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Kenya Medical Research Institute

In research, Kenya Medical Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,016 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,786 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,448 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology and Infectious Diseases — Parasitology is 27.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,899
of 28,054 · #3,193 all time
Rank in Kenya
#3
of 75
Research works
3.8k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
122k
32.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
75%
world 28%

What is Kenya Medical Research Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,016 of 11,982 25.1%426 #1601
Life SciencesDomain #1,786 of 7,800 20.8%133 #1392
MedicineField #2,448 of 10,443 25.0%334 #1684
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #296 of 828 30.5%83 #107
Social SciencesDomain #6,639 of 10,521 26.4%100 #6722
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #222 of 345 19.6%80 #272
Health ProfessionsField #1,331 of 1,928 27.9%62 #1259

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,601 #2,016
  2. Life Sciences#1,392 #1,786
  3. Medicine#1,684 #2,448
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#107 #296
  5. Social Sciences#6,722 #6,639
  6. Infectious Diseases#272 #222
  7. Health Professions#1,259 #1,331
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kenya Medical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 27.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 20.4 works27×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 79.8 works17×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.26× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.32× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 334 worksMedicineNursing: 7.80× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.73× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.90× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kenya Medical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles R. Newton, Samuel Kariuki and Kevin Marsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenya Medical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Charles R. Newton Kenya · #226 worldwide 3.8k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Samuel Kariuki Kenya · #14,232 worldwide 648 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Kevin Marsh Kenya · #17,341 worldwide 446 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Robert W. Snow Kenya · #18,319 worldwide 365 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Thomas N. Williams Kenya · #18,937 worldwide 1k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 J. Anthony G. Scott Kenya · #36,246 worldwide 391 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Meghna Desai Kenya · #98,702 worldwide 215 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Ifedayo Adetifa Kenya · #107,167 worldwide 399 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Edwine Barasa Kenya · #110,843 worldwide 130 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Bernhards Ogutu Kenya · #168,584 worldwide 141 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Kenya Medical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Kenya Medical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Global Burden, Antiretroviral Therapy, Immune Response, Maternal Mortality and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology162▲ 5.8×89 topics
  2. Vaccine Development58▲ 32×11 topics
  3. Vaccine47▲ 17×11 topics
  4. Global Burden46▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Antiretroviral Therapy45▲ 40×6 topics
  6. Immune Response42▲ 11×18 topics
  7. Public Health42▲ 4.1×41 topics
  8. Maternal Mortality41▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Health Inequalities37▲ 44×4 topics
  10. Community Health Workers37▲ 61×2 topics
  11. Child Mortality36▲ 71×1 topic
  12. Health Systems36▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Socio-economic Factors36▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Insecticide Resistance31▲ 57×4 topics
  15. HIV Transmission30▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Pathogenesis30▲ 8.5×19 topics
  17. Genome Sequence30▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Artemisinin Resistance29▲ 128×1 topic
  19. Mortality Rates29▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Plasmodium falciparum29▲ 128×1 topic
  21. Viral Load28▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Risk Factors26▲ 3.4×19 topics
  23. Child Development26▲ 8.7×6 topics
  24. Preexposure Prophylaxis26▲ 74×1 topic
  25. Stigma and Discrimination26▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Drug Resistance24▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease24▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Maternal and Child Undernutrition22▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Water Sanitation Hygiene22▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Helminth Infections21▲ 76×2 topics
  31. Disease Burden20▲ 40×2 topics
  32. HIV20▲ 33×4 topics
  33. Vector Control19▲ 23×4 topics
  34. Global Epidemiology18▲ 58×2 topics
  35. Immune Regulation17▲ 21×4 topics
  36. HIV Prevention17▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Social Determinants of Health17▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Immunomodulation17▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Adolescent Health16▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Schistosomiasis16▲ 86×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 36 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 29 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…26HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 26 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…22Child Nutrition and Water Access: 22 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 16 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 16 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…16Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 16 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 10 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 9 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 8 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 36 works
  2. 2 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 26 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 22 works
  5. 5 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 16 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 16 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 10 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 9 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 8 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 available74.7%not open25.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.5%domestic only41.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.