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Chuka University

In research, Chuka University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,522 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,594 of 10,521 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#3,099 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,613
of 28,054 · #28,734 all time
Rank in Kenya
#37
of 75
Research works
857
▲ 137% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Chuka University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,522 of 12,888 8.3%104 #19436
Social SciencesDomain #8,594 of 10,521 3.9%207 #10848
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #3,099 of 3,409 4.1%89 #5346
Social SciencesField #5,899 of 6,365 4.1%116 #7994
Life SciencesDomain #7,338 of 7,800 4.0%104 #13657

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chuka University 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. Physical Sciences#19,436 #10,522
  2. Social Sciences#10,848 #8,594
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5,346 #3,099
  4. Social Sciences#7,994 #5,899
  5. Life Sciences#13,657 #7,338
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.

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: 4.01× its world share, 89 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.75× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.97× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 116 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Chuka University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Development, Social Networks, Poverty Reduction, Community Development and Religion.

▲ 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. Globalization31▲ 3.4×25 topics
  2. Climate Change26▲ 2.0×41 topics
  3. Sustainability24▲ 2.1×32 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers20▲ 19×5 topics
  5. Sustainable Agriculture20▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Development19▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Social Networks18▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Poverty Reduction16▲ 26×4 topics
  9. Community Development16▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Religion15▲ 6.7×6 topics
  11. Sustainable Development15▲ 1.99×17 topics
  12. Social Capital14▲ 5.5×9 topics
  13. NGOs13▲ 28×4 topics
  14. Rural Development13▲ 7.7×2 topics
  15. Technology Adoption12▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Humanitarianism12▲ 42×2 topics
  17. International Aid12▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Adaptation12▲ 9.1×5 topics
  19. Agricultural Innovation12▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Faith-Based Organizations12▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Livelihood Diversification12▲ 86×1 topic
  22. Social Services12▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Gender Equality11▲ 8.8×6 topics
  24. Curriculum Development11▲ 3.4×3 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity11▲ 5.2×15 topics
  26. Gender Inequality10▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Social Justice10▲ 3.5×9 topics
  28. Conditional Cash Transfers9▲ 54×1 topic
  29. School Subsidies9▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Sociolinguistics9▲ 10×3 topics
  31. African Christianity9▲ 85×2 topics
  32. Language Policy9▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Multilingualism9▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Drought Tolerance8▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Vulnerability8▲ 7.2×5 topics
  36. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy8▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Translanguaging8▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Breeding7▲ 21×4 topics
  39. Religious Education7▲ 8.9×2 topics
  40. Diversity7▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Chuka University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religion, Society, and Development, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Multilingual Education and Policy.

Religion, Society, and Development: 12 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 12 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …9Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 9 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…8Multilingual Education and Policy: 8 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 7 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 6 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…6Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 6 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 5 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesSafety ResearchLinguistics and Language6 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 works
  3. 3 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 9 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 8 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 7 works
  6. 6 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  7. 7 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  8. 8 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 6 works
  9. 9 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 5 works
  10. 10 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 4 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 available89.4%not open10.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chuka University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 137% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.