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Pwani University

In research, Pwani University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,453 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,261 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,530 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,588
of 28,054 · #24,906 all time
Rank in Kenya
#36
of 75
Research works
964
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Pwani 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 #6,453 of 10,521 13.9%106 #9491
Social SciencesField #5,261 of 6,365 13.9%63 #8342
Physical SciencesDomain #12,530 of 12,888 8.8%61 #20247

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#9,491 #6,453
  2. Social Sciences#8,342 #5,261
  3. Physical Sciences#20,247 #12,530
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 3.39× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.35× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 3.16× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pwani University?

Ranked on the composite score, Halimu Shauri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pwani University.

  1. 1 Halimu Shauri Kenya · #1,129,674 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Pwani University

Which keywords describe research at Pwani University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Gender Inequality, Conditional Cash Transfers, School Subsidies, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability and Development.

▲ 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 Change21▲ 3.0×39 topics
  2. Sustainability16▲ 2.5×24 topics
  3. Poverty Reduction14▲ 40×3 topics
  4. Gender Inequality12▲ 34×3 topics
  5. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.6×21 topics
  6. Conditional Cash Transfers12▲ 119×1 topic
  7. School Subsidies12▲ 119×1 topic
  8. Sustainable Agriculture9▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Mental Health9▲ 2.2×17 topics
  10. Development8▲ 9.2×8 topics
  11. Globalization8▲ 1.63×20 topics
  12. Social Capital8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  13. Religion6▲ 4.9×5 topics
  14. Food Security6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  15. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 5.9×7 topics
  16. Waste Management6▲ 5.2×5 topics
  17. Genetic Diversity6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  18. Leadership6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  19. Child Development5▲ 4.7×5 topics
  20. Recycling5▲ 5.0×5 topics
  21. Water Quality5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Gender Equality4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  23. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  24. NGOs4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Adaptation4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  26. Civil Society4▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Cultural Exchange4▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 6.2×2 topics
  29. Pollution4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  30. Soil Fertility4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  32. Human Health4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  33. Marine Environment4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Rhizosphere Interactions4▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Nitrogen Fixation4▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Welfare4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Agricultural Productivity3▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Archaeological Evidence3▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Pwani University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution.

Poverty, Education, and …12Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 12 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksAgronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems: 3 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…3Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 3 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 3 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…3Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 3 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 2 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 2 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 2 fractional works
Safety ResearchNutrition and DieteticsAgronomy and Crop SciencePollution6 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 12 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  3. 3 Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  4. 4 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  5. 5 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 3 works
  6. 6 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 African Education and Politics Education 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 available87.0%not open13.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pwani University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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