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KCA University

In research, KCA University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,958 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,394
of 28,054 · #40,844 all time
Rank in Kenya
#68
of 75
Research works
269
▲ 136% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is KCA University 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,958 of 10,521 11.1%108 #14833

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where KCA 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does KCA University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 51.2 works11×
← 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: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11.12× its world share, 51 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.83× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.63× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at KCA University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Performance Measurement, Finance, Financial Performance and Economic 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 2022–2025 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. Innovation12▲ 8.3×16 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management11▲ 8.2×10 topics
  3. Corporate Governance11▲ 10×9 topics
  4. Social Capital10▲ 13×5 topics
  5. Sustainability10▲ 2.8×16 topics
  6. Performance Measurement9▲ 23×6 topics
  7. Finance9▲ 32×3 topics
  8. Financial Performance9▲ 10×8 topics
  9. Economic Development8▲ 7.3×10 topics
  10. Leadership8▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Financial Constraints8▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Poverty Reduction8▲ 40×4 topics
  13. Risk Management7▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Financial Stability7▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Monetary Policy6▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Gender Equality6▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Economic Growth6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  18. Knowledge Management6▲ 7.3×8 topics
  19. Entrepreneurship5▲ 9.6×5 topics
  20. Empowerment5▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Microfinance5▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Regulation5▲ 6.7×4 topics
  23. Performance Analysis5▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Ethical Identity5▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Islamic Banking5▲ 8.3×1 topic
  26. SMEs5▲ 9.4×2 topics
  27. Firm Performance4▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Supply Chain4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Capital Structure4▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Mergers and Acquisitions4▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Environmental Management4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  32. Investor Protection4▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Ownership Structure4▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Corporate Finance4▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Lean Manufacturing4▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Banking4▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Liquidity4▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Profitability4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Public Procurement4▲ 184×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Procurement4▲ 184×1 topic

Which research topics does KCA University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency.

Microfinance and Financi…5Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 5 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…5Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…4Corporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…4Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 4 fractional worksWorking Capital and Financial Performance: 4 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…3Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 3 fractional worksBusiness Strategies and …3Business Strategies and Management Research: 3 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…2Quality and Supply Management: 2 fractional worksAccounting and Organizat…2Accounting and Organizational Management: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAccountingFinanceStrategy and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  2. 2 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 works
  5. 5 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 4 works
  6. 6 Working Capital and Financial Performance Accounting 4 works
  7. 7 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 3 works
  8. 8 Business Strategies and Management Research Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  9. 9 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Accounting and Organizational Management Management Information Systems 2 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-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has KCA University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 136% 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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