Research in Nakuru
Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Nakuru, Kenya. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Egerton University and Kabarak University.
- Research institutions
- 5 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 3.9k ▲ 84% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.2% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Nakuru?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egerton UniversityUniversity | 3,087 | #7,605 | |
| 2 | Kabarak UniversityUniversity | 785 | #15,923 | |
| 3 | Kenya Land AllianceNonprofit | 24 | not ranked | |
| 4 | Nakuru County CouncilGovernment institution | 18 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Resource Conflict InstituteInstitution | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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).
- Safety ResearchSubfield · 29.5 works8.6×
- General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 46.4 works8.5×
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 23.2 works6.2×
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 Nakuru?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder Farmers, Rural Development, Social Networks, Food Security and Poverty Reduction.
- Rangeland Degradation
- Ecological Knowledge
- Efficiency
- Water Sanitation Hygiene
- Global Burden of Disease
- Poverty Alleviation
- Social Impact
- Leadership
- Conditional Cash Transfers
- Genetic Diversity
- Development
- Gender Equality
- Livelihood Diversification
- Social Capital
- Technology Adoption
- Adaptation
- Food Security
- Rural Development
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Smallholder Farmers
- Social Networks
- Poverty Reduction
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainable Development
- Agricultural Innovation
- Gender Inequality
- Agriculture
- Vulnerability
- Child Development
- School Subsidies
- Risk Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Poverty
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition
- Livelihoods
- Land Management
- Pastoralists
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
- Climate Change90▲ 2.7×66 topics
- Sustainability88▲ 2.9×49 topics
- Globalization54▲ 2.2×47 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture53▲ 13×11 topics
- Smallholder Farmers52▲ 19×4 topics
- Rural Development48▲ 11×8 topics
- Social Networks48▲ 14×3 topics
- Food Security46▲ 6.7×19 topics
- Poverty Reduction42▲ 26×5 topics
- Adaptation40▲ 11×7 topics
- Environmental Impact39▲ 1.87×33 topics
- Technology Adoption38▲ 18×3 topics
- Sustainable Development37▲ 1.87×33 topics
- Social Capital36▲ 5.4×11 topics
- Agricultural Innovation35▲ 64×1 topic
- Livelihood Diversification35▲ 94×1 topic
- Gender Inequality33▲ 19×4 topics
- Gender Equality30▲ 8.8×11 topics
- Agriculture28▲ 5.6×8 topics
- Development27▲ 6.3×11 topics
- Vulnerability27▲ 9.5×6 topics
- Genetic Diversity26▲ 4.8×18 topics
- Child Development25▲ 4.9×6 topics
- Conditional Cash Transfers25▲ 55×1 topic
- School Subsidies25▲ 55×1 topic
- Leadership25▲ 4.2×11 topics
- Risk Management25▲ 4.1×9 topics
- Social Impact24▲ 4.9×6 topics
- Entrepreneurship22▲ 4.6×8 topics
- Poverty Alleviation20▲ 16×2 topics
- Poverty20▲ 17×5 topics
- Global Burden of Disease20▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Maternal and Child Undernutrition20▲ 19×1 topic
- Water Sanitation Hygiene20▲ 19×1 topic
- Livelihoods19▲ 44×2 topics
- Efficiency19▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Land Management17▲ 39×2 topics
- Ecological Knowledge17▲ 31×2 topics
- Pastoralists17▲ 52×1 topic
- Rangeland Degradation17▲ 52×1 topic
What research is done in Nakuru?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 works
- 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 25 works
- 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 20 works
- 4 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 works
- 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 12 works
- 6 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 12 works
- 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 12 works
- 8 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
- 9 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
- 10 Potato Plant Research Food Science 10 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.