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Kenya Forestry Research Institute

In research, Kenya Forestry Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#9,177 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science (Environmental Science is 8.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,181
of 22,385 · #31,961 all time
Rank in Kenya
#69
of 69
Research works
266
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Kenya Forestry Research Institute

What is Kenya Forestry Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #9,177 of 11,023 7.6%133

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kenya Forestry Research Institute 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 fields of science does Kenya Forestry Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Kenya Forestry Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (33%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 52.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 30 fractional works · 41.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 15.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 38.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 32.7% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 12.4% of its workForestry: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKenya ForestryResearch…73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences7%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3041.2%
    2. Engineering56.3%
    3. Computer Science12.0%
    4. Chemistry11.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2432.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences34.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine12.0%
    2. Nursing00.3%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kenya Forestry Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 30.2 works8.3×
← 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: 6.88× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.30× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.30×30 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.88×24 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.72×0 works
  4. Chemistry1.07×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×4 works
  6. Nursing0.70×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×0 works
  8. Engineering0.42×5 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.37×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.25×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  15. Medicine0.10×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  19. Energy0.07×0 works
  20. Psychology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kenya Forestry Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, David Odee, Chemuku Wekesa and Simon Choge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenya Forestry Research Institute.

  1. 1 David Odee Kenya · #762,274 worldwide 1.3k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Chemuku Wekesa Kenya · #1,748,867 worldwide 494 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Simon Choge Kenya · #1,981,221 worldwide 394 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 David W. Odee Kenya · #2,309,127 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  5. 5 J. K. Ndufa Kenya · #2,439,282 worldwide 774 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Leila A. Ndalilo Kenya · #2,579,768 worldwide 130 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Gabriel Mukuria Muturi Kenya · #2,636,173 worldwide 397 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 F. Gachathi Kenya · #2,703,134 worldwide 265 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Riziki Mwadalu Kenya · #2,723,170 worldwide 213 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Jesse Omondi Owino Kenya · #3,048,959 worldwide 373 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Kenya Forestry Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Kenya Forestry Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Kenya Forestry Research Institute is "When we cannot have it all: Ecosystem services trade-offs in the context of spatial planning" (Francis Turkelboom et al., 2017), with 355 citations. Next come "Direct and indirect effects of invasive species: Biodiversity loss is a major mechanism by which an invasive tree affects ecosystem functioning" (287) and "Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation" (193).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 When we cannot have it all: Ecosystem services trade-offs in the context of spatial planning Francis Turkelboom et al. · Ecosystem Services Open access 27 Nov 2017 355
2 Direct and indirect effects of invasive species: Biodiversity loss is a major mechanism by which an invasive tree affects ecosystem functioning Theo Edmund Werner Linders, Urs Schaffner, René Eschen et al. · Journal of Ecology Open access 13 Aug 2019 287
3 Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation Evelyne Kiptot, Steven Franzel · Agroforestry Systems Open access 20 Jul 2011 193
4 DETERMINANTS OF THE DECISION TO ADOPT INTEGRATED SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF KENYA Jayne Njeri Mugwe, Daniel Njiru Mugendi, Monicah Wanjiku Mucheru-Muna et al. · Experimental Agriculture Open access 18 Dec 2008 164
5 Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of genetic variation in Moringa oleifera Lam. Geoffrey Mwanza Muluvi, Janet Irene Sprent, Nicole Soranzo et al. · Molecular Ecology Mar 1999 162
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kenya Forestry Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Change, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainable Agriculture, Agroforestry, Sustainability and Environmental Services.

▲ 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. Climate Change18▲ 9.1×28 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation15▲ 55×8 topics
  3. Land Use Change8▲ 38×5 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 4.6×14 topics
  5. Smallholder Farmers7▲ 46×5 topics
  6. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 31×8 topics
  7. Agroforestry7▲ 137×3 topics
  8. Environmental Services6▲ 238×1 topic
  9. Tropical Deforestation6▲ 238×1 topic
  10. Biomass Estimation5▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Nutritional Value5▲ 63×3 topics
  12. Climate Resilience5▲ 107×2 topics
  13. Aboveground Biomass5▲ 74×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services5▲ 16×6 topics
  15. Indigenous Fruits4▲ 269×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy4▲ 4.3×4 topics
  17. Tree Domestication4▲ 269×1 topic
  18. Soil Properties4▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Adaptation4▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Climate Change Impact4▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Tropical Forests4▲ 170×2 topics
  22. Allometric Models4▲ 118×2 topics
  23. Household Fuel Use4▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Indoor Air Pollution4▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Carbon Stocks4▲ 213×1 topic
  26. Tree Allometry4▲ 213×1 topic
  27. Biodiversity3▲ 6.2×9 topics
  28. Invasive Species3▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Forest Management3▲ 64×3 topics
  30. Soil Fertility2▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Genetic Diversity2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  32. Medicinal Plants2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  33. Biological Invasions2▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Ecological Knowledge2▲ 71×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Livelihoods2▲ 86×2 topics
  37. Forest Fires2▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Global Change2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Pharmacology2▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Wildfire Activity2▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Kenya Forestry Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, African Botany and Ecology Studies, Energy and Environment Impacts and Forest ecology and management.

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…4Energy and Environment Impacts: 4 fractional worksForest ecology and manag…4Forest ecology and management: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and…2Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksSeedling growth and surv…2Seedling growth and survival studies: 2 fractional worksSeed Germination and Physiology: 2 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeForestryPollutionNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  2. 2 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 4 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 4 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Seedling growth and survival studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  8. 8 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available57.6%not open42.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Forestry Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Kenya Forestry Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kenya Forestry Research Institute0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kenya Forestry Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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