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Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation

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World rank, all time
#33,149
of 42,892
Rank in Nepal
#42
of 62
Research works
170
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What does Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 20.0 works11×
← 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: 3.92× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.74× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation?

Ranked on the composite score, A. V. Parajuli and Karin Irene Hansen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation.

  1. 1 A. V. Parajuli Nepal · #1,500,570 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Karin Irene Hansen Nepal · #1,628,002 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing, Biomass Estimation, Aboveground Biomass and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 11×34 topics
  2. Biodiversity5▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 36×4 topics
  4. Land Use Change4▲ 38×5 topics
  5. Remote Sensing4▲ 9.3×16 topics
  6. Biomass Estimation3▲ 59×3 topics
  7. Aboveground Biomass3▲ 92×2 topics
  8. Allometric Models3▲ 142×2 topics
  9. Invasive Species3▲ 17×8 topics
  10. Carbon Stocks3▲ 250×1 topic
  11. Tropical Forests3▲ 195×1 topic
  12. Environmental Services2▲ 193×1 topic
  13. Tropical Deforestation2▲ 193×1 topic
  14. Conservation2▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Model Evaluation2▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 26×5 topics
  18. Conservation Biology2▲ 54×3 topics
  19. Population Dynamics2▲ 23×5 topics
  20. Global Change2▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Habitat Selection2▲ 69×2 topics
  22. Medicinal Plants2▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Animal Movement2▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Ecological Niche2▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Occupancy Rates2▲ 90×1 topic
  26. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 36×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem2▲ 39×3 topics
  30. Species Richness2▲ 66×2 topics
  31. Biological Invasions2▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Soil Properties2▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Community Ecology1▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Ecosystem Services1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  35. Functional Diversity1▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Forest Carbon Sequestration1▲ 165×1 topic
  38. Herbal Medicine1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Sustainable Forest Management1▲ 165×1 topic
  40. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forest ecology and management, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Forest ecology and management: 3 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…2Species Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems1Fire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksHalal products and consumer behavior: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 1 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 1 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyEcological Modeling3 others

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

  1. 1 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  2. 2 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 1 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 available62.7%not open37.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.2%domestic only56.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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