Question 1

What is Pwani University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Pwani University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,624 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,239 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,865 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

Question 2

How does Pwani University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Pwani University ranks #8,511 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#10,962 all time), and #20 of 69 in Kenya.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Pwani University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew Wekesa Wamukota, David Mburu and Fredrick Kayusi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pwani University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Pwani University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Pwani University is "Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study" (Ting Shi et al., 2017), with 2,491 citations. Next come "Online formative assessment in higher education: A review of the literature" (1,260) and "Global disparities in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance" (312).

Question 5

Which research topics does Pwani University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Pwani University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Pwani University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Pwani University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Pwani University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.