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National Museums of Kenya

In research, National Museums of Kenya stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,380 of 16,945 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,898 of 14,347 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,768 of 6,031 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,729
of 28,054 · #5,123 all time
Rank in Kenya
#16
of 75
Research works
802
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is National Museums of Kenya 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,380 of 16,945 49.3%155
Life SciencesDomain #3,898 of 14,347 23.6%300
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,768 of 6,031 23.5%205
Environmental ScienceField #2,406 of 6,208 25.1%227
Physical SciencesDomain #11,538 of 21,541 29.3%282

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Museums of Kenya 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).

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: 6.53× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 6.32× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Museums of Kenya?

Ranked on the composite score, L. S. B. Leakey, Richard E. Leakey and Leon Bennun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Museums of Kenya.

  1. 1 L. S. B. Leakey Kenya · #44,434 worldwide 242 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Richard E. Leakey Kenya · #177,424 worldwide 132 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Leon Bennun Kenya · #227,385 worldwide 119 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Meave G. Leakey Kenya · #411,653 worldwide 145 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 順弘 沢田 Kenya · #643,815 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Luc De Vos Kenya · #671,966 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 里志 田中 Kenya · #734,676 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 浩二 瀬戸 Kenya · #854,920 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Muchane Muchai Kenya · #1,055,390 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Emmanuel Ndiema Kenya · #1,303,101 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Museums of Kenya

Which keywords describe research at National Museums of Kenya?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Global Change and Biogeography.

▲ 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. Climate Change23▲ 9.3×35 topics
  2. Biodiversity19▲ 27×15 topics
  3. Invasive Species12▲ 31×18 topics
  4. Habitat Fragmentation11▲ 53×5 topics
  5. Population Dynamics10▲ 44×10 topics
  6. Conservation9▲ 22×12 topics
  7. Global Change9▲ 36×4 topics
  8. Biogeography8▲ 33×15 topics
  9. Sustainability7▲ 3.2×10 topics
  10. Conservation Biology7▲ 74×3 topics
  11. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 42×9 topics
  12. Habitat Selection6▲ 85×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services6▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Adaptation5▲ 20×6 topics
  15. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Animal Movement5▲ 102×1 topic
  17. Occupancy Rates5▲ 102×1 topic
  18. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Ecosystem4▲ 45×4 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 16×11 topics
  21. Biological Invasions4▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Community Ecology4▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Ecological Niche4▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Model Evaluation4▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Species Distribution Modeling4▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Taxonomy4▲ 37×8 topics
  27. Species Richness4▲ 70×2 topics
  28. Functional Diversity4▲ 79×1 topic
  29. Genetic Diversity4▲ 9.7×12 topics
  30. Plant-Animal Interactions4▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Pollinator Decline4▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Ecological Knowledge4▲ 88×2 topics
  33. Climate Resilience3▲ 59×2 topics
  34. Livelihoods3▲ 103×2 topics
  35. Pastoralists3▲ 134×1 topic
  36. Rangeland Degradation3▲ 134×1 topic
  37. Sustainable Agriculture3▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Medicinal Plants3▲ 8.7×8 topics
  39. Agroforestry3▲ 51×3 topics
  40. Nutritional Value3▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does National Museums of Kenya publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies and Plant and animal studies.

Wildlife Ecology and Con…5Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…4Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 4 fractional worksPlant and animal studies4Plant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 3 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…3Plant Diversity and Evolution: 3 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 2 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  5. 5 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 3 works
  7. 7 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  8. 8 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 2 works
  9. 9 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.0%domestic only45.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Museums of Kenya's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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