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Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute

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Research works
108
▲ 83% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 4.47× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.27× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 3.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.35× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Sustainability, Biomedical Applications, Climate Change, Optimization, Environmental Impact, Adaptation and Mechanical Properties.

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 4.6×10 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 3.7×11 topics
  3. Depression3▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  5. Environmental Impact2▲ 4.6×14 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  7. Optimization2▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Adaptation2▲ 21×2 topics
  9. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  10. Biomaterials2▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Tissue Engineering2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  12. Supply Chain2▲ 25×4 topics
  13. Collagen2▲ 469×1 topic
  14. Gelatin2▲ 469×1 topic
  15. Mental Health2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  16. Pastoralists2▲ 188×1 topic
  17. Rangeland Degradation2▲ 188×1 topic
  18. Antioxidant1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  19. Nutritional Value1▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Psychopathology1▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Uncertainty1▲ 87×2 topics
  22. Adolescents1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  23. Anti-inflammatory1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Epidemiology1◆ 0.95×6 topics
  25. Process Intensification1▲ 176×1 topic
  26. Scheduling1▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Crocus sativus L.1▲ 488×1 topic
  28. Mental Disorders1▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Saffron1▲ 488×1 topic

Which research topics does Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Collagen: Extraction and Characterization, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Process Optimization and Integration and Saffron Plant Research Studies.

Collagen: Extraction and Characterization: 2 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 2 fractional worksProcess Optimization and…1Process Optimization and Integration: 1 fractional worksSaffron Plant Research S…1Saffron Plant Research Studies: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 1 fractional worksSeed and Plant Biochemis…1Seed and Plant Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Optimization: 1 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 0 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 0 fractional works
BiomaterialsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawControl and Systems EngineeringOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Collagen: Extraction and Characterization Biomaterials 2 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  3. 3 Process Optimization and Integration Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Saffron Plant Research Studies Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Seed and Plant Biochemistry Food Science 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 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 available67.3%not open32.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 83% 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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