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Kathmandu University

In research, Kathmandu University stands highest in Social Sciences (#798 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,432 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,385 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,242
of 28,054 · #6,627 all time
Rank in Nepal
#2
of 56
Research works
4.7k
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Kathmandu University 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
Social SciencesField #798 of 6,365 19.7%395 #2064
Social SciencesDomain #1,432 of 10,521 17.2%747 #3275
Health SciencesDomain #2,385 of 11,982 6.5%483 #4290
Physical SciencesDomain #2,910 of 12,888 13.6%596 #5131
EducationSubfield #478 of 1,892 26.3%187 #1075
MedicineField #3,479 of 10,443 6.2%366 #6269
EngineeringField #2,264 of 6,636 11.8%257 #4698
Environmental ScienceField #2,414 of 3,551 12.8%128 #3329
PsychologyField #1,538 of 2,181 12.7%85 #2883
Life SciencesDomain #5,641 of 7,800 10.0%130 #8792

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kathmandu University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,064 #798
  2. Social Sciences#3,275 #1,432
  3. Health Sciences#4,290 #2,385
  4. Physical Sciences#5,131 #2,910
  5. Education#1,075 #478
  6. Medicine#6,269 #3,479
  7. Engineering#4,698 #2,264
  8. Environmental Science#3,329 #2,414
  9. Psychology#2,883 #1,538
  10. Life Sciences#8,792 #5,641
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kathmandu University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 37.1 works3.9×
← 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: 0.72× its world share, 66 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 111 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.20× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 257 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.91× its world share, 37 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 366 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.56× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 72 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 85 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 395 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kathmandu University?

Ranked on the composite score, Krishna Prasad Pant, Bal Chandra Luitel and Gajendra Sharma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kathmandu University.

  1. 1 Krishna Prasad Pant · #456,308 worldwide 178 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Bal Chandra Luitel · #666,513 worldwide 41 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Gajendra Sharma · #824,862 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Bhola Thapa · #855,661 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 B Shrestha · #877,222 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Dil Bahadur Gurung · #991,142 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Dil İslam Mansur · #1,055,424 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Archana Shrestha · #1,122,437 worldwide 47 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Kalpana Sharma · #1,129,852 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Bishnu Prasad Pandey · #1,167,134 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kathmandu University

Which keywords describe research at Kathmandu University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Technology Integration, Education, Globalization, Higher Education, Reflective Practice, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Educational Technology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology94▲ 1.22×113 topics
  2. Globalization80▲ 2.1×49 topics
  3. Sustainability80▲ 1.67×60 topics
  4. Climate Change76▲ 1.45×70 topics
  5. Education76▲ 2.3×51 topics
  6. Machine Learning70◆ 1.09×70 topics
  7. Renewable Energy67▲ 2.4×35 topics
  8. Educational Technology59▲ 2.5×31 topics
  9. Higher Education49▲ 4.6×18 topics
  10. Technology Integration45▲ 7.6×9 topics
  11. COVID-1944▲ 1.66×25 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis38▲ 3.3×14 topics
  13. Reflective Practice37▲ 10×7 topics
  14. Online Learning36▲ 2.2×15 topics
  15. E-Learning36▲ 1.82×17 topics
  16. Economic Growth35▲ 2.1×23 topics
  17. Student Perceptions33▲ 9.2×7 topics
  18. Lifelong Learning33▲ 8.2×9 topics
  19. Professional Development30▲ 7.9×11 topics
  20. 21st Century Skills29▲ 5.0×5 topics
  21. Leadership28▲ 3.0×17 topics
  22. Teacher Professional Development26▲ 8.2×5 topics
  23. Teaching Strategies26▲ 4.5×5 topics
  24. Student Satisfaction25▲ 6.7×2 topics
  25. Adult Education24▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Conflict22▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Nursing Education22▲ 8.0×3 topics
  28. Informal Learning21▲ 8.2×5 topics
  29. Critical Thinking Skills20▲ 5.5×2 topics
  30. Higher-Order Thinking20▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Instructional Interventions20▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Bilingual Education20▲ 8.6×3 topics
  33. Language Policy20▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Multilingualism20▲ 6.0×2 topics
  35. Poverty19▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Cognitive Development18▲ 7.1×6 topics
  37. Google Classroom16▲ 7.9×1 topic
  38. Teacher Perception16▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. CLIL16▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Content and Language Integrated Learning16▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Kathmandu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Critical Thinking Development, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal.

Education and Critical T…20Education and Critical Thinking Development: 20 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…16Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 16 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 16 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 14 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 14 fractional worksAdult and Continuing Education Topics: 14 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 13 fractional worksCavitation Phenomena in …13Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps: 13 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 11 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 11 fractional works
EducationLiterature and Literary TheoryDemographyPollution2 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentEducation 20 works
  2. 2 Technology-Enhanced Education StudiesEducation 16 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and TeachingLiterature and Literary Theory 16 works
  4. 4 Sociopolitical Dynamics in NepalDemography 14 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducation 14 works
  6. 6 Adult and Continuing Education TopicsEducation 14 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment ImpactsPollution 13 works
  8. 8 Cavitation Phenomena in PumpsMechanics of Materials 13 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Learning PracticesEducation 11 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningLanguage and Linguistics 11 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 available80.1%not open19.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kathmandu University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Kathmandu

All research institutions in Kathmandu

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.