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Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

In research, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,095 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,708 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,280 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research and Accounting — Safety Research is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,289
of 28,054 · #27,443 all time
Rank in Kenya
#26
of 75
Research works
2k
▲ 247% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology 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 #5,095 of 10,521 7.6%597 #10083
Social SciencesField #3,708 of 6,365 10.8%293 #6879
EducationSubfield #1,280 of 1,892 17.8%94 #2256
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,766 of 3,409 10.8%72 #4523
Physical SciencesDomain #10,713 of 12,888 7.4%176 #18209
Health SciencesDomain #9,962 of 11,982 3.8%179 #18961
Life SciencesDomain #6,727 of 7,800 10.9%101 #12895
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,331 of 2,578 7.0%73 #4056
MedicineField #9,865 of 10,443 3.9%123 #17569
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,461 of 2,578 2.5%124 #3827

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology 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#10,083 #5,095
  2. Social Sciences#6,879 #3,708
  3. Education#2,256 #1,280
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4,523 #2,766
  5. Physical Sciences#18,209 #10,713
  6. Health Sciences#18,961 #9,962
  7. Life Sciences#12,895 #6,727
  8. Sociology and Political Science#4,056 #2,331
  9. Medicine#17,569 #9,865
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#3,827 #2,461
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.

What does Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 33.8 works12×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 38.8 works6.0×
← 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: 1.44× its world share, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 2.64× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.10× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.66× its world share, 124 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.14× its world share, 71 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 53 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 293 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Pontian Godfrey Okoth and Edwin K. Wamukoya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Pontian Godfrey Okoth Kenya · #1,405,356 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Edwin K. Wamukoya Kenya · #1,442,900 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poverty Reduction, Gender Inequality, Conditional Cash Transfers, School Subsidies, Leadership, Corporate Governance, Innovation and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Poverty Reduction50▲ 36×5 topics
  2. Climate Change49▲ 1.74×37 topics
  3. Epidemiology45◆ 1.07×50 topics
  4. Sustainability43▲ 1.69×30 topics
  5. Globalization41▲ 2.0×41 topics
  6. Innovation40▲ 3.6×19 topics
  7. Corporate Governance37▲ 4.7×14 topics
  8. Economic Growth35▲ 3.9×17 topics
  9. Gender Inequality34▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Education34▲ 1.88×28 topics
  11. Leadership32▲ 6.5×16 topics
  12. Mental Health31▲ 1.99×21 topics
  13. Social Capital31▲ 5.5×11 topics
  14. Conditional Cash Transfers30▲ 77×1 topic
  15. School Subsidies30▲ 77×1 topic
  16. Risk Management30▲ 5.8×10 topics
  17. Vulnerability26▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management26▲ 2.6×12 topics
  19. Development25▲ 6.9×9 topics
  20. Gender Equality23▲ 7.9×7 topics
  21. Economic Development22▲ 2.6×12 topics
  22. Higher Education21▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Poverty21▲ 22×5 topics
  24. Community Health Workers21▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Social Networks20▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Child Development20▲ 4.6×7 topics
  27. Performance Measurement20▲ 6.5×6 topics
  28. Food Security19▲ 3.3×9 topics
  29. Learning Outcomes18▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Entrepreneurship18▲ 4.4×7 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality18▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Agriculture18▲ 4.2×5 topics
  33. Adaptation18▲ 5.8×5 topics
  34. Socio-economic Factors17▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Health Inequalities17▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Child Mortality17▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Health Systems17▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Finance16▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Insurance15▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Financial Constraints14▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology publish most on?

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

Poverty, Education, and …30Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 30 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 17 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 12 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 11 fractional worksPublic Procurement and Policy: 11 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 11 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…9Corporate Finance and Governance: 9 fractional worksBusiness Strategies and Management Research: 9 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 9 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 8 fractional works
Safety ResearchPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 30 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 17 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 12 works
  4. 4 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  5. 5 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 11 works
  6. 6 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 11 works
  7. 7 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 9 works
  8. 8 Business Strategies and Management Research Management Science and Operations Research 9 works
  9. 9 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 9 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 8 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 available89.1%not open10.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 247% 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.