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Coffee Research Institute

In research, Coffee Research Institute stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,265 of 6,031 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#10,811 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,153
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#51
of 98
Research works
372
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Coffee Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,265 of 6,031 8.3%167
Life SciencesDomain #10,811 of 14,347 8.1%208

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Coffee Research Institute 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: 7.04× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 4.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Coffee Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, W. Wolters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Coffee Research Institute.

  1. 1 W. Wolters Kenya · #1,390,339 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Coffee Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Coffee Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolism, Antioxidant Activity, Health Effects, Cardiovascular Disease, Caffeine, Coffee, Genetic Diversity and Soil Fertility.

▲ 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. Metabolism14▲ 52×4 topics
  2. Antioxidant Activity13▲ 39×7 topics
  3. Health Effects13▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Caffeine13▲ 1447×1 topic
  5. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 21×2 topics
  6. Coffee13▲ 1447×1 topic
  7. Climate Change4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  8. Genetic Diversity3▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Soil Fertility3▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Sustainability3▲ 2.0×5 topics
  11. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  12. Host Specificity2▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Antioxidant2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  16. Consumer Behavior2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  17. Disease Resistance2▲ 70×2 topics
  18. Agricultural Development2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. E-commerce2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  21. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Biological Control2▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Adaptation2▲ 9.8×1 topic
  24. Agroecology2▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Diversity2▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Fermentation2▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Livestock Farming2▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Plant Nutrition2▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Polyphenols2▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Substrates2▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Food Quality1▲ 66×2 topics
  32. Agroforestry1▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Cacao1▲ 176×1 topic
  34. Consumer Perception1▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Endophytic Fungi1▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Fungal Pathogens1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Genomic Characterization1▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Pest Management1▲ 30×3 topics
  39. Rootstock1▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Cancer Prevention1▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Coffee Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coffee research and impacts, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Growth and nutrition in plants and SMEs Development and Digital Marketing.

Coffee research and impa…13Coffee research and impacts: 13 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional worksGrowth and nutrition in plants: 2 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 1 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 1 fractional worksFood Chemistry and Fat Analysis: 1 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 1 fractional works
PharmacologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPlant ScienceDemography5 others

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

  1. 1 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 13 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  3. 3 Growth and nutrition in plants Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 1 works
  5. 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 1 works
  7. 7 Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis Food Science 1 works
  8. 8 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Coffee Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% 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.

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.