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Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

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Research works
101
▲ 129% vs 2018-21
Citations
918
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

Not ranked overall: Hubert Kairuki Memorial University is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Hubert Kairuki Memorial University work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 67.5% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 58.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHubert KairukiMemorial…60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences19%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3558.9%
    2. Health Professions46.9%
    3. Nursing11.8%
    1. Social Sciences712.1%
    2. Psychology35.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Computer Science11.4%
    2. Engineering11.0%
    3. Environmental Science10.9%
    4. Mathematics00.7%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 3.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.58×1 works
  2. Medicine3.06×35 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.68×2 works
  4. Health Professions2.61×4 works
  5. Psychology1.75×3 works
  6. Social Sciences0.95×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.63×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.57×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.19×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.18×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  18. Engineering0.07×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University?

Ranked on the quality score, Esther D. Mwaikambo, Adellah Sariah and Kelvin Melkizedeck Leshabari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hubert Kairuki Memorial University.

  1. 1 Esther D. Mwaikambo Tanzania · #2,328,275 worldwide 1.8k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Adellah Sariah Tanzania · #2,618,575 worldwide 311 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Kelvin Melkizedeck Leshabari Tanzania · #3,693,728 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Florence Salvatory Kalabamu Tanzania · #4,229,930 worldwide 87 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University

What are the most cited papers from Hubert Kairuki Memorial University?

The most cited paper from Hubert Kairuki Memorial University is "Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa" (Fitzhugh Mullan et al., 2010), with 343 citations. Next come "Decolonizing Global Health Education: Rethinking Institutional Partnerships and Approaches" (315) and "Developing a SNP panel for forensic identification of individuals" (298).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa Fitzhugh Mullan et al. · The Lancet Open access 11 Nov 2010 343
2 Decolonizing Global Health Education: Rethinking Institutional Partnerships and Approaches Quentin G. Eichbaum, Lisa V. Adams, Jessica Evert et al. · Academic Medicine 28 Apr 2020 315
3 Developing a SNP panel for forensic identification of individuals Kenneth K. Kídd, ANDREW J. PAKSTIS, William C. Speed et al. · Forensic Science International 20 Dec 2005 298
4 A new NOS2 promoter polymorphism associated with increased nitric oxide production and protection from severe malaria in Tanzanian and Kenyan children Maurine R. Hobbs, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Marc C. Levesque et al. · The Lancet Nov 2002 188
5 The evolution and population genetics of theALDH2locus: random genetic drift, selection, and low levels of recombination Hiroki Oota, ANDREW J. PAKSTIS, Batsheva Bonné‐Tamir et al. · Annals of Human Genetics 9 Feb 2004 183
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hubert Kairuki Memorial University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Mental Health, Global Burden, Health Inequalities, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Diagnosis.

▲ 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-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
  1. Epidemiology8▲ 3.4×27 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 5.3×11 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality4▲ 31×4 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 2.9×10 topics
  5. Global Burden4▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Health Inequalities4▲ 48×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality3▲ 80×1 topic
  8. Health Systems3▲ 80×1 topic
  9. Diagnosis3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  10. Management3▲ 6.2×7 topics
  11. Quality of Life3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  13. Public Health3▲ 3.3×9 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Treatment3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  16. Vaccine Development2▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 3.3×10 topics
  18. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 106×1 topic
  19. Ethical Considerations2▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Genome Sequence2▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Vaccine2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  23. Cesarean Section2▲ 78×1 topic
  24. HIV Transmission2▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Vaginal Birth2▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Anemia2▲ 30×2 topics
  27. HIV Infection2▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Health2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  29. Hepcidin2▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Infertility2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Iron Deficiency2▲ 57×2 topics
  32. Iron Regulation2▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Prevention2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Drug Resistance2▲ 9.4×6 topics
  35. Medical Education2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  36. Psychological Impact2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  37. Mortality Rates1▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Immunobiology1▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Lifelong Learning1▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Hubert Kairuki Memorial University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Iron Metabolism and Disorders.

Global Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…2Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…2Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and …1Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 1 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 1 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and GynecologyHematology5 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 3 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  4. 4 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 1 works
  9. 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 1 works
  10. 10 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available88.7%not open11.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hubert Kairuki Memorial University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 129% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hubert Kairuki Memorial University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Hubert Kairuki Memorial University0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hubert Kairuki Memorial University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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