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African Conservation Centre

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World rank, all time
#26,755
of 34,923
Rank in Kenya
#74
of 88
Research works
173
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
29.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
African Conservation Centre

Which fields of science does African Conservation Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at African Conservation Centre is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (33%), Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (14%).

Physical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 32.9% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 13.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 28.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAfricanConservation…37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences29%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1232.9%
    2. Computer Science01.1%
    3. Engineering00.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences617.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.2%
    3. Psychology12.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Medicine514.3%
    2. Health Professions25.0%
    3. Veterinary00.7%
    4. Nursing00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences410.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.62× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science6.62×12 works
  2. Veterinary5.02×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.44×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.23×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.89×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.40×6 works
  7. Nursing1.36×0 works
  8. Psychology0.96×1 works
  9. Medicine0.75×5 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.15×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  17. Engineering0.06×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at African Conservation Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, David Western, L. S. B. Leakey and Victor N. Mose lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Conservation Centre.

  1. 1 David Western Kenya · #189,194 worldwide 8.1k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 L. S. B. Leakey Kenya · #297,019 worldwide 4.1k citations · 167 works
  3. 3 Victor N. Mose Kenya · #3,315,701 worldwide 158 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 R. H. Carcasson Kenya · #3,392,625 worldwide 194 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 D. Kiambi Kenya · #3,393,992 worldwide 189 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at African Conservation Centre

What are the most cited papers from African Conservation Centre?

The most cited paper from African Conservation Centre is "Smart Investments in Sustainable Food Production: Revisiting Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems" (Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton, An Maria Omer Notenbaert et al., 2010), with 928 citations. Next come "Diverse values of nature for sustainability" (694) and "The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya" (599).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Smart Investments in Sustainable Food Production: Revisiting Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton, An Maria Omer Notenbaert et al. · Science Open access 11 Feb 2010 928
2 Diverse values of nature for sustainability Unai Pascual et al. · Nature Open access 9 Aug 2023 694
3 The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya Neil Burgess, Thomas M. Butynski, Norbert J. Cordeiro et al. · Biological Conservation 15 Oct 2006 599
4 The Status of Wildlife in Protected Areas Compared to Non-Protected Areas of Kenya David Western, Samantha Russell, Innes C. Cuthill · PLoS ONE Open access 7 Jul 2009 350
5 A New Fossil Skull From Olduvai L. S. B. Leakey · Nature Aug 1959 312
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at African Conservation Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Adaptation, Livelihoods, Ecological Knowledge, Pastoralists, Rangeland Degradation and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change8▲ 7.7×30 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 4.8×14 topics
  3. Adaptation3▲ 31×5 topics
  4. Ecological Knowledge3▲ 195×2 topics
  5. Livelihoods3▲ 248×2 topics
  6. Pastoralists3▲ 321×1 topic
  7. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 321×1 topic
  8. Population Dynamics3▲ 30×6 topics
  9. Biodiversity3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  10. Habitat Selection2▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Animal Movement2▲ 117×1 topic
  12. Occupancy Rates2▲ 117×1 topic
  13. Epidemiology2◆ 1.15×21 topics
  14. Conservation2▲ 10.0×8 topics
  15. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.3×9 topics
  16. Invasive Species1▲ 8.4×7 topics
  17. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Human Rights1▲ 3.1×4 topics
  19. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 8.2×6 topics
  20. Lake Tanganyika1▲ 299×1 topic
  21. Lake Victoria1▲ 299×1 topic
  22. Mental Health1▲ 2.0×5 topics
  23. Risk Factors1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem1▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Social Behavior1▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does African Conservation Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

Rangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 1 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…1Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcologySocial PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 works
  3. 3 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.7%domestic only48.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has African Conservation Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is African Conservation Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000091% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%African Conservation Centre0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of African Conservation Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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