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National Defence College Kenya

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Research works
61
▼ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
39
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: National Defence College Kenya is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does National Defence College Kenya specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesField · 28.4 works4.5×
  2. Social SciencesDomain · 35.2 works2.9×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.95× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.54× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Defence College Kenya?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, Genocide, Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility to Protect, Climate Change, Economic Growth, Sustainability and Adaptation.

▲ 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. International Law9▲ 59×5 topics
  2. Genocide9▲ 318×2 topics
  3. Humanitarian Intervention8▲ 422×1 topic
  4. Responsibility to Protect8▲ 527×1 topic
  5. Climate Change7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  6. Sustainability5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  7. Globalization4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  8. Economic Growth4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  9. Adaptation3▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Livelihoods3▲ 162×2 topics
  11. Neoliberalism3▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Pastoralists3▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Peacebuilding3▲ 85×2 topics
  14. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 203×1 topic
  15. Terrorism3▲ 117×2 topics
  16. Conflict3▲ 33×5 topics
  17. Global Governance3▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Poverty Reduction2▲ 38×3 topics
  19. Local Turn2▲ 337×1 topic
  20. Resilience Governance2▲ 337×1 topic
  21. Ethnic Conflict2▲ 104×3 topics
  22. Social Justice2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  23. China-Africa Relations2▲ 106×2 topics
  24. Governance2▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Extremism2▲ 159×1 topic
  26. Radicalization2▲ 159×1 topic
  27. Human Rights2▲ 3.8×3 topics
  28. NGOs2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Security2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Democracy2▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Development2▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Development Policies2▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Foreign Aid2▲ 104×1 topic
  34. Civil War2▲ 111×1 topic
  35. Political Institutions2▲ 173×1 topic
  36. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  37. Political Economy2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Politics2▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Poverty2▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Capacity Building1▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does National Defence College Kenya publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Peacebuilding and International Security and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence.

Global Peace and Securit…8Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 8 fractional worksRangeland Management and…3Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksPeacebuilding and Intern…2Peacebuilding and International Security: 2 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 2 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and G…2Political Conflict and Governance: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksAfrican studies and sociopolitical issues: 1 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 1 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceDevelopment2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  2. 2 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  6. 6 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 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 available83.2%not open16.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Defence College Kenya's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% lower than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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