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National Trust for Nature Conservation

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,140
of 22,385 · #32,761 all time
Rank in Nepal
#46
of 49
Research works
187
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
National Trust for Nature Conservation

Which fields of science does National Trust for Nature Conservation work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at National Trust for Nature Conservation is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (51%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 55.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 43 fractional works · 51.1% of its workEcology: 21 fractional works · 24.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 25.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Trustfor Nature…85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences11%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science4351.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.6%
    3. Engineering11.1%
    4. Mathematics00.6%
    5. Computer Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1517.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    1. Social Sciences45.2%
    2. Psychology44.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine55.9%
    2. Veterinary21.8%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Trust for Nature Conservation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 31.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 21.1 works32×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 43.2 works10×
← 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: 3.69× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.29× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 13.15× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary13.15×2 works
  2. Environmental Science10.29×43 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.69×15 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.64×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.63×2 works
  6. Psychology1.51×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×5 works
  8. Mathematics0.47×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.41×4 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×1 works
  11. Medicine0.31×5 works
  12. Nursing0.16×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  14. Engineering0.07×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Trust for Nature Conservation?

Ranked on the quality score, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Shashank Poudel and Ashok Kumar Ram lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Trust for Nature Conservation.

  1. 1 Babu Ram Lamichhane Nepal · #1,259,928 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  2. 2 Shashank Poudel Nepal · #1,369,261 worldwide 456 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Ashok Kumar Ram Nepal · #1,455,404 worldwide 283 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Narendra Man Babu Pradhan Nepal · #1,556,527 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Bhim Gurung Nepal · #1,857,184 worldwide 716 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Jhamak Bahadur Karki Nepal · #1,915,300 worldwide 1.2k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Naresh Subedi Nepal · #2,427,378 worldwide 2k citations · 209 works
  8. 8 Chiranjibi Prasad Pokheral Nepal · #2,553,588 worldwide 829 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Tim Inskipp Nepal · #2,585,205 worldwide 482 citations · 140 works
  10. 10 Shyam Kumar Thapa Nepal · #2,610,467 worldwide 116 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at National Trust for Nature Conservation

What are the most cited papers from National Trust for Nature Conservation?

The most cited paper from National Trust for Nature Conservation is "Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal" (Ripu Mardan Kunwar, Bal Nepal, Hari B Kshhetri et al., 2006), with 315 citations. Next come "Ecotourism’s Support of Biodiversity Conservation" (259) and "Improving biodiversity monitoring" (214).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal Ripu Mardan Kunwar, Bal Nepal, Hari B Kshhetri et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine Open access 2 Jun 2006 315
2 Ecotourism’s Support of Biodiversity Conservation Marnie P. Bookbinder, Eric Dinerstein, Arun Rijal et al. · Conservation Biology Dec 1998 259
3 Improving biodiversity monitoring David B. Lindenmayer et al. · Austral Ecology Open access 31 Oct 2011 214
4 Effects of trapping effort and trap shyness on estimates of tiger abundance from camera trap studies Per Wegge, Chiranjibi Pd. Pokheral, Shant Raj Jnawali · Animal Conservation Aug 2004 190
5 Factors associated with human-killing tigers in Chitwan National Park, Nepal Bhim Gurung, James L. David Smith, Charles McDougal et al. · Biological Conservation Nov 2008 167
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Which keywords describe research at National Trust for Nature Conservation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Habitat Selection, Conservation, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates and Conservation Biology.

▲ 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. Climate Change26▲ 11×36 topics
  2. Population Dynamics17▲ 79×8 topics
  3. Biodiversity16▲ 25×14 topics
  4. Habitat Selection14▲ 221×2 topics
  5. Conservation13▲ 35×14 topics
  6. Animal Movement12▲ 281×1 topic
  7. Occupancy Rates12▲ 281×1 topic
  8. Conservation Biology9▲ 94×3 topics
  9. Invasive Species7▲ 19×13 topics
  10. Model Evaluation6▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Ecological Niche6▲ 117×1 topic
  12. Species Distribution Modeling6▲ 117×1 topic
  13. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 38×7 topics
  15. Evolution5▲ 22×8 topics
  16. Sustainability5▲ 2.4×10 topics
  17. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.1×8 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Adaptation4▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Bats4▲ 142×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity4▲ 10×9 topics
  23. Echolocation4▲ 267×1 topic
  24. Habitat Connectivity4▲ 240×1 topic
  25. Hibernation4▲ 267×1 topic
  26. Road Ecology4▲ 240×1 topic
  27. Biogeography4▲ 15×8 topics
  28. Ecosystem4▲ 39×3 topics
  29. Species Richness4▲ 64×2 topics
  30. Global Change3▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Community Ecology3▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Genetic Structure3▲ 48×3 topics
  33. Phylogeny3▲ 20×9 topics
  34. Biological Invasions3▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Functional Diversity3▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Land Use Change2▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Livelihoods2▲ 82×2 topics
  38. Pastoralists2▲ 109×1 topic
  39. Primates2▲ 141×1 topic
  40. Rangeland Degradation2▲ 109×1 topic

Which research topics does National Trust for Nature Conservation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…12Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…6Species Distribution and Climate Change: 6 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …4Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactio…4Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 4 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…3Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Eco…2Primate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 6 works
  3. 3 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  4. 4 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  6. 6 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  8. 8 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available79.1%not open20.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.0%domestic only44.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Trust for Nature Conservation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Trust for Nature Conservation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%National Trust for Nature Conservation0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Trust for Nature Conservation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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