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Research in Chuka

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Chuka, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Chuka University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
857
▲ 137% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
3.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1971-2026
56 years on the record
Chuka

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Which research institutions are in Chuka?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Chuka UniversityUniversity 857 #8,899

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Chuka work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Chuka is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 225 fractional works · 42.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 36 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 5.3% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 123 fractional works · 23.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 117 fractional works · 22.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 99 fractional works · 18.8% of its workPlant Science: 35 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 62 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKChuka527fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences43%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12824.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities285.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting275.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance203.8%
    5. Psychology173.2%
    6. Decision Sciences61.1%
    1. Environmental Science428.0%
    2. Engineering285.3%
    3. Computer Science265.0%
    4. Mathematics101.9%
    5. Materials Science71.2%
    6. Chemistry40.7%
    7. Energy40.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9918.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology132.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Medicine438.2%
    2. Health Professions132.6%
    3. Nursing40.8%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Chuka?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Globalization, Sustainable Agriculture, Development, Social Networks, Poverty Reduction, Community Development and Climate Change.

▲ 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 city'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. Globalization33▲ 3.2×27 topics
  2. Climate Change29▲ 2.0×42 topics
  3. Sustainability26▲ 2.0×33 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers21▲ 19×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture21▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Development20▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Social Networks18▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Sustainable Development17▲ 2.0×18 topics
  9. Poverty Reduction16▲ 24×4 topics
  10. Community Development16▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Religion15▲ 6.1×6 topics
  12. Social Capital14▲ 5.0×10 topics
  13. NGOs13▲ 26×4 topics
  14. Rural Development13▲ 7.1×3 topics
  15. Adaptation13▲ 8.1×6 topics
  16. Gender Equality13▲ 8.6×6 topics
  17. Technology Adoption12▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Welfare12▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Humanitarianism12▲ 39×2 topics
  20. International Aid12▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Agricultural Innovation12▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Livelihood Diversification12▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Curriculum Development12▲ 3.4×3 topics
  24. Faith-Based Organizations12▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Social Services12▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Genetic Diversity12▲ 5.1×15 topics
  27. Social Justice11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Gender Inequality10▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Conditional Cash Transfers9▲ 50×1 topic
  30. School Subsidies9▲ 50×1 topic
  31. African Christianity9▲ 75×2 topics
  32. Sociolinguistics9▲ 9.2×3 topics
  33. Language Policy9▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Multilingualism9▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Breeding8▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Teacher Education8▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Drought Tolerance8▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Diversity8▲ 8.3×5 topics
  39. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy8▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Translanguaging8▲ 32×1 topic

What research is done in Chuka?

Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 12 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 12 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …9Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 9 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…8Multilingual Education and Policy: 8 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 7 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 6 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…6Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 6 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 5 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 4 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSociology and Political ScienceSafety ResearchLinguistics and Language6 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 9 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 8 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 7 works
  6. 6 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  8. 8 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 6 works
  9. 9 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 5 works
  10. 10 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 4 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Chuka9.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.0% in 2015.

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