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Kibabii University

In research, Kibabii University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,828 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,517 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,881 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,801
of 22,385 · #23,766 all time
Rank in Kenya
#37
of 69
Research works
560
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
897
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Kibabii University

What is Kibabii University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,828 of 9,585 2.0%162 #13145
Social SciencesField #5,517 of 5,988 2.1%94 #8604
Physical SciencesDomain #9,881 of 10,670 2.1%73 #16216

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kibabii 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#13,145 #7,828
  2. Social Sciences#8,604 #5,517
  3. Physical Sciences#16,216 #9,881
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Kibabii University work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Kibabii University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 193 fractional works · 57.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 112 fractional works · 33.3% of its workEducation: 57 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 37 fractional works · 11.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 89 fractional works · 26.6% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKibabiiUniversity335fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences58%

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. Social Sciences11233.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3711.2%
    3. Psychology133.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities123.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.3%
    6. Decision Sciences82.3%
    1. Computer Science298.8%
    2. Environmental Science195.6%
    3. Engineering144.3%
    4. Mathematics103.0%
    5. Materials Science82.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine185.2%
    2. Health Professions164.8%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences164.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
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: 1.00× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.56× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.47× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 112 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.47×38 works
  2. Social Sciences2.63×112 works
  3. Mathematics2.56×10 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.43×8 works
  5. Health Professions1.83×16 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×11 works
  7. Psychology1.29×13 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.26×12 works
  9. Computer Science1.13×29 works
  10. Environmental Science1.13×19 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.00×16 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.97×5 works
  13. Nursing0.90×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.67×8 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.31×2 works
  16. Engineering0.29×14 works
  17. Medicine0.27×18 works
  18. Energy0.16×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kibabii University?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick Oduor Owoche, Anselemo Peters Ikoha and Morris Senghor Shisanya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kibabii University.

  1. 1 Patrick Oduor Owoche Kenya · #3,298,550 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Anselemo Peters Ikoha Kenya · #3,899,042 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Morris Senghor Shisanya Kenya · #4,008,871 worldwide 28 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Ernest Sangai Mohochi Kenya · #4,338,968 worldwide 110 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Nelly Nambande Masayi Kenya · #4,452,240 worldwide 81 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Robert Kati Kenya · #4,756,123 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Muganda Munir Manini Kenya · #4,761,223 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Richard Kipngeno Ronoh Kenya · #5,035,618 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Samuel Mungai Mbuguah Kenya · #5,073,918 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Nelly C. Andiema Kenya · #5,083,852 worldwide 56 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kibabii University

What are the most cited papers from Kibabii University?

The most cited paper from Kibabii University is "Devolution of healthcare system in Kenya: progress and challenges" (Brian Barasa Masaba, John K. Moturi, Jonathan Taiswa et al., 2020), with 87 citations. Next come "Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications" (71) and "The Effect of Climate Change on Loss of Lake Volume: Case of Sedimentation in Central Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia" (69).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Devolution of healthcare system in Kenya: progress and challenges Brian Barasa Masaba, John K. Moturi, Jonathan Taiswa et al. · Public Health 20 Nov 2020 87
2 Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications Andrea M. Hussong, Aprile D. Benner, Gizem Erdem et al. · Journal of Research on Adolescence Open access 26 Aug 2021 71
3 The Effect of Climate Change on Loss of Lake Volume: Case of Sedimentation in Central Rift Valley Basin, Ethiopia Takele Gadissa, Maurice Nyadawa, Fiseha Behulu et al. · Hydrology Open access 11 Dec 2018 69
4 Lake Victoria: Overview of research needs and the way forward Chrisphine Sangara Nyamweya et al. · Journal of Great Lakes Research Open access 6 Jul 2023 62
5 Big Data Analytics in Higher Education: A Review Julius Murumba, Elyjoy Muthoni Micheni · The International Journal of Engineering and Science Open access Jun 2017 54
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kibabii University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lifelong Learning, Technology Integration, Education, Curriculum Development, Gender Equality, Leadership, Teacher Education and Informal Learning.

▲ 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. Education19▲ 3.2×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning16▲ 1.47×21 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 2.2×27 topics
  4. Educational Technology14▲ 3.5×11 topics
  5. Sustainability14▲ 1.68×21 topics
  6. Sustainable Development14▲ 2.6×12 topics
  7. Curriculum Development14▲ 5.9×6 topics
  8. Lifelong Learning12▲ 18×8 topics
  9. Technology Integration12▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Leadership12▲ 7.3×11 topics
  11. Innovation12▲ 3.4×12 topics
  12. Gender Equality12▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management11▲ 3.8×12 topics
  14. Teacher Education11▲ 26×3 topics
  15. Information Technology10▲ 6.5×5 topics
  16. Informal Learning10▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction10▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Development10▲ 8.2×3 topics
  19. Higher Education10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  20. Online Learning10▲ 3.5×9 topics
  21. Quality Assurance9▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Nigeria9▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Youth Unemployment9▲ 219×1 topic
  24. Vocational Education8▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Gender Inequality8▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Learning Outcomes8▲ 5.7×6 topics
  27. Social Impact8▲ 6.0×5 topics
  28. Pedagogy8▲ 4.6×6 topics
  29. Social Capital8▲ 4.4×5 topics
  30. Conditional Cash Transfers8▲ 64×1 topic
  31. School Subsidies8▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Teacher Professional Development8▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Student Retention7▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Training Pathways7▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Community Health Workers6▲ 22×2 topics
  36. MOOCs6▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Performance Measurement6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  38. Professional Development6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  39. Community Development6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Global Trade5▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Kibabii University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African Education and Politics, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Education Systems and Policy and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

African Education and Po…9African Education and Politics: 9 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …8Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 8 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…7Education Systems and Policy: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…5Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation and Vocational Training: 4 fractional worksHuman Resource Developme…4Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 4 fractional works
EducationSafety ResearchAnthropologyApplied Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 African Education and Politics Education 9 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 8 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 7 works
  4. 4 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 5 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 4 works
  6. 6 Education and Vocational Training Education 4 works
  7. 7 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 4 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 4 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 available91.7%not open8.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kibabii University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kibabii University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Kibabii University0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kibabii University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kibabii University2.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.6% in 2023.

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