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Nepal Agricultural Research Council

In research, Nepal Agricultural Research Council stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,095 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,314 of 3,157 worldwide) and Plant Science (#706 of 1,317 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agronomy and Crop Science is 44.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,625
of 22,385 · #11,073 all time
Rank in Nepal
#15
of 49
Research works
1.4k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.74×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Nepal Agricultural Research Council

What is Nepal Agricultural Research Council 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,095 of 6,403 4.5%342 #2341
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,314 of 3,157 4.4%309 #1100
Plant ScienceSubfield #706 of 1,317 3.7%157 #1022

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nepal Agricultural Research Council 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. Life Sciences#2,341 #2,095
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,100 #1,314
  3. Plant Science#1,022 #706
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 Nepal Agricultural Research Council work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Nepal Agricultural Research Council is in Life Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 5.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 367 fractional works · 78.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 329 fractional works · 70.3% of its workPlant Science: 165 fractional works · 35.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 49 fractional works · 10.5% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNepalAgricultural…469fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences78%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences7%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32970.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology337.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
    1. Environmental Science286.0%
    2. Engineering102.1%
    3. Computer Science20.5%
    4. Materials Science20.4%
    5. Chemistry10.2%
    6. Energy10.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences112.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting81.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.9%
    5. Decision Sciences20.5%
    6. Psychology20.5%
    1. Medicine173.6%
    2. Nursing61.2%
    3. Health Professions20.4%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nepal Agricultural Research Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 44.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 49.4 works44×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 165.2 works20×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 329.4 works15×
  4. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 22.1 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: 14.79× its world share, 329 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.79×329 works
  2. Nursing2.52×6 works
  3. Veterinary2.31×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×33 works
  5. Environmental Science1.21×28 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×3 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×8 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.52×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×4 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.31×4 works
  12. Medicine0.19×17 works
  13. Social Sciences0.18×11 works
  14. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  15. Energy0.15×1 works
  16. Psychology0.15×2 works
  17. Engineering0.14×10 works
  18. Health Professions0.14×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.11×2 works
  20. Neuroscience0.10×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nepal Agricultural Research Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Ram Baran Yadaw, Devraj Chalise and Naba Raj Pandit lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nepal Agricultural Research Council.

  1. 1 Ram Baran Yadaw Nepal · #616,686 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Devraj Chalise Nepal · #704,719 worldwide 1.7k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Naba Raj Pandit Nepal · #802,367 worldwide 1k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Neena Amatya Gorkhali Nepal · #1,016,337 worldwide 1.1k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Bibek Sapkota Nepal · #1,328,485 worldwide 319 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Yuga Nath Ghimire Nepal · #1,607,306 worldwide 544 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Shiva Kumar Jha Nepal · #1,891,298 worldwide 575 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Ram B. Khadka Nepal · #1,972,157 worldwide 1.1k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Sumitra Pantha Nepal · #2,121,153 worldwide 162 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 A. P. Regmi Nepal · #2,136,954 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Nepal Agricultural Research Council

What are the most cited papers from Nepal Agricultural Research Council?

The most cited paper from Nepal Agricultural Research Council is "The contributions of nitrogen-fixing crop legumes to the productivity of agricultural systems" (Mark B. Peoples, J Brockwell, DAVID F. HERRIDGE et al., 2009), with 899 citations. Next come "How extensive are yield declines in long-term rice–wheat experiments in Asia?" (618) and "Digital soil mapping algorithms and covariates for soil organic carbon mapping and their implications: A review" (514).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The contributions of nitrogen-fixing crop legumes to the productivity of agricultural systems Mark B. Peoples, J Brockwell, DAVID F. HERRIDGE et al. · Symbiosis Feb 2009 899
2 How extensive are yield declines in long-term rice–wheat experiments in Asia? Jagdish Kumar Ladha et al. · Field Crops Research Feb 2003 618
3 Digital soil mapping algorithms and covariates for soil organic carbon mapping and their implications: A review Sushil Lamichhane, Lalit Kumar, Brian R. Wilson · Geoderma 20 Jun 2019 514
4 A global perspective of the richness and evenness of traditional crop-variety diversity maintained by farming communities Devra Ivy Jarvis et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 24 Mar 2008 355
5 Diversified Crop Rotation: An Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Production Kabita Kumari Shah, Bindu Modi, Hari Prasad Pandey et al. · Advances in Agriculture Open access 22 Jul 2021 305
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nepal Agricultural Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Genetic Improvement, Climate Change, Breeding, Genetic Diversity, QTL Mapping, Food Security and Nutritional Quality.

▲ 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 Change52▲ 4.1×45 topics
  2. Drought Tolerance44▲ 67×8 topics
  3. Genetic Improvement43▲ 106×4 topics
  4. Breeding37▲ 105×5 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity35▲ 17×15 topics
  6. QTL Mapping34▲ 62×6 topics
  7. Food Security33▲ 13×15 topics
  8. Sustainability32▲ 2.8×21 topics
  9. Nutritional Quality31▲ 92×4 topics
  10. Crop Management30▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Maize Yield29▲ 160×1 topic
  12. Nitrogen Uptake29▲ 160×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Agriculture27▲ 19×12 topics
  14. Genetics26▲ 7.8×8 topics
  15. Yield Potential26▲ 101×2 topics
  16. Water Management22▲ 38×3 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity22▲ 7.5×15 topics
  18. Drought Resistance21▲ 46×3 topics
  19. Marker Development21▲ 95×3 topics
  20. Plant Breeding20▲ 47×4 topics
  21. Aerobic Rice Systems20▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Rice20▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Soil Fertility17▲ 17×8 topics
  24. Agriculture16▲ 9.2×5 topics
  25. Agricultural Sustainability16▲ 30×5 topics
  26. Metabolism16▲ 6.4×7 topics
  27. Genome Sequencing15▲ 20×6 topics
  28. Genomics15▲ 11×9 topics
  29. Antioxidant Properties14▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Pest Management14▲ 34×4 topics
  31. Biological Control13▲ 19×8 topics
  32. Rural Development13▲ 8.3×6 topics
  33. Nutrient Uptake13▲ 41×3 topics
  34. Heterosis13▲ 72×2 topics
  35. Climate Resilience13▲ 45×2 topics
  36. Development13▲ 7.6×5 topics
  37. Policy13▲ 13×3 topics
  38. India13▲ 37×3 topics
  39. Cultivar Evaluation12▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Genotype-by-Environment Interaction12▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does Nepal Agricultural Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Genetics and Plant Breeding and Agricultural Economics and Practices.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…29Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 29 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 20 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 12 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 11 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…8Insect Pest Control Strategies: 8 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemistry: 8 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 8 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 8 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop SciencePlant ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesFood Science

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

  1. 1 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 29 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 20 works
  3. 3 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 12 works
  4. 4 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  5. 5 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 12 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 11 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 8 works
  8. 8 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 8 works
  9. 9 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 8 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 8 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 available83.1%not open16.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nepal Agricultural Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Nepal Agricultural Research Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Nepal Agricultural Research Council0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nepal Agricultural Research Council 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Nepal Agricultural Research Council8.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2019.

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