How does Kenya rank in Life Sciences research?

Kenya ranks #56 of 149 countries on research quality in Life Sciences (2022–2025), with 4.3k works.

Life Sciences research in Kenya

World Agroforestry Centre ranks first in Kenya for Life Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#1,248 worldwide), followed by Kenya Medical Research Institute and University of Nairobi.

Kenya's world rank: #56
Works, 2022–2025: 4.3k
Top-10% rate: 19.8%
Ranked institutions: 18

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Kenya?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	World Agroforestry CentreNairobi	#1,248	20.5	36.3%	106
2	Kenya Medical Research InstituteNairobi	#1,786	16.5	20.8%	133
3	University of NairobiNairobi	#1,878	15.9	18.2%	472
4	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyNairobi	#2,409	13.1	18.6%	291
5	Kenyatta UniversityNairobi	#2,906	11.0	17.4%	278
6	International Livestock Research InstituteNairobi	#3,155	10.1	32.2%	173
7	International Centre of Insect Physiology and EcologyNairobi	#3,240	9.8	33.9%	219
8	Egerton UniversityNakuru	#5,128	4.7	13.1%	279
9	International Center for Tropical AgricultureNairobi	#5,608	3.7	43.6%	62
10	International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterNairobi	#5,798	3.3	50.8%	65
11	Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research OrganizationNairobi	#5,814	3.3	14.5%	131
12	Moi UniversityEldoret	#6,308	2.4	12.8%	85
13	Maseno UniversityKisumu	#6,434	2.2	12.2%	104
14	Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and TechnologyBondo	#6,584	1.9	15.7%	88
15	University of EmbuEmbu	#6,634	1.8	27.4%	83
16	Masinde Muliro University of Science and TechnologyKakamega	#6,727	1.6	10.9%	101
17	University of EldoretEldoret	#6,934	131.0	10.2%	98
18	Chuka UniversityChuka	#7,338	68.0	3.9%	104

Institutions in Kenya above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Kenya?

Philip K. Thornton, Bernard Vanlauwe and B. M. Prasanna rank highest among researchers based in Kenya.

1Philip K. Thornton#5,087 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 76 works
2Bernard Vanlauwe#118,646 worldwide overall609 citations · 102 works
3B. M. Prasanna#169,941 worldwide overall245 citations · 74 works
4Delia Grace#506,258 worldwide overall205 citations · 82 works
5James W. Muthomi#1,281,869 worldwide overall32 citations · 70 works
6Grace N. Njoroge#1,286,997 worldwide overall14 citations · 128 works

How Kenya compares with other countries in Life Sciences