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National Academy of Medical Sciences

In research, National Academy of Medical Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#4,016 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,129 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,997
of 28,054 · #31,629 all time
Rank in Nepal
#26
of 56
Research works
689
▲ 217% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is National Academy of Medical Sciences 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 #4,016 of 10,443 4.0%202 #9750
Health SciencesDomain #5,129 of 11,982 4.0%222 #11583

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Academy of Medical Sciences 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).

What does National Academy of Medical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 43.1 works6.8×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 5.10× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Academy of Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Surgical Management, Guidelines and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 4.2×95 topics
  2. Treatment15▲ 4.6×32 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 5.7×29 topics
  4. Risk Factors14▲ 4.5×25 topics
  5. Complications13▲ 9.2×14 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 1.98×32 topics
  7. Quality of Life11▲ 2.7×26 topics
  8. Surgical Management11▲ 9.4×16 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.4×24 topics
  10. Management10▲ 4.5×20 topics
  11. Public Health9▲ 2.3×24 topics
  12. Guidelines9▲ 6.9×10 topics
  13. COVID-198▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  15. Mortality7▲ 4.3×10 topics
  16. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  17. Global Burden6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Pandemic6▲ 2.1×9 topics
  19. Pathophysiology6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  20. Postoperative Complications6▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.7×11 topics
  22. Surgery5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  23. Immunotherapy5▲ 2.7×13 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations5▲ 4.4×12 topics
  25. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  27. Maternal Mortality4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  28. Prevention4▲ 3.8×12 topics
  29. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  31. Prognosis4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  32. Children4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Chronic Pain4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 5.6×2 topics
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 9.0×7 topics
  36. Molecular Classification3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Urinary Incontinence3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Health Inequalities3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Arthroplasty3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Child Mortality3▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does National Academy of Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Pelvic floor disorders treatments and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Global Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 2 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRheumatologySurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 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 available88.0%not open12.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Academy of Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 217% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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