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Practical Action

In research, Practical Action stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,361 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#15,190 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,955 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,476
of 42,892
Rank in Kenya
#33
of 98
Research works
559
▼ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Practical Action 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 #8,361 of 16,945 13.5%286
Physical SciencesDomain #15,190 of 21,541 12.1%192
Social SciencesField #8,955 of 10,206 11.2%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Practical Action 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: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.92× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 8.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Practical Action?

Ranked on the composite score, Björn Petersson, Benharkat Aïcha-Nabila and Toni Rønnow‐Rasmussen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Practical Action.

  1. 1 Björn Petersson Kenya · #762,954 worldwide 30 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Benharkat Aïcha-Nabila Kenya · #1,205,319 worldwide 45 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Toni Rønnow‐Rasmussen Kenya · #1,569,208 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Practical Action

Which keywords describe research at Practical Action?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Child Development, Global Burden of Disease, Maternal and Child Undernutrition and Water Sanitation Hygiene.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Maternal Mortality2▲ 31×2 topics
  2. Community Health Workers2▲ 74×2 topics
  3. Child Mortality2▲ 82×1 topic
  4. Health Systems2▲ 82×1 topic
  5. Child Development2▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Maternal and Child Undernutrition1▲ 47×1 topic
  8. Mental Health1▲ 2.6×10 topics
  9. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.3×5 topics
  10. Water Sanitation Hygiene1▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Civil Society1▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Decentralization1▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Economic Development1▲ 3.6×2 topics
  14. Education1▲ 1.73×4 topics
  15. Gender Equality1▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Democratization1▲ 42×1 topic
  17. Globalization1▲ 1.46×5 topics
  18. Indonesia1▲ 5.7×1 topic
  19. Technology1▲ 5.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Practical Action publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Asian Studies and History and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Global Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 1 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 1 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 1 fractional worksSexual Differentiation and Disorders: 0 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsSociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  3. 3 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 1 works
  6. 6 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 1 works
  7. 7 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  8. 8 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Practical Action's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% lower 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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