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KIST Medical College

In research, KIST Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#6,460 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,733 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,633
of 22,385 · #27,374 all time
Rank in Nepal
#24
of 49
Research works
677
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
KIST Medical College

What is KIST Medical College 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
MedicineField #6,460 of 8,541 3.5%144 #12122
Health SciencesDomain #7,733 of 9,902 3.6%169 #14218

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where KIST Medical College 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 KIST Medical College work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at KIST Medical College is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 180 fractional works · 72.1% of its workMedicine: 155 fractional works · 61.8% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKIST MedicalCollege250fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15561.8%
    2. Health Professions145.6%
    3. Dentistry73.0%
    4. Nursing31.4%
    5. Veterinary10.4%
    1. Social Sciences114.6%
    2. Psychology114.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology135.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology83.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    1. Engineering41.7%
    2. Computer Science31.1%
    3. Environmental Science31.1%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.03× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.18× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 154 worksMedicineNursing: 2.78× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.18×8 works
  2. Medicine3.22×154 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.03×8 works
  4. Nursing2.78×3 works
  5. Veterinary2.70×1 works
  6. Health Professions2.12×14 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.83×2 works
  8. Psychology1.48×11 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×13 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×4 works
  12. Neuroscience0.42×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.36×12 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.25×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.22×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×2 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.14×3 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  21. Engineering0.11×4 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at KIST Medical College?

Ranked on the quality score, Sajina Shrestha, Prabhat Sharma and Kumud Kumar Kafle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is KIST Medical College.

  1. 1 Sajina Shrestha Nepal · #2,619,588 worldwide 345 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Prabhat Sharma Nepal · #2,777,698 worldwide 88 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Kumud Kumar Kafle Nepal · #2,890,227 worldwide 883 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Gaurav Acharya Nepal · #3,926,163 worldwide 152 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Surendra Kumar Acharya Nepal · #3,938,276 worldwide 160 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Kritick Bhandari Nepal · #4,233,675 worldwide 46 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Prativa Subedi Nepal · #4,264,826 worldwide 146 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Purnima Gyawali Nepal · #4,318,827 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Rupesh Mukhia Nepal · #4,328,546 worldwide 166 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Heera Tuladhar Nepal · #4,347,436 worldwide 472 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at KIST Medical College

What are the most cited papers from KIST Medical College?

The most cited paper from KIST Medical College is "D-dimer as a biomarker for assessment of COVID-19 prognosis: D-dimer levels on admission and its role in predicting disease outcome in hospitalized patients with COVID-19" (Ayusha Poudel, Yashasa Poudel, Anurag Raj Adhikari et al., 2021), with 226 citations. Next come "Basic life support: knowledge and attitude of medical/paramedical professionals" (169) and "The Characteristics and Trends in Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A United States Population Based Study" (159).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 D-dimer as a biomarker for assessment of COVID-19 prognosis: D-dimer levels on admission and its role in predicting disease outcome in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 Ayusha Poudel, Yashasa Poudel, Anurag Raj Adhikari et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 26 Aug 2021 226
2 Basic life support: knowledge and attitude of medical/paramedical professionals Shrestha Roshana, Batajoo KH, Rano Mal Piryani et al. · World Journal of Emergency Medicine Open access 2012 169
3 The Characteristics and Trends in Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A United States Population Based Study Eliza Sharma, Suyash Dahal, Pratibha Sharma et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine Research Open access 2018 159
4 Undergraduate Medical Students’ and Interns’ Knowledge and Perception of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Nisha Jha, P Ravi Shankar, Mohammed Azmi Al-Betar et al. · Advances in Medical Education and Practice Open access Aug 2022 146
5 Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis and Its Association with Risk Factors among Nonpregnant Women: A Hospital Based Study Eliza Ranjit, Bijendra Raj Raghubanshi, Smrity Maskey et al. · International Journal of Microbiology Open access 2018 118
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at KIST Medical College?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 4.2×93 topics
  2. Diagnosis12▲ 5.3×30 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 4.1×33 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 3.2×28 topics
  5. Public Health12▲ 3.1×28 topics
  6. Management10▲ 5.2×21 topics
  7. COVID-1910▲ 3.1×18 topics
  8. Inflammation9▲ 1.77×33 topics
  9. Depression9▲ 4.1×11 topics
  10. Mental Health9▲ 2.5×13 topics
  11. Risk Factors9▲ 3.2×21 topics
  12. Pandemic9▲ 3.5×8 topics
  13. Global Burden7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.6×9 topics
  15. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.8×19 topics
  16. Self-Efficacy6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  17. Social Support6▲ 4.4×6 topics
  18. Elderly6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  19. Surgical Management6▲ 5.8×14 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  21. Pathophysiology6▲ 7.6×11 topics
  22. Complications6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  23. Anxiety5▲ 4.3×7 topics
  24. Vaccine5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  25. Drug Resistance5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  26. Prevention5▲ 4.7×12 topics
  27. Stress5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  28. Nursing5▲ 10×2 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Global Health5▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Immune Response5▲ 3.3×9 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Educational Achievement4▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Job Stress4▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Antimicrobial Stewardship4▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Bacterial Infections4▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Coronavirus4▲ 7.2×2 topics
  38. Maternal Mortality4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  40. Revascularization3▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does KIST Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Well-being Studies, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Urological Disorders and Treatments and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders.

Health and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksRadiology practices and …2Radiology practices and education: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyUrologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  3. 3 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  4. 4 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  7. 7 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 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 available88.9%not open11.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has KIST Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 KIST Medical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%KIST Medical College0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of KIST Medical College 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 2025KIST Medical College4.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.9% in 2025.

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