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Research in Kisumu

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Kisumu, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Maseno University.

Research institutions
10
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.4%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Kisumu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Maseno UniversityUniversity 2,131 #13,665
2Great Lakes University of KisumuUniversity 196 #39,602 all time
3Aga Khan Hospital, KisumuHospital / health system 132 #41,120 all time
4Impact Research and Development OrganizationNonprofit 57 not ranked
5Uzima University CollegeUniversity 31 not ranked
6Nyanza Reproductive Health SocietyInstitution 25 not ranked
7Tropical Institute Of Community Health And DevelopmentInstitution 15 not ranked
8Maisha MedsHospital / health system 12 not ranked
9Centre for Research and Technology DevelopmentNonprofit 6 not ranked
10Ministry 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 2022–2025. 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: 81.8%Great Lakes University of Kisumu: 7.5%Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu: 5.1%Impact Research and Development Organization: 2.2%6 others listed: 3.5%82%largest
Maseno University2,131 · 81.8%Great Lakes University of Kisumu196 · 7.5%Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu132 · 5.1%Impact Research and Development Organization57 · 2.2%6 others listed90 · 3.5%

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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.

Which keywords describe research in Kisumu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology53▲ 1.64×85 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality32▲ 18×5 topics
  3. Sustainability30▲ 1.52×36 topics
  4. Community Health Workers30▲ 43×2 topics
  5. Climate Change28▲ 1.29×38 topics
  6. Health Inequalities27▲ 28×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality27▲ 47×1 topic
  8. Health Systems27▲ 47×1 topic
  9. Risk Factors26▲ 3.0×24 topics
  10. Globalization24▲ 1.52×33 topics
  11. Economic Growth24▲ 3.5×14 topics
  12. Public Health23▲ 1.91×38 topics
  13. Poverty Reduction21▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Social Capital20▲ 4.8×11 topics
  15. Risk Management20▲ 5.2×9 topics
  16. Vaccine17▲ 5.2×10 topics
  17. Child Development17▲ 4.9×6 topics
  18. HIV Prevention16▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Development16▲ 5.8×8 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health16▲ 8.6×2 topics
  21. Adolescent Health15▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Sexual Behavior15▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Global Burden15▲ 3.4×11 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease14▲ 7.1×4 topics
  25. Gender Equality14▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 5.4×8 topics
  27. Antiretroviral Therapy14▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Maternal and Child Undernutrition13▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Water Sanitation Hygiene13▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Social Networks12▲ 5.7×8 topics
  31. Mortality Rates12▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Poverty11▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Gender Inequality11▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Empowerment11▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Smallholder Farmers11▲ 6.2×4 topics
  36. HIV Transmission11▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Financial Inclusion11▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Microfinance11▲ 26×1 topic
  39. HIV/AIDS10▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Insurance10▲ 16×3 topics

What research is done in Kisumu?

  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.