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Kijabe Hospital

In research, Kijabe Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#19,654 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences — Health Sciences is 3.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#41,711
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#97
of 98
Research works
157
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Kijabe Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #19,654 of 20,462 11.9%129

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

What does Kijabe Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 27.1 works3.1×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.58× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× 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, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kijabe Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mary B. Adam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kijabe Hospital.

  1. 1 Mary B. Adam Kenya · #1,199,047 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kijabe Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kijabe Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Global Health, Medical Education, Quality Improvement, Global Surgery, Health Development, Patient Satisfaction and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethical Considerations4▲ 35×5 topics
  2. Global Health4▲ 74×3 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 2.7×23 topics
  4. Medical Education4▲ 36×9 topics
  5. Global Surgery3▲ 369×1 topic
  6. Health Development3▲ 369×1 topic
  7. Quality Improvement3▲ 37×6 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 20×7 topics
  9. Mortality2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  10. Health Policy2▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Quality of Life2▲ 3.1×9 topics
  12. Child Mortality2▲ 58×1 topic
  13. Health Inequalities2▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Health Systems2▲ 58×1 topic
  15. Maternal Mortality2▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Public Health2▲ 2.9×7 topics
  17. Injury Severity2▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Trauma Center2▲ 97×1 topic
  19. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 17×4 topics
  20. Health Care Costs1▲ 44×2 topics
  21. End-of-Life1▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.9×5 topics
  23. Palliative Care1▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Primary Care1▲ 8.9×7 topics
  25. Critical Care1▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Depression1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  27. Gender Differences1▲ 8.1×4 topics
  28. Health Workforce1▲ 74×2 topics
  29. Healthcare1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  30. Infectious Diseases1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  31. Risk Factors1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  32. Mobile Learning1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  33. Motivation1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  34. Physician Migration1▲ 93×1 topic
  35. Rural Health1▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Kijabe Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Health and Surgery, Global Maternal and Child Health, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Global Health and Surgery3Global Health and Surgery: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…1Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksEducational Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEmergency MedicineEmergency Medical Services4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health and Surgery Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 1 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 works
  10. 10 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 0 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.8%domestic only56.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kijabe Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.