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African Population and Health Research Center

In research, African Population and Health Research Center stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,340 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,237 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,526 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,392
of 28,054 · #14,990 all time
Rank in Kenya
#20
of 75
Research works
1.2k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is African Population and Health Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,340 of 10,521 32.3%119 #5203
Health SciencesDomain #5,237 of 11,982 34.5%129 #6990
MedicineField #5,526 of 10,443 32.4%83 #8157
Social SciencesField #4,187 of 6,365 32.4%72 #4122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where African Population and Health Research Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,203 #4,340
  2. Health Sciences#6,990 #5,237
  3. Medicine#8,157 #5,526
  4. Social Sciences#4,122 #4,187
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does African Population and Health Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 25.1 works12×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.0 works7.0×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.7 works5.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.38× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 9.37× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.51× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at African Population and Health Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Alex Ezeh, Catherine Kyobutungi and Dickson A Amugsi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is African Population and Health Research Center.

  1. 1 Alex Ezeh Kenya · #54,241 worldwide 288 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Catherine Kyobutungi Kenya · #143,859 worldwide 155 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Dickson A Amugsi Kenya · #191,384 worldwide 588 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Blessing Mberu Kenya · #197,617 worldwide 106 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Yohannes Dibaba Wado Kenya · #333,538 worldwide 163 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Gershim Asiki Kenya · #437,813 worldwide 99 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage Kenya · #478,233 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Moses Ngware Kenya · #676,340 worldwide 72 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Chi‐Chi Undie Kenya · #812,165 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Caroline W. Kabiru Kenya · #1,012,467 worldwide 62 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at African Population and Health Research Center

Which keywords describe research at African Population and Health Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Child Development, Risk Factors 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 2022–2025 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 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. Maternal Mortality24▲ 38×4 topics
  2. Community Health Workers23▲ 99×2 topics
  3. Health Inequalities23▲ 68×2 topics
  4. Child Mortality22▲ 113×1 topic
  5. Health Systems22▲ 113×1 topic
  6. Risk Factors19▲ 6.3×16 topics
  7. Epidemiology18▲ 1.65×50 topics
  8. Mental Health18▲ 4.5×24 topics
  9. Child Development17▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Poverty Reduction17▲ 47×5 topics
  11. Gender Inequality17▲ 43×6 topics
  12. Public Health16▲ 3.9×31 topics
  13. Conditional Cash Transfers15▲ 150×1 topic
  14. School Subsidies15▲ 150×1 topic
  15. Social Determinants of Health14▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Adolescent Health13▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease13▲ 19×4 topics
  18. HIV Prevention12▲ 75×2 topics
  19. Sexual Behavior12▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Youth Risk Behavior12▲ 123×1 topic
  21. Maternal and Child Undernutrition12▲ 52×1 topic
  22. Water Sanitation Hygiene12▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×21 topics
  24. Human Rights9▲ 3.3×6 topics
  25. Depression9▲ 3.6×10 topics
  26. Poverty9▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Health Equity8▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Development8▲ 7.8×6 topics
  29. Social Support8▲ 4.9×12 topics
  30. HIV/AIDS8▲ 41×3 topics
  31. Prevalence7▲ 6.4×8 topics
  32. Health Disparities7▲ 9.9×6 topics
  33. Primary Care7▲ 6.7×9 topics
  34. Family Planning6▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Reproductive Health6▲ 46×2 topics
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 13×6 topics
  37. Mortality Rates6▲ 22×2 topics
  38. South Africa6▲ 75×2 topics
  39. Stigma6▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Contraception5▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does African Population and Health Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Global Maternal and Chil…22Global Maternal and Child Health: 22 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 15 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…12Child Nutrition and Water Access: 12 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 5 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksUrban and Rural Development Challenges: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSafety ResearchGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics5 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 22 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 15 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 12 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  8. 8 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  10. 10 Urban and Rural Development Challenges Urban Studies 3 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 available77.4%not open22.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has African Population and Health Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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