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Pan Africa Christian University

In research, Pan Africa Christian University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,747 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,951
of 28,054 · #35,809 all time
Rank in Kenya
#55
of 75
Research works
270
▲ 1146% vs 2013–17
Citations
677
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
world 28%

What is Pan Africa Christian 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 #7,747 of 10,521 10.6%98 #10389

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pan Africa Christian 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).

What does Pan Africa Christian University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 31.8 works8.2×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.22× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.85× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Pan Africa Christian University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Employee Engagement, Customer Satisfaction, Organizational Culture, Religion, Innovation, Risk Management and Performance Measurement.

▲ 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. Leadership24▲ 42×9 topics
  2. Employee Engagement16▲ 78×4 topics
  3. Customer Satisfaction14▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Organizational Culture13▲ 27×3 topics
  5. Religion12▲ 20×2 topics
  6. Innovation11▲ 8.5×6 topics
  7. Risk Management10▲ 18×7 topics
  8. Performance Measurement10▲ 30×2 topics
  9. Community Development9▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Mental Health9▲ 5.3×11 topics
  11. Competency Models9▲ 280×1 topic
  12. Strategic Thinking9▲ 280×1 topic
  13. Development9▲ 22×3 topics
  14. NGOs9▲ 73×2 topics
  15. Faith-Based Organizations8▲ 222×1 topic
  16. Social Services8▲ 157×1 topic
  17. Organizational Performance8▲ 28×5 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management7▲ 6.4×5 topics
  19. Globalization7▲ 3.0×11 topics
  20. Health6▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Performance Improvement6▲ 188×3 topics
  22. Human Resource Management6▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Social Support5▲ 8.1×7 topics
  24. Knowledge Management5▲ 8.0×2 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Change Management5▲ 178×2 topics
  27. Organizational Learning5▲ 58×2 topics
  28. Competitive Advantage4▲ 103×2 topics
  29. Psychological Adjustment4▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Corporate Governance4▲ 4.8×2 topics
  31. Spirituality4▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Social Impact4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  33. Stress4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  34. Financial Stability4▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Psychological Capital4▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Finance3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Social Networks3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Ethical Identity3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. African Christianity3▲ 122×2 topics
  40. Dimensions of Learning3▲ 288×1 topic

Which research topics does Pan Africa Christian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, Religion, Society, and Development, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies and Organizational Learning and Leadership.

Organizational Leadershi…9Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 9 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 8 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 3 fractional worksOrganizational Learning and Leadership: 3 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 3 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 3 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 3 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence and Performance: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 3 fractional worksWorkplace Spirituality and Leadership: 3 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceAccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 9 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 3 works
  4. 4 Organizational Learning and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  5. 5 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 3 works
  6. 6 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 3 works
  10. 10 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 3 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-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pan Africa Christian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1146% 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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