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Nepal Development Research Institute

In research, Nepal Development Research Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,256 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,484 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,871 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,977
of 28,054 · #16,171 all time
Rank in Nepal
#7
of 56
Research works
812
▲ 276% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Nepal Development Research Institute 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,256 of 10,521 21.7%85 #8988
Health SciencesDomain #6,484 of 11,982 22.6%97 #11713
Physical SciencesDomain #8,871 of 12,888 7.4%186 #15206
MedicineField #7,224 of 10,443 20.5%76 #11341
EngineeringField #6,106 of 6,636 2.7%88 #10670

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nepal Development Research Institute 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. Social Sciences#8,988 #4,256
  2. Health Sciences#11,713 #6,484
  3. Physical Sciences#15,206 #8,871
  4. Medicine#11,341 #7,224
  5. Engineering#10,670 #6,106
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 Development Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 25.5 works5.3×
← 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: 1.24× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.44× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.11× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Nepal Development Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Remote Sensing, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 Change34▲ 3.1×46 topics
  2. Deep Learning25▲ 1.82×47 topics
  3. Sustainability24▲ 2.4×44 topics
  4. Epidemiology21▲ 1.27×74 topics
  5. Machine Learning19▲ 1.39×40 topics
  6. Renewable Energy18▲ 3.0×21 topics
  7. Remote Sensing16▲ 3.2×24 topics
  8. Globalization12▲ 1.53×23 topics
  9. Neural Networks12▲ 1.87×16 topics
  10. Public Health12▲ 1.93×31 topics
  11. COVID-1911▲ 1.98×18 topics
  12. Environmental Impact11▲ 1.52×30 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 3.2×11 topics
  14. Maternal Mortality9▲ 10.0×3 topics
  15. Pandemic8▲ 1.80×10 topics
  16. Health Inequalities8▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Economic Growth8▲ 2.2×16 topics
  18. Child Mortality7▲ 25×1 topic
  19. Health Systems7▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 7.2×4 topics
  21. Global Warming6▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. Smart Grid6▲ 3.9×7 topics
  23. Vulnerability6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  24. Probabilistic Analysis6▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Optimization6▲ 3.0×8 topics
  26. Risk Perception6▲ 5.0×4 topics
  27. Water Resources5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  28. IoT5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  29. Satellite Imagery5▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Disaster Management5▲ 7.6×2 topics
  31. Policy4▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. Flood Risk4▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Grid Integration4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  34. Surface Water Mapping4▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Health System Reform4▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Ground Motion4▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Seismic Engineering4▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Respiratory Infections4▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Hazard3▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Landslide3▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Nepal Development Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Seismic Performance and Analysis and Landslides and related hazards.

Global Maternal and Chil…7Global Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksSeismic Performance and …4Seismic Performance and Analysis: 4 fractional worksLandslides and related h…3Landslides and related hazards: 3 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 3 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 3 fractional worksOptimal Power Flow Distr…2Optimal Power Flow Distribution: 2 fractional worksSeismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 2 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGlobal and Planetary ChangeCivil and Structural EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 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 7 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  3. 3 Seismic Performance and Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 3 works
  6. 6 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 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 available78.0%not open22.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nepal Development Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 276% 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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