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Riara University

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World rank, all time
#34,007
of 34,923
Rank in Kenya
#88
of 88
Research works
126
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
349
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Riara University

Which fields of science does Riara University work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Riara University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (50%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%), Engineering (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 74.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 50.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 11.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRiara University57fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences74%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2950.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting611.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance47.8%
    4. Decision Sciences12.5%
    5. Psychology12.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Engineering59.0%
    2. Computer Science47.0%
    3. Environmental Science00.4%
    1. Medicine24.1%
    2. Health Professions22.6%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.47× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.65× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.95× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.95×29 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.65×4 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.47×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.54×1 works
  5. Nursing1.59×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.00×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.90×4 works
  8. Psychology0.67×1 works
  9. Engineering0.60×5 works
  10. Dentistry0.40×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×1 works
  12. Medicine0.21×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Riara University?

Ranked on the quality score, Josephine Odera, Abel Kinoti Meru and Francis Onditi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Riara University.

  1. 1 Josephine Odera Kenya · #2,324,498 worldwide 167 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Abel Kinoti Meru Kenya · #2,901,703 worldwide 91 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Francis Onditi Kenya · #3,040,395 worldwide 293 citations · 104 works
  4. 4 Ken Walibora Waliaula Kenya · #4,149,245 worldwide 47 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Harriet Wambui Njui Kenya · #4,663,989 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Riara University

What are the most cited papers from Riara University?

The most cited paper from Riara University is "Introduction: Comparative Public Administration" (Murat Önder, İsrael Nyaburi Nyadera, Md. Nazmul Islam, 2022), with 113 citations. Next come "Introduction: Toward a wider perspective on women's employment" (84) and "COVID-19 experience among slum dwellers in Nairobi: A double tragedy or useful lesson for public health reforms?" (36).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Introduction: Comparative Public Administration Murat Önder, İsrael Nyaburi Nyadera, Md. Nazmul Islam Book chapter 2022 113
2 Introduction: Toward a wider perspective on women's employment Caren A. Grown, Jennefer Sebstad · World Development Jul 1989 84
3 COVID-19 experience among slum dwellers in Nairobi: A double tragedy or useful lesson for public health reforms? İsrael Nyaburi Nyadera, Francis Onditi · International Social Work Open access 31 Jul 2020 36
4 Influence of pyrolyzed sludge use as an adsorbent in removal of selected trace metals from wastewater treatment Anthony Njuguna Matheri, Nicelette Shako Eloko, Freeman Ntuli et al. · Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering Open access 20 Jun 2020 33
5 Urban green spaces in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic: reflections from Nairobi, Kenya Elizabeth Ayuma Okech, İsrael Nyaburi Nyadera · GeoJournal Open access 9 Nov 2021 30
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Riara University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mining Industry, Social License to Operate, Development and Human Rights.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization8▲ 7.1×9 topics
  2. Environmental Impact6▲ 6.3×3 topics
  3. Sustainable Development5▲ 6.0×4 topics
  4. Corporate Social Responsibility4▲ 47×2 topics
  5. Mining Industry4▲ 378×1 topic
  6. Social License to Operate4▲ 378×1 topic
  7. Development4▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Human Rights4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  9. Sustainability3▲ 2.3×6 topics
  10. International Law3▲ 15×6 topics
  11. Social Media3▲ 3.4×4 topics
  12. Democracy2▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Economic Growth2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  14. Political Economy2▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Economic Development2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  16. Social Impact2▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Environmental Management2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  18. Global Governance2▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Poverty Reduction2▲ 29×3 topics
  20. Transparency2▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Corruption2▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Institutions2▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Social Capital2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Governance2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. NGOs2▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Natural Resources2▲ 226×1 topic
  27. Resource Curse2▲ 226×1 topic
  28. Consumer Behavior2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  29. Policy2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Resettlement2▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Development Policies2▲ 91×1 topic
  32. Environmental Governance2▲ 43×3 topics
  33. Foreign Aid2▲ 91×1 topic
  34. International Relations2▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Neoliberalism2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Displacement2▲ 283×1 topic
  37. Hydropower2▲ 97×1 topic
  38. Trust2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  39. Diplomacy1▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Global Trade1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Riara University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mining and Resource Management, Natural Resources and Economic Development, International Development and Aid and Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact.

Mining and Resource Mana…4Mining and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksNatural Resources and Ec…2Natural Resources and Economic Development: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksHydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact: 2 fractional worksKnowledge Management and Sharing: 1 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultura…1Global and Cross-Cultural Management: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional works
Building and ConstructionGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceDevelopmentSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Mining and Resource Management Building and Construction 4 works
  2. 2 Natural Resources and Economic Development General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  3. 3 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  4. 4 Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Knowledge Management and Sharing Communication 1 works
  6. 6 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 1 works
  7. 7 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  8. 8 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 1 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Riara University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Riara University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Riara University0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Riara University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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