Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
City · Kenya

Research in Mombasa

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Mombasa, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Technical University of Mombasa and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute.

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▲ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
14.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Mombasa

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 Mombasa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Technical University of MombasaUniversity 588 #9,057
2Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research InstituteResearch facility 506 #20,538
3Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian OceanResearch facility 109 not ranked
4International Centre for Reproductive Health KenyaNonprofit 69 not ranked
5Kenya Coastal Development ProjectInstitution 9 not ranked
6Kenya Fisheries ServiceGovernment institution 9 not ranked
7Kenya Sea Turtle Conservation CommitteeGovernment 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.

Technical University of Mombasa: 45.5%Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute: 39.2%Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean: 8.4%International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya: 5.3%3 others listed: 1.5%46%largest
Technical University of Mombasa588 · 45.5%Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute506 · 39.2%Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean109 · 8.4%International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya69 · 5.3%3 others listed19 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Mombasa work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Mombasa is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 216 fractional works · 39.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 118 fractional works · 21.4% of its workEcology: 51 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% 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 · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 187 fractional works · 33.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 82 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 77 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 55 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAquatic Science: 29 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 71 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMombasa552fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences34%

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. Environmental Science11821.4%
    2. Engineering458.1%
    3. Computer Science244.3%
    4. Materials Science81.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy61.1%
    7. Energy40.7%
    8. Mathematics20.4%
    9. Chemistry10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting8214.8%
    2. Social Sciences5710.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance254.5%
    4. Decision Sciences101.7%
    5. Psychology91.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences559.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology142.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine549.8%
    2. Health Professions122.2%
    3. Nursing50.8%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mombasa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mombasa is most concentrated in Aquatic Science, Ecology and Accounting (29.1× the world share in Aquatic Science).

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 26.8 works29×
  2. EcologySubfield · 45.3 works11×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 33.4 works11×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 79.9 works4.9×
  5. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 20.8 works4.7×
← 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: 2.11× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.21× its world share, 106 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.89× its world share, 80 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.13× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.89×80 works
  2. Environmental Science4.21×106 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.13×23 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.11×51 works
  5. Nursing1.79×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.70×8 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×6 works
  8. Health Professions0.92×12 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×7 works
  10. Energy0.82×4 works
  11. Social Sciences0.79×51 works
  12. Computer Science0.56×22 works
  13. Engineering0.53×40 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.53×6 works
  15. Medicine0.52×51 works
  16. Psychology0.46×7 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×12 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.44×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.42×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.40×7 works
  21. Mathematics0.29×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.25×4 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.15×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  26. Neuroscience0.12×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Mombasa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Eutrophication, Fisheries Management, Biodiversity Loss, Wetland Conservation, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria.

▲ 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 Change76▲ 5.1×53 topics
  2. Water Quality36▲ 16×9 topics
  3. Eutrophication34▲ 56×3 topics
  4. Fisheries Management31▲ 52×4 topics
  5. Biodiversity Loss30▲ 95×3 topics
  6. Wetland Conservation30▲ 233×2 topics
  7. Lake Tanganyika29▲ 512×1 topic
  8. Lake Victoria29▲ 512×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact28▲ 3.0×33 topics
  10. Sustainability25▲ 1.85×39 topics
  11. Conservation23▲ 9.7×16 topics
  12. Corporate Governance23▲ 5.7×11 topics
  13. Biodiversity22▲ 5.2×14 topics
  14. Aquaculture22▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity19▲ 8.1×9 topics
  16. Financial Performance18▲ 5.9×6 topics
  17. Financial Constraints18▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Phylogenetic Analysis17▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Biogeography17▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Freshwater16▲ 59×2 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management16▲ 3.2×13 topics
  22. Morphology15▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Fish15▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Length-Weight Relationships15▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Fisheries Sustainability14▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Social Capital14▲ 5.0×12 topics
  27. Performance Measurement13▲ 9.1×5 topics
  28. Invasive Species11▲ 4.9×11 topics
  29. SMEs11▲ 6.3×2 topics
  30. Supply Chain11▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Corporate Finance11▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Marine Environment10▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Profitability10▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Ocean Acidification10▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Trade Credit10▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Working Capital Management10▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Marine Ecosystems10▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Firm Performance9▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Trophic Cascades9▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Fatty Acids9▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Mombasa?

Aquatic Ecosystems and B…26Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 26 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 14 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 10 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 8 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 8 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…7Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 7 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 6 fractional works
EcologyAquatic ScienceAccountingGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 26 works
  2. 2 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 14 works
  3. 3 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 10 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 8 works
  6. 6 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 8 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 7 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Mombasa18.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.1% in 2020.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Mombasa. Posts are plain text and can be reported.