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Kenyatta National Hospital

In research, Kenyatta National Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,224 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,509 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,759
of 28,054 · #14,782 all time
Rank in Kenya
#46
of 75
Research works
722
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Kenyatta National Hospital 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
MedicineField #8,224 of 10,443 8.0%115 #7438
Health SciencesDomain #9,509 of 11,982 9.5%140 #8947

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kenyatta National Hospital 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.33× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.85× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Kenyatta National Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Clifford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenyatta National Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Clifford Kenya · #227,506 worldwide 132 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Kenyatta National Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kenyatta National Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Transmission, Mortality Rates, Viral Load, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.8×77 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy19▲ 64×6 topics
  3. HIV Transmission12▲ 95×2 topics
  4. Mortality Rates12▲ 72×2 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 6.1×20 topics
  6. Viral Load12▲ 82×2 topics
  7. Preexposure Prophylaxis11▲ 129×1 topic
  8. Stigma and Discrimination11▲ 129×1 topic
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 4.7×20 topics
  10. Treatment8▲ 3.5×23 topics
  11. HIV Prevention7▲ 69×2 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality7▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Public Health7▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. Adolescent Health7▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Sexual Behavior7▲ 107×1 topic
  16. Youth Risk Behavior7▲ 107×1 topic
  17. Inflammation7▲ 1.78×23 topics
  18. Immune Response6▲ 6.1×11 topics
  19. HIV6▲ 40×4 topics
  20. Vaccine6▲ 8.1×9 topics
  21. COVID-196▲ 2.3×13 topics
  22. Drug Resistance6▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations6▲ 9.1×8 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 16×5 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.6×18 topics
  26. Community Health Workers5▲ 33×2 topics
  27. HIV Infection4▲ 25×4 topics
  28. Behavior Change4▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Global Health4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Medical Education4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  31. Child Mortality4▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Health Systems4▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Quality Improvement4▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Patient Engagement4▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 5.3×5 topics
  37. Adherence3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Mobile Health3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Health Apps3▲ 31×1 topic
  40. mHealth3▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Kenyatta National Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Global Maternal and Child Health and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…11HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 11 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…7Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…3Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 11 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 7 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.3%domestic only54.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kenyatta National Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% 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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