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Egerton University

In research, Egerton University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,171 of 3,409 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,655 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,743 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — General Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,605
of 28,054 · #11,587 all time
Rank in Kenya
#9
of 75
Research works
3.1k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Egerton 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,171 of 3,409 13.4%245 #1069
Physical SciencesDomain #6,655 of 12,888 10.7%195 #13478
Social SciencesDomain #6,743 of 10,521 8.2%257 #4738
Life SciencesDomain #5,128 of 7,800 13.1%279 #6142
Social SciencesField #5,100 of 6,365 7.0%140 #2815
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,185 of 1,395 11.8%71 #1910
Health SciencesDomain #10,199 of 11,982 8.5%75 #14726
Environmental ScienceField #3,054 of 3,551 7.8%90 #3556

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 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,069 #1,171
  2. Physical Sciences#13,478 #6,655
  3. Social Sciences#4,738 #6,743
  4. Life Sciences#6,142 #5,128
  5. Social Sciences#2,815 #5,100
  6. Plant Science#1,910 #1,185
  7. Health Sciences#14,726 #10,199
  8. Environmental Science#3,556 #3,054
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 Egerton University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSubfield · 43.9 works12×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 25.0 works6.6×
← 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: 6.38× its world share, 245 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.25× its world share, 90 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 4.28× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.94× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.03× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 140 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Egerton University?

Ranked on the composite score, A.K. Kahi, Wilkister Nyaora Moturi and Job K. Lagat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Egerton University.

  1. 1 A.K. Kahi Kenya · #235,982 worldwide 67 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Wilkister Nyaora Moturi Kenya · #257,661 worldwide 826 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Job K. Lagat Kenya · #546,813 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Gideon A. Obare Kenya · #623,681 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Damaris Parsitau Kenya · #765,659 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Julius Kipkemboi Kenya · #851,161 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Omale James Kenya · #872,183 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jude M. Mathooko Kenya · #948,698 worldwide 59 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 F. N. Wachira Kenya · #958,032 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 George Owuor Kenya · #1,123,408 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Egerton University

Which keywords describe research at Egerton University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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.

▲ 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. Climate Change84▲ 3.9×60 topics
  2. Sustainability78▲ 4.0×44 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture50▲ 19×11 topics
  4. Smallholder Farmers49▲ 27×4 topics
  5. Social Networks45▲ 21×3 topics
  6. Food Security43▲ 9.7×19 topics
  7. Rural Development42▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Technology Adoption37▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Adaptation37▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Environmental Impact36▲ 2.6×31 topics
  11. Agricultural Innovation34▲ 95×1 topic
  12. Livelihood Diversification34▲ 140×1 topic
  13. Globalization27▲ 1.73×33 topics
  14. Agriculture26▲ 8.1×8 topics
  15. Sustainable Development25▲ 1.96×26 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity24▲ 6.7×18 topics
  17. Vulnerability24▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Social Capital23▲ 5.4×10 topics
  19. Gender Equality22▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction22▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Risk Management19▲ 4.9×8 topics
  22. Social Impact18▲ 5.7×5 topics
  23. Poverty18▲ 24×5 topics
  24. Livelihoods18▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Development17▲ 6.2×10 topics
  26. Poverty Alleviation16▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Ecological Knowledge16▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Land Management16▲ 53×2 topics
  29. Pastoralists15▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Rangeland Degradation15▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Entrepreneurship15▲ 4.7×7 topics
  32. Livestock Farming14▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Efficiency14▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Gender Inequality14▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Insurance13▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Agroecology13▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Water Management13▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Diversity12▲ 8.9×5 topics
  39. Potato12▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Emerging Markets11▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Egerton University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Agricultural risk and resilience and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Agricultural Innovations…34Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 34 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 15 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 11 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 11 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 10 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…10Climate change impacts on agriculture: 10 fractional worksPotato Plant Research: 10 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 10 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…9Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 9 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSoil ScienceBusiness and International Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 15 works
  3. 3 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 11 works
  4. 4 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 11 works
  5. 5 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  7. 7 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  8. 8 Potato Plant Research Food Science 10 works
  9. 9 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 10 works
  10. 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.

openly available74.5%not open25.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Egerton University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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