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International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

In research, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#579 of 3,409 worldwide), Insect Science (#38 of 102 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,240 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Plant Science — Insect Science is 86.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,662
of 28,054 · #7,446 all time
Rank in Kenya
#10
of 75
Research works
3k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology 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 #579 of 3,409 34.7%177 #663
Insect ScienceSubfield #38 of 102 31.6%78 #100
Life SciencesDomain #3,240 of 7,800 33.9%219 #2950

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology 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#663 #579
  2. Insect Science#100 #38
  3. Life Sciences#2,950 #3,240
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 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 86.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 77.7 works86×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 176.5 works12×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 47.9 works8.7×
← 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: 11.71× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.77× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology?

Ranked on the composite score, Menale Kassie, Ahmed Hassanali and Charles A. O. Midega lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology.

  1. 1 Menale Kassie Kenya · #23,461 worldwide 585 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Ahmed Hassanali Kenya · #148,834 worldwide 286 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Charles A. O. Midega Kenya · #153,144 worldwide 225 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Sunday Ekesi Kenya · #166,614 worldwide 232 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Samira A. Mohamed Kenya · #211,844 worldwide 134 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Nguya K. Maniania Kenya · #233,725 worldwide 96 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 S.K. Moloo Kenya · #293,257 worldwide 65 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 H. Hirumi Kenya · #361,431 worldwide 115 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Wilber Lwande Kenya · #429,018 worldwide 65 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Thomas Dubois Kenya · #435,113 worldwide 95 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

Which keywords describe research at International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Pest Management, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Environmental Impact, Microbiota, Food Security and Biopesticides.

▲ 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. Biological Control40▲ 85×8 topics
  2. Environmental Impact34▲ 6.2×20 topics
  3. Epidemiology32▲ 2.5×30 topics
  4. Pest Management32▲ 120×5 topics
  5. Invasive Species31▲ 23×16 topics
  6. Biodiversity31▲ 13×16 topics
  7. Climate Change31▲ 3.6×42 topics
  8. Microbiota30▲ 43×5 topics
  9. Sustainability30▲ 3.9×21 topics
  10. Food Security26▲ 15×13 topics
  11. Biopesticides24▲ 114×2 topics
  12. Nutritional Composition20▲ 125×2 topics
  13. Waste Management20▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Animal Feed19▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Edible Insects19▲ 197×1 topic
  16. Essential Oils19▲ 52×2 topics
  17. Botanical Insecticides18▲ 143×1 topic
  18. Insect Control18▲ 143×1 topic
  19. Vector Control18▲ 47×4 topics
  20. Sustainable Agriculture16▲ 16×8 topics
  21. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles15▲ 117×1 topic
  22. Jasmonate Signaling15▲ 117×1 topic
  23. Insecticide Resistance15▲ 60×4 topics
  24. Population Dynamics15▲ 18×8 topics
  25. Conservation14▲ 10×9 topics
  26. Vaccine Development14▲ 17×6 topics
  27. Genomics14▲ 14×8 topics
  28. Global Change13▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Ecosystem Services13▲ 11×8 topics
  30. Symbiosis13▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity11▲ 8.1×11 topics
  32. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Drosophila Suzukii11▲ 252×1 topic
  34. Fruit Fly11▲ 252×1 topic
  35. Ants11▲ 84×1 topic
  36. Social Insects11▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Ethical Considerations11▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Gut Microbiota11▲ 9.6×4 topics
  39. Host-Pathogen Interactions11▲ 40×4 topics
  40. Genome Sequence10▲ 39×3 topics

Which research topics does International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insect Utilization and Effects, Insect Pest Control Strategies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect behavior and control techniques.

Insect Utilization and Effects: 20 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 18 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…15Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 15 fractional worksInsect behavior and cont…11Insect behavior and control techniques: 11 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 11 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 10 fractional worksPlant and animal studies9Plant and animal studies: 9 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science…9Animal and Plant Science Education: 9 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…8Insect Resistance and Genetics: 8 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional works
Insect SciencePlant ScienceGeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Insect Utilization and Effects Insect Science 20 works
  2. 2 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 18 works
  3. 3 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 15 works
  4. 4 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 11 works
  5. 5 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 11 works
  6. 6 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 10 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  8. 8 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 9 works
  9. 9 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 8 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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.

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