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Research in Kilifi

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Kilifi, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pwani University.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
995
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
5.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1975-2026
52 years on the record
Kilifi

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Kilifi?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pwani UniversityUniversity 964 #8,511
2Moving the GoalPostsInstitution 31 not ranked

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 Kilifi work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Kilifi is in Social Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 125 fractional works · 39.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 22.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 69 fractional works · 22.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPlant Science: 17 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 69 fractional works · 22.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 11.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKilifi312fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences40%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7122.7%
    2. Psychology175.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting144.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities103.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.6%
    6. Decision Sciences51.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4715.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science3410.8%
    2. Engineering124.0%
    3. Computer Science82.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy41.1%
    5. Mathematics31.1%
    6. Chemistry20.7%
    7. Materials Science20.6%
    8. Energy20.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine3611.4%
    2. Health Professions92.7%
    3. Nursing51.5%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Kilifi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poverty Reduction, Gender Inequality, Climate Change, Conditional Cash Transfers, School Subsidies, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability and Development.

▲ 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. Climate Change22▲ 2.6×42 topics
  2. Sustainability18▲ 2.3×25 topics
  3. Epidemiology16▲ 1.28×49 topics
  4. Poverty Reduction16▲ 39×3 topics
  5. Gender Inequality14▲ 31×4 topics
  6. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.4×21 topics
  7. Conditional Cash Transfers12▲ 110×1 topic
  8. School Subsidies12▲ 110×1 topic
  9. Globalization10▲ 1.64×24 topics
  10. Social Capital10▲ 6.0×9 topics
  11. Sustainable Agriculture10▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Mental Health9▲ 2.0×18 topics
  13. Development9▲ 7.9×9 topics
  14. Leadership8▲ 5.4×11 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity7▲ 5.4×12 topics
  16. Religion7▲ 4.7×6 topics
  17. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 5.4×8 topics
  18. Child Development6▲ 4.7×5 topics
  19. Food Security6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  20. Gender Equality6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  21. Waste Management6▲ 4.5×5 topics
  22. Vaccine Development5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  23. Recycling5▲ 4.2×5 topics
  24. Vaccine5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  26. Adaptation4▲ 4.8×6 topics
  27. Cultural Exchange4▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 5.8×2 topics
  29. NGOs4▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  31. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Pollution4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Soil Fertility4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  35. Civil Society4▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Archaeological Evidence4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Human Health4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Marine Environment4▲ 8.1×2 topics
  39. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Nitrogen Fixation4▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Kilifi?

Poverty, Education, and …12Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 4 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…3Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 3 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 3 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…3Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 3 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 2 fractional works
Safety ResearchNutrition and DieteticsAnthropologyPollution6 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 12 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  3. 3 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 4 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  5. 5 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  6. 6 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 African Education and Politics Education 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kilifi10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.5% in 2016.

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