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Nepal Sanskrit University

In research, Nepal Sanskrit University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,046 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,494 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 7.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,235
of 22,385 · #18,958 all time
Rank in Nepal
#18
of 49
Research works
364
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
960
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Nepal Sanskrit University

What is Nepal Sanskrit University 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,046 of 9,585 10.2%140 #7740
Social SciencesField #3,494 of 5,988 11.8%76 #6184

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nepal Sanskrit University 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 fields of science does Nepal Sanskrit University work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Nepal Sanskrit University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Arts and Humanities (22%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 157 fractional works · 74.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 22.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 16.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNepal SanskritUniversity213fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences74%

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. Social Sciences8741.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities4722.1%
    3. Psychology83.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting62.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Computer Science125.8%
    2. Environmental Science83.7%
    3. Engineering73.4%
    4. Mathematics52.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine94.0%
    2. Health Professions31.4%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nepal Sanskrit University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 46.9 works7.6×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.64× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.24× its world share, 87 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.64×47 works
  2. Social Sciences3.24×87 works
  3. Mathematics2.17×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.64×8 works
  5. Psychology1.28×8 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×6 works
  7. Nursing0.84×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.74×12 works
  9. Environmental Science0.74×8 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.70×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×6 works
  12. Health Professions0.53×3 works
  13. Neuroscience0.39×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  16. Engineering0.23×7 works
  17. Medicine0.21×9 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  19. Energy0.12×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nepal Sanskrit University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeevan Khanal, Karna Rana and Bhawani Shankar Adhikari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nepal Sanskrit University.

  1. 1 Jeevan Khanal Nepal · #314,381 worldwide 416 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Karna Rana Nepal · #369,685 worldwide 384 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Bhawani Shankar Adhikari Nepal · #1,570,987 worldwide 56 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ramji Bogati Nepal · #2,322,049 worldwide 162 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Bhoj Raj Ghimire Nepal · #3,705,453 worldwide 193 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Dinesh Panthi Nepal · #4,326,474 worldwide 277 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Rishiram Adhikari Nepal · #4,480,823 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Tara Gaire Nepal · #4,693,999 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Keshav Raj Chalise Nepal · #5,025,692 worldwide 9 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Nepal Sanskrit University

What are the most cited papers from Nepal Sanskrit University?

The most cited paper from Nepal Sanskrit University is "Challenges of International Students from Pre-Departure to Post-Study" (Jeevan Khanal, Uttam Gaulee, 2019), with 164 citations. Next come "Female Journalists’ Experience of Online Harassment: A Case Study of Nepal" (87) and "Twitter Sentiment Analysis During Covid-19 Outbreak in Nepal" (82).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Challenges of International Students from Pre-Departure to Post-Study Jeevan Khanal, Uttam Gaulee · Journal of International Students Open access 15 May 2019 164
2 Female Journalists’ Experience of Online Harassment: A Case Study of Nepal Samiksha Koirala · Media and Communication Open access 25 Feb 2020 87
3 Twitter Sentiment Analysis During Covid-19 Outbreak in Nepal Bishwo Prakash Pokharel · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2020 82
4 Simulating glacial lake outburst floods with a two-phase mass flow model Parameshwari Kattel, Khim Bahadur Khattri, Puskar Raj Pokhrel et al. · Annals of Glaciology Open access Mar 2016 77
5 The COVID‐19 Pandemic Not Only Poses Challenges, but Also Opens Opportunities for Sustainable Transformation Prajal Pradhan et al. · Earth s Future Open access 28 Jun 2021 74
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nepal Sanskrit University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Globalization, Philosophy, History, Culture, Education, Ethnicity and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Globalization21▲ 4.9×31 topics
  2. Literature18▲ 15×16 topics
  3. Education17▲ 4.7×21 topics
  4. Philosophy15▲ 16×8 topics
  5. History14▲ 9.6×9 topics
  6. Culture14▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Human Rights13▲ 6.1×12 topics
  8. Ethnicity13▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Educational Technology12▲ 4.8×16 topics
  10. Climate Change12▲ 2.1×29 topics
  11. Colonialism11▲ 11×13 topics
  12. Conflict11▲ 32×5 topics
  13. Identity10▲ 6.5×17 topics
  14. Modernization10▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Social Justice9▲ 7.3×10 topics
  16. Online Learning8▲ 4.7×6 topics
  17. E-Learning8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Feminism8▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Technology Integration7▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Gender7▲ 6.0×12 topics
  21. Democracy7▲ 9.1×8 topics
  22. Islam7▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Poverty7▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Social Inequality7▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Economic Security6▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Religion6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Legal Regulation6▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Nationalism6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics6▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Sharia Law6▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Social Influence6▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Democratization6▲ 43×2 topics
  33. Identity Politics6▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Strategic Planning6▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Youth Employment6▲ 136×1 topic
  36. Air Force6▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Public Oversight6▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Student Satisfaction6▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Transport Policy6▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Warfare6▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Nepal Sanskrit University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal, Legal and Regulatory Analysis and Military Technology and Strategies.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…6Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 6 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics …6Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 6 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…6Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 6 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …6Military Technology and Strategies: 6 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 4 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 4 fractional worksIndian History and Philo…4Indian History and Philosophy: 4 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 4 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 3 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and C…3South Asian Cinema and Culture: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceDemographyTransportationAerospace Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 6 works
  3. 3 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 6 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 4 works
  7. 7 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 4 works
  8. 8 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  9. 9 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 3 works
  10. 10 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 3 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 available91.7%not open8.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nepal Sanskrit University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Sanskrit University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Nepal Sanskrit University0.0011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Nepal Sanskrit University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Nepal Sanskrit University7.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2022.

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