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University of Embu

In research, University of Embu stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,677 of 10,521 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,070 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,634 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Plant Science — Plant Science is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,605
of 28,054 · #25,085 all time
Rank in Kenya
#30
of 75
Research works
599
▲ 424% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is University of Embu 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 #5,677 of 10,521 27.2%111 #11869
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,070 of 3,409 28.3%71 #2600
Life SciencesDomain #6,634 of 7,800 27.4%83 #11026

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Embu 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#11,869 #5,677
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,600 #2,070
  3. Life Sciences#11,026 #6,634
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.

What does University of Embu specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Plant Science takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Plant ScienceSubfield · 27.9 works5.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 5.49× its world share, 71 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.60× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.30× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Embu?

Ranked on the composite score, Felix K. Ngetich and Nancy L. M. Budambula lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Embu.

  1. 1 Felix K. Ngetich Kenya · #605,530 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Nancy L. M. Budambula Kenya · #1,621,517 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University of Embu

Which keywords describe research at University of Embu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Agriculture, Social Networks, Smallholder Farmers, Sustainability, Climate Change, Rural Development, Food Security and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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 Change18▲ 2.5×29 topics
  2. Sustainability18▲ 2.7×23 topics
  3. Sustainable Agriculture14▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Social Networks13▲ 18×5 topics
  5. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.5×22 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers12▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Corporate Governance11▲ 5.4×9 topics
  8. Food Security11▲ 7.1×12 topics
  9. Rural Development10▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Technology Adoption9▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Economic Growth9▲ 3.9×13 topics
  12. Biodiversity9▲ 4.3×14 topics
  13. Poverty Reduction8▲ 23×4 topics
  14. Agricultural Innovation8▲ 68×1 topic
  15. Livelihood Diversification8▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Human Rights8▲ 2.9×14 topics
  17. Risk Management8▲ 5.8×5 topics
  18. Adaptation7▲ 8.6×5 topics
  19. Drought Tolerance7▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Social Interaction6▲ 5.8×6 topics
  21. Agriculture6▲ 5.7×4 topics
  22. Financial Constraints6▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Vulnerability6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  24. Ecosystem Services6▲ 5.5×6 topics
  25. Gender Inequality6▲ 16×5 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  27. Gender Equality6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  28. Marker Development6▲ 41×3 topics
  29. Breeding5▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Fiscal Policy5▲ 8.6×4 topics
  31. Nutritional Quality5▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Agricultural Sustainability5▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Poverty5▲ 19×5 topics
  34. Global Change5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  35. Supply Chain5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Monetary Policy5▲ 6.9×4 topics
  37. Nitrogen Fixation5▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Conditional Cash Transfers4▲ 44×1 topic
  39. School Subsidies4▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Finance4▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Embu publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Corporate Finance and Governance and Agricultural risk and resilience.

Agricultural Innovations…8Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 8 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 3 fractional worksCrop Yield and Soil Fertility: 3 fractional worksAgricultural pest management studies: 3 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financi…3Microfinance and Financial Inclusion: 3 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…3Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 3 fractional worksNematode management and …3Nematode management and characterization studies: 3 fractional worksClimate change impacts o…2Climate change impacts on agriculture: 2 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesSafety ResearchAccountingSoil Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 works
  2. 2 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 3 works
  5. 5 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility Agronomy and Crop Science 3 works
  6. 6 Agricultural pest management studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  9. 9 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available77.7%not open22.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Embu's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 424% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.