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NLR Nepal

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,855
of 22,385 · #20,627 all time
Rank in Nepal
#31
of 49
Research works
257
▲ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
NLR Nepal

Which fields of science does NLR Nepal work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at NLR Nepal is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (16%), Psychology (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 37.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 31.4% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 24.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 19.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNLR Nepal102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences1615.6%
    2. Psychology109.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting55.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine2524.9%
    2. Health Professions54.9%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Environmental Science99.2%
    2. Engineering43.9%
    3. Computer Science32.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.2%
    5. Mathematics00.4%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences87.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.62× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.59× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.07× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.07×10 works
  2. Nursing2.10×1 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.10×5 works
  4. Environmental Science1.86×9 works
  5. Health Professions1.86×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.64×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.62×8 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.59×5 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.43×2 works
  10. Medicine1.30×25 works
  11. Social Sciences1.23×16 works
  12. Dentistry1.01×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.84×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.56×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.47×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.37×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.33×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  20. Energy0.30×0 works
  21. Engineering0.26×4 works
  22. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NLR Nepal?

Ranked on the quality score, Nand Lal Banstola, Bhawana Shrestha and Bhagwan Maharjan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NLR Nepal.

  1. 1 Nand Lal Banstola Nepal · #2,214,233 worldwide 384 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Bhawana Shrestha Nepal · #4,253,642 worldwide 538 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Bhagwan Maharjan Nepal · #5,449,036 worldwide 663 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at NLR Nepal

What are the most cited papers from NLR Nepal?

The most cited paper from NLR Nepal is "COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health" (Lola Kola et al., 2021), with 864 citations. Next come "The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health" (734) and "Therapist competence in global mental health: Development of the ENhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic factors (ENACT) rating scale" (391).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health Lola Kola et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry Open access 24 Feb 2021 864
2 The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health Graham Thornicroft et al. · The Lancet Open access Oct 2022 734
3 Therapist competence in global mental health: Development of the ENhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic factors (ENACT) rating scale Brandon A. Kohrt, Mark J. D. Jordans, Sauharda Rai et al. · Behaviour Research and Therapy Open access 7 Apr 2015 391
4 Acceptability and feasibility of using non-specialist health workers to deliver mental health care: Stakeholder perceptions from the PRIME district sites in Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Africa, and Uganda Emily Mendenhall, Mary J De Silva, Charlotte Hanlon et al. · Social Science & Medicine Open access 28 Jul 2014 376
5 Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Integrated Mental Health Care: A District Level Situation Analysis from Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries Charlotte Hanlon, Nagendra P. Luitel, Tasneem Kathree et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 18 Feb 2014 355
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Which keywords describe research at NLR Nepal?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Depression, Stigma, Psychological Distress, Global Burden, Immune Response and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.7×47 topics
  2. Climate Change11▲ 3.9×38 topics
  3. Depression6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  4. Sustainability5▲ 1.86×15 topics
  5. Mental Health4▲ 3.0×17 topics
  6. Public Health4▲ 3.0×21 topics
  7. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  8. Diagnosis4▲ 4.1×13 topics
  9. Globalization4▲ 1.94×9 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  11. COVID-194▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Economic Growth4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  13. Pandemic4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  14. Education4▲ 2.1×6 topics
  15. Global Burden3▲ 6.1×9 topics
  16. Immune Response3▲ 5.9×13 topics
  17. Psychological Distress3▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Stigma3▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Sustainable Development3▲ 1.97×15 topics
  20. Anxiety2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  21. Prevalence2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  22. Well-being2▲ 6.3×8 topics
  23. Resilience2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Risk Management2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  27. Poverty2▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Health Services2▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Mental Disorders2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Vaccine2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  31. Development2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  32. Help-Seeking Behavior2▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Public Attitudes2▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Socio-economic Factors2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Community Health Workers2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Child Mortality2▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Global2▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Health Inequalities2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Neuropathy2▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Talent Management2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does NLR Nepal publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mental Health Treatment and Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Human Resource and Talent Management and Leprosy Research and Treatment.

Mental Health Treatment …2Mental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 2 fractional worksLeprosy Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…1Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  4. 4 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal Demography 1 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 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 available72.2%not open27.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.9%domestic only51.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NLR Nepal's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% 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 NLR Nepal as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%NLR Nepal0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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