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Maseno University

In research, Maseno University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,064 of 10,521 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,478 of 3,409 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,706 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,665
of 28,054 · #18,261 all time
Rank in Kenya
#23
of 75
Research works
2.1k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Maseno 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 #6,064 of 10,521 10.0%275 #6969
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,478 of 3,409 14.5%70 #3254
Social SciencesField #4,706 of 6,365 11.8%118 #5722
Life SciencesDomain #6,434 of 7,800 12.2%104 #9503
Health SciencesDomain #10,235 of 11,982 8.0%154 #17002
Physical SciencesDomain #11,300 of 12,888 6.7%118 #15896
MedicineField #9,208 of 10,443 8.5%116 #15717

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maseno 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#6,969 #6,064
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,254 #2,478
  3. Social Sciences#5,722 #4,706
  4. Life Sciences#9,503 #6,434
  5. Health Sciences#17,002 #10,235
  6. Physical Sciences#15,896 #11,300
  7. Medicine#15,717 #9,208
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: 2.28× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.79× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 3.10× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.74× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.25× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maseno University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lawrence Onyango Arot Manguro, Collins Ouma and P.O. Owuor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maseno University.

  1. 1 Lawrence Onyango Arot Manguro Kenya · #1,000,809 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Collins Ouma Kenya · #1,013,622 worldwide 50 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 P.O. Owuor Kenya · #1,109,461 worldwide 31 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Susan M. Kilonzo Kenya · #1,322,377 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Fredrick Aila Kenya · #1,405,820 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Maseno University

Which keywords describe research at Maseno University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Poverty Reduction, Community Health Workers, Risk Management, Social Capital, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 1.34×59 topics
  2. Sustainability27▲ 1.71×32 topics
  3. Climate Change24▲ 1.38×33 topics
  4. Globalization23▲ 1.83×32 topics
  5. Economic Growth21▲ 3.8×14 topics
  6. Risk Management20▲ 6.2×9 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality19▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Social Capital19▲ 5.6×9 topics
  9. Poverty Reduction19▲ 22×5 topics
  10. Community Health Workers19▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Child Mortality16▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Health Systems16▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Risk Factors15▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management14▲ 2.3×14 topics
  15. Development13▲ 5.9×7 topics
  16. Sustainable Agriculture13▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Gender Equality13▲ 7.4×7 topics
  18. Financial Performance13▲ 3.4×7 topics
  19. Social Networks12▲ 7.1×8 topics
  20. Child Development12▲ 4.4×6 topics
  21. Insurance10▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Empowerment10▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers10▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease10▲ 6.2×4 topics
  25. Financial Inclusion10▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Microfinance10▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Gender Inequality10▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Sociolinguistics10▲ 7.9×5 topics
  29. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Poverty9▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Multilingualism9▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Language Policy9▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Social Determinants of Health9▲ 5.8×2 topics
  35. HIV Prevention8▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Conditional Cash Transfers8▲ 33×1 topic
  37. School Subsidies8▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Bilingual Education8▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Adolescent Health8▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Sexual Behavior8▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Maseno University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 16 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 10 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…9Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …8Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 8 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 8 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 6 fractional worksInsurance and Financial …6Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 6 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…6Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 6 fractional worksHousing Market and Econo…6Housing Market and Economics: 6 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…5Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 5 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and EconometricsNutrition and DieteticsSafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 16 works
  2. 2 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 8 works
  5. 5 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 8 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 6 works
  7. 7 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  9. 9 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 5 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 available80.7%not open19.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maseno University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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