.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 20.7 works28×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 28.21× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.57× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 4.06× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 28.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry28.21×21 works
  2. Nursing4.06×3 works
  3. Medicine2.66×77 works
  4. Health Professions2.57×10 works
  5. Psychology1.68×8 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.88×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.67×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×5 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.31×4 works
  13. Social Sciences0.31×6 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.19×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  20. Engineering0.15×3 works
  21. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kanti Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Jagat Jeevan Ghimire, Ajit Rayamajhi and Ram Hari Chapagain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanti Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Jagat Jeevan Ghimire Nepal · #1,441,747 worldwide 463 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Ajit Rayamajhi Nepal · #2,492,773 worldwide 583 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Ram Hari Chapagain Nepal · #2,652,989 worldwide 340 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 PN Shrestha Nepal · #3,802,277 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Saroj Sharma Nepal · #3,838,417 worldwide 401 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Sumit Agrawal Nepal · #3,915,073 worldwide 168 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Bishnu Rath Giri Nepal · #4,079,149 worldwide 355 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Sujit Kumar Jha Nepal · #4,429,856 worldwide 467 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Manisha Malla Nepal · #4,662,488 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Nashib Pandey Nepal · #4,906,835 worldwide 112 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Kanti Children's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kanti Children's Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kanti Children's Hospital is "“Every Newborn-BIRTH” protocol: observational study validating indicators for coverage and quality of maternal and newborn health care in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania" (Louise T. Day et al., 2019), with 137 citations. Next come "The Spatial Heterogeneity between Japanese Encephalitis Incidence Distribution and Environmental Variables in Nepal" (108) and "Effects of Vitamin A on Growth of Vitamin A-Deficient Children: Field Studies in Nepal , ," (99).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “Every Newborn-BIRTH” protocol: observational study validating indicators for coverage and quality of maternal and newborn health care in Bangladesh, Nepal and Tanzania Louise T. Day et al. · Journal of Global Health Open access 7 Mar 2019 137
2 The Spatial Heterogeneity between Japanese Encephalitis Incidence Distribution and Environmental Variables in Nepal Daniel E. Impoinvil, Tom Solomon, W. William Schluter et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 21 Jul 2011 108
3 Effects of Vitamin A on Growth of Vitamin A-Deficient Children: Field Studies in Nepal , , Keith P. West, Steven C. LeClerq, Sharada R. Shrestha et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access Oct 1997 99
4 Bacteriological profile of neonatal sepsis and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of isolates admitted at Kanti Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal Nikita Singh Yadav, Saroj Sharma, Dhiraj Kumar Chaudhary et al. · BMC Research Notes Open access 15 May 2018 92
5 Present and Future of Dengue Fever in Nepal: Mapping Climatic Suitability by Ecological Niche Model Bipin Kumar Acharya, Chunxiang Cao, Min Xu et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access 23 Jan 2018 90
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kanti Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, COVID-19, Quality of Life, Surgical Management, Osteoporosis and Periodontal Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.3×72 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 5.6×18 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 4.2×21 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 3.2×16 topics
  5. COVID-197▲ 3.5×12 topics
  6. Depression6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 3.1×15 topics
  8. Mental Health5▲ 2.4×13 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.3×5 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 2.1×15 topics
  11. Complications5▲ 6.1×11 topics
  12. Surgical Management4▲ 7.3×12 topics
  13. Osteoporosis4▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Periodontal Disease4▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Prevention4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  16. Genetics4▲ 4.0×12 topics
  17. Cone-Beam CT4▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Dental Imaging4▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Management4▲ 3.1×13 topics
  20. Dental Caries4▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Child Development4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  22. Meta-Analysis4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  23. Children3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  24. Global Burden3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  25. Dental Implants3▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Peri-implant Diseases3▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Social Determinants3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Dental Practice3▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Oral Health3▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Transmission Routes3▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Epidemiological Profile3▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Pain Management3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  34. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Orthognathic Surgery2▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Genitourinary Development2▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Urotrauma2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Kanti Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dental Radiography and Imaging, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes, Dental Research and COVID-19 and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Dental Radiography and I…4Dental Radiography and Imaging: 4 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…3Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…3Dental Research and COVID-19: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 2 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…2Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 2 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…2Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…2Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration…2Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Oral SurgeryGeneral DentistryNutrition and DieteticsUrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 3 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  5. 5 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  6. 6 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 2 works
  7. 7 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments Urology 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 available93.0%not open7.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kanti Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kanti Children's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Kanti Children's Hospital0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kanti Children's 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 2025Kanti Children's Hospital3.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.6% in 2025.

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