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Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies

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Research works
12
▲ 278% vs 2018-21
Citations
157
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies

Not ranked overall: Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies work in?

In all years, 69% of research at Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies is in Social Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 68.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 48.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 25.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 16.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 16.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNepal Centre forContemporary…12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences69%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences648.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance212.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities15.5%
    4. Decision Sciences01.8%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences216.4%
    1. Environmental Science18.2%
    2. Engineering03.3%
    3. Computer Science02.7%
    1. Health Professions00.3%
    2. Nursing00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 5.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.12×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.28×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.74×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.17×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.88×1 works
  6. Computer Science0.98×0 works
  7. Engineering0.51×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  9. Psychology0.31×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Bishnu Raj Upreti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies.

  1. 1 Bishnu Raj Upreti Nepal · #2,376,531 worldwide 1.3k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies

What are the most cited papers from Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies?

The most cited paper from Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies is "Does outmigration lead to land degradation? Labour shortage and land management in a western Nepal watershed" (Stéphanie Jaquet, Gudrun Schwilch, F. Hartung-Hofmann et al., 2015), with 128 citations. Next come "Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application" (74) and "Gender and Disaster: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Violence Against Women in Nepal" (50).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Does outmigration lead to land degradation? Labour shortage and land management in a western Nepal watershed Stéphanie Jaquet, Gudrun Schwilch, F. Hartung-Hofmann et al. · Applied Geography 19 May 2015 128
2 Integrated Landscape Approach: Closing the Gap between Theory and Application Matthias Bürgi, M. P. Ali, Afroza Chowdhury et al. · Sustainability Open access 3 Aug 2017 74
3 Gender and Disaster: The Impact of Natural Disasters on Violence Against Women in Nepal Tamsin Bradley, Zara Martin, Bishnu Raj Upreti et al. · Journal of Asian and African Studies Open access 28 Dec 2021 50
4 Feminization of Agriculture in the Eastern Hills of Nepal: A study of Women in Cardamom and Ginger Farming Bishnu Raj Upreti, Yamuna Ghale, Sharmila Shivakoti et al. · SAGE Open Open access Oct 2018 30
5 Leveraging research partnerships to achieve the 2030 Agenda: Experiences from North-South cooperation Jasmina Saric, Dominic Blaettler, Bassirou Bonfoh et al. · GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society Open access 2019 27
All 23 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Agricultural Economics and Practices, Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal, Big Data and Digital Economy and Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices.

Agricultural Economics a…0Agricultural Economics and Practices: 0 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics …0Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Digital Economy: 0 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 0 fractional worksEducation, Sociology, Communication Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 0 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…0Energy and Environment Impacts: 0 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 0 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesDemographyInformation SystemsElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 0 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Education, Sociology, Communication Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 0 works
  8. 8 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  9. 9 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 278% higher 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 Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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