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African Institute for Development Policy

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World rank, all time
#37,472
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#83
of 98
Research works
143
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

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: 1.94× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.94× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 3.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.98× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.80× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at African Institute for Development Policy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Global Burden of Disease, Poverty Reduction, Environmental Management, Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Socio-economic Factors and Child Mortality.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 3.0×14 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.33×18 topics
  3. Climate Change2▲ 1.80×16 topics
  4. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.2×9 topics
  5. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.5×8 topics
  6. Machine Learning2◆ 1.14×12 topics
  7. Economic Growth2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  8. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Poverty Reduction1▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Biodiversity1▲ 4.1×9 topics
  11. Environmental Management1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  12. Globalization1▲ 1.49×6 topics
  13. Public Health1▲ 2.0×10 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  15. Mental Health1▲ 1.97×8 topics
  16. Qualitative Research1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  17. Risk Management1▲ 5.2×6 topics
  18. Socio-economic Factors1▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.54×5 topics
  20. Child Mortality1▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Knowledge Management1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  22. Maternal Mortality1▲ 11×1 topic
  23. Risk Factors1▲ 2.1×6 topics

Which research topics does African Institute for Development Policy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Construction Engineering and Safety, Sustainable Building Design and Assessment and Global and Cross-Cultural Management.

Global Maternal and Chil…1Global Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksConstruction Engineering…1Construction Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 1 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultural Management: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategies and Management Research: 1 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainabi…1Global trade, sustainability, and social impact: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksPower System Reliability and Maintenance: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionAnthropology6 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  2. 2 Construction Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  7. 7 Business Strategies and Management Research Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Power System Reliability and Maintenance Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 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 available64.2%not open35.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.6%domestic only51.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has African Institute for Development Policy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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