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Research in Nakuru

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Nakuru, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Egerton University and Kabarak University.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.9k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
7.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Nakuru

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 Nakuru?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Egerton UniversityUniversity 3,087 #6,160
2Kabarak UniversityUniversity 785 #10,153
3Kenya Land AllianceNonprofit 24 not ranked
4Nakuru County CouncilGovernment institution 18 not ranked
5Resource Conflict InstituteInstitution 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.

Egerton University: 78.9%Kabarak University: 20.1%Kenya Land Alliance: 0.6%Nakuru County Council: 0.5%1 other listed: 0.0%79%largest
Egerton University3,087 · 78.9%Kabarak University785 · 20.1%Kenya Land Alliance24 · 0.6%Nakuru County Council18 · 0.5%1 other listed1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Nakuru work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Nakuru is in Social Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 559 fractional works · 39.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 306 fractional works · 21.8% of its workEducation: 70 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 67 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 97 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 52 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMusic: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 342 fractional works · 24.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 289 fractional works · 20.6% of its workPlant Science: 86 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 52 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 41 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 305 fractional works · 21.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 112 fractional works · 8.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 69 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 66 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 197 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 121 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 42 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNakuru1,403fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences14%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences30621.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting976.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance523.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities443.1%
    5. Psychology402.8%
    6. Decision Sciences211.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences28920.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology342.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology100.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.4%
    5. Neuroscience30.2%
    1. Environmental Science1128.0%
    2. Engineering694.9%
    3. Computer Science664.7%
    4. Materials Science221.6%
    5. Mathematics120.9%
    6. Energy100.7%
    7. Chemistry70.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine1218.6%
    2. Health Professions423.0%
    3. Nursing302.1%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nakuru strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nakuru is most concentrated in Safety Research, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Soil Science (8.6× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 29.5 works8.6×
  2. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 46.4 works8.5×
  3. Soil ScienceSubfield · 23.2 works6.2×
← 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: 4.49× its world share, 265 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.59× its world share, 98 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 4.59× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.22× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 49 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 267 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.59×28 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.49×265 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.22×89 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×49 works
  5. Social Sciences1.70×267 works
  6. Environmental Science1.59×98 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.45×17 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×5 works
  9. Health Professions1.15×38 works
  10. Veterinary1.12×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.10×39 works
  12. Psychology0.89×34 works
  13. Mathematics0.78×11 works
  14. Energy0.77×9 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×10 works
  16. Computer Science0.57×55 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×30 works
  18. Materials Science0.46×20 works
  19. Medicine0.40×95 works
  20. Engineering0.34×63 works
  21. Chemistry0.31×6 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.23×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.19×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×3 works
  25. Neuroscience0.12×2 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.12×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Nakuru?

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

▲ 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 Change106▲ 2.8×73 topics
  2. Sustainability95▲ 2.8×50 topics
  3. Globalization58▲ 2.1×50 topics
  4. Sustainable Agriculture57▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers56▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Rural Development53▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Social Networks53▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Food Security49▲ 6.5×19 topics
  9. Poverty Reduction45▲ 25×5 topics
  10. Adaptation44▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Technology Adoption43▲ 17×5 topics
  12. Sustainable Development43▲ 1.95×36 topics
  13. Environmental Impact42▲ 1.74×33 topics
  14. Agricultural Innovation39▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Livelihood Diversification39▲ 88×1 topic
  16. Market Participation39▲ 88×1 topic
  17. Social Capital37▲ 5.0×11 topics
  18. Gender Inequality36▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Human Rights36▲ 2.5×29 topics
  20. Gender Equality33▲ 8.4×11 topics
  21. Development30▲ 5.9×11 topics
  22. Agriculture30▲ 5.5×8 topics
  23. Vulnerability29▲ 8.9×6 topics
  24. Leadership28▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity27▲ 4.5×18 topics
  26. Child Development26▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Conditional Cash Transfers26▲ 53×1 topic
  28. School Subsidies26▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Risk Management26▲ 3.8×9 topics
  30. Social Impact25▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Livelihoods21▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease21▲ 6.1×4 topics
  33. Poverty21▲ 16×5 topics
  34. Maternal and Child Undernutrition20▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Water Sanitation Hygiene20▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Poverty Alleviation20▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Land Management19▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Ecological Knowledge19▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Pastoralists19▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Rangeland Degradation19▲ 53×1 topic

What research is done in Nakuru?

Agricultural Innovations…35Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 35 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 25 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…20Child Nutrition and Water Access: 20 fractional worksRangeland Management and…17Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 17 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 12 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 12 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…12Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 12 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 11 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 10 fractional worksPotato Plant Research10Potato Plant Research: 10 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSafety ResearchNutrition and DieteticsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 25 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 20 works
  4. 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 12 works
  6. 6 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 12 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  8. 8 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  10. 10 Potato Plant Research Food Science 10 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Nakuru9.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2013.

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