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Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology

In research, Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,599 of 11,023 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,011 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,806
of 34,923
Rank in Nepal
#9
of 53
Research works
353
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
74%
world 18%
Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology

What is Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #2,599 of 11,023 10.1%196
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,011 of 5,801 10.5%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology 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 Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology is in Life Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Medicine (17%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 34 fractional works · 52.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 28.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 19.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 27.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 16.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKResearchInstitute for…65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences52%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1828.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1218.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.8%
    5. Neuroscience10.8%
    1. Materials Science57.2%
    2. Engineering57.0%
    3. Chemistry35.2%
    4. Environmental Science34.0%
    5. Computer Science11.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine1116.6%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Psychology00.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
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: 3.90× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.34× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.32× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.05× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.34×18 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.05×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.90×12 works
  4. Chemistry3.32×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.65×2 works
  6. Materials Science2.05×5 works
  7. Veterinary1.89×0 works
  8. Medicine0.86×11 works
  9. Environmental Science0.81×3 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×1 works
  11. Nursing0.62×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.51×0 works
  13. Engineering0.47×5 works
  14. Energy0.31×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.27×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  17. Psychology0.23×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  20. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.14×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology?

Ranked on the quality score, Prajwal Rajbhandari, Satoshi KANEKO and 哲 金子 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology.

  1. 1 Prajwal Rajbhandari Nepal · #2,932,546 worldwide 135 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Satoshi KANEKO Nepal · #4,350,613 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 哲 金子 Nepal · #4,398,461 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology

What are the most cited papers from Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology?

The most cited paper from Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology is "Quinolone antibiotics" (Thu D. M. Pham, Zyta Maria Ziora, Mark A. T. Blaskovich, 2019), with 790 citations. Next come "Natural product and natural product derived drugs in clinical trials" (599) and "Understanding the mechanisms of faecal microbiota transplantation" (577).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quinolone antibiotics Thu D. M. Pham, Zyta Maria Ziora, Mark A. T. Blaskovich · MedChemComm Open access 2019 790
2 Natural product and natural product derived drugs in clinical trials Mark S. Butler, Avril A. B. Robertson, Matthew A. Cooper · Natural Product Reports 2014 599
3 Understanding the mechanisms of faecal microbiota transplantation Alexander Khoruts, Michael Jay Sadowsky · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access 22 Jun 2016 577
4 Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction (CASP)—Round XIII Andriy Kryshtafovych, Torsten F. Schwede, Maya Topf et al. · Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics Open access 7 Oct 2019 564
5 Critical assessment of methods of protein structure prediction (CASP)—Round XIV Andriy Kryshtafovych, Torsten F. Schwede, Maya Topf et al. · Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics Open access 17 Sep 2021 556
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Which keywords describe research at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant Activity, Cancer, Antioxidant, Genome Sequencing, Medicinal Plants, Drug Discovery, Biomedical Applications and Natural Products.

▲ 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. Cancer3▲ 3.6×20 topics
  2. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 6.7×9 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.4×15 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.4×12 topics
  5. Antioxidant2▲ 5.6×14 topics
  6. Genome Sequencing2▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Medicinal Plants2▲ 8.0×9 topics
  8. Nanoparticles2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  9. Drug Delivery2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  10. Drug Discovery2▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Tissue Engineering2▲ 4.6×9 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  13. Antioxidants2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  14. Metabolism2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  15. Natural Products2▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Bioactive Compounds2▲ 10×6 topics
  17. Biomarkers2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  18. Flavonoids2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  19. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 8.4×8 topics
  21. Gene Expression2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  22. Apoptosis1▲ 6.9×9 topics
  23. Biogeography1▲ 7.7×7 topics
  24. Cancer Prevention1▲ 8.5×4 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy1▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Phenolic Compounds1▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Protein1▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Antimicrobial1▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. Molecular Dynamics1▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Pharmacokinetics1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Secondary Metabolites1▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Self-Assembly1▲ 5.8×7 topics
  33. Gene Therapy1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  35. Phylogeny1▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Phytochemistry1▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Polyphenols1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Prediction1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Signal Transduction1▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Gene Silencing1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Protein Structure and Dynamics and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis.

Phytoplasmas and Hemipte…1Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens: 1 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…1Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 1 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 1 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…1Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksSeaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds: 1 fractional works
Plant ScienceBiochemistryMolecular BiologyPharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens Plant Science 1 works
  2. 2 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 1 works
  3. 3 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 1 works
  5. 5 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  8. 8 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds Aquatic Science 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.4%domestic only25.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology0.00032% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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