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Nepal Agricultural Research Council

In research, Nepal Agricultural Research Council stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,557 of 3,409 worldwide), Plant Science (#968 of 1,395 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,820 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 45.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,780
of 28,054 · #19,614 all time
Rank in Nepal
#19
of 56
Research works
1.4k
▲ 173% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Nepal Agricultural Research Council 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,557 of 3,409 9.2%309 #1818
Plant ScienceSubfield #968 of 1,395 9.4%157 #1519
Life SciencesDomain #5,820 of 7,800 9.5%342 #8849

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,818 #1,557
  2. Plant Science#1,519 #968
  3. Life Sciences#8,849 #5,820
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Nepal Agricultural Research Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 45.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 47.0 works46×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 156.7 works21×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 308.9 works15×
  4. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 21.3 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: 15.04× its world share, 309 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 2.67× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 15.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nepal Agricultural Research Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Jiban Shrestha, Hira Kaji Manandhar and Krishna Hari Ghimire lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nepal Agricultural Research Council.

  1. 1 Jiban Shrestha Nepal · #189,390 worldwide 125 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Hira Kaji Manandhar Nepal · #675,492 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Krishna Hari Ghimire Nepal · #899,439 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Tika Bahadur Karki Nepal · #980,427 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 M. P. Upadhyay Nepal · #1,036,316 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Bal Krishna Joshi Nepal · #1,201,264 worldwide 30 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Raju Chaudhary Nepal · #1,328,805 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mahendra Prasad Tripathi Nepal · #1,397,779 worldwide 10 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Bishnu Bhandari Nepal · #1,609,800 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Nepal Agricultural Research Council

Which keywords describe research at Nepal Agricultural Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drought Tolerance, Genetic Improvement, Climate Change, Breeding, Genetic Diversity, QTL Mapping, Nutritional Quality and Food Security.

▲ 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 Change48▲ 4.1×42 topics
  2. Drought Tolerance41▲ 67×8 topics
  3. Genetic Improvement41▲ 103×4 topics
  4. Breeding35▲ 108×5 topics
  5. Genetic Diversity33▲ 17×15 topics
  6. QTL Mapping32▲ 63×6 topics
  7. Nutritional Quality30▲ 92×4 topics
  8. Food Security30▲ 13×15 topics
  9. Sustainability30▲ 2.8×21 topics
  10. Crop Management29▲ 105×2 topics
  11. Maize Yield28▲ 156×1 topic
  12. Nitrogen Uptake28▲ 156×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Agriculture26▲ 19×12 topics
  14. Genetics25▲ 8.2×8 topics
  15. Yield Potential25▲ 101×2 topics
  16. Water Management21▲ 40×3 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity20▲ 7.5×14 topics
  18. Drought Resistance20▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Marker Development20▲ 96×3 topics
  20. Aerobic Rice Systems19▲ 127×1 topic
  21. Rice19▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Plant Breeding18▲ 44×4 topics
  23. Soil Fertility16▲ 16×8 topics
  24. Metabolism15▲ 6.9×7 topics
  25. Agriculture15▲ 8.9×5 topics
  26. Agricultural Sustainability15▲ 31×5 topics
  27. Genomics14▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Antioxidant Properties13▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Genome Sequencing13▲ 20×6 topics
  30. Pest Management13▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Rural Development13▲ 8.4×6 topics
  32. Nutrient Uptake13▲ 42×3 topics
  33. Climate Resilience13▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Policy13▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Biological Control12▲ 19×8 topics
  36. Heterosis12▲ 76×2 topics
  37. India12▲ 40×3 topics
  38. Development12▲ 8.2×4 topics
  39. Production12▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Economic Analysis12▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Agricultural Economics and Practices and Agricultural pest management studies.

Crop Yield and Soil Fert…28Crop Yield and Soil Fertility: 28 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 19 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 12 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 12 fractional worksGenetics and Plant Breeding: 11 fractional worksAgricultural Practices and Plant Genetics: 10 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Stra…8Insect Pest Control Strategies: 8 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 8 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemistry: 7 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 7 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 28 works
  2. 2 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 19 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  4. 4 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 12 works
  5. 5 Genetics and Plant Breeding Plant Science 11 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics Plant Science 10 works
  7. 7 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 8 works
  8. 8 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 8 works
  9. 9 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 7 works
  10. 10 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 173% 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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