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Kabarak University

In research, Kabarak University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,196 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,657 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,503 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,153
of 22,385 · #19,653 all time
Rank in Kenya
#29
of 69
Research works
785
▲ 107% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.64×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Kabarak University

What is Kabarak University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,196 of 9,585 4.2%237 #11069
Physical SciencesDomain #9,657 of 10,670 5.9%73 #15208
Social SciencesField #5,503 of 5,988 1.6%126 #8581
Health SciencesDomain #9,269 of 9,902 0.8%80 #15453

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kabarak 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#11,069 #7,196
  2. Physical Sciences#15,208 #9,657
  3. Social Sciences#8,581 #5,503
  4. Health Sciences#15,453 #9,269
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Kabarak University work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Kabarak University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 266 fractional works · 55.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 145 fractional works · 30.4% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 43 fractional works · 9.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMusic: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 93 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMedicine: 59 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 17.3% of its workComputer Science: 38 fractional works · 7.9% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKabarakUniversity476fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences56%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14530.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting439.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities357.4%
    4. Psychology194.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.0%
    6. Decision Sciences92.0%
    1. Medicine5912.3%
    2. Health Professions224.6%
    3. Nursing122.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Computer Science387.9%
    2. Engineering183.7%
    3. Environmental Science102.0%
    4. Mathematics61.3%
    5. Materials Science51.1%
    6. Chemistry20.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    8. Energy20.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences224.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    5. Neuroscience10.2%
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: 0.98× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 5.00× its world share, 12 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.56× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.80× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing5.00×12 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.80×43 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.56×35 works
  4. Social Sciences2.40×145 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.05×9 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.83×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.75×22 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×14 works
  9. Psychology1.34×20 works
  10. Mathematics1.13×6 works
  11. Computer Science1.02×38 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.98×22 works
  13. Medicine0.64×59 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.41×10 works
  16. Energy0.34×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.31×5 works
  18. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×2 works
  20. Engineering0.25×18 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×6 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.18×2 works
  23. Neuroscience0.12×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kabarak University?

Ranked on the quality score, Amon Kipyegon Kirui, Kageni Njagi and Bernard Chemwei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kabarak University.

  1. 1 Amon Kipyegon Kirui Kenya · #1,897,394 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Kageni Njagi Kenya · #2,902,078 worldwide 245 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Bernard Chemwei Kenya · #3,845,975 worldwide 269 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Simon Karume Kenya · #3,856,623 worldwide 82 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Bruce Dahlman Kenya · #3,874,889 worldwide 200 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Henry Kiptiony Kiplangat Kenya · #3,936,323 worldwide 48 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Mellitus Nyongesa Wanyama Kenya · #4,054,231 worldwide 57 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Stella Isendi Muhanji Kenya · #4,058,602 worldwide 200 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Wesley Too Kenya · #4,060,538 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 John Kipkorir Tanui Kenya · #4,418,310 worldwide 104 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Kabarak University

What are the most cited papers from Kabarak University?

The most cited paper from Kabarak University is "The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and its Application to the Utilization of Mobile Learning Technologies" (David Muchangi Mugo, Kageni Njagi, Bernard Chemwei et al., 2017), with 140 citations. Next come "Effect of Reward on Employee Performance: A Case of Kenya Power and Lighting Company Ltd., Nakuru, Kenya" (89) and "Trends and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Namibia: analysis of the Demographic and Health Surveys 2000–2013" (85).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and its Application to the Utilization of Mobile Learning Technologies David Muchangi Mugo, Kageni Njagi, Bernard Chemwei et al. · British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science 10 Jan 2017 140
2 Effect of Reward on Employee Performance: A Case of Kenya Power and Lighting Company Ltd., Nakuru, Kenya Lilly W. Njanja, Rebeccah Maina, Lawrence Kibet et al. · International Journal of Business and Management Open access 15 Oct 2013 89
3 Trends and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding in Namibia: analysis of the Demographic and Health Surveys 2000–2013 Meshack Ndirangu, Samwel Maina Gatimu, H. M. Mwinyi et al. · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Open access 16 May 2018 85
4 Taxonomy of Challenges for Digital Forensics Nickson M. Karie, Hein S. Venter · Journal of Forensic Sciences Jul 2015 77
5 Family medicine around the world: overview by region: The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in the world. Neil Arya, Christine Gibson, David Ponka et al. · PubMed Open access Jun 2017 62
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kabarak University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poverty Reduction, Gender Inequality, Globalization, Human Rights, Conditional Cash Transfers, School Subsidies, Social Justice and Child Development.

▲ 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. Globalization29▲ 3.1×30 topics
  2. Human Rights23▲ 4.6×23 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction21▲ 35×5 topics
  4. Gender Inequality20▲ 30×3 topics
  5. Conditional Cash Transfers16▲ 96×1 topic
  6. School Subsidies16▲ 96×1 topic
  7. Social Justice16▲ 5.5×13 topics
  8. Sustainable Development15▲ 2.0×20 topics
  9. Leadership14▲ 5.9×10 topics
  10. Child Development14▲ 6.9×6 topics
  11. Social Capital13▲ 5.1×8 topics
  12. Indigenous Knowledge12▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Innovation12▲ 2.4×11 topics
  14. Identity11▲ 3.2×13 topics
  15. Development11▲ 6.4×8 topics
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition10▲ 25×1 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene10▲ 25×1 topic
  18. Colonialism10▲ 4.2×9 topics
  19. Knowledge Management10▲ 3.6×9 topics
  20. Self-Efficacy10▲ 7.7×5 topics
  21. International Law9▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Culture9▲ 3.7×6 topics
  23. Ethnomusicology8▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Gender Equality8▲ 6.0×7 topics
  25. Data Citation8▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Informal Learning8▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Ecomusicology7▲ 65×1 topic
  28. Environmental Sustainability7▲ 9.6×1 topic
  29. Maternal Mortality7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  30. Global Governance7▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. Environmental Governance7▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Judicial Review7▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Community Health Workers6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Health Inequalities6▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Teacher Preparation6▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Legal Research6▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Child Mortality6▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Health Systems6▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Consumer Protection6▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Equality6▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Kabarak University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Diverse Musicological Studies and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Poverty, Education, and …16Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 16 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 10 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksDiverse Music Education Insights: 6 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 6 fractional worksMusic History and Culture5Music History and Culture: 5 fractional worksBusiness Strategies and Management Research: 4 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultural Management: 4 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 4 fractional works
Safety ResearchNutrition and DieteticsMusicPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 16 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 10 works
  3. 3 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 7 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  5. 5 Diverse Music Education Insights Music 6 works
  6. 6 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 6 works
  7. 7 Music History and Culture Music 5 works
  8. 8 Business Strategies and Management Research Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  9. 9 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 4 works
  10. 10 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 4 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 available87.8%not open12.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kabarak University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 107% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Kabarak University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kabarak University0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kabarak University8.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.1% in 2025.

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