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Kenya Medical Training College

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,439
of 22,385 · #29,448 all time
Rank in Kenya
#61
of 69
Research works
190
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
86%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Kenya Medical Training College

Which fields of science does Kenya Medical Training College work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Kenya Medical Training College is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (18%), Health Professions (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 54 fractional works · 55.5% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 40.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 12.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 34.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKenya MedicalTraining College96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences34%

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. Medicine3940.4%
    2. Health Professions1212.6%
    3. Nursing22.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences1818.2%
    2. Psychology66.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting54.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.4%
    5. Decision Sciences21.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Computer Science22.6%
    2. Environmental Science21.9%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.79× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.10× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 4.81× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.81×2 works
  2. Health Professions4.79×12 works
  3. Psychology2.12×6 works
  4. Medicine2.10×39 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.61×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.50×5 works
  7. Social Sciences1.44×18 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.37×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.44×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.39×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.33×2 works
  15. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.18×0 works
  20. Engineering0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Kenya Medical Training College?

Ranked on the quality score, Nyawira Mwangi, Charles Muruka and Sammy Onyapidi Barasa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenya Medical Training College.

  1. 1 Nyawira Mwangi Kenya · #1,589,692 worldwide 2.2k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Charles Muruka Kenya · #3,421,765 worldwide 153 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Sammy Onyapidi Barasa Kenya · #4,062,115 worldwide 180 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 John Kyalo Muthuka Kenya · #4,516,274 worldwide 54 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Fredrick Ouma Odhiambo Kenya · #4,735,904 worldwide 125 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Japheth Mativo Nzioki Kenya · #5,124,725 worldwide 171 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Kenya Medical Training College

What are the most cited papers from Kenya Medical Training College?

The most cited paper from Kenya Medical Training College is "The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020" (Matthew J. Burton et al., 2021), with 1,636 citations. Next come "Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Maize Products during an Outbreak of Acute Aflatoxicosis in Eastern and Central Kenya" (774) and "Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya" (235).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020 Matthew J. Burton et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 17 Feb 2021 1,636
2 Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Maize Products during an Outbreak of Acute Aflatoxicosis in Eastern and Central Kenya Lauren Lewis, Mary T.K. Onsongo, Henry Njapau et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives Open access 10 Aug 2005 774
3 Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya SIMON J. BROOKER, Siân E. Clarke, Joseph Kiambo Njagi et al. · Tropical Medicine & International Health Open access Jul 2004 235
4 Tracking epidemic Chikungunya virus into the Indian Ocean from East Africa M. Kariuki Njenga, Leonard Nderitu, Jeremy P. Ledermann et al. · Journal of General Virology Open access 17 Oct 2008 202
5 The acceptability of male circumcision to reduce HIV infections in Nyanza Province, Kenya Robin L. Bailey, R. Muga, R. Poulussen et al. · AIDS Care Feb 2002 160
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Which keywords describe research at Kenya Medical Training College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medical Education, Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, E-Learning and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.98×40 topics
  2. Mental Health6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  3. Medical Education6▲ 22×5 topics
  4. COVID-196▲ 4.5×9 topics
  5. E-Learning5▲ 5.7×4 topics
  6. Maternal Mortality5▲ 25×4 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 5.0×12 topics
  8. Health Inequalities5▲ 43×3 topics
  9. Community Health Workers5▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Pandemic5▲ 5.2×7 topics
  11. Child Mortality5▲ 68×1 topic
  12. Health Systems5▲ 68×1 topic
  13. Ethical Considerations4▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Global Health4▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Global Surgery4▲ 190×1 topic
  16. Health Development4▲ 190×1 topic
  17. Online Learning4▲ 4.8×3 topics
  18. Depression4▲ 4.2×7 topics
  19. Student Satisfaction4▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Technology Integration3▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Blended Learning3▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Distance Education3▲ 17×1 topic
  23. Vaccine3▲ 8.3×9 topics
  24. Educational Technology3▲ 2.7×4 topics
  25. Anxiety3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  26. Health Education3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  27. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Adolescent Health2▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Psychological Impact2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Sexual Behavior2▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Lifelong Learning2▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Coronavirus2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Psychological Distress2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  35. Risk Perception2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  36. Social Isolation2▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Ethnic Conflict2▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Workers2▲ 8.0×1 topic
  40. Quarantine2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Kenya Medical Training College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Global Health and Surgery, Online and Blended Learning and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 5 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-192E-Learning and COVID-19: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEducationGeneral Health Professions3 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 5 works
  2. 2 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 3 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 2 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 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 available85.8%not open14.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Medical Training College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kenya Medical Training College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Kenya Medical Training College0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

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