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Mid-West University

In research, Mid-West University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,733 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,246 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,428 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,110
of 22,385 · #19,157 all time
Rank in Nepal
#10
of 49
Research works
654
▲ 307% vs 2018-21
Citations
946
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
95%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Mid-West University

What is Mid-West University 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,733 of 9,585 3.2%301 #9831
Physical SciencesDomain #7,246 of 10,670 5.4%90 #13736
Social SciencesField #4,428 of 5,988 3.0%137 #7835

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mid-West 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#9,831 #4,733
  2. Physical Sciences#13,736 #7,246
  3. Social Sciences#7,835 #4,428
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Mid-West University work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Mid-West University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 335 fractional works · 66.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 158 fractional works · 31.5% of its workEducation: 46 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 7.5% of its workDemography: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAccounting: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 48 fractional works · 9.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 38 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 32 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMid-WestUniversity502fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences67%

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. Social Sciences15831.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting5911.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities489.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance387.5%
    5. Psychology193.8%
    6. Decision Sciences132.5%
    1. Engineering295.7%
    2. Computer Science265.2%
    3. Environmental Science244.8%
    4. Mathematics102.0%
    5. Materials Science40.7%
    6. Chemistry30.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences305.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.7%
    3. Neuroscience20.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    1. Health Professions163.2%
    2. Medicine132.6%
    3. Nursing40.7%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
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: 1.25× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.68× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.31× its world share, 48 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.65× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.52× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 158 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.65×59 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.52×38 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.31×48 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.61×13 works
  5. Social Sciences2.49×158 works
  6. Mathematics1.68×10 works
  7. Nursing1.50×4 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.25×30 works
  9. Psychology1.24×19 works
  10. Health Professions1.21×16 works
  11. Environmental Science0.96×24 works
  12. Computer Science0.66×26 works
  13. Engineering0.38×29 works
  14. Chemistry0.35×3 works
  15. Energy0.32×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.21×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.20×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
  20. Medicine0.14×13 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×3 works
  22. Veterinary0.12×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Mid-West University?

Ranked on the quality score, Devendra P. Chapagain, Yadu Prasad Gyawali and Lokendra Woli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mid-West University.

  1. 1 Devendra P. Chapagain Nepal · #1,960,780 worldwide 164 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Yadu Prasad Gyawali Nepal · #3,285,177 worldwide 79 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Lokendra Woli Nepal · #3,566,150 worldwide 18 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Lok Bahadur Oli Nepal · #4,275,173 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Gyan Prasad Paudel Nepal · #4,855,532 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Purna Man Shrestha Nepal · #5,509,737 worldwide 96 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Subash Kumar Bhattarai Nepal · #5,527,320 worldwide 19 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Mid-West University

What are the most cited papers from Mid-West University?

The most cited paper from Mid-West University is "Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics and Modeling of Urban Land Expansion by the Integration of Cellular Automata and Markov Chain" (Bhagawat Rimal, Lifu Zhang, Hamidreza Keshtkar et al., 2018), with 266 citations. Next come "The aftershock sequence of the 2015 April 25 Gorkha–Nepal earthquake" (138) and "Impact of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Services in a Tropical Forested Landscape" (119).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics and Modeling of Urban Land Expansion by the Integration of Cellular Automata and Markov Chain Bhagawat Rimal, Lifu Zhang, Hamidreza Keshtkar et al. · ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information Open access 19 Apr 2018 266
2 The aftershock sequence of the 2015 April 25 Gorkha–Nepal earthquake Lok Bijaya Adhikari, Umesh Prasad Gautam, Binod Prasad Koirala et al. · Geophysical Journal International Open access 5 Nov 2015 138
3 Impact of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Services in a Tropical Forested Landscape Roshan Sharma, Bhagawat Rimal, Himlal Baral et al. · Resources Open access 13 Jan 2019 119
4 Urban Expansion Occurred at the Expense of Agricultural Lands in the Tarai Region of Nepal from 1989 to 2016 Bhagawat Rimal, Lifu Zhang, Nigel E. Stork et al. · Sustainability Open access 26 Apr 2018 99
5 The COVID‐19 Pandemic Not Only Poses Challenges, but Also Opens Opportunities for Sustainable Transformation Prajal Pradhan et al. · Earth s Future Open access 28 Jun 2021 74
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mid-West University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Capital, Education, Economic Growth, Conflict, Educational Technology, Technology Integration and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Globalization53▲ 5.4×41 topics
  2. Education32▲ 3.7×19 topics
  3. Climate Change25▲ 1.83×35 topics
  4. Economic Growth24▲ 5.8×18 topics
  5. Social Capital23▲ 8.9×11 topics
  6. Educational Technology23▲ 3.9×17 topics
  7. Sustainable Development22▲ 2.9×28 topics
  8. Sustainability21▲ 1.68×29 topics
  9. Conflict17▲ 21×7 topics
  10. E-Learning17▲ 3.5×9 topics
  11. Technology Integration16▲ 10×9 topics
  12. Economic Development16▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Philosophy16▲ 7.1×8 topics
  14. Literature16▲ 5.7×10 topics
  15. Ethnicity15▲ 8.0×5 topics
  16. Risk Management15▲ 6.3×9 topics
  17. Corporate Governance14▲ 3.7×10 topics
  18. Higher Education13▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Poverty13▲ 27×4 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction13▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Teaching Strategies12▲ 8.9×4 topics
  22. Social Inequality12▲ 8.8×3 topics
  23. Culture11▲ 4.3×4 topics
  24. Democratization11▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Gender Equality11▲ 7.7×5 topics
  26. Identity Politics11▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Youth Employment11▲ 105×1 topic
  28. Student Satisfaction10▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Economic Security10▲ 8.9×4 topics
  30. Human Capital10▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Islam10▲ 9.2×2 topics
  32. Sharia Law9▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Social Influence9▲ 8.6×1 topic
  34. Empowerment9▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Fiscal Policy9▲ 8.8×4 topics
  36. Microfinance9▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Modernization9▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Language Policy9▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Multilingualism9▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Teacher Professional Development9▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Mid-West University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Sociopolitical Dynamics …11Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 11 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…9Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 9 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 9 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 8 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 8 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 8 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 8 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…7Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 7 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 6 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 6 fractional works
DemographySociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsTransportation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 11 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 8 works
  5. 5 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 8 works
  6. 6 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 8 works
  8. 8 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  9. 9 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  10. 10 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 6 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 available94.9%not open5.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mid-West University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 307% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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 Mid-West University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Mid-West University0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mid-West University 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 2025Mid-West University3.5% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.0% in 2022.

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