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Researcher · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology · Kenya

Benson B. Gathitu

Benson B. Gathitu publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Biodiesel Production and Applications and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

ORCID 0000-0001-8438-0343 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,795,482
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Kenya
#5,607
of 7,520
Works
32
Citations
301
Citations per work
9.4
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 69% in Biomedical Engineering
Benson B. Gathitu

What does Benson B. Gathitu research?

Benson B. Gathitu's work is mostly in Engineering (50%), Energy (6%), Materials Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 20 works · 62.0% of their workEngineering: 16 works · 50.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 19.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 16.7% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 9.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 works · 4.8% of their workEnergy: 2 works · 6.0% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 works · 6.0% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 6.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 38.0% of their workTHEIR WORKBenson B. Gathitu32works
Physical Sciences62%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1650.0%
    2. Energy26.0%
    3. Materials Science26.0%
  2. Everything else1238.0%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering19% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Benson B. Gathitu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biomass, Pyrolysis, Emissions, Renewable Energy, Chemical Kinetics, Biodiesel, Transesterification and Catalysis.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomass91 topic
  2. Pyrolysis91 topic
  3. Emissions82 topics
  4. Renewable Energy72 topics
  5. Chemical Kinetics62 topics
  6. Biodiesel51 topic
  7. Transesterification51 topic
  8. Catalysis41 topic
  9. Environmental Impact42 topics
  10. Nanoparticles41 topic
  11. Sustainability42 topics
  12. Botanical Insecticides31 topic
  13. Combustion31 topic
  14. Essential Oils31 topic
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation31 topic
  16. Soot Formation31 topic
  17. Turbulent Flames31 topic
  18. Edible Insects21 topic
  19. Electrolysis21 topic
  20. Food Security21 topic
  21. Hydrogen21 topic

Where does Benson B. Gathitu work?

Benson B. Gathitu's main affiliation in the publication record is Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.

How many publications and citations does Benson B. Gathitu have?

OpenAlex counts 32 works and 301 citations for Benson B. Gathitu, an h-index of 9, ranking #5,795,482 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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