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Kenya Fisheries Service

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Research works
9
▲ 262% vs 2018-21
Citations
110
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
64%
world 18%
Kenya Fisheries Service

Not ranked overall: Kenya Fisheries Service 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 Kenya Fisheries Service work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Kenya Fisheries Service is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (60%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (23%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 60.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 60.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 36.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 28.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 22.7% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 19.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKKenya FisheriesService9fractional works, all years
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science560.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences222.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology04.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting02.3%
    3. Social Sciences01.9%
    1. Medicine01.3%
    2. Veterinary00.8%
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: 4.85× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 11.51× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science11.51×4 works
  2. Veterinary7.76×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.85×2 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology4.14×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.08×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.98×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.21×0 works
  9. Medicine0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Kenya Fisheries Service?

The most cited paper from Kenya Fisheries Service is "Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks" (M. Aaron MacNeil et al., 2020), with 325 citations. Next come "Integration of mapping and socio-economic status of cage culture: Towards balancing lake-use and culture fisheries in Lake Victoria, Kenya" (105) and "Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays" (89).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks M. Aaron MacNeil et al. · Nature Open access123 authors 22 Jul 2020 325
2 Integration of mapping and socio-economic status of cage culture: Towards balancing lake-use and culture fisheries in Lake Victoria, Kenya Christopher Mulanda Aura, Safina M. Musa, Ernest Yongo et al. · Aquaculture Research Open access 11 Sep 2017 105
3 Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays Colin Ashley Simpfendorfer et al. · Science Open access153 authors 15 Jun 2023 89
4 Are fisheries management, measures in Lake Victoria successful? The case of Nile perch and Nile tilapia fishery M. Njiru, P. Nzungi, Albert M. Getabu et al. · African Journal of Ecology Open access 18 Aug 2007 78
5 Directed conservation of the world’s reef sharks and rays Jordan S. Goetze et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access114 authors 20 May 2024 31
All 49 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Kenya Fisheries Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior.

Aquatic Ecosystems and B…1Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 1 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…1Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 1 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 0 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksRegional Development and…0Regional Development and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 0 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 0 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 0 fractional worksMaritime Security and History: 0 fractional works
EcologyAquatic ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 1 works
  3. 3 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Regional Development and Management Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 0 works
  9. 9 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Maritime Security and History Transportation 0 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 available70.2%not open29.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.7%domestic only36.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Fisheries Service's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 262% 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 Kenya Fisheries Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Kenya Fisheries Service0.000025% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Kenya Fisheries Service over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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