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Kenya Wildlife Service

In research, Kenya Wildlife Service stands highest in Environmental Science (#3,755 of 6,208 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,843 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,084
of 28,054 · #23,286 all time
Rank in Kenya
#53
of 75
Research works
367
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Kenya Wildlife Service 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
Environmental ScienceField #3,755 of 6,208 25.6%157
Physical SciencesDomain #16,843 of 21,541 25.7%182

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kenya Wildlife Service 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).

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: 3.48× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.83× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kenya Wildlife Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Isaac Lekolool lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenya Wildlife Service.

  1. 1 Isaac Lekolool Kenya · #1,615,695 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kenya Wildlife Service

Which keywords describe research at Kenya Wildlife Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Trophic Cascades, Habitat Selection, Animal Movement, Occupancy Rates, Biodiversity and Adaptation.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 11×39 topics
  2. Population Dynamics10▲ 54×8 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades9▲ 134×2 topics
  4. Habitat Selection7▲ 140×2 topics
  5. Animal Movement7▲ 186×1 topic
  6. Occupancy Rates7▲ 186×1 topic
  7. Biodiversity6▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Epidemiology5▲ 1.93×27 topics
  9. Sustainability5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Adaptation4▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Global Warming3▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Invasive Species3▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Conservation3▲ 10×10 topics
  14. Ecological Knowledge3▲ 96×2 topics
  15. Public Health3▲ 3.0×14 topics
  16. Vulnerability3▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Pastoralists3▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 159×1 topic
  19. Ocean Acidification3▲ 54×3 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  21. Marine Ecosystems2▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.6×10 topics
  23. Food Security2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  24. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Bleaching2▲ 97×1 topic
  26. Conservation Biology2▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Coral Reefs2▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Model Evaluation2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Social Networks2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Land Use Change2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  32. Ecosystem Management2▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Evolution2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Marine Fisheries2▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Altruism2▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Cooperation2▲ 40×3 topics
  37. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Global Change2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  39. Primates2▲ 137×1 topic
  40. Social Behavior2▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Kenya Wildlife Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine and fisheries research.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…7Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 7 fractional worksRangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…2Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 2 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 1 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 1 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 1 fractional works
EcologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 7 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 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 available51.5%not open48.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.7%domestic only44.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kenya Wildlife Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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