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Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre

In research, Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre stands highest in Medicine (#10,226 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,842 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 22.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,817
of 28,054 · #41,989 all time
Rank in Nepal
#56
of 56
Research works
340
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
90%
world 28%

What is Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #10,226 of 10,443 0.1%90 #17462
Health SciencesDomain #11,842 of 11,982 0.1%94 #19920

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 22.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 25.7 works23×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.35× its world share, 90 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Dipanker Prajapati, Chandra Mani Adhikari and Manish Shrestha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre.

  1. 1 Dipanker Prajapati Nepal · #1,141,501 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Chandra Mani Adhikari Nepal · #1,388,276 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Manish Shrestha Nepal · #1,509,833 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre

Which keywords describe research at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Treatment, Myocardial Infarction, Echocardiography, Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.5×30 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 6.7×14 topics
  3. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 109×1 topic
  4. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 109×1 topic
  5. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 32×5 topics
  6. Echocardiography8▲ 26×8 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 6.0×14 topics
  8. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 80×3 topics
  9. Diagnosis7▲ 6.8×10 topics
  10. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Guidelines6▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Risk Factors5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  15. Complications5▲ 9.2×5 topics
  16. Prophylaxis5▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Surgery5▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Heart Failure5▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Bacteremia4▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 34×3 topics
  21. Endocarditis Guidelines4▲ 108×1 topic
  22. Infective Endocarditis4▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Surgical Management4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  24. Mortality4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Obesity4▲ 4.6×5 topics
  28. Catheter Ablation4▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Sudden Death4▲ 74×2 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment3▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Computed Tomography Angiography3▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Dilated Cardiomyopathy3▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Myocardial Perfusion3▲ 42×1 topic
  36. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.6×5 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  38. Atherosclerosis3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  39. Congenital3▲ 158×1 topic
  40. Coronary Artery Anomalies3▲ 158×1 topic

Which research topics does Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 6 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…3Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 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 available89.7%not open10.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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