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Research in Kisumu

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Kisumu, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Maseno University.

Research institutions
9
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
7.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1965-2026
62 years on the record
Kisumu

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 Kisumu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Maseno UniversityUniversity 2,131 #6,639
2Great Lakes University of KisumuUniversity 196 #27,799 all time
3Impact Research and Development OrganizationNonprofit 57 not ranked
4Uzima University CollegeUniversity 31 not ranked
5Nyanza Reproductive Health SocietyInstitution 25 not ranked
6Tropical Institute Of Community Health And DevelopmentInstitution 15 not ranked
7Maisha MedsHospital / health system 12 not ranked
8Centre for Research and Technology DevelopmentNonprofit 6 not ranked
9Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources & Regional Development AuthoritiesGovernment institution 1 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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Maseno University: 86.1%Great Lakes University of Kisumu: 7.9%Impact Research and Development Organization: 2.3%Uzima University College: 1.3%5 others listed: 2.4%86%largest
Maseno University2,131 · 86.1%Great Lakes University of Kisumu196 · 7.9%Impact Research and Development Organization57 · 2.3%Uzima University College31 · 1.3%5 others listed59 · 2.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Kisumu work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Kisumu is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 368 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 170 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 46 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSafety Research: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 70 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 56 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 46 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 286 fractional works · 30.2% of its workMedicine: 214 fractional works · 22.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 31 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 30 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 42 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 156 fractional works · 16.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 50 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 136 fractional works · 14.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKisumu946fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences17017.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting707.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance566.0%
    4. Psychology343.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities252.6%
    6. Decision Sciences131.4%
    1. Medicine21422.6%
    2. Health Professions545.7%
    3. Nursing161.6%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Environmental Science505.3%
    2. Computer Science424.5%
    3. Engineering293.1%
    4. Mathematics131.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy70.8%
    6. Materials Science70.7%
    7. Chemistry40.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences889.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology242.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology131.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.8%
    5. Neuroscience30.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kisumu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kisumu is most concentrated in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Infectious Diseases (5.1× the world share in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health).

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 31.0 works5.1×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 24.6 works4.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 78 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.39× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.31× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 187 worksMedicineNursing: 3.51× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.36× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.95× its world share, 51 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 136 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.51×14 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.95×51 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.39×7 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.36×62 works
  5. Health Professions2.20×47 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.02×78 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.48×12 works
  8. Social Sciences1.32×136 works
  9. Mathematics1.31×12 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.25×10 works
  11. Medicine1.20×187 works
  12. Psychology1.13×28 works
  13. Environmental Science0.97×39 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.87×20 works
  15. Computer Science0.61×39 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×21 works
  17. Veterinary0.40×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.37×7 works
  19. Dentistry0.36×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.30×4 works
  21. Neuroscience0.23×3 works
  22. Engineering0.21×26 works
  23. Materials Science0.18×5 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×2 works
  26. Energy0.10×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Kisumu?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Epidemiology, Poverty Reduction and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology61▲ 1.63×89 topics
  2. Sustainability38▲ 1.63×40 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality35▲ 17×5 topics
  4. Climate Change34▲ 1.32×44 topics
  5. Community Health Workers33▲ 40×2 topics
  6. Risk Factors32▲ 3.1×26 topics
  7. Globalization30▲ 1.60×40 topics
  8. Health Inequalities30▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Child Mortality30▲ 44×1 topic
  10. Health Systems30▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Economic Growth26▲ 3.4×16 topics
  12. Public Health26▲ 1.90×38 topics
  13. Poverty Reduction25▲ 21×5 topics
  14. Social Capital24▲ 5.0×12 topics
  15. Risk Management21▲ 4.7×9 topics
  16. HIV Prevention20▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Development19▲ 5.5×9 topics
  18. Social Determinants of Health19▲ 9.2×2 topics
  19. Child Development18▲ 4.7×6 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy18▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Vaccine18▲ 4.8×10 topics
  22. Global Burden18▲ 3.5×11 topics
  23. Gender Equality18▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Adolescent Health18▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Sexual Behavior18▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Sustainable Agriculture17▲ 5.7×8 topics
  27. Social Networks16▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Mortality Rates16▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease16▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. HIV Transmission15▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Gender Inequality15▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition14▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene14▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Smallholder Farmers14▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Poverty13▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Viral Load13▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Preexposure Prophylaxis13▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Stigma and Discrimination13▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers12▲ 37×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies12▲ 37×1 topic

What research is done in Kisumu?

Global Maternal and Chil…27Global Maternal and Child Health: 27 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 15 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…13Child Nutrition and Water Access: 13 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…11Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 11 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 9 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…7HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 7 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 6 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 27 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 15 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 13 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 9 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 9 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  8. 8 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 6 works
  9. 9 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kisumu8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 2018.

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