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Catholic University of Eastern Africa

In research, Catholic University of Eastern Africa stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,240 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,953 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,204 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research and Accounting — Safety Research is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,659
of 28,054 · #20,468 all time
Rank in Kenya
#48
of 75
Research works
1.1k
▲ 278% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Catholic University of Eastern Africa 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 #6,240 of 10,521 4.5%393 #3650
Social SciencesField #4,953 of 6,365 6.7%178 #2055
Physical SciencesDomain #12,204 of 12,888 4.4%67 #20514
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,505 of 2,578 1.7%90 #3843

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Catholic University of Eastern Africa 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#3,650 #6,240
  2. Social Sciences#2,055 #4,953
  3. Physical Sciences#20,514 #12,204
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#3,843 #2,505
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 Catholic University of Eastern Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 22.1 works15×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 23.1 works7.2×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.65× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.28× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.00× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.66× its world share, 178 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Catholic University of Eastern Africa?

Ranked on the composite score, Eva Zacharová and Stephen Asatsa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catholic University of Eastern Africa.

  1. 1 Eva Zacharová Kenya · #847,750 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Stephen Asatsa Kenya · #1,626,552 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Catholic University of Eastern Africa

Which keywords describe research at Catholic University of Eastern Africa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction, Leadership, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Colonialism, Social Capital and Gender Inequality.

▲ 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. Globalization32▲ 3.1×34 topics
  2. Economic Growth30▲ 6.7×12 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction28▲ 40×5 topics
  4. Corporate Governance27▲ 6.9×12 topics
  5. Education26▲ 2.9×27 topics
  6. Sustainability26▲ 2.0×20 topics
  7. Leadership26▲ 10×13 topics
  8. Mental Health25▲ 3.2×27 topics
  9. Innovation24▲ 4.3×17 topics
  10. Risk Management23▲ 9.2×6 topics
  11. Colonialism23▲ 9.3×11 topics
  12. Social Capital23▲ 8.1×10 topics
  13. Climate Change22▲ 1.51×24 topics
  14. Gender Inequality21▲ 29×6 topics
  15. Development20▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management19▲ 3.8×13 topics
  17. Higher Education18▲ 6.4×10 topics
  18. Conditional Cash Transfers18▲ 91×1 topic
  19. School Subsidies18▲ 91×1 topic
  20. Religion17▲ 6.7×15 topics
  21. Entrepreneurship17▲ 8.1×7 topics
  22. Financial Performance16▲ 5.2×7 topics
  23. Social Impact15▲ 7.1×7 topics
  24. Regulation14▲ 4.8×5 topics
  25. Knowledge Management14▲ 4.6×9 topics
  26. Finance13▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Postcolonialism12▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Well-being12▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. African Philosophy12▲ 202×1 topic
  30. Decolonization12▲ 27×1 topic
  31. NGOs11▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Organizational Performance11▲ 8.3×8 topics
  33. Organizational Culture11▲ 5.2×8 topics
  34. Efficiency10▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Insurance10▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Community Development10▲ 9.7×4 topics
  37. Poverty9▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Catastrophe Bonds9▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Financial Constraints9▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Market Structure9▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Catholic University of Eastern Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, African cultural and philosophical studies, Insurance and Financial Risk Management and Islamic Finance and Banking Studies.

Poverty, Education, and …18Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 18 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 12 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 9 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 8 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 8 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 7 fractional worksRangeland Management and…7Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…6Corporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…6COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional works
Safety ResearchEducationEconomics and EconometricsAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 18 works
  2. 2 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 12 works
  3. 3 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  4. 4 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 8 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  6. 6 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 7 works
  8. 8 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 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 available81.1%not open18.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catholic University of Eastern Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 278% 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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