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Kenya Forest Service

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World rank, all time
#26,546
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#57
of 98
Research works
270
▲ 115% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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: 3.58× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.60× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kenya Forest Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Change, Environmental Services, Tropical Deforestation, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture and Adaptation.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 8.6×17 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation9▲ 50×5 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 4.9×12 topics
  4. Land Use Change5▲ 36×5 topics
  5. Environmental Services5▲ 299×1 topic
  6. Tropical Deforestation5▲ 299×1 topic
  7. Renewable Energy3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  8. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Adaptation3▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Development2▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 24×5 topics
  12. Agroforestry2▲ 79×3 topics
  13. Livelihoods2▲ 139×2 topics
  14. Risk Factors2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  15. Pastoralists2▲ 178×1 topic
  16. Rangeland Degradation2▲ 178×1 topic
  17. Food Security2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  18. Respiratory Infections2▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Indigenous Fruits2▲ 178×1 topic
  20. Tree Domestication2▲ 178×1 topic
  21. Agriculture2▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Mortality Rates2▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Policy2▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Household Fuel Use2▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Climate Change Impact2▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Production2▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Technology2▲ 6.0×1 topic
  29. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Drug Resistance1▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Forest Carbon Sequestration1▲ 137×1 topic
  32. Maternal Mortality1▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Sustainable Forest Management1▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Community Health Workers1▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Gender Inequality1▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Health Disparities1▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Poverty Reduction1▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Adolescent Health1▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers1▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Sexual Behavior1▲ 73×1 topic

Which research topics does Kenya Forest Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Conservation, Biodiversi…5Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 5 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecolo…2African Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…2Energy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Practices: 2 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…1Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawForestryPollution5 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  3. 3 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  5. 5 Agricultural Economics and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Forest Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 115% 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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