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Penda Health

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Research works
8
▲ 275% vs 2018-21
Citations
56
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
97%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Penda Health

Not ranked overall: Penda Health is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Penda Health work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Penda Health is in Social Sciences, 39% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 40.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 16.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 38.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 25.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 14.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPenda Health8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences41%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance218.6%
    2. Social Sciences19.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting18.1%
    4. Decision Sciences03.9%
    1. Medicine225.2%
    2. Health Professions17.4%
    3. Nursing05.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    1. Engineering03.9%
    2. Environmental Science01.3%
    3. Computer Science01.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 5.43× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.76× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 22.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 22.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing22.58×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.43×1 works
  3. Health Professions3.76×0 works
  4. Medicine1.56×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.47×1 works
  6. Environmental Science0.49×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.28×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Penda Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert Korom lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Penda Health.

  1. 1 Robert Korom Kenya · #1,178,748 worldwide 175 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Penda Health

What are the most cited papers from Penda Health?

The most cited paper from Penda Health is "Perceptions and Knowledge towards COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among a Subpopulation of Adults in Kenya: An English Survey at Six Healthcare Facilities" (Jasmit Shah, Abdulaziz Mansur Abeid, Karishma Sharma et al., 2022), with 40 citations. Next come "Antibacterial properties and GC-MS analysis of ethyl acetate extracts of Xerophyta spekei (Baker) and Grewia tembensis (Fresen)" (30) and "GC-MS Analysis, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Potential of Ethyl Acetate Leaf Extract of Senna singueana (Delile) Grown in Kenya" (23).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perceptions and Knowledge towards COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among a Subpopulation of Adults in Kenya: An English Survey at Six Healthcare Facilities Jasmit Shah, Abdulaziz Mansur Abeid, Karishma Sharma et al. · Vaccines Open access 29 Apr 2022 40
2 Antibacterial properties and GC-MS analysis of ethyl acetate extracts of Xerophyta spekei (Baker) and Grewia tembensis (Fresen) Paul Ochieng Nyalo, George Omwenga, Mathew Piero Ngugi · Heliyon Open access Mar 2023 30
3 GC-MS Analysis, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Potential of Ethyl Acetate Leaf Extract of Senna singueana (Delile) Grown in Kenya Paul Ochieng Nyalo, George Omwenga, Mathew Piero Ngugi · Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access 18 Aug 2022 23
4 Quantitative Phytochemical Profile and In Vitro Antioxidant Properties of Ethyl Acetate Extracts of Xerophyta spekei (Baker) and Grewia tembensis (Fresen) Paul Ochieng Nyalo, George Omwenga, Mathew Piero Ngugi · Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine Open access 2023 15
5 Evaluating the effects of organizational and educational interventions on adherence to clinical practice guidelines in a low-resource primary-care setting in Kenya Joseph R. Egger, Kayla Stankevitz, Robert Korom et al. · Health Policy and Planning 30 Jan 2017 15
All 23 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Penda Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity.

Child Nutrition and Wate…0Child Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …0SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…0Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…0Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 0 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medic…0Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 0 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 0 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsInfectious DiseasesHealthFood Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  4. 4 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 0 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  6. 6 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 0 works
  7. 7 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 0 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  9. 9 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 0 works
  10. 10 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 0 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 available96.9%not open3.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.3%domestic only54.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Penda Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 275% higher than in 2018-2021.

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