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Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

In research, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,107 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,341 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,717
of 28,054 · #25,224 all time
Rank in Kenya
#38
of 75
Research works
956
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,107 of 11,982 10.0%157 #9798
MedicineField #5,341 of 10,443 9.2%139 #9399

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi 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).

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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.72× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 139 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi?

Ranked on the composite score, Benjamin Wachira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi.

  1. 1 Benjamin Wachira Kenya · #793,353 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Which keywords describe research at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Diagnosis, Medical Education, Surgical Management, Treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.9×80 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 5.2×28 topics
  3. Inflammation9▲ 2.3×33 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 3.9×31 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×25 topics
  6. Radiotherapy8▲ 11×12 topics
  7. Risk Factors7▲ 3.6×23 topics
  8. Immunotherapy7▲ 5.3×14 topics
  9. Management7▲ 4.7×19 topics
  10. Medical Education6▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Surgical Management6▲ 8.2×18 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-26▲ 9.9×5 topics
  13. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.4×17 topics
  14. Guidelines6▲ 6.4×11 topics
  15. Immune Response5▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.2×14 topics
  17. Complications5▲ 5.6×13 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  19. Mortality4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  20. Genetics4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.3×12 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.2×15 topics
  23. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  24. Molecular Classification4▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Global Health4▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Precision Medicine4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  27. Surgery3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.3×2 topics
  29. Cancer Incidence3▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Breast Cancer3▲ 7.3×9 topics
  31. Critical Care3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 11×7 topics
  33. Thrombosis3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  34. Cancer Treatment3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Surgical Care3▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Global Surgery3▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Health Development3▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Radiosurgery3▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Cognitive Function3▲ 8.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Health and Surgery, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Global Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 2 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…1Epilepsy research and treatment: 1 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOrthodonticsInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.7%domestic only42.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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