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Wachemo University

In research, Wachemo University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,728 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#4,302 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,701 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,561
of 28,054 · #18,039 all time
Rank in ??
#117
of 692
Research works
550
▲ 1219% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Wachemo 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,728 of 11,982 30.2%144 #10367
MedicineField #4,302 of 10,443 27.9%113 #9942
Physical SciencesDomain #7,701 of 12,888 28.2%77 #15732
Life SciencesDomain #5,259 of 7,800 21.3%75 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wachemo 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. Health Sciences#10,367 #4,728
  2. Medicine#9,942 #4,302
  3. Physical Sciences#15,732 #7,701
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 Wachemo University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 24.9 works9.7×
← 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: 2.96× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.70× its world share, 113 worksMedicineNursing: 6.68× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wachemo University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Socio-economic Factors, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Child Development and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 1.78×63 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality22▲ 29×5 topics
  3. Health Inequalities19▲ 46×2 topics
  4. Climate Change18▲ 1.92×33 topics
  5. Community Health Workers17▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Socio-economic Factors17▲ 44×2 topics
  7. Child Mortality17▲ 69×1 topic
  8. Health Systems17▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Sustainability12▲ 1.47×17 topics
  10. Child Development12▲ 8.4×5 topics
  11. Public Health12▲ 2.3×23 topics
  12. Risk Factors10▲ 2.6×16 topics
  13. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 32×1 topic
  16. Genetic Diversity8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Global Burden7▲ 3.9×10 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  19. Adaptation7▲ 7.0×5 topics
  20. Immune Response7▲ 3.5×11 topics
  21. Maternal Outcomes7▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Perinatal Outcomes7▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Drug Resistance6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Genomics6▲ 5.9×7 topics
  26. Smallholder Farmers6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  27. Global Trends6▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Cesarean Section6▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Vaginal Birth6▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Family Planning5▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Reproductive Health5▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Mortality Rates5▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Bioinformatics4▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Curriculum4▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  36. Capacity Building4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. HIV Transmission4▲ 17×2 topics
  38. GIS4▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Skills Development4▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Undergraduate4▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Wachemo University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research.

Global Maternal and Chil…17Global Maternal and Child Health: 17 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…9Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…6Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 6 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 4 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 4 fractional worksRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology: 4 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksPotato Plant Research: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsObstetrics and GynecologyMolecular Biology6 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 17 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  4. 4 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 4 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Potato Plant Research Food Science 3 works
  10. 10 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 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 available86.8%not open13.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wachemo University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1219% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
grewheldshrank

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.