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Lumbini Buddhist University

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,028
of 22,385
Rank in Nepal
#45
of 49
Research works
112
▲ 151% vs 2018-21
Citations
112
1.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Lumbini Buddhist University

Which fields of science does Lumbini Buddhist University work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Lumbini Buddhist University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Medicine (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 57 fractional works · 71.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 44.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 18.8% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLumbini BuddhistUniversity79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences72%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3544.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities1518.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.3%
    4. Psychology23.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Computer Science45.4%
    2. Environmental Science45.1%
    3. Engineering34.2%
    4. Materials Science11.3%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine67.2%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.50× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.54× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.50×15 works
  2. Social Sciences3.54×35 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×3 works
  4. Environmental Science1.03×4 works
  5. Psychology0.98×2 works
  6. Computer Science0.69×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  10. Medicine0.37×6 works
  11. Materials Science0.36×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.33×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  15. Engineering0.28×3 works
  16. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  20. Nursing0.10×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Lumbini Buddhist University?

The most cited paper from Lumbini Buddhist University is "Regenerative fertilization strategies for climate-smart agriculture: Consequences for greenhouse gas emissions from global drylands" (Shahid Iqbal, Jianchu Xu, Sehroon Khan et al., 2023), with 50 citations. Next come "Could soil microplastic pollution exacerbate climate change? A meta-analysis of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential" (31) and "Global warming pushes the distribution range of the two alpine ‘glasshouse’ Rheum species north- and upwards in the Eastern Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains" (26).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Regenerative fertilization strategies for climate-smart agriculture: Consequences for greenhouse gas emissions from global drylands Shahid Iqbal, Jianchu Xu, Sehroon Khan et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 2 Mar 2023 50
2 Could soil microplastic pollution exacerbate climate change? A meta-analysis of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential Shahid Iqbal, Jianchu Xu, Muhammad Saleem Arif et al. · Environmental Research Review 15 Apr 2024 31
3 Global warming pushes the distribution range of the two alpine ‘glasshouse’ Rheum species north- and upwards in the Eastern Himalayas and the Hengduan Mountains Santosh Kumar Rana, Hum Kala Rana, Jürg Stöcklin et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science Open access 7 Oct 2022 26
4 Understanding Transformative Learning and Transformative Tourism Ramesh Raj Kunwar, Nimesh Ulak · Journal of Tourism & Adventure Open access 9 Sep 2024 17
5 Traditional ecological knowledge-based calendar system for sustainable seasonal grazing in the Pamir Mountains Huizhao Yang, Deli Zhai, Sailesh Ranjitkar et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 7 Jun 2023 14
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Which keywords describe research at Lumbini Buddhist University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Culture, Philosophy, Modernization, Conflict, Buddhism and South Asia.

▲ 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. History15▲ 27×8 topics
  2. Religion14▲ 38×6 topics
  3. Culture13▲ 32×6 topics
  4. Philosophy13▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Modernization11▲ 76×3 topics
  6. Conflict10▲ 81×5 topics
  7. Buddhism10▲ 687×1 topic
  8. South Asia10▲ 687×1 topic
  9. Climate Change10▲ 4.4×20 topics
  10. Human Rights8▲ 10×8 topics
  11. Globalization6▲ 4.1×7 topics
  12. Education6▲ 4.7×7 topics
  13. Ethnicity6▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Colonialism4▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Identity4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  16. Democratization4▲ 80×2 topics
  17. Social Inequality4▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Environmental Ethics4▲ 78×4 topics
  19. Poverty4▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Identity Politics4▲ 101×1 topic
  21. Youth Employment4▲ 240×1 topic
  22. Sustainability4▲ 1.86×13 topics
  23. Central Asia3▲ 59×2 topics
  24. Political Transition3▲ 84×2 topics
  25. Democracy3▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Myanmar3▲ 276×1 topic
  27. state building3▲ 276×1 topic
  28. Eurasian Exchange3▲ 182×1 topic
  29. Silk Roads3▲ 182×1 topic
  30. Society3▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Politics2▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Social Justice2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  33. Gender2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  34. Federalism2▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Kashmir2▲ 119×1 topic
  36. Social Resistance2▲ 106×2 topics
  37. Islam2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Peacebuilding2▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Economy2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Gandhi2▲ 119×1 topic

Which research topics does Lumbini Buddhist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indian and Buddhist Studies, Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal, Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography and Eurasian Exchange Networks.

Indian and Buddhist Stud…10Indian and Buddhist Studies: 10 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics …4Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 4 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Et…3Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 3 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks3Eurasian Exchange Networks: 3 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …2South Asian Studies and Conflicts: 2 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopol…2Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 2 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 2 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 2 fractional works
Religious studiesDemographyPolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 10 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 4 works
  3. 3 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 3 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 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 available83.9%not open16.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lumbini Buddhist University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 151% higher than in 2018-2021.

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