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Mother and Infant Research Activities

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Research works
55
▼ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
75%
world 40%
International
86%
world 18%
Mother and Infant Research Activities

Not ranked overall: Mother and Infant Research Activities is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Mother and Infant Research Activities work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Mother and Infant Research Activities is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Nursing (12%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 78.8% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 56.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 23.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 11.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 11.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMother and InfantResearch…55fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3156.2%
    2. Nursing611.6%
    3. Health Professions611.0%
    1. Social Sciences611.2%
    2. Psychology12.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    1. Environmental Science11.8%
    2. Computer Science11.2%
    3. Engineering00.6%
    4. Energy00.2%
    1. Neuroscience00.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 34.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingPsychology: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 34.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing34.13×1 works
  2. Medicine2.85×3 works
  3. Social Sciences1.39×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.21×0 works
  5. Psychology1.17×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.21×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×0 works
  8. Engineering0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mother and Infant Research Activities?

Ranked on the quality score, Dharma Sharna Manandhar, Bhim Prasad Shrestha and Kirti Man Tumbahangphe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mother and Infant Research Activities.

  1. 1 Dharma Sharna Manandhar Nepal · #234,277 worldwide 11k citations · 173 works
  2. 2 Bhim Prasad Shrestha Nepal · #271,811 worldwide 3.8k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Kirti Man Tumbahangphe Nepal · #1,331,541 worldwide 1.6k citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Bharat Budhathoki Nepal · #1,568,189 worldwide 439 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Dhruba Adhikari Nepal · #3,057,994 worldwide 195 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Mother and Infant Research Activities

What are the most cited papers from Mother and Infant Research Activities?

The most cited paper from Mother and Infant Research Activities is "Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial" (Dharma Sharna Manandhar, David Osrin, Bhim Prasad Shrestha et al., 2004), with 861 citations. Next come "Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (659) and "Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21ststandard: analysis of CHERG datasets" (391).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes in Nepal: cluster-randomised controlled trial Dharma Sharna Manandhar, David Osrin, Bhim Prasad Shrestha et al. · The Lancet Sep 2004 861
2 Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis Audrey Prost et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access May 2013 659
3 Estimates of burden and consequences of infants born small for gestational age in low and middle income countries with INTERGROWTH-21ststandard: analysis of CHERG datasets Anne CC Lee et al. · BMJ Open access 17 Aug 2017 391
4 Effects of antenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on birthweight and gestational duration in Nepal: double-blind, randomised controlled trial David Osrin, Anjana Vaidya, Yagya Shrestha et al. · The Lancet Mar 2005 251
5 Short Maternal Stature Increases Risk of Small-for-Gestational-Age and Preterm Births in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis and Population Attributable Fraction Naoko Kozuki et al. · Journal of Nutrition ReviewOpen access Oct 2015 214
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mother and Infant Research Activities?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Inequalities, Maternal Mortality, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Global Burden of Disease and Maternal and Child Undernutrition.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Health Inequalities10▲ 176×2 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality10▲ 97×4 topics
  3. Child Development8▲ 53×5 topics
  4. Community Health Workers8▲ 214×2 topics
  5. Child Mortality8▲ 263×1 topic
  6. Health Systems8▲ 263×1 topic
  7. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Maternal and Child Undernutrition6▲ 187×1 topic
  9. Water Sanitation Hygiene6▲ 187×1 topic
  10. Public Health6▲ 7.3×11 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  12. Chronic Disease4▲ 44×4 topics
  13. Social Determinants4▲ 34×3 topics
  14. Maternal Health4▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Health Outcomes3▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Early-Life Conditions3▲ 72×1 topic
  17. Fetal Programming3▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Socioeconomic Factors2▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Mortality2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  20. Quality Improvement2▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Global Burden2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  22. Child Health2▲ 83×2 topics
  23. Injury Severity2▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Primary Care2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Neonatal Mortality2▲ 166×1 topic
  26. Prehospital Care2▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Prenatal Care2▲ 166×1 topic
  28. Trauma Center2▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Child Injury2▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Hyperglycemia2▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Injury Prevention2▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Unintentional Injuries2▲ 102×1 topic
  33. Breastfeeding2▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 92×1 topic
  35. Health Equity2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Infant Health2▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Maternal Obesity2▲ 92×1 topic
  38. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 57×2 topics
  39. Perinatal Outcomes2▲ 57×2 topics
  40. Global Trends2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Mother and Infant Research Activities publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences.

Child Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksDemographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 0 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 0 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…0Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 0 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 0 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 0 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Relationships: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  6. 6 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 0 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors86.1%domestic only13.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mother and Infant Research Activities's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% lower 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 Mother and Infant Research Activities as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Mother and Infant Research Activities0.000025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mother and Infant Research Activities over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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