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Mount Kenya University

In research, Mount Kenya University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,985 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,871 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,608 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Science and Operations Research, Safety Research and Accounting (Management Science and Operations Research is 9.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,424
of 22,385 · #17,359 all time
Rank in Kenya
#26
of 69
Research works
2.1k
▲ 153% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.46×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
92%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Mount Kenya University

What is Mount Kenya 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 #5,985 of 9,585 2.0%885 #11934
Social SciencesField #4,871 of 5,988 3.0%445 #8141
EducationSubfield #1,608 of 1,930 4.1%183 #2411
AccountingSubfield #360 of 407 0.7%64 -
Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield #257 of 280 1.4%64 -
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,393 of 2,581 0.8%214 #3557
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,359 of 2,526 2.1%110 #3744
Physical SciencesDomain #10,016 of 10,670 1.2%124 #15558
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,688 of 1,798 1.2%77 #2977
Health SciencesDomain #9,318 of 9,902 1.8%220 #15085

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mount Kenya 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#11,934 #5,985
  2. Social Sciences#8,141 #4,871
  3. Education#2,411 #1,608
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#3,557 #2,393
  5. Sociology and Political Science#3,744 #2,359
  6. Physical Sciences#15,558 #10,016
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#2,977 #1,688
  8. Health Sciences#15,085 #9,318
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 Mount Kenya University work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Mount Kenya University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 931 fractional works · 67.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 471 fractional works · 34.3% of its workEducation: 196 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 115 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSafety Research: 36 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 24 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 219 fractional works · 16.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 75 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAccounting: 65 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 79 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 56 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 77 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 66 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 57 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 240 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 148 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 62 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 142 fractional works · 10.3% of its workComputer Science: 71 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 62 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMount KenyaUniversity1,374fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences68%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences47134.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21916.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance795.7%
    4. Decision Sciences775.6%
    5. Psychology574.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities282.0%
    1. Medicine14810.7%
    2. Health Professions624.5%
    3. Nursing292.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science715.2%
    2. Engineering261.9%
    3. Environmental Science241.7%
    4. Mathematics80.6%
    5. Energy40.3%
    6. Chemistry30.2%
    7. Materials Science20.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences372.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology100.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology80.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
    5. Neuroscience20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mount Kenya University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Science and Operations Research takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 66.2 works9.8×
  2. Safety ResearchSubfield · 35.9 works9.4×
  3. AccountingSubfield · 64.9 works7.7×
  4. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 36.7 works6.5×
  5. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 75.4 works6.3×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 24.3 works6.3×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 37 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 148 worksMedicineNursing: 4.23× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.95× its world share, 219 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.78× its world share, 77 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.67× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 471 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.78×77 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.95×219 works
  3. Nursing4.23×28 works
  4. Social Sciences2.71×471 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.67×79 works
  6. Health Professions1.71×62 works
  7. Psychology1.37×57 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×5 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.71×28 works
  10. Computer Science0.66×71 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×37 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×8 works
  13. Medicine0.56×148 works
  14. Mathematics0.52×8 works
  15. Energy0.35×4 works
  16. Environmental Science0.35×24 works
  17. Dentistry0.18×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.15×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×10 works
  20. Engineering0.13×26 works
  21. Neuroscience0.09×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×2 works
  23. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.05×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mount Kenya University?

Ranked on the quality score, Joyce Gikandi, Francis Kobia and Clement Shiluli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Kenya University.

  1. 1 Joyce Gikandi Kenya · #2,086,900 worldwide 1.5k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Francis Kobia Kenya · #3,250,004 worldwide 339 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Clement Shiluli Kenya · #3,267,696 worldwide 168 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Ronald Bwana Kenya · #3,440,405 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Erigene Rutayisire Kenya · #3,590,766 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Martin Ouma Osemba Kenya · #3,643,585 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Jesse Gitaka Kenya · #3,690,068 worldwide 1.4k citations · 173 works
  8. 8 Emile Twagirumukiza Kenya · #3,818,521 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Daniel Oloo Ong’ong’a Kenya · #3,872,986 worldwide 191 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Protus Omondi Kenya · #3,901,260 worldwide 90 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Kenya University

What are the most cited papers from Mount Kenya University?

The most cited paper from Mount Kenya University is "Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage" (René S. Hendriksen et al., 2019), with 1,232 citations. Next come "A Review of Non-Thermal Plasma Technology: A novel solution for CO2 conversion and utilization" (496) and "A Review on the Recent Advances in Battery Development and Energy Storage Technologies" (319).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage René S. Hendriksen et al. · Nature Communications Open access128 authors 8 Mar 2019 1,232
2 A Review of Non-Thermal Plasma Technology: A novel solution for CO2 conversion and utilization George Adwek, Boxiong Shen, Michael Craven et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 14 Aug 2020 496
3 A Review on the Recent Advances in Battery Development and Energy Storage Technologies George G. Njema, Russel Ben O. Ouma, Joshua Kiprotich Kibet · Journal of Renewable Energy Open access 8 May 2024 319
4 Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance Patrick Munk et al. · Nature Communications Open access264 authors Dec 2022 308
5 Indels, structural variation, and recombination drive genomic diversity in Plasmodium falciparum Alistair Miles et al. · Genome Research Open access 16 Aug 2016 276
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mount Kenya University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Education, Poverty Reduction, Innovation, Development, Gender Equality and Genocide.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management122▲ 9.9×18 topics
  2. Education116▲ 4.9×28 topics
  3. Risk Management97▲ 15×12 topics
  4. Innovation72▲ 5.1×18 topics
  5. Sustainable Development64▲ 3.0×26 topics
  6. Globalization64▲ 2.4×27 topics
  7. Poverty Reduction63▲ 35×6 topics
  8. Corporate Governance55▲ 5.4×14 topics
  9. Development50▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Gender Equality50▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Genocide49▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Politics47▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Leadership47▲ 7.0×18 topics
  14. Information Technology46▲ 7.2×9 topics
  15. Curriculum Development46▲ 4.9×10 topics
  16. Middle East45▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Finance45▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Media44▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Qatar44▲ 177×1 topic
  20. Leadership Style42▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis42▲ 5.2×13 topics
  22. Technology Integration42▲ 9.6×10 topics
  23. Knowledge Management42▲ 5.5×10 topics
  24. Construction Projects42▲ 68×2 topics
  25. Stakeholder Analysis41▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Cost Overruns41▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Project Success41▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Customer Satisfaction40▲ 9.2×6 topics
  29. Performance Measurement39▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Social Capital39▲ 5.4×12 topics
  31. Financial Stability37▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality35▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Community Health Workers35▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Performance Analysis35▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Ethical Identity35▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Islamic Banking35▲ 6.8×1 topic
  37. Gender Inequality33▲ 18×4 topics
  38. Health Inequalities32▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Conditional Cash Transfers32▲ 65×1 topic
  40. School Subsidies32▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Mount Kenya University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts, Construction Project Management and Performance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Middle East and Rwanda C…44Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 44 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…41Construction Project Management and Performance: 41 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Bank…35Islamic Finance and Banking Studies: 35 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …32Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 32 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 31 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 26 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…25Child Nutrition and Water Access: 25 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 20 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 20 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 19 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchAccountingSafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 44 works
  2. 2 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 41 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 35 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 32 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 31 works
  6. 6 African Education and Politics Education 26 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works
  8. 8 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 20 works
  10. 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 19 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 available91.5%not open8.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mount Kenya University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 153% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Mount Kenya University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0062% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Mount Kenya University0.0039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mount Kenya 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 2025Mount Kenya University3.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.9% in 2014.

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