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Nepal Participatory Action Network

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Research works
69
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
972
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
60%
world 18%
Nepal Participatory Action Network

Not ranked overall: Nepal Participatory Action Network 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 Participatory Action Network work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research at Nepal Participatory Action Network is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (19%), Environmental Science (17%).

Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 33.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 18.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 16.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 9.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKNepalParticipatory…21fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences33%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences419.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.8%
    3. Psychology13.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine418.7%
    2. Health Professions15.5%
    3. Nursing02.1%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Environmental Science316.6%
    2. Computer Science15.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.0%
    4. Engineering01.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences211.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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: 2.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.33× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 4.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.34×0 works
  2. Environmental Science3.33×4 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.70×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.37×2 works
  5. Health Professions2.09×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.53×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.31×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.26×0 works
  9. Psychology1.10×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×0 works
  11. Medicine0.97×4 works
  12. Dentistry0.82×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.66×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.59×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  18. Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nepal Participatory Action Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Puja Shakya, Sumit Dugar and Dinanath Bhandari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nepal Participatory Action Network.

  1. 1 Puja Shakya Nepal · #1,742,658 worldwide 553 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Sumit Dugar Nepal · #1,929,451 worldwide 609 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Dinanath Bhandari Nepal · #2,364,080 worldwide 220 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Rolina Dhital Nepal · #2,689,277 worldwide 518 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Dilip Gautam Nepal · #3,488,953 worldwide 368 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Pukar Gupta Nepal · #4,635,243 worldwide 101 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Nepal Participatory Action Network

What are the most cited papers from Nepal Participatory Action Network?

The most cited paper from Nepal Participatory Action Network is "Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A conceptual framework" (Janet Fisher, Geneviève Patenaude, Kalpana Giri et al., 2013), with 260 citations. Next come "Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building" (207) and "Migration and Household Adaptation in Climate-Sensitive Hotspots in South Asia" (127).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A conceptual framework Janet Fisher, Geneviève Patenaude, Kalpana Giri et al. · Ecosystem Services Open access 5 Nov 2013 260
2 Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building Jonathan D. Paul, Wouter Buytaert, Simon Allen et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water Open access 24 Oct 2017 207
3 Migration and Household Adaptation in Climate-Sensitive Hotspots in South Asia Amina Maharjan, Ricardo Safra de Campos, Chandni Singh et al. · Current Climate Change Reports Open access 19 Feb 2020 127
4 Technologies to Support Community Flood Disaster Risk Reduction Ian McCallum, Wei Liu, Linda See et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Science Open access Jun 2016 101
5 Spatial assessment of the impact of land use and land cover change on supply of ecosystem services in Phewa watershed, Nepal Kiran Paudyal, Himlal Baral, Samir Bhandari et al. · Ecosystem Services 5 Feb 2019 98
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nepal Participatory Action Network?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Change, Digital Literacy, Sustainability, Conservation, Social Media and Biological Control.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 5.3×13 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 21×5 topics
  3. Sustainability2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  4. Social Media1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  5. Land Use Change1▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Mental Health1▲ 3.9×8 topics
  7. Conservation1▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Digital Literacy1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  9. Biological Control1▲ 31×1 topic
  10. E-Learning1▲ 4.9×1 topic
  11. Invasive Species1▲ 11×1 topic
  12. Online Communication1▲ 31×2 topics
  13. School Literacy Movement1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Nepal Participatory Action Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Methods and Media Use, Biological Control of Invasive Species, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Forest Management and Policy.

Educational Methods and Media Use: 1 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 1 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…1Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Po…0Forest Management and Policy: 0 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 0 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 0 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…0Climate change impacts on agriculture: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsInsect ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 1 works
  3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  5. 5 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 0 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  8. 8 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available73.6%not open26.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.7%domestic only40.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nepal Participatory Action Network's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Participatory Action Network as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Nepal Participatory Action Network0.000083% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Nepal Participatory Action Network over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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