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Samata Foundation

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Research works
2
▼ 82% vs 2018-21
Citations
11
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Samata Foundation

Not ranked overall: Samata Foundation 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 Samata Foundation work in?

In all years, 74% of research at Samata Foundation is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (57%), Computer Science (9%), Energy (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 73.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 56.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 26.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 8.7% of its workALL ITS WORKSamata Foundation2fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences26%Social Sciences74%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences156.5%
    2. Decision Sciences08.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance08.7%
    1. Computer Science08.7%
    2. Energy08.7%
    3. Environmental Science08.7%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Samata Foundation?

The most cited paper from Samata Foundation is "Is research in peril in Nepal? Publication trend and research quality from projects funded by the University Grants Commission-Nepal" (Prakash Kumar Paudel, Basant Giri, Shanta Dhakal, 2020), with 16 citations. Next come "Pedalling Out of Sociocultural Precariousness: Religious Conversions amongst the Hindu Dalits to Christianity in Nepal" (2) and "A Touchable Woman’s Untouchable Daughter: Interplay of Caste and Gender in Nepal" (2).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Is research in peril in Nepal? Publication trend and research quality from projects funded by the University Grants Commission-Nepal Prakash Kumar Paudel, Basant Giri, Shanta Dhakal · Accountability in Research 12 May 2020 16
2 Pedalling Out of Sociocultural Precariousness: Religious Conversions amongst the Hindu Dalits to Christianity in Nepal Bishnu Pariyar, Sushma Chhinal, Shyamu Thapa Magar et al. · Religions Open access 12 Oct 2021 2
3 A Touchable Woman’s Untouchable Daughter: Interplay of Caste and Gender in Nepal Sarita Pariyar · CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion Open access 31 Oct 2020 2
4 Household Characteristics and Energy Provision of Rural Households in Central Nepal Bishnu Pariyar, Bishnu Rijal, Jon C. Lovett et al. · Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment 23 Feb 2022 1
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Which research topics does Samata Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Energy and Environment Impacts and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies.

  1. 1 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 0 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Samata Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 82% lower than in 2018-2021.

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