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Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

In research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#578 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,409 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,327 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business and International Management, Management Information Systems and Strategy and Management — Business and International Management is 13.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,163
of 28,054 · #8,916 all time
Rank in Kenya
#5
of 75
Research works
8.1k
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology 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 #578 of 3,409 19.2%209 #747
Life SciencesDomain #2,409 of 7,800 18.6%291 #4208
Physical SciencesDomain #5,327 of 12,888 9.9%571 #8857
Social SciencesDomain #4,428 of 10,521 3.5%1,245 #6279
EngineeringField #3,500 of 6,636 9.8%235 #5085
Social SciencesField #3,371 of 6,365 9.1%208 #4641
Health SciencesDomain #6,411 of 11,982 11.0%292 #10460
MedicineField #6,994 of 10,443 11.9%201 #9668
Environmental ScienceField #2,430 of 3,551 10.4%127 #3100
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,804 of 2,578 1.6%638 #2009

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology 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#747 #578
  2. Life Sciences#4,208 #2,409
  3. Physical Sciences#8,857 #5,327
  4. Social Sciences#6,279 #4,428
  5. Engineering#5,085 #3,500
  6. Social Sciences#4,641 #3,371
  7. Health Sciences#10,460 #6,411
  8. Medicine#9,668 #6,994
  9. Environmental Science#3,100 #2,430
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#2,009 #1,804
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 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business and International Management takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 33.4 works13×
  2. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 122.6 works12×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 223.4 works11×
  4. AccountingSubfield · 155.5 works11×
  5. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 109.8 works9.3×
  6. Business, Management and AccountingField · 637.6 works8.2×
  7. Applied PsychologySubfield · 21.0 works6.1×
← 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: 1.84× its world share, 209 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 114 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 235 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 127 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.25× its world share, 638 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.25× its world share, 122 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.37× its world share, 224 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 208 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, John Kinyuru, Jomo Kenyatta and Willis Owino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

  1. 1 John Kinyuru Kenya · #293,045 worldwide 66 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jomo Kenyatta Kenya · #368,308 worldwide 93 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Willis Owino Kenya · #374,641 worldwide 90 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Henry Bwisa Kenya · #457,790 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Bernard W. Ikua Kenya · #547,935 worldwide 69 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Daniel N. Sila Kenya · #658,544 worldwide 50 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 John M. Kihoro Kenya · #735,627 worldwide 39 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Simon Karanja Kenya · #1,015,538 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Anselimo Makokha Kenya · #1,052,865 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Douglas Shitanda Kenya · #1,066,438 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Innovation, Social Capital, Financial Performance, Corporate Governance, Performance Measurement and Leadership.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management256▲ 11×19 topics
  2. Risk Management180▲ 15×13 topics
  3. Innovation164▲ 6.5×32 topics
  4. Sustainability134▲ 2.3×56 topics
  5. Social Capital118▲ 9.3×15 topics
  6. Corporate Governance118▲ 6.7×16 topics
  7. Financial Performance114▲ 8.2×13 topics
  8. Performance Measurement104▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Economic Growth96▲ 4.7×24 topics
  10. Leadership93▲ 8.2×19 topics
  11. Financial Constraints83▲ 33×2 topics
  12. Economic Development81▲ 4.1×19 topics
  13. SMEs81▲ 9.5×3 topics
  14. Entrepreneurship77▲ 8.4×11 topics
  15. Lean Manufacturing74▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Policy Instruments73▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Leadership Style71▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Poverty Reduction71▲ 22×5 topics
  19. Information Sharing71▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Public Procurement69▲ 211×1 topic
  21. Sustainable Procurement69▲ 211×1 topic
  22. Collaborative Relationships69▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Total Quality Management69▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Supply Chain67▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Regulation66▲ 5.2×14 topics
  26. Construction Projects63▲ 60×2 topics
  27. Stakeholder Analysis61▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Cost Overruns61▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Project Success61▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Profitability59▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Gender Equality58▲ 8.8×8 topics
  32. Corporate Finance58▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Trade Credit54▲ 88×1 topic
  34. Working Capital Management54▲ 88×1 topic
  35. Finance54▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Empowerment52▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Financial Inclusion52▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Microfinance52▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Poverty Alleviation50▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Employee Engagement50▲ 12×6 topics

Which research topics does Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Procurement and Policy, Quality and Supply Management, Construction Project Management and Performance and Working Capital and Financial Performance.

Public Procurement and P…69Public Procurement and Policy: 69 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…69Quality and Supply Management: 69 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…61Construction Project Management and Performance: 61 fractional worksWorking Capital and Fina…54Working Capital and Financial Performance: 54 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 52 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 40 fractional worksPublic-Private Partnersh…38Public-Private Partnership Projects: 38 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…37Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 37 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…33Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 33 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…29Corporate Finance and Governance: 29 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement Information SystemsManagement Science and Operations ResearchAccounting2 others

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

  1. 1 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 69 works
  2. 2 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 69 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 61 works
  4. 4 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 54 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 52 works
  6. 6 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 40 works
  7. 7 Public-Private Partnership Projects Strategy and Management 38 works
  8. 8 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 37 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 33 works
  10. 10 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 29 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 available82.7%not open17.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% 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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