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Kibabii University

In research, Kibabii University stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,310 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,473 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,975 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,090
of 28,054 · #38,106 all time
Rank in Kenya
#60
of 75
Research works
560
▲ 635% vs 2013–17
Citations
897
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
92%
world 28%

What is Kibabii 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 SciencesDomain #9,310 of 10,521 5.3%162 #15418
Physical SciencesDomain #11,473 of 12,888 4.5%73 #20431
Social SciencesField #5,975 of 6,365 6.1%94 #9641

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 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#15,418 #9,310
  2. Physical Sciences#20,431 #11,473
  3. Social Sciences#9,641 #5,975
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.

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: 1.04× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.31× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kibabii University?

Ranked on the composite score, Franklin Wabwoba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kibabii University.

  1. 1 Franklin Wabwoba Kenya · #1,271,833 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Kibabii University

Which keywords describe research at Kibabii University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Curriculum Development, Education, Teacher Education, Gender Equality, Technology Integration, Poverty Reduction, Information Technology and Development.

▲ 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. Education16▲ 3.3×18 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.62×20 topics
  3. Curriculum Development13▲ 6.5×6 topics
  4. Globalization12▲ 2.3×24 topics
  5. Sustainable Development12▲ 2.7×10 topics
  6. Sustainability12▲ 1.70×19 topics
  7. Teacher Education10▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Gender Equality10▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Educational Technology10▲ 3.1×11 topics
  10. Technology Integration10▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Information Technology10▲ 7.1×5 topics
  12. Poverty Reduction10▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Development9▲ 9.4×3 topics
  14. Innovation9▲ 3.0×11 topics
  15. Higher Education9▲ 5.9×10 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning9▲ 16×8 topics
  17. Online Learning9▲ 3.8×8 topics
  18. Quality Assurance9▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management8▲ 3.2×8 topics
  20. Leadership8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  21. Nigeria8▲ 163×1 topic
  22. Youth Unemployment8▲ 307×1 topic
  23. Gender Inequality8▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Informal Learning8▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Vocational Education8▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Learning Outcomes8▲ 6.3×6 topics
  27. Conditional Cash Transfers7▲ 70×1 topic
  28. School Subsidies7▲ 70×1 topic
  29. Student Retention7▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Training Pathways7▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Risk Management7▲ 4.9×6 topics
  32. Pedagogy7▲ 4.8×5 topics
  33. Social Capital6▲ 4.4×5 topics
  34. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Social Impact6▲ 5.2×4 topics
  36. Information Systems5▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Student Satisfaction5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  38. Employee Development5▲ 71×2 topics
  39. Organizational Learning5▲ 25×2 topics
  40. MOOCs5▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Kibabii University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African Education and Politics, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Education Systems and Policy and Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation.

African Education and Politics: 8 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 7 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…7Education Systems and Policy: 7 fractional worksHuman Resource Developme…4Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…4Higher Education Learning Practices: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…3Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 3 fractional works
EducationSafety ResearchApplied PsychologyAnthropology2 others

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

  1. 1 African Education and Politics Education 8 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 7 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 7 works
  4. 4 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 4 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 4 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 4 works
  8. 8 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  9. 9 Education and Islamic Studies Education 3 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kibabii University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 635% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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