Egerton University
In research, Egerton University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,226 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,241 of 6,403 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,188 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 12.1× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #6,160 of 22,385 · #10,489 all time
- Rank in Kenya
- #10 of 69
- Research works
- 3.1k ▲ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 28k 9.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.72× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 74% world 40%
- International
- 20% world 18%
What is Egerton University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #1,226 of 3,157 | 5.8% | 245 | #1656 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #3,241 of 6,403 | 5.6% | 279 | #4984 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #5,188 of 9,585 | 3.4% | 257 | #8400 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #5,962 of 10,670 | 6.1% | 195 | #11543 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,968 of 5,988 | 3.2% | 140 | #7308 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #873 of 1,317 | 3.7% | 71 | #1678 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #2,598 of 3,334 | 4.3% | 90 | #3432 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #9,454 of 9,902 | 4.6% | 75 | #15169 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Egerton 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,656 #1,226
- Life Sciences#4,984 #3,241
- Social Sciences#8,400 #5,188
- Physical Sciences#11,543 #5,962
- Social Sciences#7,308 #3,968
- Plant Science#1,678 #873
- Environmental Science#3,432 #2,598
- Health Sciences#15,169 #9,454
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Egerton University work in?
In 2022-now, 33% of research at Egerton University is in Life Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Life Sciences30633.5%
- Social Sciences29131.9%
- Social Sciences16017.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting535.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance384.1%
- Psychology202.2%
- Decision Sciences121.3%
- Arts and Humanities80.9%
- Physical Sciences22224.3%
- Environmental Science10211.2%
- Engineering515.6%
- Computer Science283.1%
- Materials Science171.8%
- Energy80.9%
- Mathematics60.6%
- Chemistry50.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
- Physics and Astronomy20.2%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Health Sciences9510.4%
- Medicine545.9%
- Health Professions192.1%
- Nursing182.0%
- Veterinary30.3%
- Dentistry00.1%
What does Egerton University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 48.7 works12×
- Soil ScienceSubfield · 21.8 works8.0×
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 27.5 works6.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.15×266 works
- Nursing4.07×18 works
- Environmental Science2.25×102 works
- Veterinary2.14×3 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.93×38 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.81×53 works
- Social Sciences1.39×160 works
- Decision Sciences1.32×12 works
- Energy0.96×8 works
- Health Professions0.81×19 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.75×7 works
- Psychology0.71×20 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×28 works
- Materials Science0.53×17 works
- Mathematics0.52×6 works
- Computer Science0.40×28 works
- Engineering0.37×51 works
- Chemistry0.32×5 works
- Chemical Engineering0.31×1 works
- Medicine0.31×54 works
- Arts and Humanities0.31×8 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×3 works
- Neuroscience0.12×2 works
- Dentistry0.11×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.07×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6.2×
- Nursing 4.1×
- Environmental Science 2.2×
- Veterinary 2.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.9×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.8×
- Social Sciences 1.4×
- Decision Sciences 1.3×
- Energy 1.0×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.8×
- Psychology 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Mathematics 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.4×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Chemical Engineering 0.3×
- Medicine 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Egerton University?
Ranked on the quality score, Samwel Mbugua, Justus Ochieng and Mary K. Mathenge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Egerton University.
- 1
Samwel Mbugua
Kenya · #565,639 worldwide 1.3k citations · 20 works
- 2
Justus Ochieng
Kenya · #828,130 worldwide 1.9k citations · 94 works
- 3
Mary K. Mathenge
Kenya · #899,855 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
- 4
Elizabeth W. Kamau‐Mbuthia
Kenya · #953,147 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
- 5
Charles Mwithali M’Erimba
Kenya · #965,002 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
- 6
Benard Muinde Kimatu
Kenya · #1,008,489 worldwide 2k citations · 42 works
- 7
Lydiah Maruti Waswa
Kenya · #1,072,873 worldwide 985 citations · 28 works
- 8
John Olwande
Kenya · #1,186,368 worldwide 742 citations · 47 works
- 9
Lilian Kirimi
Kenya · #1,379,119 worldwide 985 citations · 55 works
- 10
Wilfred O. Odadi
Kenya · #1,654,711 worldwide 946 citations · 46 works
Which keywords describe research at Egerton University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Smallholder Farmers, Social Networks, Food Security, Rural Development and Technology Adoption.
- Household Resilience
- Diversity
- Insurance
- Livestock Farming
- Gender Inequality
- Pastoralists
- Poverty Alleviation
- Development
- Social Impact
- Risk Management
- Social Capital
- Genetic Diversity
- Sustainable Development
- Globalization
- Livelihood Diversification
- Environmental Impact
- Technology Adoption
- Food Security
- Smallholder Farmers
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Social Networks
- Rural Development
- Adaptation
- Agricultural Innovation
- Market Participation
- Agriculture
- Vulnerability
- Gender Equality
- Poverty Reduction
- Livelihoods
- Poverty
- Land Management
- Ecological Knowledge
- Rangeland Degradation
- Efficiency
- Water Management
- Agroecology
- Potato
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Climate Change98▲ 4.0×66 topics
- Sustainability83▲ 3.7×44 topics
- Sustainable Agriculture54▲ 19×11 topics
- Smallholder Farmers53▲ 27×4 topics
- Social Networks49▲ 20×4 topics
- Food Security47▲ 9.5×19 topics
- Rural Development45▲ 14×8 topics
- Technology Adoption41▲ 24×5 topics
- Adaptation40▲ 15×6 topics
- Environmental Impact38▲ 2.4×31 topics
- Agricultural Innovation37▲ 88×2 topics
- Livelihood Diversification37▲ 129×1 topic
- Market Participation37▲ 129×1 topic
- Globalization29▲ 1.62×33 topics
- Agriculture28▲ 8.0×8 topics
- Sustainable Development28▲ 1.94×28 topics
- Vulnerability26▲ 12×6 topics
- Genetic Diversity25▲ 6.4×18 topics
- Gender Equality25▲ 9.7×7 topics
- Social Capital24▲ 5.1×10 topics
- Poverty Reduction24▲ 20×4 topics
- Risk Management20▲ 4.5×8 topics
- Livelihoods19▲ 60×2 topics
- Social Impact19▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Poverty19▲ 22×5 topics
- Development19▲ 5.7×10 topics
- Land Management17▲ 53×2 topics
- Poverty Alleviation17▲ 19×2 topics
- Ecological Knowledge17▲ 43×2 topics
- Pastoralists16▲ 72×1 topic
- Rangeland Degradation16▲ 72×1 topic
- Gender Inequality16▲ 12×5 topics
- Efficiency16▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Livestock Farming15▲ 27×3 topics
- Water Management14▲ 12×3 topics
- Insurance13▲ 19×2 topics
- Agroecology13▲ 10×3 topics
- Diversity13▲ 8.1×6 topics
- Potato12▲ 36×2 topics
- Household Resilience12▲ 43×1 topic
Which research topics does Egerton University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Agricultural risk and resilience and Climate change impacts on agriculture.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 37 works
- 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 16 works
- 3 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 12 works
- 4 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 11 works
- 5 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 11 works
- 6 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
- 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
- 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 10 works
- 9 Potato Plant Research Food Science 10 works
- 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 9 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Egerton University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Egerton University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.
Fractional works of Egerton University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2011.
Other research institutions in Nakuru
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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