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Great Lakes University of Kisumu

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World rank, all time
#39,602
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#93
of 98
Research works
196
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

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: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.10× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 9.14× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.81× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Great Lakes University of Kisumu?

Ranked on the composite score, Dickens Onyango lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Great Lakes University of Kisumu.

  1. 1 Dickens Onyango Kenya · #885,258 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Great Lakes University of Kisumu

Which keywords describe research at Great Lakes University of Kisumu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Risk Factors, Vaccine and Adolescent Health.

▲ 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. Maternal Mortality8▲ 65×5 topics
  2. Community Health Workers7▲ 149×2 topics
  3. Health Inequalities7▲ 105×2 topics
  4. Child Mortality7▲ 178×1 topic
  5. Health Systems7▲ 178×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology6▲ 2.5×23 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  8. Vaccine4▲ 16×9 topics
  9. Adolescent Health4▲ 74×1 topic
  10. Sexual Behavior4▲ 176×1 topic
  11. Immune Response3▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 4.0×11 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity3▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Child Development3▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases3▲ 15×5 topics
  16. COVID-193▲ 3.3×9 topics
  17. Risk Perception3▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Social Media2▲ 3.0×2 topics
  21. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 53×1 topic
  22. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Global Access2▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Healthcare2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  26. HIV/AIDS2▲ 60×2 topics
  27. Disaster Response2▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Development2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Drug Resistance2▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Impact2▲ 136×1 topic
  33. Sub-Saharan Africa2▲ 239×1 topic
  34. Primary Care2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  35. SARS-CoV-22▲ 8.5×4 topics
  36. Social Determinants1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Modeling1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  38. Mortality Rates1▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Mycobacterium tuberculosis1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. transmission dynamics1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Great Lakes University of Kisumu publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Global Maternal and Chil…7Global Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…4Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Resp…2HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…1Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and DieteticsHealth4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 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 available80.5%not open19.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Great Lakes University of Kisumu's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower 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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