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Western Regional Hospital

In research, Western Regional Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,947 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,169
of 22,385 · #17,427 all time
Rank in Nepal
#43
of 49
Research works
647
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Western Regional Hospital

What is Western Regional Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,947 of 9,902 4.6%66 #8153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Regional Hospital 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 Western Regional Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Western Regional Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (6%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 81 fractional works · 75.0% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKWestern RegionalHospital108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences6%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7266.9%
    2. Health Professions65.9%
    3. Dentistry11.3%
    4. Nursing10.7%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Engineering65.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.5%
    3. Computer Science11.2%
    4. Environmental Science10.9%
    5. Energy00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology55.1%
    2. Neuroscience21.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    1. Psychology43.3%
    2. Social Sciences21.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 4 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.48×72 works
  2. Dentistry2.69×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.24×6 works
  4. Nursing1.45×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.39×0 works
  6. Veterinary1.13×0 works
  7. Psychology1.07×4 works
  8. Neuroscience1.04×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.98×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×6 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×1 works
  12. Engineering0.36×6 works
  13. Energy0.34×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.17×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.14×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Regional Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, G.Z. Brett, Catherine Swanston and J M A Lenihan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Regional Hospital.

  1. 1 G.Z. Brett Nepal · #2,657,227 worldwide 846 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Catherine Swanston Nepal · #3,320,226 worldwide 51 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 J M A Lenihan Nepal · #4,735,169 worldwide 1k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 Michael Essex‐Lopresti Nepal · #4,846,973 worldwide 156 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 David Reekie Nepal · #5,750,167 worldwide 194 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Wiesław Prusek Nepal · #6,768,855 worldwide 31 citations · 86 works
All ranked researchers at Western Regional Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Western Regional Hospital?

The most cited paper from Western Regional Hospital is "Morphologic and Immunophenotypic Diversity in Ewing Family Tumors" (Andrew L. Folpe, John R. Goldblum, Brian P. Rubin et al., 2005), with 430 citations. Next come "CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASE AND DIABETES AMONG MIDDLE-AGED MALE CIVIL SERVANTS" (347) and "Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies" (306).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Morphologic and Immunophenotypic Diversity in Ewing Family Tumors Andrew L. Folpe, John R. Goldblum, Brian P. Rubin et al. · The American Journal of Surgical Pathology Aug 2005 430
2 CARDIORESPIRATORY DISEASE AND DIABETES AMONG MIDDLE-AGED MALE CIVIL SERVANTS D. D. Reid, P. J. S. Hamilton, HARRY KEEN et al. · The Lancet Mar 1974 347
3 Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies Marc Remacle, Christophe Van Haverbeke, H Eckel et al. · European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 21 Mar 2007 306
4 Phenomenology of delirium David James Meagher, María Teresa Cabero Morán, Bangaru Raju et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Open access Feb 2007 262
5 Gastro-oesophageal reflux and gastric aspiration in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients Edoardo Vincenzo Savarino, Roberto G. Carbone, Elisa Marabotto et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 7 Mar 2013 244
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Regional Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Complications, Inflammation, Treatment, Risk Factors and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.2×54 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.8×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 6.0×20 topics
  4. Management5▲ 6.2×17 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 4.0×21 topics
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 4.2×20 topics
  7. Complications5▲ 8.7×13 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 2.6×18 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×20 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.7×12 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.6×14 topics
  12. Guidelines3▲ 6.1×9 topics
  13. Surgical Management3▲ 6.8×9 topics
  14. Healthcare3▲ 2.2×6 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Surgery3▲ 7.0×7 topics
  18. Mortality2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  19. Children2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  20. Global Burden2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Diabetes2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  22. Neuroprotection2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  23. Revascularization2▲ 13×4 topics
  24. CT Diagnosis2▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Pregnancy2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  26. Anatomy2▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Imaging2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  31. Trauma2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  32. Antibiotic Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  33. CT Scan2▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Maternal Mortality2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Antifungal Therapy1▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Appendicitis1▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Degenerative Disc Disease1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Health Policy1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Medical Diagnosis1▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Prevention Guidelines1▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Western Regional Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

Appendicitis Diagnosis a…1Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksBiliary and Gastrointest…1Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…1Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…1Geological and Geophysical Studies: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…1Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHealth Information ManagementEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  4. 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 1 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  7. 7 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 1 works
  8. 8 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.6%domestic only62.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Regional Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 Western Regional Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Western Regional Hospital0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Regional Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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