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Kenya Methodist University

In research, Kenya Methodist University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,615 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,464 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,778 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Accounting — Accounting is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,483
of 28,054 · #28,415 all time
Rank in Kenya
#28
of 75
Research works
933
▲ 190% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Kenya Methodist University 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
Social SciencesField #2,615 of 6,365 6.4%113 #4391
Social SciencesDomain #4,464 of 10,521 3.9%277 #7962
Health SciencesDomain #5,778 of 11,982 3.3%83 #13074
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,576 of 2,578 0.0%82 #3801

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kenya Methodist University 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. Social Sciences#4,391 #2,615
  2. Social Sciences#7,962 #4,464
  3. Health Sciences#13,074 #5,778
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#3,801 #2,576
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 Methodist University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Accounting takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AccountingSubfield · 20.7 works8.0×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 3.26× its world share, 7 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.94× its world share, 82 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.85× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kenya Methodist University?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Anyanje Senaji, Paul Maku Gichohi and Nancy Rintari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenya Methodist University.

  1. 1 Thomas Anyanje Senaji Kenya · #997,061 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Paul Maku Gichohi Kenya · #1,285,358 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Nancy Rintari Kenya · #1,596,012 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Kenya Methodist University

Which keywords describe research at Kenya Methodist University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Risk Management, Globalization and Poverty Reduction.

▲ 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. Globalization28▲ 3.3×26 topics
  2. Innovation27▲ 5.9×16 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management25▲ 6.2×9 topics
  4. Leadership24▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Corporate Governance22▲ 6.8×10 topics
  6. Social Capital20▲ 8.9×9 topics
  7. Risk Management20▲ 9.7×8 topics
  8. Poverty Reduction18▲ 31×4 topics
  9. Development16▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Knowledge Management15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  11. Customer Satisfaction15▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Healthcare15▲ 3.1×9 topics
  13. Performance Measurement15▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Gender Equality13▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Organizational Culture13▲ 7.7×8 topics
  16. Higher Education12▲ 5.4×9 topics
  17. Economic Development12▲ 3.4×8 topics
  18. Economic Growth12▲ 3.3×8 topics
  19. Finance12▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Employee Engagement12▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Financial Stability12▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Organizational Performance11▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Performance Analysis11▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Community Health Workers10▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Maternal Mortality10▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Ethical Identity10▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Islamic Banking10▲ 5.9×1 topic
  28. Empowerment9▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Microfinance9▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 6.9×5 topics
  31. Child Mortality9▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Health Systems9▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Performance Improvement8▲ 76×3 topics
  34. Quality Assurance8▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Conditional Cash Transfers8▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Organizational Learning8▲ 29×3 topics
  37. School Subsidies8▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Instructional Design8▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Lifelong Learning8▲ 9.1×7 topics
  40. Vocational Education8▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Kenya Methodist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Global Maternal and Child Health and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Islamic Finance and Bank…10Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 10 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…9Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 9 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 9 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …8Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 8 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…7Religion, Society, and Development: 7 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 7 fractional worksOrganizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and R…6Healthcare Systems and Reforms: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultural Management: 6 fractional works
AccountingEconomics and EconometricsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSafety Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 10 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 9 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 8 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Education Systems and Policy Education 7 works
  7. 7 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 6 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 6 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  10. 10 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 6 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 available86.6%not open13.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Methodist University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 190% 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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