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KIST Medical College

In research, KIST Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#8,403 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,741 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,474
of 28,054 · #27,768 all time
Rank in Nepal
#34
of 56
Research works
677
▲ 117% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is KIST Medical College 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
MedicineField #8,403 of 10,443 3.2%144 #9300
Health SciencesDomain #9,741 of 11,982 3.4%169 #11400

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.58× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 2.96× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at KIST Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Nisha Jha and Samir Singh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is KIST Medical College.

  1. 1 Nisha Jha Nepal · #896,942 worldwide 23 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Samir Singh Nepal · #1,573,956 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at KIST Medical College

Which keywords describe research at KIST Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology40▲ 4.3×90 topics
  2. Treatment12▲ 4.1×31 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 5.3×30 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 3.4×27 topics
  5. Public Health11▲ 3.2×28 topics
  6. Management10▲ 5.4×20 topics
  7. COVID-1910▲ 3.1×16 topics
  8. Mental Health9▲ 2.5×13 topics
  9. Depression9▲ 4.2×10 topics
  10. Inflammation9▲ 1.75×29 topics
  11. Pandemic9▲ 3.4×8 topics
  12. Risk Factors8▲ 3.1×19 topics
  13. Global Burden7▲ 5.3×10 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  15. Self-Efficacy6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  16. Social Support6▲ 4.6×6 topics
  17. Elderly6▲ 10.0×4 topics
  18. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.8×19 topics
  19. Pathophysiology5▲ 7.7×10 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 5.4×13 topics
  22. Vaccine5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  23. Complications5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  24. Stress5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  25. Nursing5▲ 11×2 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.3×6 topics
  27. Drug Resistance5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 8.0×3 topics
  29. Immune Response5▲ 3.5×8 topics
  30. Educational Achievement4▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Job Stress4▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Prevention4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  33. Anxiety4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  34. Global Health4▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Coronavirus4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  37. Antimicrobial Stewardship3▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Bacterial Infections3▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Thrombosis3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 8.9×7 topics

Which research topics does KIST Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Well-being Studies, Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Urological Disorders and Treatments and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Health and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 3 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…2Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyUrologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 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 3 works
  3. 3 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has KIST Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 117% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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